Earlier this offseason, the Pac-12 announced that Levi’s Stadium, the new home of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, would host its conference championship game for the next three years.
Depending how things shake out in the coming months, the NFL stadium could be seeing some regular season college football action as well.
San Jose State head coach Ron Caragher confirmed to the San Jose Mercury News Wednesday that talks have been initiated between his school and Stanford about renewing their series. If that series returns, the coach also confirmed, it would likely take place at a neutral site, Levi’s Stadium.
“There’s some fringe talk about it,” Caragher said about playing a neutral site game/games with the Cardinal. “Has anything been finalized? Not necessarily. But I think it’d be great.”
SJSU and Stanford have met on a football field 67 times since the first game was played in 1900. However, last year’s game -- a 34-13 Cardinal win in Stanford Stadium in the season opener -- was the final game between the two programs until a new contract is signed.
Stanford comfortably leads the in-state series 52-14-1, with San Jose State’s last win coming in 2006.