2008 UC Davis Aggies football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2008
| team = UC Davis Aggies
| sport = football
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| conference = Great West Conference
| short_conf = GWC
| record = 5–7
| conf_record = 2–1
| head_coach = Bob Biggs
| hc_year = 16th
| off_coach = Mike Moroski
| oc_year = 16th
| off_scheme =
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| captain =
| stadium = Aggie Stadium
}}
{{2008 Great West Conference football standings}}
The 2008 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis as a member of the Great West Conference (GWC) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by 16th-year head coach Bob Biggs, UC Davis compiled an overall record of 5–7 with a mark of 2–1 in conference play, placing second in the GWC. The team outscored its opponents 342 to 326 for the season. The Aggies played home games at Aggie Stadium in Davis, California.
The GWC had previously been a football-only conference, but began sports other sports in the 2008–09 school year.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2008
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = The Sports Network
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = August 30
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = San Jose State
| site_stadium = Spartan Stadium
| site_cityst = San Jose, CA
| score = 10–13
| attend = 18,730
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 6
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Central Arkansas
| opprank = 22
| site_stadium = Estes Stadium
| site_cityst = Little Rock, AR
| score = 21–24
| attend = 10,188
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 13
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Portland State
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| score = 38–24
| attend = 8,107
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 20
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Montana
| opprank = 4
| site_stadium = Washington–Grizzly Stadium
| site_cityst = Missoula, MT
| score = 24–29
| attend = 25,209
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2008|team=Northeastern Huskies|title=Northeastern}}
| site_stadium = Parsons Field
| site_cityst = Brookline, MA
| score = 10–27
| attend = 1,137
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2008|team=Northern Colorado Bears|title=Northern Colorado}}
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| score = 34–30
| attend = 9,675
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2008|team=Southern Utah Thunderbirds|title=Southern Utah}}
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| score = 49–26
| attend = 10,849
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2008|team=Iona Gaels|title=Iona}}
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| score = 55–24
| attend = 6,271
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| w/l = w
| opponent = North Dakota
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| score = 34–21
| attend = 8,876
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Sacramento State
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| gamename = Causeway Classic
| score = 19–29
| attend = 10,317
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Cal Poly
| opprank = 3
| site_stadium = Alex G. Spanos Stadium
| site_cityst = San Luis Obispo, CA
| gamename = Battle for the Golden Horseshoe
| score = 28–51
| attend = 11,075
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2008|team=San Diego Toreros|title=San Diego}}
| site_stadium = Torero Stadium
| site_cityst = San Diego, CA
| score = 20–28
| attend = 4,503
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=NCAA Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/254591?utf8=%E2%9C%93&year_id=254591&sport_id=404478&commit=Submit&org_sport_name=&org_id= |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 15, 2022 }}{{cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucda/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/15FBGuide.pdf#page=47|title=UC Davis Football 2015: Team Information Guide|access-date=April 22, 2017|archive-date=March 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308182711/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucda/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/15FBGuide.pdf#page=47|url-status=dead}}
UC Davis players in the NFL
No UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 2009 NFL draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2009.htm|title=2009 NFL Draft|access-date = January 12, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/schools/californiadavis/|title=California-Davis Players/Alumni|access-date = April 22, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?abbr=C&collegeName=California-Davis&abbrFlag=0&type=school|title=Draft History: California-Davis|access-date=April 22, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202072238/http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?abbr=C&collegeName=California-Davis&abbrFlag=0&type=school|url-status=dead}}
The following finished their UC Davis career in 2008, were not drafted, but played in the NFL:
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| Player | Position | First NFL team |
| align="center" bgcolor="" | Guard | 2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers |