2008 Weber State Wildcats football team

2008 Weber State Wildcats football
Big Sky co-champion
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 7
FCS CoachesNo. 9
Record10–4 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Hammer (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorColton Swan (1st season)
Home stadiumStewart Stadium
2008 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Montana $^   7 – 1     14 – 2  
No. 7 $^   7 – 1     10 – 4  
Montana State   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Eastern Washington   5 – 3     6 – 5  
Northern Arizona   4 – 4     6 – 5  
Sacramento State   3 – 5     6 – 6  
Portland State   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Northern Colorado   1 – 7     1 – 10  
Idaho State   1 – 7     1 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2008 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

The 2008 season was a very successful season for the Wildcats. Led by head coach Ron McBride, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 10–4 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play to share the Big Sky championship with Montana.[1][2]

Weber State received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they beat Cal Poly in the first round before losing to their conference rivals Montana in the quarterfinals. It was the Wildcats' first trip to the playoffs in seventeen years, and their most wins in twenty-one years.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 287:00 pmMontana Western*
W 62–65,182[4]
September 610:00 pmat Hawaii*
L 17–3639,446[5]
September 136:00 pmDixie State*dagger
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
W 44–78,201[6]
September 203:00 pmat Sacramento State
W 32–277,186[7]
September 276:00 pmat No. 17 (FBS) Utah
L 21–3745,117[8]
October 41:05 pmNo. 3 Montana
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
W 45–283,753[9]
October 111:35 pmat Montana StateNo. 22
W 35–1214,447[10]
October 181:05 pmNorthern ColoradoNo. 18
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
W 17–107,320[11]
October 254:05 pmat No. 15 Northern ArizonaNo. 16
W 42–149,007[12]
November 11:05 pmPortland StateNo. 13
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
W 31–218,164[13]
November 81:35 pmat Idaho StateNo. 9
W 59–275,514[14]
November 2212:05 pmEastern WashingtonNo. 8
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
L 26–338,841[15]
November 297:05 pmat No. 3 Cal Poly*No. 12
W 49–356,919[16]
December 612:00 pmat No. 5 Montana*No. 12
ESPNGPL 13–2421,583[17]

References

  1. ^ "2008 Football Coaches". Weber State University Athletics. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  2. ^ "2008 Football Standings". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  3. ^ "Ron McBride - Football Coach". Weber State University Athletics. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  4. ^ "Wildcats dominate Bulldogs". The Montana Standard. August 29, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Graunke rallies UH past Wildcats". West Hawaii Today. September 7, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Wildcats rack up yards, rout Dixie State". The Daily Spectrum. September 14, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Higgins guides Weber past Sac St". The Missoulian. September 21, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Sakoda, Utah down Weber State". The Times-News. September 28, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Weber St. ends Grizzlies' win streak at 25 games". The Montana Standard. October 5, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Weber State ruins Montana State's homecoming". The Independent-Record. October 12, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Higgins hurls Weber St. past Northern Colorado". Great Falls Tribune. October 19, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Wildcats roll past Northern Arizona". The Daily Herald. October 26, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Weber Statte stays perfect in Bis Sky play". The Billings Gazette. November 2, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Weber St. 59, Idaho St. 27". Ventura County Star. November 9, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "EWU spoils Weber State's fun, 33–26". The News Tribune. November 23, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Wildcats race past Cal–Poly". The Daily Herald. November 30, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Sweet revenge; Griz avenge regular-season loss to Weber State; Advance to FCS semifinal". The Billings Gazette. December 7, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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