2008 South Florida Bulls football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 football 2008 South Florida Bulls South Florida Bulls wordmark.png 200 Big East Conference Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East 8–5 2–5 Jim Leavitt 12th Greg Gregory 2nd Wally Burnham 8th Spread 3–4 Raymond James Stadium St. Petersburg Bowl champion St. Petersburg Bowl W 41–14 vs. Memphis June 2025 The 2008 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Their head coach was Jim Leavitt, and the USF Bulls played all of their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. The 2008 college football season was the 12th season overall for the Bulls and also their 12th under Leavitt as head coach. It was their fourth season in the Big East Conference, and eighth in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.Myerberg Paul The Quad Countdown: No. 21 South Florida https://archive.nytimes.com/thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/the-quad-countdown-no-21-south-florida/ The Quad New York Times 26 June 2025 en 8 August 2008South Florida Bulls College Football History, Stats, Records https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/south-florida/ College Football at Sports-Reference.com enJim Leavitt (2025) - USF Athletic Hall of Fame https://gousfbulls.com/honors/usf-athletic-hall-of-fame/jim-leavitt/40 USF Athletics 26 June 2025 en The 2008 season was the first in which the team was ranked in the preseason Associated Press rankings. They started the season ranked 19th and rose as high as 10th. They fell out of the rankings after a string of losses in conference play, and ended the season unranked with an overall 8-5 record (2-5 in Big East conference play). They ended their season with a bowl win over Memphis in the 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl.2008 South Florida Bulls Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/south-florida/2008-schedule.html College Football at Sports-Reference.com 26 June 2025 en Schedule 2008 AP Eastern August 30 7:00 p.m. w y 19 2008 UT Martin Skyhawks UT Martin Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL Big East Network 56–7 48,058 September 6 7:00 p.m. w y y 17 UCF Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL rivalry ESPN2 31–24 OT 46,805 September 12 Friday 8:00 p.m. w y 19 Kansas 13 Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL ESPN2 37–34 58,755 September 20 5:00 p.m. w y y 12 FIU FIU Stadium Miami, FL ESPNU 17–9 16,717 September 27 7:30 p.m. w y y 13 NC State Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC ESPNU 41–10 57,583 October 2 Thursday 7:30 p.m. l 10 Pittsburgh Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL ESPN 21–26 50,307 October 18 12:00 p.m. w y 19 Syracuse Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL Big East Network 45–13 51,384 October 25 3:30 p.m. l y 14 Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY Big East Network 20–24 40,384 October 30 Thursday 7:30 p.m. l y 24 Cincinnati Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH ESPN 10–24 31,175 November 15 12:00 p.m. l Rutgers Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL Big East Network 16–49 47,216 November 23 Sunday 8:00 p.m. w UConn Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL ESPN 17–13 42,422 December 6 8:00 p.m. l y West Virginia Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV ESPN2 7–13 48,019 December 20 4:30 p.m. w y y Memphis Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL St. Petersburg Bowl ESPN2 41–14 25,205 Rankings 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings 16 19 17 19 12 13 10 19 19 14 24 RV RV - - - - - 21 18 18 16 14 10 20 20 14 23 RV - - RV - - - 5 12 19 19 14 23 RV RV - - - - 8 16 23 - - - - - - References South Florida Category:South Florida Bulls football seasons Category:Gasparilla Bowl champion seasons South Florida Bulls football