2008 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 2008 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by 10th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium in Durham, New Hampshire. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in CAA play . They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs where they lost in the quarterfinals to Northern Iowa.

2008 New Hampshire Wildcats football
CAA North Division champion
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal, L 34–36 vs. Northern Iowa
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 8
FCS Coaches	No. 7
2008 record	10–3 (6–2 CAA)
Head coach	Sean McDonnell (10th season)
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium (Capacity: 6,500)

2008 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North
No. 8 New Hampshire x^		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 18 Maine ^		5	–	3					8	–	5
UMass		4	–	4					7	–	5
Hofstra		2	–	6					4	–	8
Rhode Island		1	–	7					3	–	9
Northeastern		1	–	7					2	–	10
South
No. 3 James Madison x$^		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 6 Villanova ^		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 1 Richmond ^		6	–	2					13	–	3
No. 20 William & Mary		5	–	3					7	–	4
Delaware		2	–	6					4	–	8
Towson		1	–	7					3	–	9
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	1:00 pm	at Army*	No. 15	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	ESPNC	W 28–10	25,762
September 13	12:00 pm	at Rhode Island	No. 10	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	CN8	W 51–43	4,113
September 20	12:00 pm	Albany*	No. 10	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH		W 32–24	7,215
September 27	12:00 pm	at Dartmouth*	No. 7	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (Granite Bowl)	WMUR	W 42–6	4,427
October 11	12:00 pm	William & Mary	No. 4	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH		L 34–38	13,255
October 18	12:00 pm	at Northeastern	No. 11	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	CSN	W 33–21	6,109
October 25	12:00 pm	Towson	No. 10	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	CSN	W 41–14	8,003
November 1	12:00 pm	Hofstra	No. 9	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH		W 45–25	5,297
November 8	3:30 pm	at No. 6 Villanova	No. 8	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	CN8	L 13–24	6,627
November 15	12:00 pm	No. 22 UMass	No. 13	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (Rivalry)	CSN	W 52–21	6,231
November 22	12:00 pm	at No. 17 Maine	No. 11	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME (Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket)		W 28–24	5,719
November 29	2:00 pm	at No. 9 Southern Illinois*	No. 10	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL (FCS Playoffs First Round)		W 29–20	5,461
December 6	7:00 pm	at No. 4 Northern Iowa*	No. 10	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN360	L 34–36	9,055
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. "2008 Football Schedule". University of New Hampshire Department of Athletics. 2008. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2014.