2008 Colorado State Rams football team

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2008 Colorado State Rams football
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New Mexico Bowl Champions
Conference Mountain West Conference
2008 record 7–6 (4–4 MWC)
Head coach Steve Fairchild
Offensive coordinator Greg Peterson
Defensive coordinator Larry Kerr
Home stadium Hughes Stadium
(Capacity: 34,400)
Seasons
« 2007 2009 »
2008 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#2 Utah $   8 – 0         13 – 0  
#7 TCU   7 – 1         11 – 2  
#25 BYU   6 – 2         10 – 3  
Air Force   5 – 3         8 – 5  
Colorado State   4 – 4         7 – 6  
UNLV   2 – 6         5 – 7  
New Mexico   2 – 6         4 – 8  
Wyoming   1 – 7         4 – 8  
San Diego State   1 – 7         2 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Colorado State Rams football team represents Colorado State University in the college football 2008 season. They play their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, CO and were led by first year coach Steve Fairchild. CSU played Colorado in the Rocky Mountain Showdown to begin the season on August 31, 2008 and closed the season in Laramie against Wyoming on November 22, 2008. In addition to the slate of eight conference games, four at home and four on the road, the Rams traveled to Berkeley, CA to play the University of California at Berkeley, while having hosted Sacramento State and Houston.

The Rams finished the regular season in fourth place in the Mountain West Conference and accepted a bid to the 2008 New Mexico Bowl on December 20, where they defeated the Fresno State Bulldogs.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 10:00 AM vs. Colorado* Invesco Field at Mile High • Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown) FSN L 38–17   68,133[1]
September 6 1:30 PM Sacramento State* Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO W 23–20   20,051[2]
September 20 8:00 PM Houston* Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO W 28–25   21,539[3]
September 27 3:00 PM at California* California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley CA CSNCA L 42–7   63,970[4]
October 8 11:30 AM UNLV Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO mtn W 41–28   19,703[5]
October 11 2:30 PM TCUdagger Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO CBSCS L 13–7   27,130[6]
October 18 7:15 PM at #14 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT mtn L 49–16   44,793[7]
October 25 7:30 PM at San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA mtn W 19–14   17,185[8]
November 1 4:00 PM #17 BYU Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO mtn L 45–42   20,222[6]
November 8 4:30 PM at Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAFA, CO mtn L 38–17   39,052[9]
November 15 10:30 AM New Mexico Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO mtn W 20–6   17,401[10]
November 22 12:00 PM at Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY mtn W 31–20   18,569[11]
December 20 12:30 PM vs. Fresno State* University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (New Mexico Bowl) ESPN W 40–35   24,735[12]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

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