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Number of teams | 125 |
Duration | August 28 – November 22 |
Payton Award | Armanti Edwards [1] |
Buchanan Award | Greg Peach [2] |
Playoff | |
Duration | November 29 – December 19 |
Championship date | December 19, 2008 |
Championship site | Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Champion | Richmond |
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The 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season, the 2008 season of college football for teams in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), began on August 28, 2008, and concluded on December 19, 2008, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the 2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, where the Richmond Spiders defeated the Montana Grizzlies to win the NCAA Division I Football Championship. [3]
The NCAA football rules committee made several rule changes for 2008, and includes the following: [4] [5]
In addition to the rules changes, this was the first season in which a standard provision of NCAA rules allowed FCS teams to schedule 12 regular-season games (not counting conference championship games). In years when the period starting with the Thursday before Labor Day and ending with the final Saturday in November contains 14 Saturdays, FCS programs may play 12 games instead of the regular 11.
August 30 – Cal Poly 29, San Diego State 27
September 6 – New Hampshire 28, Army 10
School | 2007 Conference | 2008 Conference |
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Bryant | Northeast-10 (D-II) | FCS Independent |
Campbell | New Program | Pioneer |
Duquesne | MAAC | Northeast |
Iona | MAAC | FCS Independent |
La Salle | MAAC | Dropped Program |
Marist | MAAC | FCS Independent |
North Carolina Central | D-II Independent | FCS Independent |
North Dakota | North Central (D-II) | Great West |
North Dakota State | Great West | Missouri Valley |
Presbyterian | FCS Independent | Big South |
Samford | Ohio Valley | Southern |
South Dakota | North Central (D-II) | Great West |
South Dakota State | Great West | Missouri Valley |
Stony Brook | FCS Independent | Big South |
Western Kentucky | FCS Independent | FBS Independent |
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Big Sky Conference | Montana | 11–0, 8–0 |
Colonial Athletic Association | James Madison | 10–1, 8–0 |
Missouri Valley Football Conference | Southern Illinois | 9–2, 7–1 |
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference | South Carolina State | 10–2, 8–0 |
Ohio Valley Conference | Eastern Kentucky | 8–3, 7–1 |
Patriot League | Colgate | 9–2, 5–0 |
Southern Conference | Appalachian State | 10–2, 8–0 |
Southland Conference | Texas State | 8–4, 5–2 |
Conference | Champion | Record* |
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Great West Conference | Cal Poly | 8–2, 3–0 |
Big South Conference | Liberty | 10–2, 5–0 |
Northeast Conference | Albany | 8–3, 7–0 |
Pioneer Football League | Jacksonville | 9–3, 7–1 |
Conference | Champion | Record* |
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Ivy League | Brown | 7–3, 6–1 |
Southwestern Athletic Conference | Grambling State | 11–2, 7–0 |
*Overall record, Conference record
First Round [6] November 29 Campus sites | Quarterfinals December 6 Campus sites | Semifinals December 12 and December 13 Campus sites | National Championship Game December 19 | ||||||||||||||||
Wofford | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | James Madison * | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | James Madison* | 31 | |||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
Villanova * | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | James Madison* | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Montana | 35 | |||||||||||||||||
Texas State | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Montana * | 31 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Montana* | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
Weber State | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Weber State | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly* | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Montana | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Richmond | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
South Carolina State | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Appalachian State * | 37 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Appalachian State* | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Richmond * | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Northern Iowa* | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
Maine | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Northern Iowa * | 40 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Northern Iowa* | 36 | |||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois* | 20 |
*Host institution
Date | Location | Venue | West Div. Champion | East Div. Champion | Result |
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December 13 | Birmingham, Alabama | Legion Field | Grambling State | Jackson State | Grambling State, 41–9 [7] |
The Gridiron Classic is an annual game between the champions of the Northeast Conference and the Pioneer Football League that has been held since December 2006.
Date | Location | Venue | NEC Champion | PFL Champion | Result |
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December 6 | Albany, New York | University Field | Albany | Jacksonville | Albany, 28–0 [8] |
Standings are from The Sports Network final 2008 poll.
Rank [9] | Team | Record |
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1 | Richmond Spiders | 13–3 |
2 | Montana Grizzlies | 14–2 |
3 | James Madison Dukes | 12–2 |
4 | Northern Iowa Panthers | 12–3 |
5 | Appalachian State Mountaineers | 11–3 |
6 | Villanova Wildcats | 10–3 |
7 | Weber State Wildcats | 10–4 |
8 | New Hampshire Wildcats | 10–3 |
9 | Wofford Terriers | 9–3 |
10 | Cal Poly Mustangs | 8–3 |
11 | Southern Illinois Salukis | 9–3 |
12 | Central Arkansas Bears | 10–2 |
13 | South Carolina State Bulldogs | 10–3 |
14 | Liberty Flames | 10–2 |
15 | Harvard Crimson | 9–1 |
16 | Colgate Raiders | 9–3 |
17 | Elon Phoenix | 8–4 |
18 | Maine Black Bears | 8–5 |
19 | Eastern Kentucky Colonels | 8–4 |
20 | William & Mary Tribe | 7–4 |
21 | McNeese State Cowboys | 7–4 |
22 | Texas State Bobcats | 8–5 |
23 | Jacksonville State Gamecocks | 8–3 |
24 | Grambling State Tigers | 11–2 |
25 | Prairie View A&M Panthers | 9–1 |
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