2008 Georgetown Hoyas football team

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2008 Georgetown Hoyas football
Conference Patriot League
Record2–8 (0–5 Patriot)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Rob Sgarlata (3rd season)
Captains
  • Daniel Matheny
  • Nicholas Umar
Home stadium Multi-Sport Field
Seasons
  2007
2009  
2008 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 16 Colgate $^  5 0   9 3  
Holy Cross  5 1   7 4  
Lehigh  4 2   5 6  
Lafayette  3 3   7 4  
Bucknell  2 4   5 6  
Fordham  1 5   5 6  
Georgetown  0 5   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2008 Georgetown Hoyas football team was an American football team that represented Georgetown University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Georgetown finished last in the Patriot League.

In their third year under head coach Kevin Kelly, the Hoyas compiled a 2–8 record. Daniel Matheny and Nicholas Umar were the team captains. [1]

The Hoyas were outscored 280 to 96. Their winless (0–5) conference record was the worst in the seven-team Patriot League standings. [2] The Hoyas played only five Patriot League games because their October 4 matchup with Colgate was canceled following a norovirus outbreak at Georgetown. [3]

Georgetown played its home games at Multi-Sport Field on the university campus in Washington, D.C.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7 at Howard *W 12–7 6,085 [4]
September 13 at Lafayette L 6–24 10,134 [5]
September 20 at Yale *L 7–47 12,771 [6]
September 27 Holy Cross L 14–38 2,233 [7]
October 4 at Colgate Canceled [3]
October 11 Penn *
  • Multi-Sport Field
  • Washington, DC
L 7–27 3,135 [8]
October 18 Bucknell
  • Multi-Sport Field
  • Washington, DC
L 24–27 [9]
October 25 at No. 9 Richmond *L 0–48 5,168 [10]
November 1 Lehigh
  • Multi-Sport Field
  • Washington, DC
L 13–33 [9]
November 8 Marist *
  • Multi-Sport Field
  • Washington, DC
W 13–12 1,164 [11]
November 15 at Fordham L 0–17 2,758 [12]

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