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Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 12

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

Main article: 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football 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

Main article: 2008 SEC 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 Florida Gators football team represents the University of Florida in the college football season of 2008. The team is coached by Urban Meyer and play their homes games in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. They are currently the No. 12 and 13 team in both the Coaches and Associated Press Poll.


Previous Season

Entering the season as defending national champions, the Gators went 9-4 in the 2007 season in spite of a prolific offense, primarily due to a defense depleted by graduation and departures to the NFL leading to the worst defense for a Florida team since 1971[1], closing out the year with a 41-35 loss to Michigan in the 2008 Capital One Bowl on January 1. Quarterback Tim Tebow became the first sophomore to win the Heisman trophy.

In the offseason, Florida coach Urban Meyer suffered the loss of assistant coaches for the first time in his tenure. Co-recruiting coordinator and safeties coach Doc Holliday left to become an assistant at his alma mater, West Virginia, running backs coach Stan Drayton took the same job with the Tennessee Volunteers, and co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach Greg Mattison joined the new coaching staff of the Baltimore Ravens.

Pre-season

Pre-season All-SEC honors

2008 All-SEC First Team[2]
2008 All-SEC Third Team[2]
  • Phil Trautwein, OL
  • Jim Tartt, OL
  • Major Wright, DB
  • Joe Haden, DB
  • Wondy Pierre-Louis, DB

Schedule

August 3012:30 PMHawai'i*No. 5

RaycomW 56-10 90,575  September 68:00 PMMiami (FL)*No. 5

  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL

ESPNW 26-3 90,833  September 203:30 PMat TennesseeNo. 4

CBSW 30-6 106,138  September 2712:30 PMOle MissNo. 4

  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL

RaycomL 30-31 90,106  October 412:30 PMat ArkansasNo. 13

RaycomW 38-7 70,072  October 118:00 PMLSU

  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL

CBS   October 25Kentuckydagger

  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL

  November 1vs. Georgia

  November 8at Vanderbilt

  November 15South Carolina

  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL

  November 22The Citadel*

  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL

  November 29at Florida State*

 

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Game notes

Hawai'i

1 2 3 4 Total
Warriors 0 0 0 10 10
Gators 0 28 28 0 56

The Florida Gators came into the Hawaii expecting a season of great success, and they didn't disappoint. They showed great improvement in their rushing game with Demps, Rainey, and James all having good performances. Brandon James also had a punt return for touchdown in the second quarter. This all led to Tim Tebow only needing to pass for 137 yards and 1 touchdown.

See also: 2008 Hawaii Warriors football team

Miami

1 2 3 4 Total
Hurricanes 0 3 0 0 3
Gators 7 2 0 17 26

Florida started the game with pre-game jitters in what was one of the most anticipated game of the second week of the 2008 college football season. They struggled well through third quarter only leading 9-3, but they tore the game open in the fourth quarter with seventeen unanswered points. Even though Urban Meyer's squad was eventually able to win 26-3, it showed that the young Miami team has a strong future ahead of them.

See also: 2008 Miami Hurricanes football team

Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Gators 17 3 7 3 30
Volunteers 0 0 0 6 6

Florida came into the game with a three game win streak versus the Volunteers, and they had an easy time making it four. On the first drive Florida went straight down the field for score, and then never let up. The game was highlighted by Brandon James' kick return for touchdown and various other great kick returns.

See also: 2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team

Ole Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Rebels 7 0 17 7 31
Gators 0 17 0 13 30

Florida went into the game undefeated at 3-0. Previously showing no problems with turnovers, the Gators fumbled the ball 5 times, turning it over three times. An extra point kick that would have tied the game was blocked, and the game ended on a 4th down stop by Ole Miss.


See also: 2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team

Arkansas

1 2 3 4 Total
Gators 7 7 3 21 38
Razorbacks 0 0 7 0 7
See also: 2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

The gators went to Fayeteville and defeated the hogs 38-7. Although the gators blew out the razorbacks it was a defensive struggle for the first 3 quarters of the game. Tim Tebow threw his first interception in 204 pass attempts to the razorbacks Jerry Frankiln. Despite that the gators dominated the fourth quarter to defeat the razorbacks.

LSU

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Gators 0
See also: 2008 LSU Tigers football team

Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0
Gators 0
See also: 2008 Kentucky Wildcats football team

Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total
Gators 0
Bulldogs 0
See also: 2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team

Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total
Gators 0
Commodores 0
See also: 2008 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

South Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Gamecocks 0
Gators 0
See also: 2008 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Gators 0





Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total
Gators 0
Seminoles 0
See also: 2008 Florida State Seminoles football team

Rankings

See also: 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football 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 5 5 4 4 12
Coaches 5 5 4 4 13
Harris Not released 11
BCS Not released

Statistics

Team

Team Opp
Scoring    
  Points per Game    
First Downs    
  Rushing    
  Passing    
  Penalty    
Total Offense    
  Avg per Play    
  Avg per Game    
Fumbles-Lost    
Penalties-Yards    
  Avg per Game    
Team Opp
Punts-Yards    
  Avg per Punt    
Time of Possession/Game    
3rd Down Conversions    
4th Down Conversions    
Touchdowns Scored    
Field Goals-Attempts-Long    
PAT-Attempts    
Attendance    
  Games/Avg per Game    

Scores by quarter

1 2 3 4 Total
Florida 0
Opponents 0

Offense

Rushing

Name GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
TEAM                  
Total                  
Opponents                  

Passing

Name GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
Tim Tebow                  
                   
TEAM                  
                   
Total                  
Opponents                  

Receiving

Name GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
Total                  
Opponents                  

Defense

Name GP Tackles Sacks Pass Defense Interceptions Fumbles Blkd
Kick
Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds BrUp QBH No.-Yds Avg TD Long Rcv-Yds FF
Total

Special teams

Name Punting Kickoffs
No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd No. Yds Avg TB OB
Total
Name Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long
Total

Personnel

Depth Chart

Template:2008 Florida Gators depth chart

Roster

Template:2008 Florida Gators roster

Coaching Staff

References

  1. ^ "The. Worst. Ever. (Almost)profile". Saurian Sagacity. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b "2008 Pre-season All-SEC honors". SECsports.com. 2008-07-21. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

See also

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