2008 Wofford Terriers football team

American college football season

2008 Wofford Terriers football

NCAA Division I First Round, L 35–38 vs. James Madison
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 9
Record	9–3 (7–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Mike Ayers (21st season)
Home stadium	Gibbs Stadium
Seasons← 2007 2009 →

2008 Southern Conference football standings
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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 Wofford Terriers football team represented Wofford College during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by 21st-year head coach Mike Ayers and played its home games at Gibbs Stadium. It finished the regular season with a 9–3 record overall and a 7–1 record in the Southern Conference, tying for seventh place. The team qualified for the playoffs, in which they were eliminated in the first round by James Madison.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 pm	Presbyterian*	No. 13	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC		W 38–21	7,931
September 6	6:00 pm	Charleston Southern*	No. 13	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC		W 41–23	3,817
September 20	7:00 pm	at South Carolina*	No. 12	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	L 13–23	76,599
September 27	7:00 pm	at No. 22 Georgia Southern	No. 11	Sanford Stadium Statesboro, GA	CSS	W 38–37	17,958
October 11	3:00 pm	Chattanooga	No. 9	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC		W 56–7	8,394
October 18	1:30 pm	Western Carolina	No. 6	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC		W 42–14	7,063
October 25	3:00 pm	at No. 3 Elon	No. 4	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC		W 55–20	7,874
October 31	8:00 pm	No. 2 Appalachian State	No. 3	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	ESPN2	L 24–70	30,931
November 8	3:00 pm	The Citadel	No. 10	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (rivalry)	SSN	W 33–28	10,011
November 15	3:00 pm	at Samford	No. 9	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL		W 28–7	2,973
November 22	12:00 pm	No. 20 Furman	No. 10	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (rivalry)		W 35–10	9,654
November 29	3:00 pm	at No. 1 James Madison*	No. 8	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA (NCAA Division I First Round)		L 35–38	12,826
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

References

"2008 Football Schedule".
"Wofford Yearly Results: 2010-2014". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
Appalachian Sports Information (October 31, 2008). "Edwards, No. 2 Apps Wallop No. 3 Wofford, 70-24". GoASU. Retrieved October 31, 2008.
"Terriers too much for Furman". Anderson Independent-Mail. November 23, 2008. Retrieved September 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Synder Field (1930–1995) Gibbs Stadium (1996–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1950 Cigar Bowl The Citadel Furman
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902–1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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Appalachian State Cal Poly Colgate Eastern Kentucky James Madison Maine Montana New Hampshire Northern Iowa Richmond South Carolina State Southern Illinois Texas State Villanova Weber State Wofford
Champion – Richmond Spiders

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