The 2008 Wofford Terriers football team represented Wofford College during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by 21st-year head coach Mike Ayers and played its home games at Gibbs Stadium. It finished the regular season with a 9–3 record overall and a 7–1 record in the Southern Conference, tying for seventh place. The team qualified for the playoffs, in which they were eliminated in the first round by James Madison.[1][2]
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NCAA Division I First Round, L 35–38 vs. James Madison | |
Conference | Southern Conference |
Ranking | |
Sports Network | No. 9 |
Record | 9–3 (7–1 SoCon) |
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Home stadium | Gibbs Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Appalachian State $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Wofford ^ | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 Elon | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Southern | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
editDate | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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August 30 | 7:00 pm | Presbyterian* | No. 13 | W 38–21 | 7,931 | |||
September 6 | 6:00 pm | Charleston Southern* | No. 13 |
| W 41–23 | 3,817 | ||
September 20 | 7:00 pm | at South Carolina* | No. 12 | PPV | L 13–23 | 76,599 | ||
September 27 | 7:00 pm | at No. 22 Georgia Southern | No. 11 | CSS | W 38–37 OT | 17,958 | ||
October 11 | 3:00 pm | Chattanooga | No. 9 |
| W 56–7 | 8,394 | ||
October 18 | 1:30 pm | Western Carolina | No. 6 |
| W 42–14 | 7,063 | ||
October 25 | 3:00 pm | at No. 3 Elon | No. 4 | W 55–20 | 7,874 | |||
October 31 | 8:00 pm | No. 2 Appalachian State | No. 3 | ESPN2 | L 24–70 | 30,931 | [3] | |
November 8 | 3:00 pm | The Citadel | No. 10 |
| SSN | W 33–28 | 10,011 | |
November 15 | 3:00 pm | at Samford | No. 9 | W 28–7 | 2,973 | |||
November 22 | 12:00 pm | No. 20 Furman | No. 10 |
| W 35–10 | 9,654 | [4] | |
November 29 | 3:00 pm | at No. 1 James Madison* | No. 8 | L 35–38 | 12,826 | |||
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References
edit- ^ "2008 Football Schedule".
- ^ "Wofford Yearly Results: 2010-2014". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
- ^ Appalachian Sports Information (October 31, 2008). "Edwards, No. 2 Apps Wallop No. 3 Wofford, 70-24". GoASU. Retrieved October 31, 2008.
- ^ "Terriers too much for Furman". Anderson Independent-Mail. November 23, 2008. Retrieved September 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.