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Spartans’ strong play in Toledo not enough

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It was Toledo’s heavy run game (229 team rushing yards), a quick paced offense and five sacks on SJS’ Chevan Cordeiro that led to a 21-17 Toledo win in front of 20,000 in the Glass Bowl.

“We started out fast, but the second half they made adjustments with more pressure, switching up coverages and playing us man-to-man,” said Cordeiro. “And we just couldn’t capitalize.”

“We kept driving and kept stopping ourselves,” added Cordeiro on the Spartans holding the ball 10 minutes longer than Toledo. “It’s a tough one because we knew we had it.”

On the San Jose’s (1-3) first play of the game vs.