2008 Colorado State Rams football team

2008 Colorado State Rams football
New Mexico Bowl champion
Conference Mountain West Conference
2008 record 7–6 (4–4 MW)
Head coach Steve Fairchild (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Greg Peterson
Defensive coordinator Larry Kerr
Home stadium Hughes Stadium
(Capacity: 32,500)
2008 Mountain West football standings
Conf  Overall
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 member 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

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 10:00 a.m. vs. Colorado* Invesco Field at Mile High • Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown) FSN L 38–17   68,133[1]
September 6 1:30 p.m. Sacramento State* Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO W 23–20   20,051[2]
September 20 8:00 p.m. Houston* Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO W 28–25   21,539[3]
September 27 3:00 p.m. at California* California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley CA CSNCA L 42–7   63,970[4]
October 8 11:30 a.m. UNLV Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO mtn W 41–28   19,703[5]
October 11 2:30 p.m. TCUdagger Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO CBSCS L 13–7   27,130[6]
October 18 7:15 p.m. at No. 14 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT mtn L 49–16   44,793[7]
October 25 7:30 p.m. at San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA mtn W 19–14   17,185[8]
November 1 4:00 p.m. No. 17 BYU Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO mtn L 45–42   20,222[6]
November 8 4:30 p.m. at Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAFA, CO mtn L 38–17   39,052[9]
November 15 10:30 a.m. New Mexico Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO mtn W 20–6   17,401[10]
November 22 12:00 p.m. at Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY mtn W 31–20   18,569[11]
December 20 12:30 p.m. vs. Fresno State* University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (New Mexico Bowl) ESPN W 40–35   24,735[12]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

  1. ↑ "Colorado State vs Colorado (Aug 31, 2008)". CBS Interactive.com. September 6, 2008. Archived from the original on December 28, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Sacramento State vs Colorado State (Sep 06, 2008". CBS Interactive.com. September 6, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Houston vs Colorado State (Sep 20, 2008)". CBS Interactive.com. September 6, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Colorado State vs California (Sep 27, 2008)". CBS Interactive.com. September 27, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  5. ↑ "UNLV vs Colorado State (Oct 04, 2008)". CBS Interactive. October 8, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  6. 1 2 "TCU vs Colorado State (Oct 11, 2008)". CBS Interactive. October 11, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  7. ↑ "Houston vs Colorado State (Sep 20, 2008)". CBS Interactive.com. October 18, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Colorado State vs San Diego State (Oct 25, 2008)". CBS Interactive.com. October 25, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  9. ↑ "Colorado State vs Air Force (Nov 08, 2008)". CBS Interactive. November 8, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  10. ↑ "New Mexico vs Colorado State (Nov 15, 2008)". November 10, 2008. Retrieved November 27, 2008.
  11. ↑ "Colorado State vs Wyoming (November 22, 2008)". ESPN. November 22, 2008. Archived from the original on November 25, 2007. Retrieved November 27, 2008.
  12. ↑ "2008 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE". December 20, 2008. Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2009.
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