2008 Colorado State Rams football team

The 2008 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, CO and were led by first year coach Steve Fairchild. They were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they defeated Fresno State.

2008 Colorado State Rams football
New Mexico Bowl champion
New Mexico Bowl, W 40–35 vs. Fresno State
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	7–6 (4–4 MW)
Head coach	Steve Fairchild (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Peterson (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Larry Kerr (11th season)
Home stadium	Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium
Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Utah $		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 7 TCU		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 25 BYU		6	–	2					10	–	3
Air Force		5	–	3					8	–	5
Colorado State		4	–	4					7	–	6
UNLV		2	–	6					5	–	7
New Mexico		2	–	6					4	–	8
Wyoming		1	–	7					4	–	8
San Diego State		1	–	7					2	–	10
$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	10:00 a.m.	vs. Colorado*	Invesco Field at Mile High Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	FSN	L 38–17	68,133[1]
September 6	1:30 p.m.	Sacramento State*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO		W 23–20	20,051[2]
September 20	8:00 p.m.	Houston*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO		W 28–25	21,539[3]
September 27	3:00 p.m.	at California*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley CA	CSNCA	L 42–7	63,970[4]
October 8	11:30 a.m.	UNLV	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	mtn	W 41–28	19,703[5]
October 11	2:30 p.m.	TCU	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	CBSCS	L 13–7	27,130[6]
October 18	7:15 p.m.	at No. 14 Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	mtn	L 49–16	44,793[7]
October 25	7:30 p.m.	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	mtn	W 38-34	17,185[8]
November 1	4:00 p.m.	No. 17 BYU	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	mtn	L 45–42	20,222[6]
November 8	4:30 p.m.	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium USAFA, CO	mtn	L 38–17	39,052[9]
November 15	10:30 a.m.	New Mexico	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	mtn	W 20–6	17,401[10]
November 22	12:00 p.m.	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	mtn	W 31–20	18,569[11]
December 20	12:30 p.m.	vs. Fresno State*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM (New Mexico Bowl)	ESPN	W 40–35	24,735[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Roster

2008 Colorado State Rams football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 29 Kyle Bell  Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 91 Tommie Hill  Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Steve Fairchild Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

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2. "Sacramento State vs Colorado State (Sep 06, 2008". CBS Interactive.com. September 6, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
3. "Houston vs Colorado State (Sep 20, 2008)". CBS Interactive.com. September 6, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
4. "Colorado State vs California (Sep 27, 2008)". CBS Interactive.com. September 27, 2008. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
5. "UNLV vs Colorado State (Oct 04, 2008)". CBS Interactive. October 8, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
6. "TCU vs Colorado State (Oct 11, 2008)". CBS Interactive. October 11, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
7. "Houston vs Colorado State (Sep 20, 2008)". CBS Interactive.com. October 18, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
8. "Colorado State vs San Diego State (Oct 25, 2008)". CBS Interactive.com. October 25, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
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11. "Colorado State vs Wyoming (November 22, 2008)". ESPN. November 22, 2008. Archived from the original on November 25, 2007. Retrieved November 27, 2008.
12. "2008 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE". December 20, 2008. Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2009.