2008 Colorado State Rams football team

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2008 Colorado State Rams football
Colorado State Script Logo.png
New Mexico Bowl champion
New Mexico Bowl, W 40–35 vs. Fresno State
Conference Mountain West Conference
Record7–6 (4–4 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGreg Peterson (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLarry Kerr (11th season)
Home stadium Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium
(capacity: 32,500)
Seasons
←  2007
2009  →
2008 Mountain West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
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  
  • $ – 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 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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3110:00 a.m.vs. Colorado *
 FSN L 38–1768,133 [1]
September 61:30 p.m. Sacramento State *
W 23–2020,051 [2]
September 208:00 p.m. Houston *
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Fort Collins, CO
W 28–2521,539 [3]
September 273:00 p.m.at California *
 CSNCA L 42–763,970 [4]
October 811:30 a.m. UNLV
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Fort Collins, CO
 mtn W 41–2819,703 [5]
October 112:30 p.m. TCU Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Fort Collins, CO
 CBSCS L 13–727,130 [6]
October 187:15 p.m.at No. 14 Utah
mtnL 49–1644,793 [7]
October 257:30 p.m.at San Diego State
mtnW 38-3417,185 [8]
November 14:00 p.m.No. 17 BYU
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Fort Collins, CO
mtnL 45–4220,222 [6]
November 84:30 p.m.at Air Force
mtnL 38–1739,052 [9]
November 1510:30 a.m. New Mexico
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Fort Collins, CO
mtnW 20–617,401 [10]
November 2212:00 p.m.at Wyoming
mtnW 31–2018,569 [11]
December 2012:30 p.m.vs. Fresno State *
 ESPN W 40–3524,735 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

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