2008 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 2008 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State wordmark.png 200 Western Athletic Conference WAC 7–6 4–4 Pat Hill 12th Doug Nussmeier 1st Dan Brown 8th Pro-style 4–3 Bulldog Stadium(Capacity: 41,031) New Mexico Bowl L 35–40 vs. Colorado State The 2008 Fresno State football team (variously "Fresno State" or "the 'Dogs") represented California State University, Fresno in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by 12th-year head coach Pat Hill, who had a contract lasting through the 2010 season. http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/011806aao.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080918030316/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/011806aao.html dead September 18, 2008 Pat Hill Gets Contract Extension to Stay at Fresno State 2008-06-14 This season was the Bulldogs' 28th in their current home of Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California. Preseason The Bulldogs has enjoyed success as one of the most highly regarded BCS non-AQ conference schools in the country in the previous decade. The 2007 team finished with 9 wins, 4 losses, including a victory in the 2007 Humanitarian Bowl. The annual spring game for the 2008 season took place on April 18, and the Bulldogs concluded spring drills on April 21. Going into the summer, the Bulldogs already began to draw attention to their team in the post-spring preseason polls released by sports pundits, drawn to the large number of returning starters, along with the impressive finish, beating the Georgia Tech in the 2007 Humanitarian Bowl to finish the season with a record of 9-4. Athlon has released their preseason 25 poll with the Bulldogs listed ranked #25;http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/13428/no-25-fresno-state No. 25: Fresno State 2008-05-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20080517131957/http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/13428/no-25-fresno-state 17 May 2008 live Dennis Dodd of CBS Sportsline has ranked the team at #24;http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/10813944 Stop us if you've heard this before: Buckeyes top Dawgs 2008-05-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20080512084813/http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/10813944 12 May 2008 dead and Mark Schlabach of ESPN placed the Bulldogs in the #21 spot.https://www.espn.com/college-football/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=3388100 Buckeyes rise to No. 1 in updated Top 25 9 May 2008 2008-05-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20080512233227/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=3388100 12 May 2008 live At the end of the 2007 season, former offensive coordinator Jim McElwain resigned to accept the coaching position of offensive coordinator at Alabama, replacing former Texas Longhorn Major Applewhite. On February 28, 2008, Fresno State announced the hire of Doug Nussmeier as the Offensive Coordinator at Fresno State.http://www.cbs47.tv/content/sports/local_sports/story.aspx?content_id=07bf19cf-fb52-419f-ad97-c2fce37c6e46 Fresno State Hires New Offensive Coordinator 2008-05-14 October 2010 H3llBot Personnel Coaching staff Name Position Seasons atFresno State Alma mater Pat Hill Head coach 12th as HC;18th overall UC Riverside (1973) Doug Nussmeier Offensive coordinator 1st Idaho (1994) Dan Brown Defensive coordinator 11th Jeff Grady Tight Ends 2nd John Baxter Special Teams/Wide Receivers/Assistant Head Coach 12th Loras College Will Plemons Linebackers 1st Kerry Locklin Defensive line 9th New Mexico State (1982) Tim Skipper Running backs 3rd Fresno State (2001) Randy Stewart Secondary 2nd Derek Frazier Offensive line 2nd Mike Kelly Graduate Assistant 1st Mike Schepers Graduate Assistant 1st Roster Depth chart + Defensive starters FS Marvin Haynes Jake Jorde WLB MLB SLB Qaadir Brown Ben Jacobs Nico Herron Ricky Pemasa Nico Herron Nick Bates SS Mosses Harris Lorne Bell CB Damion Owens Will Harding DE DT DT DE Wilson Ramos, Jr Cornell Banks Jon Monga Ikenna Ike Chris Carter Bryce Harris Mark Roberts Chris Lewis CB A.J. Jefferson Sharrod Davis+Offensive starters WR Chastin West Jason Crawley LT LG C RG RT Bobby Lepori Cole Popovich Joe Bernardi Andrew Jackson Kenny Avon Kenny Wiggins Pierce Masse Richard Pacheco Adam McDowell Devan Cunningham TE Bear Pascoe Isaac Kitner WR Marlon Moore Seyi Ajirotutu QB Tom Brandstater Ryan Colburn FB Anthony Harding Reynard Camp RB Ryan Mathews Lonyae Miller Schedule 2008 AP Pacific September 1 1:30 pm w y y Rutgers Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ ESPN 24–7 42,508 September 13 7:30 p.m. l y 21 Wisconsin 10 Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA ESPN2 10–13 42,387 September 20 5:15 pm w y y 25 Toledo Glass Bowl Toledo, OH ESPNU 55–54 2OT 20,096 September 27 12:30 pm w y y 22 UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA ABC 36–31 73,963 October 4 7:00 pm l 22 Hawaii Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA rivalry 29–32 OT 40,572 October 11 7:00 pm w y Idaho Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA 45–32 37,015 October 25 12:00 pm w y Utah State Romney Stadium Logan, UT 30–28 14,071 November 1 11:30 am l y Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA 35–38 20,300 November 7 6:00 pm l Nevada Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA ESPN2 28–41 33,207 November 15 2:00 pm w New Mexico State Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA 24–17 36,137 November 21 6:30 pm w y San Jose State rivalry Spartan Stadium San José, CA ESPN2 24–10 24,384 November 28 3:00 pm l y Boise State 9 Bronco Stadium Boise, ID rivalry ESPN2 10–61 32,412 December 20 11:30 am l y Colorado State University Stadium Albuquerque, NM New Mexico Bowl ESPN 35–40 24,735 Game summaries At Rutgers No. 25 Bulldogs 0 0 10 14 Scarlet Knights 0 0 0 7 2008 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team No. 10 Wisconsin No. 10 Badgers 7 3 3 0 No. 21 Bulldogs 0 0 10 0 2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team At Toledo Bulldogs 14 3 17 7 7 7 Rockets 7 14 3 17 7 6 2008 Toledo Rockets football team At UCLA No. 24 Bulldogs 7 13 16 0 Bruins 7 12 5 7 2008 UCLA Bruins football team 1-6 all time. Last meeting in 2003. (17-9 in San Jose in the Silicon Valley Bowl) A Derrick Coleman fumble in the redzone in the fourth quarter took away the Bruins' hope of keeping the Bulldogs from winning a game in the Rose Bowl stadium. Fresno State won its first game there by five points, taking control of the final 8 minutes and 55 seconds and not allowing a UCLA comeback. Hawaii Warriors 9 10 10 0 3 No. 22 Bulldogs 3 6 13 7 0 2008 Hawaii Warriors football team Fresno State–Hawaii football rivalry Idaho Vandals 3 7 7 15 Bulldogs 7 14 14 10 2008 Idaho Vandals football team At Utah State Bulldogs 7 7 7 9 Aggies 7 6 0 15 2008 Utah State Aggies football team At Louisiana Tech Fresno State Bulldogs 7 14 7 7 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 7 7 10 14 2008 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team Nevada Wolf Pack 7 10 14 10 Bulldogs 7 0 14 7 2008 Nevada Wolf Pack football team New Mexico State Aggies 10 7 0 0 Bulldogs 3 14 0 7 2008 New Mexico State Aggies football team At San Jose State Bulldogs 3 0 7 14 Spartans 7 3 0 0 2008 San Jose State Spartans football team Fresno State–San Jose State football rivalry At No. 9 Boise State Bulldogs 7 3 0 0 No. 9 Broncos 7 6 28 20 2008 Boise State Broncos football team Milk Can (college football) vs. Colorado State (New Mexico Bowl) Rams 10 10 0 20 Bulldogs 14 7 7 7 2008 Colorado State Rams football team 2008 New Mexico Bowl Awards First Team All WAC Bobby Lepori- Sr. OL Second Team All WAC Bear Pascoe- Sr. TE- 2007 1st team Chris Carter- So. LB Ben Jacobs-So. LB Moses Harris- Jr. DB References Fresno State Category:Fresno State Bulldogs football seasons Fresno State Bulldogs football