San José State’s 2028 scheduled football game against the University of Washington has been canceled, SJSU athletic director Jeff Konya confirmed Wednesday.
Konya said SJSU is looking to reschedule the game sometime after 2028.
“We mutually agreed to postpone this game to the early 2030’s,” Konya said in a statement to the Spartan Daily. “We will have an update to our future football schedule in the coming weeks.”
The game, which was scheduled in 2021, would have been the first time the Spartans played Washington since 2006.
According to a Wednesday article from FBschedules.com, SJSU was set to receive $1.55 million to play Washington, but the two schools signed a contract on July 17, 2023 to cancel the game with no financial penalties from either parties.
Shortly after the two schools backed out of the 2028 game, Washington scheduled a game against the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for the same 2028 date and agreed to pay UNLV $1.45 million according to the same FBschedules.com article.
The Spartans are 0-10 all-time against Washington. The last time SJSU played the Huskies, the Spartans lost 35-29. Then Spartan wide receiver James Jones caught 9 passes for 130 yards and 3 touchdowns in the loss.
This season, the Huskies are currently ranked No. 7 in the AP College Football polls and the Spartans are 1-5 with their lone win coming against FCS Cal Poly.
SJSU has three scheduled non-conference games in 2028 against Howard University, the University of Toledo and Stanford.
