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2008 Southeastern Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 4, 2008
through January 2009
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)CBS, CBSSN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, ABC, Raycom
2009 NFL Draft
Top draft pickMatthew Stafford (Georgia)
Picked byDetroit Lions, 1st overall
Regular season
East Division championsFlorida
  East Division runners-upGeorgia
West Division championsAlabama
  West Division runners-upOle Miss
Championship Game
ChampionsFlorida
  Runners-upAlabama
Football seasons
← 2007
2009 →

The 2008 Southeastern Conference football season was the 76th season of Southeastern Conference (SEC) football, taking place during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on September 13, 2008 and ended with the 2008 SEC Championship Game on December 6, 2008.

2008 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$#   7 1     13 1  
No. 13 Georgia   6 2     10 3  
Vanderbilt   4 4     7 6  
South Carolina   4 4     7 6  
Tennessee   3 5     5 7  
Kentucky   2 6     7 6  
Western Division
No. 6 Alabama x%   8 0     12 2  
No. 14 Ole Miss   5 3     9 4  
LSU   3 5     8 5  
Arkansas   2 6     5 7  
Auburn   2 6     5 7  
Mississippi State   2 6     4 8  
Championship: Florida 31, Alabama 20
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Rankings

  (Pre)
Sept.
3
Sept.
10
Sept.
17
Sept.
24
Oct.
1
Oct.
8
Oct.
15
Oct.
22
Oct.
29
Nov.
5
Nov.
12
Nov.
19
Nov.
26
Dec.
3
Final
Alabama AP 24
C
BCS Not released
Arkansas AP
C
BCS Not released
Auburn AP 10
C 11
BCS Not released
Florida AP 5
C 5
BCS Not released
Georgia AP 1
C 1
BCS Not released
Kentucky AP
C
BCS Not released
LSU AP 7
C 6
BCS Not released
Mississippi State AP
C
BCS Not released
Ole Miss AP
C
BCS Not released
South Carolina AP
C
BCS Not released
Tennessee AP 18
C 18
BCS Not released
Vanderbilt AP
C
BCS Not released

Head coaches

School Coach Year
Alabama Nick Saban 2nd
Arkansas Bobby Petrino 1st
Auburn Tommy Tuberville 10th
Florida Urban Meyer 4th
Georgia Mark Richt 8th
Kentucky Rich Brooks 6th
LSU Les Miles 4th
Mississippi State Sylvester Croom 5th
Ole Miss Houston Nutt 1st
South Carolina Steve Spurrier 4th
Tennessee Phillip Fulmer 16th
Vanderbilt Bobby Johnson 7th

Championship Game

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
December 6 4:00 p.m. No. 1 Alabama No. 2 Florida Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA CBS  FLA 31-20   75,892
#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Bowl games

SEC Bowl Games
Game Date Location/Time* Television Winner+ Score Loser+ Score Attendance Payout
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl December 31, 2008 LP Field
Nashville, Tennessee
2:30 PM
ESPN Vanderbilt 16 Boston College 14 54,250 $1,700,000
Chick-fil-A Bowl December 31, 2008 Georgia Dome
Atlanta, Georgia
6:30 PM
ESPN LSU 38 Georgia Tech (#14) 3 71,423 $3,000,000
Outback Bowl January 1, 2009 Raymond James Stadium
Tampa, Florida
10:00 AM
ESPN Iowa 31 South Carolina 10 55,117 $3,200,000
Capital One Bowl January 1, 2009 Citrus Bowl
Orlando, Florida
12:00 PM
ABC Georgia (#16) 24 Michigan State (#19) 12 59,681 $4,250,000
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic January 2, 2009 Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas
1:00 PM
FOX Ole Miss (#20) 47 Texas Tech (#8) 34 88,175 $3,000,000
Autozone Liberty Bowl January 2, 2009 Liberty Bowl
Memphis, Tennessee
4:00 PM
ESPN Kentucky 25 East Carolina 19 56,125 $1,800,000
Allstate Sugar Bowl January 2, 2009 Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana
7:00 PM
FOX Utah (#7) 31 Alabama (#4) 17 71,872 $17,500,000
FedEx BCS National Championship Game January 8, 2009 Dolphin Stadium
Miami, Florida
7:00 PM
FOX Florida (#1) 24 Oklahoma (#2) 14 78,468 $17,500,000

Rankings are from AP Poll. All times Central Time Zone.

References

The 2008 Auburn Tigers football team will represent Auburn University in the 2008-2009 college football season. Head coach Tommy Tuberville returns for his tenth season at Auburn, the second longest tenure at the same school among current SEC head coaches. He is joined by a new defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads and was previously joined by then new offensive coordinator Tony Franklin, who attempted to implement his spread offense in an failed effort to correct the Tigers' 2007 offensive struggles. Franklin was fired by Tuberville six games into the season to the delight of Auburn fans.

Auburn will play a seven-game home schedule at Jordan-Hare Stadium, while traveling to Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia for the Tigers' first ever meeting with the West Virginia Mountaineers.[1] The Tennessee Volunteers return to the Tigers' schedule for the first time since Auburn defeated Tennessee twice in AU's 2004 perfect season. LSU, Arkansas, and Georgia round out Auburn's tough home conference schedule.


Pre-Season

Rankings

The Tigers entered the season with high expectations, ranked highly by multiple polls in the preseason. The Associated Press Poll placed Auburn at #10[2] while the USA Today Coaches' Poll, a component of the Bowl Championship Series rankings, had Auburn at #11.[3] Other rankings include:

# 7 - Rivals.com[4]
# 8 - Athlon[5]
# 9 - Sports Illustrated[6]
# 10 - ESPN[7]
# 13 - Lindy's[8]
# 14 - CollegeFootballNews/Scout.com[9]

Watchlists and honors

Pre-season All-SEC Teams

Coaches All-SEC 1st Team - DT Sen’Derrick Marks & P Ryan Shoemaker
Coaches All-SEC 2nd Team - RB Ben Tate, OL Tyronne Green, LB Tray Blackmon & DB Jerraud Powers
Coaches All-SEC 3rd Team - DE Antonio Coleman

Schedule

Auburn's schedule consists of eight Southeastern Conference opponents (four home, four away) and four non-conference opponents. AU meets Tennessee-Martin and West Virginia for the first time. The WVU game, a mid-season inter-conference Thursday night matchup, is the first of a two game home-and-home series between the two teams. Of the remaining ten opponents that the Tigers have previously faced, Auburn holds the all-time series lead against all but Alabama and LSU. Four opponents — #1 Georgia, LSU, West Virginia and Tennessee — were ranked in both the preseason USA Today and AP Polls. Alabama was also ranked in the AP Poll. Tennessee dropped out of the polls before playing Auburn; however, Vanderbilt would enter the polls by the time the Commodores played Auburn.

August 306:00 p.m.Louisiana-Monroe*No. 11

PPVW 34-0 87,451 September 611:30 a.m.Southern Miss*No. 10

  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL

RaycomW 27-13 87,451 September 136:00 p.m.at Mississippi StateNo. 9

ESPN2[13]W 3-2 55,082 September 206:45 p.m.No. 6 LSUNo. 9

  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL

ESPN[13]L 21-26 87,451 September 272:30 p.m.TennesseeNo. 16

  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL

CBSW 14-12 87,451 October 45:00 p.m.at No. 19 VanderbiltNo. 14

ESPNL 14-13   October 11ArkansasNo. 23

  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL

L 22-25   October 236:30 p.m.at West Virginia*

ESPN[13]   November 1at Ole Miss

  November 81:30 p.m.Tennessee-Martin*dagger

  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL

  November 15Georgia

  November 29at Alabama

 

Template:CFB Schedule End

Game Notes

Louisiana-Monroe

Auburn's first possession only picked up 1 first down, but the punt put UL-Monroe in bad field position. On the first play,Auburn Defensive End Antonio Coleman made a huge hit on UL-Monroe's quarterback, forcing a fumble on the UL-Monroe 9-yard line, and the Defense picked it up and took it back for the Auburn Tigers' first touchdown. A few possessions later, Auburn Receiver and Punt Returner Robert Dunn returned a UL-Monroe punt for a TD with 0:04 left in the 1st Quarter. At halftime, Auburn had a 17-0 lead after a Wes Byrum field goal. On the opening kickoff of the 3rd quarter, UL-Monroe fumbled the ball and Auburn recovered, leading to a TD run from Brad Lester. Another field goal from Byrum would make the score 27-0 going into the 4th Quarter. Kodi Burns had left the game with a cut in his leg, so Chris Todd played the rest of the game. Later in the 4th, Todd would lead Auburn down the field with a excellent and suddenly effective passing game, ending in a 3-yard Touchdown pass to Chris Slaughter to seal the victory. It was the first shutout for Auburn since a 27-0 wins over Arkansas State on November 4, 2006. It was also the first time Auburn had scored on Offense, Defense, and Special Teams since the 2003 73-7 beating of UL-Monroe. Auburn finished with 406 yards of offense, 321 Rushing yards and 85 passing yards. Auburn picked up 19 first downs while UL-Monroe picked up 12.

1 2 3 4 Total
LA-Monroe 0 0 0 0 0
Auburn 14 3 10 7 34

Southern Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Southern Miss 0 0 6 7 13
Auburn 0 14 10 3 27

Mississippi State

1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 0 3 0 0 3
Mississippi State 0 0 0 2 2

LSU

1 2 3 4 Total
LSU 3 0 14 9 26
Auburn 0 14 0 7 21

Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Tennessee 0 6 0 6 12
Auburn 7 7 0 0 14

Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 13 0 0 0 13
Vanderbilt 0 7 7 0 14

Arkansas

1 2 3 4 Total
Arkansas 3 7 6 9 25
Auburn 7 6 7 2 22

West Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 0
West Virginia 0

Ole Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 0
Ole Miss 0

Tennessee-Martin

1 2 3 4 Total
Tennessee-Martin 0
Auburn 0

Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total
Georgia 0
Auburn 0

Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 0
Alabama 0

Coaching staff

Name Position Years
at AU*
Alma mater (Year)
Tommy Tuberville Head Coach 9 Southern Arkansas University (1976)
Position Open Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks 0
Hugh Nall Offensive line 9 University of Georgia (1983)
Eddie Gran Running backs, Special teams 9 California Lutheran (1987)
Steve Ensminger Tight ends 5 Louisiana State University (1982)
Greg Knox Wide receivers, Recruiting Coordinator 9 Northeastern State (1986), Northeastern State (1990)
Paul Rhoads Defensive coordinator, secondary 0 Missouri Western (1989), Utah State (1991)
Don Dunn Defensive tackles 9 East Tennessee State (1976), Union College (1980)
Terry Price Defensive ends 9 Texas A&M (1992)
James Willis Linebackers 2 Auburn University (2003)

*Entering season

Rankings

Ranking Movement
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
AP 10 9 9 10 15 13 20
Coaches 11 10 9 9 16 14 23
Harris Not released 13
BCS Not released

Statistics

Team

Team Opp
Scoring 112 67
  Points per Game 18.7 11.2
First Downs 41 32
  Rushing 21 7
  Passing 18 22
  Penalty 2 3
Total Offense 786 525
  Total Plays 148 145
  Avg per Play 5.3 3.6
  Avg per Game 393.0 262.5
Fumbles-Lost 5-3 6-3
Penalties-Yards 13-108 12-96
  Avg per Game 54.0 48.0
Team Opp
Punts-Yards 12-525 19-752
  Avg per Punt 43.4 39.3
Time of Possession/Game 29:36 30:24
3rd Down Conversions 9-27 3-32
4th Down Conversions 1-1 4-6
Touchdowns Scored 7 2
Field Goals-Attempts-Long 4-5-52 0-3-0
PAT-Attempts 7-7 1-1
Attendance 174,902 0
  Games/Avg per Game 2/87451 0/0

Scores by quarter

1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 34 41 20 17 112
Opponents 3 13 27 24 67

Offense

Rushing

Name GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
Ben Tate 2-0 28 197 11 186 6.6 1 49 93.0
Brad Lester 2-2 26 98 1 97 3.7 1 10 48.5
Eric Smith 2-1 11 75 1 74 6.7 0 19 37.0
Kodi Burns 2-1 8 70 2 68 8.5 1 23 34.0
Mario Fannin 2-0 3 24 0 24 8.0 0 19 12.0
Tristan Davis 1-0 2 15 0 15 7.5 1 13 15.0
Robert Dunn 2-0 2 6 0 6 3.0 0 6 3.0
TEAM 3 0 4 -4 -1.3 0 0 -4.0
Chris Todd 2-1 4 1 14 -13 -3.2 0 1 -6.5
Total 2 87 486 33 453 5.2 4 49 226.5
Opponents 2 57 180 59 121 2.1 0 19 60.5

Passing

Name GP-GS Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
Chris Todd 2-1 118.39 30-49-1 61.2 318 1 33 159.0
Kodi Burns 2-1 27.17 4-12-1 33.3 15 0 7 7.5
Total 2 100.45 34-61-2 55.7 333 1 33 166.5
Opponents 2 101.75 53-88-2 60.2 404 2 24 202.0

Receiving

Name GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
R. Smith 2-0 6 78 13.0 0 33 39.0
Ben Tate 2-0 4 56 14.0 0 27 28.0
Mario Fannin 2-0 4 22 5.5 0 18 11.0
Chris Slaughter 1-0 4 13 3.2 1 8 13.0
Tommy Trott 2-2 3 44 14.7 0 24 22.0
Montez Billings 1-1 3 30 10.0 0 13 30.0
Robert Dunn 2-0 2 21 10.5 0 12 10.5
Quindarius Carr 2-0 1 6 6.0 0 6 6.0
Brad Lester 2-2 2 13 6.5 0 13 6.5
Tristan Davis 1-0 1 20 20.0 0 20 20.0
Terrell Zachery 2-0 1 17 17.0 0 17 8.5
James Swinton 1-1 1 4 4.0 0 4 4.0
Eric Smith 2-1 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.5
Total 2 34 333 9.8 1 33 166.5
Opponents 2 53 404 7.6 2 24 202.0

Defense

Name GP-GS Tackles Sacks Pass Defense Fumbles Blkd
Kick
Saf
Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF
Jerraud Powers 2-2 9 5 14 1-0 1 1
Antonio Coleman 2-2 6 5 11 3.0-15 2.0-13 3 1
Merrill Johnson 2-2 5 4 9 1.0-6 1.0-6 1 1
Neiko Thorpe 2-0 6 2 8 2 1
Zac Etheridge 2-2 4 4 8 1-0
Craig Stevens 2-2 5 2 7 1 1-6
Chris Evans 2-0 3 4 7 3
Josh Bynes 2-0 1 6 7
Mike McNeil 2-2 2 4 6
S. Marks 2-2 5 1 6 3.5-10 1
Michael Goggans 2-2 5 1 6 1.0-2 1 1-9
Tray Blackmon 2-2 3 2 5 1.0-2 1.0-2 1
Courtney Harden 2-0 5 5 1
Walter McFadden 2-2 4 1 5 1.0-5 1
Mike Blanc 2-2 2 2 4 0.5-0
D'Antoine Hood 2-0 2 2 4
Gabe McKenzie 2-0 3 1 4
Zach Clayton 2-0 3 3 3.0-10 1.0-6
Mike Slade 2-0 3 3
Tez Doolittle 2-0 2 1 3 1.0-4
Drew Cole 2-0 1 2 3
Antoine Carter 2-0 2 1 3 1
Jake Ricks 2-0 1 1 2 1.0-4
Darvin Adams 2-0 1 1 2
Kodi Burns 2-1 1 1
Spencer Pybus 1-0 1 1 1-0
Eric Smith 2-1 1 1
Robert Shiver 2-0 1 1
R. Smith 2-1 1 1
Total 2 80 60 140 16-58 5-27 2-0 9 9 3-15 3
Opponents 2 84 64 148 10-31 2-8 2-17 5 13 3-0 4

Special teams

Name Punting Kickoffs
No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd No. Yds Avg TB OB
Clinton Durst 12 525 43.8 58 1 6 4 0
Wes Byrum 6 394 65.7 0 0
Morgan Hull 7 464 66.3 2 1
Total 12 525 43.8 58 1 6 4 0 13 858 66.0 2 1
Opponents 19 725 39.6 58 3 3 1 0 4 260 65.0 1 0
Name Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long
Robert Dunn 7 171 24.4 1 66
Marion Fannin 1 24 24.0 0 24
P. Pierre-Louis 1 18 18.0 0 18
Tristan Davis 1 14 14.0 0 14
Total 7 171 24.4 1 66 3 56 18.7 0 24
Opponents 4 17 4.2 0 9 10 212 21.2 0 30

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See also

References

  1. ^ "2007 Auburn Football Media Guide - History". Auburn Athletic Department. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  2. ^ "2008 NCAA Football Rankings - Preseason". AP. 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2008-08-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "2008 NCAA Football Rankings - Preseason". USA Today. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-08-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Rivals.com 2008 Preseason Top 120 Countdown". rivals.com. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  5. ^ "Preseason Top 25 - AthlonSports.com". Athlon Sports. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  6. ^ Mandel, Stewart (2008-05-01). "College Football Power Rankings". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  7. ^ Schlabach, Mark (2008-06-25). "Bulldogs back at No. 1 in updated Top 25". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  8. ^ "Bulldogs top 2008 Lindy's preseason Top 25". Lindy's Sports. 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  9. ^ "CFN 2008 Pre-Preseason Rankings Top 25". CollegeFootballNews. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  10. ^ a b c "Sen'Derrick Marks Named To Walter Camp Award Watch List". Auburn Athletic Department. 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  11. ^ "Antonio Coleman And Sen'Derrick Marks Named To Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List". Auburn Athletic Department. 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  12. ^ "Jason Bosley Named To Rimington Trophy Watch List". Auburn Athletic Department. 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  13. ^ a b c "2008 Major College Football National TV Schedule". Associate Press. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  14. ^ "Auburn Cumulative Season Statistics". Auburn Athletic Department. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
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