2008 Navy Midshipmen football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2008
| team = Navy Midshipmen
| sport = football
| image = United State Naval Academy Logo-sports.png
| image_size = 150
| conference = Independent
| record= 8–5
| head_coach = Ken Niumatalolo
| hc_year = 1st
| off_coach = Ivin Jasper
| oc_year = 1st
| off_scheme = Triple option
| def_coach = Buddy Green
| dc_year = 7th
| def_scheme = Multiple
| mvp = Shun White
| captain = Clint Sovie
| captain2 = Jarod Bryant
| stadium = Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
| bowl = EagleBank Bowl
| bowl_result = L 19–29 vs. Wake Forest
}}
{{2008 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records}}
The 2008 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Ken Niumatalolo. He was promoted from the offensive line coach before the season, after his predecessor, Paul Johnson, accepted the head coaching position at Georgia Tech.
The Midshipmen finished the regular season with an 8–4 record to attain bowl eligibility. Navy secured a berth in the inaugural EagleBank Bowl, which had a tie-in with the two independent military academies, the other being Army. The other tie-in was with the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Due to a chaotic and closely contested season in the ACC, in the EagleBank Bowl, Navy ended up playing Wake Forest in a re-match of a regular season game, despite a statement in their contracting disallowing it.[https://lists.usna.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0812a&L=NAAA-FOOTBALL&P=23893 Navy Did Not Waive EagleBank Bowl Clause], Annapolis Capital, December 4, 2008. Accessed 2009-03-12. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090121145815/https://lists.usna.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0812A&L=NAAA-FOOTBALL&P=23893 Archived] 2009-05-28. Unlike the earlier game, Navy lost the rematch against Wake Forest, 29–19.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2008
| poll = AP
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = August 30
| time = 3:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Towson
| site_stadium = Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Annapolis, MD
| tv = CBSCS
| score = 41–13
| attend = 31,613
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 5
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Ball State
| site_stadium = Scheumann Stadium
| site_cityst = Muncie, IN
| tv = ESPN
| score = 23–35
| attend = 22,517
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 13
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Duke
| site_stadium = Wallace Wade Stadium
| site_cityst = Durham, NC
| tv = ESPNU
| score = 31–41
| attend = 25,082
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 20
| time = 3:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Rutgers
| site_stadium = Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Annapolis, MD
| tv = CBSCS
| score = 23–21
| attend = 37,821
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| time = 3:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Wake Forest
| opprank = 16
| site_stadium = BB&T Field
| site_cityst = Winston-Salem, NC
| tv = ESPNU
| score = 24–17
| attend = 33,173
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| time = 4:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Air Force
| site_stadium = Falcon Stadium
| site_cityst = Colorado Springs, CO
| gamename = Commander-in-Chief's Trophy
| tv = Versus
| score = 33–27
| attend = 46,339
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| time = 3:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| opponent = Pittsburgh
| opprank = 23
| site_stadium = Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Annapolis, MD
| tv = CBSCS
| score = 21–42
| attend = 37,970
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| time = 3:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = SMU
| site_stadium = Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Annapolis, MD
| gamename = rivalry
| tv = CBSCS
| score = 34–7
| attend = 31,698
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| time = 3:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Temple
| site_stadium = Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Annapolis, MD
| tv = CBSCS
| score = 33–27
| overtime = OT
| attend = 34,775
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| neutral = y
| opponent = Notre Dame
| site_stadium = M&T Bank Stadium
| site_cityst = Baltimore, MD
| gamename = rivalry
| tv = CBS
| score = 21–27
| attend = 70,932
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 25
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Northern Illinois
| site_stadium = Huskie Stadium
| site_cityst = DeKalb, IL
| tv = ESPNC
| score = 16–0
| attend = 17,932
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 6
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Army
| site_stadium = Lincoln Financial Field
| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA
| gamename = Army-Navy Game
| tv = CBS
| score = 34–0
| attend = 69,144
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 20
| time = 11:00 a.m.
| w/l = l
| neutral = y
| opponent = Wake Forest
| gamename = EagleBank Bowl
| site_cityst = Washington, DC
| site_stadium = Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
| tv = ESPN
| score = 19–29
| attend = 28,777
}}
}}
{{cite web |title=Navy Midshipmen Schedule 2008 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2426/season/2008 |work=ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures |access-date=November 19, 2009 }}
References
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