The 2008 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University—now known as California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt—as a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) during the 2008 NCAA Division II football season. Led by first-year head coach Rob Smith, the Lumberjacks compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 0–8 in conference play, placing last out of five teams in the GNAC. The team was outscored by its opponents 357 to 170 for the season. Humboldt State played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California.
| 2008 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football | |
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| Conference | Great Northwest Athletic Conference |
| Record | 2–9 (0–8 GNAC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Eric Tripp (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Shay McClure (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Redwood Bowl |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Central Washington $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Oregon | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Washington # | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dixie State | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Humboldt State completed as an NCAA Division II independent in 2006 and 2007, but returned to GNAC competition in 2008 when the conference resumed sponsorship of football. Each GNAC member played each of its conference foes twice during the season (home and away) instead of just once.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 30 | at Sacramento State* | L 13–45 | 10,172 | [1] | |
| September 6 | at Southern Oregon* |
| W 15–14 | 1,037 | |
| September 13 | Western Washington | L 14–30 | 4,208 | ||
| September 20 | at No. 8 Central Washington |
| L 10–48 | 4,224 | |
| September 27 | Western Oregon |
| L 28–44 | 2,200 | |
| October 4 | Azusa Pacific* |
| W 24–17 | 3,100 | |
| October 11 | at Dixie State | L 6–16 | 2,946 | ||
| October 18 | No. 11 Central Washington |
| L 14–34 | 2,200 | |
| October 25 | at Western Washington |
| L 20–56 | 2,150 | |
| November 1 | at Western Oregon |
| L 10–34 | ||
| November 8 | Dixie State |
| L 15–19 | 1,083 | |
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References
edit- ^ "Humboldt State vs Sacramento State (Aug 30, 2008)". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ "2008 Football Schedule". Cal Poly Humboldt Athletics. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
- ^ "Humboldt State Jacks 2014 Football Media Guide". p. 100. Retrieved November 18, 2017.