2008 Colorado State Rams football | |
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New Mexico Bowl champion | |
New Mexico Bowl, W 40–35 vs. Fresno State | |
Conference | Mountain West Conference |
Record | 7–6 (4–4 MW) |
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Offensive coordinator | Greg Peterson (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Larry Kerr (11th season) |
Home stadium | Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium |
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No. 2 Utah $ | 8 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 TCU | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, CO and were led by first year coach Steve Fairchild. They were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they defeated Fresno State.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 10:00 a.m. | vs. Colorado * | FSN | L 38–17 | 68,133 [1] | |
September 6 | 1:30 p.m. | Sacramento State * | W 23–20 | 20,051 [2] | ||
September 20 | 8:00 p.m. | Houston * |
| W 28–25 | 21,539 [3] | |
September 27 | 3:00 p.m. | at California * | CSNCA | L 42–7 | 63,970 [4] | |
October 8 | 11:30 a.m. | UNLV |
| mtn | W 41–28 | 19,703 [5] |
October 11 | 2:30 p.m. | TCU |
| CBSCS | L 13–7 | 27,130 [6] |
October 18 | 7:15 p.m. | at No. 14 Utah | mtn | L 49–16 | 44,793 [7] | |
October 25 | 7:30 p.m. | at San Diego State | mtn | W 38-34 | 17,185 [8] | |
November 1 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 17 BYU |
| mtn | L 45–42 | 20,222 [6] |
November 8 | 4:30 p.m. | at Air Force | mtn | L 38–17 | 39,052 [9] | |
November 15 | 10:30 a.m. | New Mexico |
| mtn | W 20–6 | 17,401 [10] |
November 22 | 12:00 p.m. | at Wyoming | mtn | W 31–20 | 18,569 [11] | |
December 20 | 12:30 p.m. | vs. Fresno State * | ESPN | W 40–35 | 24,735 [12] | |
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