2008 Colorado State Rams football team

2008 Colorado State Rams football

New Mexico Bowl champion
New Mexico Bowl, W 40–35 vs. Fresno State
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	7–6 (4–4 MW)
Head coach	Steve Fairchild (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Peterson (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Larry Kerr (11th season)
Home stadium	Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium
Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Mountain West Conference football standings
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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 members 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.	TCU	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 38-34	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 Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

2008 Colorado State Rams football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`29`	Kyle Bell	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`91`	Tommie Hill	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "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.
^ "Sacramento State vs Colorado State (Sep 06, 2008". CBS Interactive.com. September 6, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
^ "Houston vs Colorado State (Sep 20, 2008)". CBS Interactive.com. September 6, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
^ "Colorado State vs California (Sep 27, 2008)". CBS Interactive.com. September 27, 2008. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
^ "UNLV vs Colorado State (Oct 04, 2008)". CBS Interactive. October 8, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "TCU vs Colorado State (Oct 11, 2008)". CBS Interactive. October 11, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
^ "Houston vs Colorado State (Sep 20, 2008)". CBS Interactive.com. October 18, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
^ "Colorado State vs San Diego State (Oct 25, 2008)". CBS Interactive.com. October 25, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
^ "Colorado State vs Air Force (Nov 08, 2008)". CBS Interactive. November 8, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
^ "New Mexico vs Colorado State (Nov 15, 2008)". November 10, 2008. Retrieved November 27, 2008.
^ "Colorado State vs Wyoming (November 22, 2008)". ESPN. November 22, 2008. Archived from the original on November 25, 2007. Retrieved November 27, 2008.
^ "2008 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE". December 20, 2008. Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2009.

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Venues	Durkee Field (1899–1911) Colorado Field (1912–1967) Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium (1968–2016) Canvas Stadium (2017–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Air Force (Ram–Falcon Trophy) Colorado: Rocky Mountain Showdown Wyoming: Border War
Culture & lore	CAM the Ram Fight Song Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders School records Consensus All-Americans Hall of Fame inductees
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895–1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

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