The 2008 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis as a member of the Great West Conference (GWC) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by 16th-year head coach Bob Biggs, UC Davis compiled an overall record of 5–7 with a mark of 2–1 in conference play, placing second in the GWC. The team outscored its opponents 342 to 326 for the season. The Aggies played home games at Aggie Stadium in Davis, California.
| 2008 UC Davis Aggies football | |
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| Conference | Great West Conference |
| Record | 5–7 (2–1 GWC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Mike Moroski (16th season) |
| Home stadium | Aggie Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Cal Poly $^ | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 1 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The GWC had previously been a football-only conference, but began sports other sports in the 2008–09 school year.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 30 | at San Jose State* | L 10–13 | 18,730 | ||
| September 6 | at No. 22 Central Arkansas* | L 21–24 | 10,188 | ||
| September 13 | Portland State* | W 38–24 | 8,107 | ||
| September 20 | at No. 4 Montana* | L 24–29 | 25,209 | ||
| September 27 | at Northeastern* | L 10–27 | 1,137 | ||
| October 4 | Northern Colorado* |
| W 34–30 | 9,675 | |
| October 11 | Southern Utah |
| W 49–26 | 10,849 | |
| October 18 | Iona* |
| W 55–24 | 6,271 | |
| October 25 | North Dakota |
| W 34–21 | 8,876 | |
| November 8 | Sacramento State* |
| L 19–29 | 10,317 | [1] |
| November 15 | at No. 3 Cal Poly | L 28–51 | 11,075 | ||
| November 22 | at San Diego* | L 20–28 | 4,503 | ||
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UC Davis players in the NFL
editNo UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 2009 NFL draft.[4][5][6]
The following finished their UC Davis career in 2008, were not drafted, but played in the NFL:
| Player | Position | First NFL team |
| Jonathan Compas | Guard | 2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
References
edit- ^ "Hornet Sports.com: Football (UC Davis)". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
- ^ "UC Davis Football 2015: Team Information Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
- ^ "2009 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ "California-Davis Players/Alumni". Retrieved April 22, 2017.
- ^ "Draft History: California-Davis". Archived from the original on February 2, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2017.