2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football

GMAC Bowl Champions C-USA West Division Co-Champions
C-USA Championship Game, L 24-27 vs. East Carolina
GMAC Bowl, W 45–13 vs. Ball State
Conference	Conference USA West Division
2008 record	11-3 (7-2 C-USA)
Head coach	Todd Graham
Offensive coordinator	Herb Hand & Gus Malzahn
Defensive coordinator	Keith Patterson
Home stadium	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium (Capacity: 30,000)


2008 Conference USA football standings
Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
East Carolina ^x†	6	–	2	9	–	5
Memphis	4	–	4	6	–	7
Southern Miss	4	–	4	7	–	6
UAB	3	–	5	4	–	8
UCF	3	–	5	4	–	8
Marshall	3	–	5	4	–	8
Western Division
Tulsa ^x^y	7	–	1	11	–	3
Rice ^x	7	–	1	10	–	3
Houston	6	–	2	8	–	5
UTEP	4	–	4	5	–	7
Tulane	1	–	7	2	–	10
SMU	0	–	8	1	–	11
Championship: East Carolina 27, Tulsa 24
† – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the college football season of 2008–2009. The team's head coach was Todd Graham, in his second year at Tulsa. They played home games at Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma and competed in the West Division of Conference USA. TU attempted to build upon a 10-4 record from the 2007 season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	3:00 PM	at UAB		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		W 45-0	19,672
September 6	6:05 PM	at North Texas*		Fouts Field • Denton, TX		W 56-26	22,785
September 20	6:05 PM	New Mexico*		Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK		W 56-14	30,000
September 27	6:05 PM	UCA*		Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK		W 62-34	20,646
October 4	7:00 PM	Rice		Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	CBSCS	W 63-28	24,926
October 11	7:05 PM	at SMU		Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX		W 37-31	15,324
October 18	7:00 PM	UTEP		Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN	W 77-35	21,873
October 26	7:00 PM	UCF	#22	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN	W 49-19	30,000
November 1	1:00 PM	at Arkansas*	#19	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR		L 30-23	70,021
November 15	7:00 PM	at Houston	#25	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX	CBSCS	L 70-30	20,855
November 22	2:00 PM	Tulane		Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK		W 56-7	20,391
November 29	2:30 PM	at Marshall		Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV		W 38-35	21,571
December 6	12:00 PM	ECU		Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK (C-USA Championship Game)	ESPN	L 24-27	22,740
January 6	7:00 PM	vs. #22 Ball State*		Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL (GMAC Bowl)	ESPN	W 45-13	32,816
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Schedule Source: 2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football schedule

Game Summaries

UAB

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulsa	7	14	14	10	45
UAB	13	9	0	0	22

^[1]

North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulsa	14	28	7	7	56
North Texas	7	3	3	13	26

^[2]

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
New Mexico	0	0	7	7	14
Tulsa	21	14	7	14	56

UCA

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCA	10	10	6	8	34
Tulsa	14	14	17	17	62

^[4]

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rice	7	7	7	7	28
Tulsa	7	14	21	21	63

SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulsa	3	10	11	13	37
SMU	7	10	14	0	31

UTEP

	1	2	3	4	Total
UTEP	28	0	7	0	35
Tulsa	28	21	21	7	77

^[7]

UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCF	0	19	0	0	19
#22 Tulsa	7	7	21	14	49

^[8]

Arkansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Tulsa	7	13	3	0	23
Arkansas	17	6	7	0	30

^[9]

Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Tulsa	0	17	13	0	30
Houston	14	28	21	7	70

Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	0	7	0	0	7
Tulsa	14	14	21	7	56

Marshall

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulsa	7	14	14	3	38
Marshall	7	14	14	0	35

Ball State

Main article: 2009 GMAC Bowl

References

↑ "Tulsa vs UAB (August 30, 2008)" (PDF). University of Tulsa Sports Information. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
↑ "Tulsa vs North Texas (September 6, 2008)". University of Tulsa Sports Information. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
↑ "New Mexico vs Tulsa (September 20, 2008)". University of Tulsa Sports Information. Archived from the original on October 9, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
↑ "UCA vs Tulsa (September 27, 2008)". University of Tulsa Sports Information. Archived from the original on October 24, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
↑ "Rice vs Tulsa (October 4, 2008)". University of Tulsa Sports Information. Archived from the original on October 9, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
↑ "Tulsa vs SMU (October 11, 2008)". University of Tulsa Sports Information. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
↑ "UTEP vs Tulsa (October 18, 2008)". University of Tulsa Sports Information. Archived from the original on October 22, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
↑ "UCF vs Tulsa (October 26, 2008)". University of Tulsa Sports Information. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
↑ "Tulsa vs Arkansas (November 1, 2008)". University of Tulsa Sports Information. Retrieved November 2, 2008.

Tulsa Golden Hurricane football

Venues	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games

Culture & lore	Captain Cane "Hurricane Spirit" The Sound of the Golden Hurricane Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

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