2008 UC Davis Aggies football team

The 2008 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They competed in the Great West Conference (GWC). The conference had previously been only football, but converted to all sports for the 2008–2009 school year.

2008 UC Davis Aggies football
ConferenceGreat West Conference
2008 record5–7 (2–1 GWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAggie Stadium
(Capacity: 10,743)
2008 Great West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 10 Cal Poly $^  3 –0     8 –3  
UC Davis  2 –1     5 –7  
North Dakota  1 –2     6 –4  
South Dakota  1 –2     6 –5  
Southern Utah  1 –3     4 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2008 Aggies were led by head coach Bob Biggs in his sixteenth year and played home games at Aggie Stadium. UC Davis finished the season with a record of five wins and seven losses (5–7, 2–1 GWC). This was the second straight losing season after 37 consecutive winning years. The Aggies outscored their opponents 342–326 for the season.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
August 30at San Jose State*
L 10–1318,730
September 6at No. 22 Central Arkansas*
L 21–24
September 13Portland State*
W 38–248,107
September 20at No. 4 Montana*
L 24–2925,209
September 27at Northeastern*
L 10–27
October 4Northern Colorado*
  • Aggie Stadium
  • Davis, CA
W 34–30
October 11Southern Utah
  • Aggie Stadium
  • Davis, CA
W 49–26
October 18Iona*
  • Aggie Stadium
  • Davis, CA
W 55–24
October 25North Dakota
  • Aggie Stadium
  • Davis, CA
W 34–21
November 8Sacramento State[note 1]*
L 19–2910,317[1]
November 15at No. 3 Cal Poly[note 2]
L 28–51
November 22at San Diego*
L 20–28
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from TSN poll

[2][3]

UC Davis players in the NFL

No UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft.[4][5][6]

The following finished their UC Davis career in 2008, were not drafted, but played in the NFL:

PlayerPositionFirst NFL team
Jonathan CompasGuard2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Notes
  1. The official name of Sacramento State has been California State University, Sacramento since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Sacramento State.
  2. The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.

References
  1. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (UC Davis)". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  2. "California - Davis Yearly Results". Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  3. "UC Davis Football 2015: Team Information Guide" (PDF). Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  4. "2009 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  5. "California-Davis Players/Alumni". Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  6. "Draft History: California-Davis". Retrieved April 22, 2017.
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