American college football season
The 2011 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Spartans were led by second year head coach Mike MacIntyre and played their home games at Spartan Stadium. They are members of the Western Athletic Conference. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 5–7, 3–4 in WAC play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place.
Personnel[]
Coaching staff[]
Mike MacIntyre returned for his second season as San Jose State head coach, coming off a 1-12 season in 2010.
Depth chart[]
These are the starters and backups listed in the final depth chart of the season.[2]
Defense
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James Orth
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Alex Germany
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WLB
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MLB
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SLB
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Pompey Festejo
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Derek Muaava
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Vince Buhagiar
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DE
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DT
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DT
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DE
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Travis Johnson
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Andrew Moeaki
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Travis Raciti
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Mohamed Marah
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David Tuitupou
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Ja'Rodd Watson
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Anthony Larceval
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Cedric Lousi
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Vincent Abbott
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Pablo Garcia
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Marcus Howard
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Sean Bacon
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Offense
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WR
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Jabari Carr
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Chandler Jones
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Kyle Nunn
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LT
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LG
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C
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RG
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RT
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David Quessenberry
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Fred Koloto
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Robbie Reed
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Nicholas Kaspar
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Andres Vargas
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Amar Pal
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Moa Ngatuvai
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Reuben Hasani
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James Orth
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Amar Pal
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Ryan Jones
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QB
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Matt Faulkner
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Dasmen Stewart
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Blake Jurich
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FB
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Ina Liaina
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Ray Rodriguez
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Special Teams
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PK Jens Alvernik
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PK Harrison Waid
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P Harrison Waid
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P Jens Alvernik
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KR Tyler Ervin
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PR Brandon Rutley
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LS Ben Zorn
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H Evan Taylor
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Final roster[]
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 2:00 pm | at No. 6 Stanford* | | CSNBA | L 3–57 | 47,816[4] |
September 10 | 7:00 pm | at UCLA* | | FSNPT | L 17–27 | 42,685[5] |
September 17 | 1:00 pm | Nevada | | WSN/ALT | L 14–17 | 17,238 |
September 24 | 1:00 pm | New Mexico State | - Spartan Stadium
- San Jose, CA
| ESPN3 | W 34–24 | 13,456[6] |
October 1 | 1:00 pm | at Colorado State* | | The Mtn. | W 38–31 | 27,683 |
October 8 | 7:15 pm | at BYU* | | ESPNU | L 16–29 | 59,782 |
October 14 | 6:00 pm | Hawaiʻi![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Spartan Stadium
- San Jose, CA
| ESPN | W 28–27 | 24,643 |
October 29 | 1:00 pm | at Louisiana Tech | | | L 28–38 | 19,642 |
November 5 | 1:00 pm | Idaho | - Spartan Stadium
- San Jose, CA
| WSN/ALT | L 29–32 | 10,621 |
November 12 | 12:00 pm | at Utah State | | ESPN3 | L 33–34 | 14,593 |
November 19 | 1:00 pm | Navy* | - Spartan Stadium
- San Jose, CA
| ESPN3 | W 27–24 | 25,114 |
November 26 | 5:00 pm | at Fresno State | | | W 27–24 | 25,492 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Pacific time
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Game summaries[]
at No. 6 Stanford[]
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Spartans
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0
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3
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0
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0 |
3 |
No. 6 Cardinal
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10
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17
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16
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14 |
57 |
at UCLA[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Spartans
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0
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7
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10
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0 |
17 |
Bruins
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7
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7
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3
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10 |
27 |
Nevada[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Wolf Pack
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7
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7
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3
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0 |
17 |
Spartans
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7
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0
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0
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7 |
14 |
New Mexico State[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Aggies
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3
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7
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14
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0 |
24 |
Spartans
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7
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3
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14
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10 |
34 |
at Colorado State[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Spartans
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10
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14
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7
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7 |
38 |
Rams
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7
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7
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10
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7 |
31 |
at BYU[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Spartans
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3
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3
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7
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3 |
16 |
Cougars
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9
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14
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3
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3 |
29 |
Hawaii (Homecoming Game)[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Warriors
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7
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0
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14
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6 |
27 |
Spartans
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0
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20
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0
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8 |
28 |
at Louisiana Tech[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Spartans
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7
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7
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8
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6 |
28 |
Bulldogs
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3
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21
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14
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0 |
38 |
Idaho[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Vandals
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0
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10
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0
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22 |
32 |
Spartans
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17
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5
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0
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7 |
29 |
at Utah State[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Spartans
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20
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0
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3
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10 |
33 |
Aggies
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7
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0
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14
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13 |
34 |
Navy[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Midshipmen
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0
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14
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10
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0 |
24 |
Spartans
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10
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10
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0
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7 |
27 |
at Fresno State[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Spartans
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7
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3
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10
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7 |
27 |
Bulldogs
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10
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7
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0
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7 |
24 |
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