2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
Record	4–8 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Sylvester Croom (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Woody McCorvey (5th season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Charlie Harbison (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Davis Wade Stadium
	Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

Last updated December 18, 2024

2008 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$#	7	–	1	13	–	1
No. 13 Georgia	6	–	2	10	–	3
Vanderbilt	4	–	4	7	–	6
South Carolina	4	–	4	7	–	6
Tennessee	3	–	5	5	–	7
Kentucky	2	–	6	7	–	6
Western Division
No. 6 Alabama x%	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 14 Ole Miss	5	–	3	9	–	4
LSU	3	–	5	8	–	5
Arkansas	2	–	6	5	–	7
Auburn	2	–	6	5	–	7
Mississippi State	2	–	6	4	–	8
Championship: Florida 31, Alabama 20
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University as a member of the Western Division of the Southern Conference (SEC) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by Sylvester Croom in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 4–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fourth in the SEC's Western Division.^[1] Mississippi State played home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	5:45 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech *	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	ESPN2	L 14–22	25,224
September 6	6:00 p.m.	Southeastern Louisiana *	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS		W 34–10	41,938
September 13	6:00 p.m.	No. 9 Auburn	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	ESPN2	L 2–3	55,082
September 20	11:00 a.m.	at Georgia Tech *	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	Raycom	L 7–38	48,402
September 27	6:30 p.m.	at No. 5 LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 24–34	92,710
October 11	1:30 p.m.	No. 13 Vanderbilt	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	PPV	W 17–14	43,619
October 18	6:00 p.m.	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	PPV	L 3–34	98,239
October 25	6:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee *	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	ESPNU	W 31–22	40,024
November 1	1:30 p.m.	Kentucky	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	PPV	L 13–14	40,168
November 15	6:45 p.m.	at No. 1 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–32	92,138
November 22	1:30 p.m.	Arkansas	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS		W 31–28	42,056
November 28	11:30 a.m.	at No. 25 Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)	Raycom	L 0–45	55,231
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
MSU Bulldogs	7	7	0	0	14
• LT Bulldogs	3	6	10	3	22

Date: August 30
Location: Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, Louisiana
Game attendance: 25,224

Southeastern Louisiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	3	0	0	7	10
•Bulldogs	7	13	14	0	34

Date: September 6
Location: Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi
Game attendance: 41,938

Auburn

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Tigers	0	3	0	0	3
Bulldogs	0	0	0	2	2

Date: September 13, 2008
Location: Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi
Game attendance: 55,082

Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	0	7	7
• Yellow Jackets	14	7	10	7	38

Date: September 20, 2008
Location: Bobby Dodd Stadium, Atlanta
Game attendance: 48,402

LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	3	0	14	7	24
• Tigers	10	7	7	10	34

Date: September 27, 2008
Location: Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Game attendance: 92,710

Vanderbilt

	1	2	3	4	Total
Commodores	0	7	0	7	14
•Bulldogs	3	0	7	7	17

Date: October 11, 2008
Location: Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi
Game attendance: 43,619

Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	3	0	0	3
• Volunteers	0	6	7	21	34

Date: October 18
Location: Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee
Game attendance: 98,239

Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	3	10	3	6	22
•Bulldogs	14	0	10	7	31

Date: October 25
Location: Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi
Game attendance: 40,024

Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Wildcats	0	0	14	0	14
Bulldogs	7	0	0	6	13

Date: November 1
Location: Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi
Game attendance: 40,168

Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	7	0	0	7
• Crimson Tide	5	7	10	10	32

Date: 2008-11-15
Location: Bryant–Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Arkansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Razorbacks	14	0	7	7	28
•Bulldogs	7	10	7	7	31

Date: November 17
Location: Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi

Ole Miss

Egg Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
• Rebels	24	7	7	7	45

Date: November 28
Location: Vaught–Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Mississippi
Game start: 11:30 a.m. CST

Coaching staff

Name	Responsibility	Position Group	Year	Alma Mater
Sylvester Croom ^[4]	Head Coach		5th	University of Alabama (1975)
Woody McCorvey^[5]	Asst. Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator	Quarterbacks	5th	Alabama State University (1972)
Charlie Harbison ^[6]	Defensive Coordinator	Safeties	2nd	Gardner–Webb University (1995)
Reed Stringer ^[7]	Special Teams Coordinator	Tight Ends	5th	Delta State University (2001)
Rocky Felker ^[8]	Recruiting Coordinator	Running Backs	7th	Mississippi State University (1972)
J.B. Grimes^[9]		Offensive Linemen	5th	Henderson State University (1977)
David Turner^[10]		Defensive Linemen	2nd	Davidson University (1985)
Melvin Smith^[11]		Cornerbacks	3rd	Millsaps College (1982)
Pat Washington^[12]		Wide Receivers	2nd	Auburn University (1987)
Louis Campbell^[13]		Linebackers	1st	University of Arkansas (1973)
Ben Pollard^[14]	Head Strength & Conditioning Coach		2nd	Texas Tech University (1984)
Brad Pendergrass^[15]	Assistant Athletic Director for Football Operations		5th	University of Tennessee (1998)
Ryan Hollern^[16]	Coordinator of Recruiting Operations		2nd	Gannon University (2001)

Statistics

Mississippi State Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 11, 2008)

Team

Statistics^[17]	Mississippi State	Opponents
Scoring	183	296
Points per game	15.2	24.7
First downs	187	200
Rushing	69	95
Passing	108	89
Penalties	10	16
Total offensive yards	3,312	3,990
Avg per game	276.0	327.5
Rushing	1,220	1,811
Passing	2,092	2,119
Fumbles–Lost	19-8	20-8
Penalties–yards	68-544	76-643
Average per game	45.3	53.6

Statistics	Mississippi State	Opponents
Punts–Yards	82-3,099	66-2,671
Average per punt	37.8	40.5
Average ToP/game	30:15	29:45
3rd down conversions	58-178	59-168
3rd down percentage	33	35
4th down conversions	8-18	10-11
4th down percentage	44	91
Touchdowns scored	23	35
Field goals–att–long	7–13–42	17-25–20
PAT–Att	22–23	33-34
Attendance	260,716	411,944
Average	43,453	68,657

Scores by quarter

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mississippi State	48	47	38	50	183
Opponents	76	60	78	82	296

Offense

Rushing

Name	GP-GS	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Anthony Dixon	12-12	197	930	61	869	4.4	7	71	72.4
Christian Ducre	12-1	56	234	12	222	4.0	2	20	18.5
Robert Elliott	4-0	18	65	4	61	3.4	1	15	15.2
Tyson Lee	11-8	62	228	191	37	0.6	1	18	3.4
Wesley Carroll	7-4	18	54	72	-18	-1.0	0	20	-2.6
Jamayel Smith	12-4	2	13	10	3	1.5	0	9	0.2
Wade Bonner	12-0	7	11	1	10	1.4	0	3	0.8
Brandon Hart	12-2	4	9	0	9	2.2	1	4	0.8
Chris Relf	2-0	7	20	33	-13	-1.9	0	10	-6.5
Eric Hoskins	11-4	1	3	0	3	3.0	0	3	0.3
Brandon McRae	12-10	1	0	1	-1	-1.0	0	0	-0.1
Marcus Green	2-1	1	0	3	-3	-3.0	0	0	-1.5
TEAM	8-0	8	0	30	-30	-3.8	0	0	-3.8
Total	12	397	1645	425	1220	3.1	13	71	101.7
Opponents	12	443	2055	244	1811	4.1	19	88	150.9

Passing

Name	GP-GS	Effic	Att-Cmp-Int	Pct	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G
Tyson Lee	11-8	112.96	153-260-5	58.8	1519	7	41	138.1
Wesley Carroll	7-4	85.17	55-115-7	47.8	560	3	50	80.0
Chris Relf	2-0	34.36	2-9-0	22.2	13	0	12	6.5
TEAM	8-0	0.00	0-1-0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	12	102.53	210-385-12	54.5	2,092	10	50	174.3
Opponents	12	115.40	169-324-8	52.2	2119	13	87	176.6

Receiving

Name	GP-GS	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Brandon McRae	6-4	33	302	9.2	2	24	50.3
Aubrey Bell	6-5	19	171	9.0	0	22	28.5
Christian Ducre	6-1	11	91	8.3	1	24	15.2
Jamayel Smith	6-2	8	120	15.0	0	41	20.0
Co-Eric Riley	6-1	8	75	9.4	0	26	12.5
Delmon Robinson	4-0	7	84	12.0	0	25	21.0
Eric Hoskins	5-1	5	36	7.2	0	14	7.2
Anthony Dixon	6-6	5	22	4.4	0	12	3.7
Robert Elliott	4-0	4	53	13.2	0	19	13.2
Arnil Stallworth	6-0	4	45	11.2	0	29	7.5
Brandon Henderson	6-0	2	11	5.5	1	7	1.8
Marcus Green	2-1	1	50	50.0	0	50	25.0
Brandon Hart	6-2	1	8	8.0	0	8	1.3
Wade Bonner	5-0	1	6	6.0	0	6	1.2
Austin Wilbanks	4-2	1	1	1.0	1	1	0.2
Total	6	110	1,075	9.8	5	50	179.2
Opponents	6	65	829	12.8	4	70	138.2

Defense

Name	GP	Tackles				Sacks	Pass defense		Interceptions				Fumbles		Blkd Kick
Name	GP	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL-Yds	No-Yds	BrUp	QBH	No.-Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Rcv-Yds	FF	Blkd Kick
Total

Special teams

Name	Punting								Kickoffs
Name	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TB	FC	I20	Blkd	No.	Yds	Avg	TB	OB
Blake McAdams	35	1,261	36.0	53	0	12	8	0
Adam Carlson	2	50	25.0	28	0	0	1	0	18	1,016	56.4	0	1
Eric Richards									3	190	63.3	0	0
Total	37	1,311	35.4	53	0	12	9	0	21	1,206	57.4	0	1

Name	Punt returns					Kick returns
Name	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long

Total

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2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Record	4–8 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Sylvester Croom (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Woody McCorvey (5th season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Charlie Harbison (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Davis Wade Stadium
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