The San Jose Mercury News [ 3] [ 4]
The "Read-2-Lead Classic" was an attempt to help the football team achieve average attendance of 15,000 to retain NCAA Division I-A status. With an emphasis on literacy, the university hosted a series of events in September 2004, including a conversation with comedian Bill Cosby and a concert by Boyz II Men .[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 4 7:00 pm at Stanford * KRON L 3–4339,750 September 18 2:00 pm Morgan State * CSN W 47–2810,411 September 25 5:00 pm at SMU L 13–3617,841 October 2 6:00 pm Rice Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA W 70–634,467 October 9 12:30 pm at Washington * L 6–2165,816 October 23 9:05 pm at Hawaii L 28–4636,264 October 30 2:00 pm No. 24 UTEP Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA KRON L 20–385,968 November 6 6:05 pm at Nevada KRON L 24–4215,902 November 13 9:00 am No. 10 Boise State Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA ESPN2 L 49–56 2OT 5,028 November 20 12:00 pm at Tulsa L 24–3415,784 November 27 2:00 pm Fresno State Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (rivalry ) KRON, ESPN GamePlan L 28–626,521 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
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1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
0
0
3
3
Cardinal
7
8
21
7
43
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
7
7
0
14
28
Spartans
7
17
16
7
47
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
6
0
7
13
Mustangs
14
8
7
7
36
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
21
13
15
14
63
Spartans
7
21
14
28
70
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
3
0
3
6
Huskies
7
0
7
7
21
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
7
7
0
14
28
Warriors
0
24
10
12
46
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Miners
14
0
10
14
38
Spartans
7
0
0
13
20
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
0
10
14
24
Wolf Pack
7
7
14
14
42
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1
2
3
4 OT
Total
No. 10 Broncos
7
21
14
0 14
56
Spartans
14
7
14
7 7
49
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
21
3
0
24
Golden Hurricane
10
14
3
7
34
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
14
27
7
14
62
Spartans
7
7
7
7
28
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