2008 Maine Black Bears football team

2008 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
	North
	South
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; ^ – FCS playoff participant; Rankings from The Sports Network poll

2008 Maine Black Bears football
2008 Maine Black Bears football
NCAA FCS Playoff Round 1, L 15–40 at Northern Iowa
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2008 record	8–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach	Jack Cosgrove (16th season);
Captain	Jovan Belcher, Jhamal Fluellen
Home stadium	Alfond Stadium
	Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their 16th season under head coach Jack Cosgrove, the Black Bears compiled an 8–5 record (5–3 against conference opponents), finished second in the CAA's North Division, and lost to Northern Iowa in the first round of the NCAA FCS playoffs. Jovan Belcher and Jhamal Fluellen were the team captains.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
August 30	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 3–46	70,585
September 6	at Monmouth*	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	W 21–17
September 13	Stony Brook	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	W 28–13
September 20	at Richmond	UR Stadium Richmond, VA	L 17–44	8,012
September 27	James Madison	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	L 10–24
October 11	at Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 27–10
October 18	Hofstra	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	W 41–40 (2OT)
October 25	Northeastern	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	W 20–0
November 1	Iona	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	W 55–7
November 8	at UMass	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 21–20
November 15	at Rhode Island	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 37–7
November 22	New Hampshire	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	L 24–28
November 29	at Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA (NCAA FCS Playoff Round 1)	L 15–40	8,477
*Non-conference game

^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 89. Retrieved September 22, 2021.

v t Maine Black Bears football
Venues	Alfond Stadium (1998–present) Fitzpatrick Stadium (alternate)
Bowls & rivalries	1965 Tangerine Bowl Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket (New Hampshire)
Culture & lore	Black Bear Sports Network
People	NFL draftees
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 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

2008 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
North
No. 8 New Hampshire x^		6	–	2		10	–	3
No. 18 Maine ^		5	–	3		8	–	5
UMass		4	–	4		7	–	5
Hofstra		2	–	6		4	–	8
Rhode Island		1	–	7		3	–	9
Northeastern		1	–	7		2	–	10
South
No. 3 James Madison x$^		8	–	0		12	–	2
No. 6 Villanova ^		7	–	1		10	–	3
No. 1 Richmond ^		6	–	2		13	–	3
No. 20 William & Mary		5	–	3		7	–	4
Delaware		2	–	6		4	–	8
Towson		1	–	7		3	–	9

$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll