2008 Boston College Eagles football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 2008 Boston College Eagles football Boston College Eagles wordmark.png Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Division ACC 9–5 5–3 Jeff Jagodzinski 2nd Steve Logan 2nd Pro-style Frank Spaziani 10th 4–3 Chris Crane Mike McLaughlin2009-10 Boston College Record Book https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115617/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bc/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/Records-mg-09-10.pdf 2016-03-04 pg. 114 Alumni Stadium ACC Atlantic Division co-champion Music City Bowl L 14–16 vs. Vanderbilt ACC Championship Game L 12–30 vs. Virginia Tech The 2008 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was Boston College's fourth season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Eagles were led by Jeff Jagodzinski in his second and final season as Boston College head coach. Boston College has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference's (ACC) Atlantic Division since joining the league in 2005, after leaving the Big East Conference. The Eagles played their home games in 2008 at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, which has been their home stadium since 1957. Season recap Boston College had to replace Matt Ryan, who was drafted third overall in the 2008 NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons. Senior quarterback Chris Crane was the starter at the beginning of the year to take over the starting quarterback position. In the November 22 game against Wake Forest, Crane broke his collar bone, and was replaced with Dominique Davis. Other big losses that had to be dealt with from the 2007 season include tailback L.V. Witworth and running back Andre Callender. True freshman Josh Haden was assumed to be the starting running back, but true freshman Montel Harris later turned out to have the starting job. BC finished the year with one of the best defenses in College Football, with the most Interceptions in all of FBS Football, and allowing the fifth fewest yards. The team had its first loss in a home game against Georgia Tech. It went on to lose two more games against the North Carolina and the Clemson before winning four games in a row to take the team to its second ACC Championship Game in a row, which again, put the Eagles against the Virginia Tech Hokies. The Eagles lost the game 12–30, and placed the team in the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tennessee. The Eagles lost the game to Vanderbilt, which not only ended the Eagles bowl winning streak, which was the longest in the nation, but gave Vanderbilt its first bowl win in over 50 years. On January 5, 2009, Coach Jagodzinski was fired by Boston College, for apparently interviewing for the head coaching vacancy for the NFL New York Jets despite being warned not to. He was later hired as the offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Schedule 2008 Eastern AP August 30 6:30 p.m. w y y Kent State Cleveland Browns Stadium Cleveland, OH FirstMerit Patriot Bowl ESPNU 21–0 10,788 September 6 12:00 p.m. l Georgia Tech Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA Raycom 16–19 40,106 September 20 1:00 p.m. w y UCF Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA ESPNU 34–7 41,267 September 27 1:00 p.m. w y Rhode Island Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA ESPN360 42–0 32,628 Led by Harris, BC batters Rams The Boston Globe Mark Blaudschun September 28, 2008 C13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85832261/led-by-harris-bc-batters-rams/ Newspapers.com October 4 12:00 p.m. w y NC State Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC Raycom 38–31 55,652 October 18 8:00 p.m. w Virginia Tech 17 Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA rivalry ESPN2 28–23 44,127 October 25 12:00 p.m. l y 23 North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC Raycom 24–45 48,000 November 1 3:30 p.m. l Clemson Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy ESPNU 21–27 41,863 November 8 8:00 p.m. w y Notre Dame Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA Holy War ESPN 17–0 44,500 November 15 8:00 p.m. w y Florida State 20 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL ABC 27–17 79,792 November 22 3:30 p.m. w y Wake Forest BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC ABC 24–21 30,373 November 29 3:30 p.m. w 20 Maryland Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA ABC 28–21 42,767 December 6 1:00 p.m. l y 18 Virginia Tech Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL ACC Championship ABC 12–30 53,927 December 31 3:30 p.m. l y Vanderbilt LP Field Nashville, TN Music City Bowl ESPN 14–16 54,250 2008-09 Results/News Releases http://www.bceagles.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/bc-m-footbl-2008.html Boston College Athletics November 28, 2012 November 19, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121119072421/http://www.bceagles.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/bc-m-footbl-2008.html dead Rankings 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings AP 0 16 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 RV RV RV RV 20 18 RV RV Coaches Poll 0 16 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV 25 22 20 RV RV Harris 5 15 NR NR NR 24 NR NR NR 25 20 19 NR BCS 8 15 NR NR NR NR NR 21 17 24 Roster 2008 Boston College Eagles football roster Quarterbacks  7 Justin Tuggle, Fr. 10 Chris Crane, r-Sr. 14 Alexander Atiyeh, Fr. 15 Dominique Davis, r-Fr. 17 Chris Johnson, r-Jr. 19 Nick Loury, Fr. 21 John Lowell, So. Running backs  6 Josh Haden, Fr. (HB)  8 Jeff Smith, Jr. (HB) 13 Codi Boek, So. (FB) 24 Dan Mulrooney, So. (HB) 33 Dan Williams, r-Fr. (FB) 36 James McCluskey, r-So. (FB) 40 Jerry Kelly, Fr. (HB) 41 Montel Harris, Fr. (HB) Wide receivers  2 Brandon Robinson, r-Sr.  3 Ifeanyi Momah, So.  5 Ryan Lindsey, r-So. 11 Clarence Megwa, r-Jr. 14 Billy Flutie, r-So. 18 Rich Gunnell, r-Jr. 25 John Hovsepian, Sr. 82 Justin Jarvis, Jr. 85 Clyde Lee, Fr. 89 Colin Larmond Jr., Fr. Tight ends 49 Gavin Lamb, Fr. 80 Ryan Purvis, r-Sr. 81 Chris Pantale, Fr. 84 Michael Stone, Fr. 87 Lars Anderson, r-Fr. 88 Jordon McMichael, r-So. Offensive linemen 62 Bryan Murphy, r-Sr. (C) 64 Nick Rossi, r-Jr. (OG) 65 Matt Tennant, r-Jr. (C) 66 Rich Lapham, r-So. (OT) 69 Mark Spinney, r-Fr. (C) 70 John Elliott, r-Fr. (OG) 71 Nick Halloran, Fr. (OG) 72 Mike Goodman Jr., r-Fr. (OL) 73 Clif Ramsey, r-Sr. (OG) 74 Anthony Castonzo, So. (OT) 75 Nathan Richman, r-Fr. (OT) 76 Patrick Sheil, r-Jr. (OT) 77 Emmett Cleary, Fr. (OT) 78 Thomas Claiborne, r-So. (OG) Defensive linemen 47 Brad Newman, So. (DE) 52 Austin Giles, r-Jr. (DE) 55 Damik Scafe, r-So. (DT) 56 Max Holloway, Fr. (DE) 58 Bill Ferguson, Jr. (DT) 60 Ron Brace, r-Sr. (DT) 86 Jim Ramella, Jr. (DE) 90 B. J. Raji, Sr. (DT) 91 Christian Klein, Fr. (DE) 92 Allan Smith, r-Jr. (DE) 93 Bryan Murray, Fr. (DT) 95 Brendan Deska, r-Jr. (DE) 96 Kaleb Ramsey, Fr. (DT) 98 Alex Albright, Jr. (DE) 99 Jerry Willette, r-Sr. (DT) Linebackers  7 Kevin Akins, r-Sr. 16 Brian Toal, Sr. 34 Mike McLaughlin, r-Jr. 35 Robert Francois, r-Sr. 36 Kevin Distaso, r-Jr. 37 Jarick Walker, So. 39 Darius Bagan, r-So. 44 Alexander DiSanzo, Fr. 49 Garrett Seeger, Sr. 50 Will Thompson, r-Fr. 51 Corey Phelps, Jr. 53 Mike Morrissey, r-So. 54 Nick Clancy, Fr. 59 John Chisholm, r-So. 94 Mark Herzlich, Jr. 98 Alex Albright, Jr. Defensive backs  4 Donnie Fletcher, Fr. (CB)  8 Marcellus Bowman, r-Jr. (FS)  9 DeLeon Gause, So. (CB) 19 Paul Anderson, Sr. (SS) 20 Roderick Rollins, Jr. (CB) 21 Razzie Smith, r-Jr. (CB) 23 Hampton Hughes, Fr. (DB) 25 Chris Fox, r-So. (SS) 26 Kurtis Magee, Sr. (DB) 27 Okechukwu Okoroha, Fr. (DB) 28 Ugo Okpara, Fr. (CB) 29 Dominick LeGrande, Fr. (SS) 30 Donte Elliott, Fr. (S) 32 Chris Hayden-Martin, Fr. (CB) 38 Mark Maglio, r-Jr. (CB) 42 Isaac Johnson, Fr. (CB) 43 Michael Dell'Aquila, r-So. (DB) 45 Wes Davis, So. (FS) 48 Steve Atkinson, Fr. (DB) Special teams 14 Billy Flutie, r-So. (P) 19 Nick Loury, Fr. (LS) 23 Billy Bennett, So. (K) 36 Kevin Distaso, r-Jr. (LS) 43 Gerald Levano, Fr. (K/P) 46 Ryan Quigley, Fr. (P/K) 51 Jack Geiser, Jr. (LS) 53 Greg Abilheira, r-So. (K) 57 Sean Flaherty, Fr. (LS) 58 Jason Stewart, Sr. (LS) 83 Steve Aponavicius, Sr. (K) Head coach Jeff Jagodzinski Assistant coaches Jack Bicknell Jr. – Assistant head coach/offensive line Jeff Comissiong – Defensive line coach Ryan Day – Wide receivers coach Steve Logan – Offensive coordinator Bill McGovern – Linebackers coach Mike Siravo – Defensive backs/recruiting coordinator Ben Sirmans – Running backs coach Frank Spaziani – Defensive coordinator Don Yanowsky – Tight ends/special teams coach Drafted Players (2009 NFL Draft) 2009199B. J. RajiGreen Bay PackersDT2840Ron BraceNew England PatriotsDT References Boston College Category:Boston College Eagles football seasons Boston College Eagles football Boston College Eagles football