2008 Georgia Southern Eagles football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–5 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRance Gillespie
Offensive schemeTriple Option
Defensive coordinatorAshley Anders
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
2008 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 Appalachian State $^  8 0   11 3  
No. 9 Wofford ^  7 1   9 3  
No. 17 Elon  6 2   8 4  
Furman  4 4   7 5  
Samford  4 4   6 5  
Georgia Southern  4 4   6 5  
The Citadel  2 6   4 8  
Western Carolina  1 7   3 9  
Chattanooga  0 8   1 11  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2008 Georgia Southern Eagles team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Eagles were led by second year head coach Chris Hatcher and played their home games at Paulson Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in Southern Conference play.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3012:30 pmat No. 1 (FBS) Georgia*No. 17PPVL 21–4592,746
September 66:00 pmAustin Peay*No. 16EVW 34–2018,225
September 136:00 pmNortheastern*No. 15
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
EVW 34–27 OT17,491
September 207:00 pmNo. 18 ElonNo. 14
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
CSSL 20–2217,049
September 277:00 pmNo. 11 WoffordNo. 22
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
CSSL 37–38 OT17,958
October 47:00 pmat ChattanoogaEVW 52–285,616
October 183:00 pmNo. 2 Appalachian StateNo. 25
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA (rivalry)
SSL 36–3720,851
October 251:00 pmat Western CarolinaW 38–31 OT8,327
November 11:00 pmat The CitadelW 44–41 3OT11,190
November 812:00 pmSamforddagger
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
CSSL 17–2717,436
November 153:00 pmat No. 16 FurmanSSW 17–1010,496

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References

  1. "2008 Football Schedule". Georgia Southern University Department of Athletics. Retrieved November 5, 2014.


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