2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

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2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
Tulsa Golden Hurricane logo.svg
C-USA West Division co-champion
GMAC Bowl champion
GMAC Bowl, W 45–13 vs. Ball State
Conference Conference USA
DivisionWest Division
Record11–3 (7–1 C-USA)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinator Herb Hand (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Keith Patterson (3rd season)
Home stadium Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
(capacity: 30,000)
Seasons
  2007
2009  
2008 Conference USA football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
East Carolina x$  6 2   9 5  
Memphis  4 4   6 7  
Southern Miss  4 4   7 6  
UAB  3 5   4 8  
UCF  3 5   4 8  
Marshall  3 5   4 8  
West Division
Tulsa xy  7 1   11 3  
Rice x  7 1   10 3  
Houston  6 2   8 5  
UTEP  4 4   5 7  
Tulane  1 7   2 10  
SMU  0 8   1 11  
Championship: East Carolina 27, Tulsa 24
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Todd Graham, in his second year at Tulsa. They played home games at Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C-USA).

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 303:00 pmat UAB W 45–019,672
September 66:05 pmat North Texas *W 56–2622,785
September 206:05 pm New Mexico *W 56–1430,000
September 276:05 pm Central Arkansas *
  • Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 62–3420,646
October 47:00 pm Rice Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
CBSCS W 63–2824,926
October 117:05 pmat SMU W 37–3115,324
October 187:00 pm UTEP
  • Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
ESPN W 77–3521,873
October 267:00 pm UCF No. 22
  • Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
ESPNW 49–1930,000
November 11:00 pmat Arkansas *No. 19L 23–3070,021
November 157:00 pmat Houston No. 25CBSCSL 30–7020,855
November 222:00 pm Tulane
  • Chapman Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 56–720,391
November 292:30 pmat Marshall W 38–3521,571
December 612:00 pm East Carolina
ESPNL 24–2722,740
January 67:00 pmvs. No. 23 Ball State *ESPNW 45–1332,816
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[1] [2]

Game summaries

UAB

1234Total
Tulsa714141045
UAB1390022

[3]

North Texas

1234Total
Tulsa14287756
North Texas7331326

[4]

New Mexico

1234Total
New Mexico007714
Tulsa211471456

[5]

UCA

1234Total
UCA10106834
Tulsa1414171762

[6]

Rice

1234Total
Rice777728
Tulsa714212163

[7]

SMU

1234Total
Tulsa310111337
SMU71014031

[8]

UTEP

1234Total
UTEP2807035
Tulsa282121777

[9]

UCF

1234Total
UCF0190019
#22 Tulsa77211449

[10]

Arkansas

1234Total
#19 Tulsa7133023
Arkansas1767030

[11]

Houston

1234Total
#25 Tulsa01713030
Houston142821770

Tulane

1234Total
Tulane07007
Tulsa141421756

Marshall

1234Total
Tulsa71414338
Marshall71414035

East Carolina

Ball State

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