2008 Sioux Falls Cougars football team

2008 Sioux Falls Cougars football
NAIA champion
GPAC champion
Conference Great Plains Athletic Conference
2008 record 14–0 (10–0 GPAC)
Head coach Kalen DeBoer (4th season)

The 2008 Sioux Falls Cougars football team represented the University of Sioux Falls in the 2008 NAIA football season. The Cougars captured the 2008 NAIA Football National Championship with a 23–7 victory over the top-ranked Carroll (MT). The team also won the Great Plains Athletic Conference championship with a perfect 10–0 record. This was the school's third NAIA Championship (1996, 2006) and second in three years. The team was coached by Kalen DeBoer.

Schedule

GameDateOpponentResultCougarsOpponentsRecord
19/6@ Nebraska WesleyanWin3501–0 (1–0)
29/13DanaWin7002–0 (2–0)
39/20@ HastingsWin30173–0 (3–0)
49/27Concordia (NE)Win4704–0 (4–0)
510/4@ DoaneWin3775–0 (5–0)
610/11Briar CliffWin4206–0 (6–0)
710/25@ Dakota WesleyanWin3807–0 (7–0)
811/1NorthwesternWin1908–0 (8–0)
911/8@ DordtWin3429–0 (9–0)
1011/15MorningsideWin343110–0 (10–0)
1111/22#15 St. Ambrose (NAIA First Round)Win28011–0 (10–0)
1211/29#9 Langston (NAIA Quarterfinals)Win501312–0 (10–0)
1312/6#3 St. Francis (Ind.) (NAIA Semifinals)Win24613–0 (10–0)
1412/20#1 Carroll (NAIA Championship)Win23714–0 (10–0)

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USF would start the season ranked #2 and would stay at that spot through the championship series.

Notes

This was a rematch of the 2007 championship game which Carroll won 17-9. These two teams would face each other again in the 2010 championship game where Carroll would win 10-7.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  2. ↑ http://naia.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/naia/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/FB_ChampionshipRecords
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