2008 Troy Trojans football team
2008 Troy Trojans football | |
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Sun Belt champion | |
New Orleans Bowl, L 27–30 OT vs. Southern Miss | |
Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
2008 record | 8–5 (6–1 Sun Belt) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Neal Brown (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Air Raid |
Defensive coordinator | Jeremy Rowell (3rd season) |
Base defense | 4–2–5 |
Home stadium | Movie Gallery Stadium (Capacity: 30,000) |
2008 Sun Belt Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Troy $ | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Lafayette | 5 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Monroe | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 Troy Trojans football team represented Troy University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Trojans played their home games at Movie Gallery Stadium in Troy, Alabama and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. The Trojans successfully defended their Sun Belt Championship, winning their third title in a row. Troy was coming off an 8–4 record in 2007.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 28 | 6:30 pm | at Middle Tennessee | ESPN+ | W 31-17 | 22,307 | |
September 13 | 6:00 pm | Alcorn State* |
| W 65-0 | 22,105 | |
September 20 | 11:00 am | at No. 13 Ohio State* | BTN | L 10-28 | 102,989 | |
September 27 | 6:05 pm | at Oklahoma State* | L 24-55 | 52,463 | ||
October 7 | 7:00 pm | at Florida Atlantic | ESPN2 | W 30-17 | 17,191 | |
October 18 | 6:00 pm | FIU |
| ESPN+ | W 33-23 | 19,316 |
October 25 | 6:00 pm | North Texas | W 45-17 | 18,345 | ||
November 1 | 6:00 pm | at Louisiana–Monroe |
| ESPN+ | L 30-31 | 10,112 |
November 8 | 2:30 pm | Western Kentucky*![]() |
| ESPN+ | W 17-7 | 19,066 |
November 15 | 7:00 pm | at No. 20 LSU* | PPV | L 31-40 | 92,103 | |
November 22 | 6:00 pm | Louisiana–Lafayette |
| W 48-3 | 19,443 | |
December 6 | 6:00 pm | Arkansas State |
| ESPN+ | W 35-9 | 16,227 |
December 21 | 7:15 pm | Southern Miss |
| ESPN | L 27-30 | 30,197 |
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Rankings[]
Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Final |
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AP | RV | |||||||||||||||
Coaches | ||||||||||||||||
Harris | Not released | |||||||||||||||
BCS | Not released |
Personnel[]
Depth chart[]
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Coaching staff[]
- Larry Blakeney – Head Coach
- Shayne Wasden – Assistant Head Coach
- Neal Brown – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
- Jeremy Rowell – Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
- Randy Butler – Defensive Ends/Recruiting Coordinator
- Maurea Crain – Defensive Line
- Kenny Edenfield – Inside Receivers
- Benjy Parker – Linebackers
- John Schlarman – Offensive Line
- Chad Scott – Running Backs
- Richard Shaughnessy – Strength and Conditioning
References[]
Categories:
- 2008 Sun Belt Conference football season
- Troy Trojans football seasons
- Sun Belt Conference football champion seasons
- 2008 in sports in Alabama
- College football 2000s season stubs