After 60 minutes and five overtime periods – a first in bowl history – San Jose State lost to South Florida 41-39 Tuesday night in the Hawaii Bowl.
The Spartans have not won a bowl game since 2015, losing their last four bowl appearances.
“We were close, we had a couple plays we could have made, a couple coaching decisions by me I could have made to help us win,” SJSU head coach Ken Niumatalolo said. “Lot of tears in the locker room right now, lot of hugging and crying.”
In the fifth overtime period...