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2008 Southeastern Conference football season
2008 Southeastern Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	September 4, 2008; through January 2009
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	CBS, CBSSN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, ABC, Raycom
2009 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Matthew Stafford (Georgia)
Picked by	Detroit Lions, 1st overall
Regular season
East Division champions	Florida
East Division runners-up	Georgia
West Division champions	Alabama
West Division runners-up	Ole Miss
Championship Game
Champions	Florida
Runners-up	Alabama
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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
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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)
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 Ole Miss Rebels football team will represent the University of Mississippi during the 2008 college football season. The team's Head Coach is Houston Nutt, who will begin his first season as the Rebels' head coach, replacing Ed Orgeron, who was fired after accumulating a 10-25 record (3-21 conference) at Ole Miss from 2005-2007. Ole Miss has been a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) since the league's inception in 1932, and has participated in that conference's Western Division since 1992. The Rebels will play their seven home games in 2008 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, which has been Ole Miss football's "home" stadium since 1915.

Schedule

August 306:00 P.M.Memphis*

W 41-24 56,127 September 62:30 P.M.at No. 20 Wake Forest*

ABCL 28-30 31,986 September 136:00 P.M.Samford*

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
Oxford

W 34-10 52,780 September 206:00 P.M.No. 26 Vanderbilt

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
Oxford

L 17-23 51,281 September 2711:30 A.M.at No. 4 Florida

RaycomW 31-30 90,106 October 4†1:00 P.M.South Carolina

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
Oxford

L 24-31 October 182:30 P.M.at No. 2 Alabama

CBS October 25TBAat Arkansas

November 1TBAAuburn

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
Oxford

November 15TBALouisiana-Monroe*

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
Oxford

November 22TBAat LSU

November 2811:30 P.M.Mississippi State

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
Oxford (Egg Bowl)

Raycom

Template:CFB Schedule End

Rankings indicate opponent's position in AP Poll as released week prior to game. Schedule Source: ^[1]

Individual game notes

Vanderbilt: Ole Miss lost to the Vanderbilt Commodores in the final minute of the game as Vanderbilt's Chris Marve forced Ole Miss' Dexter McCluster to fumble the game winning touchdown at the goal line.
Flordia: The Ole Miss Rebels posted its 600th win on September 27, 2008 when it defeated the Florida Gators 31-30 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida^[2]. This was also Ole Miss' first win over a Top 5 ranked team since 1977 when the Rebels defeated Notre Dame. Notre Dame went on to win the national championship that year.

Statistics

Team

	Team	Opp
Scoring	151	117
Points per Game	30.2	23.4
First Downs	89	99
Rushing	42	39
Passing	44	48
Penalty	3	12
Total Offense	1932	1644
Avg per Play	6.3	4.7
Avg per Game	386.4	328.8
Fumbles-Lost	9-3	11-6
Penalties-Yards	32-306	23-170
Avg per Game	61.2	34.0

	Team	Opp
Punts-Yards	10-384	15-558
Avg per Punt	38.4	37.2
Time of Possession/Game	26:39	33:01
3rd Down Conversions	16/34	21/52
4th Down Conversions	1/1	4/7
Touchdowns Scored	13	7
Field Goals-Attempts-Long	4-4-47	5-6-41
PAT-Attempts	13-13	7-7
Attendance	108,907	31,986
Games/Avg per Game	54,454	31,986

Scores by quarter

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ole Miss	48	37	31	35	151
Opponents	35	26	10	46	117

Offense

Rushing

Name	GP-GS	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Bolden,Brandon	3	24	165	4	161	6.7	2	36	53.7
Eason,Cordera	3	31	124	6	118	3.8	1	12	39.3
McCluster,D.	3	7	72	1	71	10.1	1	32	23.7
Davis,Enrique	3	18	69	8	61	3.4	2	14	20.3
Thomas,Devin	3	5	34	0	34	6.8	0	19	11.3
Davis,Derrick	2	7	29	0	29	4.1	0	9	14.5
Wallace,Mike	3	2	20	0	20	10.0	0	16	6.7
Snead,Jevan	3	7	23	4	19	2.7	0	8	6.3
Breaux,Lionel	3	1	6	0	6	6.0	0	6	2.0
TEAM
Total	3	102	542	23	519	5.1	6	36	173.0
Opponents	3	112	402	59	343	3.1	3	25	114.3

Passing

Name	GP-GS	Effic	Att-Cmp-Int	Pct	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G
Snead,Jevan	3	145.77	43-77-3	55.8	660	6	64	220.0
McCluster,D.	3	-100.00	0-2-1	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Tapp,Billy	2	150.40	1-1-0	100.0	6	0	6	3.0
Bolden,Brandon	3	410.80	1-1-0	100.0	37	0	37	12.3
Total	3	143.03	45-81-4	55.6	703	6	64	234.3
Opponents	3	121.70	72-112-2	64.3	656	4	43	218.7

Receiving

Name	GP-GS	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
McCluster,D.	3	10	163	16.3	1	31	54.3
Hodge,Shay	3	8	176	22.0	3	64	58.7
Wallace,Mike	3	8	151	18.9	0	42	50.3
Cook,Jason	3	4	30	7.5	0	16	10.0
Eason,Cordera	3	4	26	6.5	1	14	8.7
Breaux,Lionel	3	3	40	13.3	0	29	13.3
Bolden,Brandon	3	2	43	21.5	0	33	14.3
Harris,Gerald	3	2	20	10.0	1	16	6.7
Hartmann,Andy	3	2	11	5.5	0	8	3.7
Snead,Jevan	3	1	37	37.0	0	37	12.3
Harris,Andrew	3	1	6	6.0	0	6	2.0
Total	3	45	703	15.6	6	64	234.3
Opponents	3	72	656	9.1	4	43	218.7

Defense

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

Special teams

Name	Punting								Kickoffs
Name	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TB	FC	I20	Blkd	No.	Yds	Avg	TB	OB


Total

Name	Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Name	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long

Total

Coaching Staff

Name	Responsibility	Position Group	Year	Alma Mater
Houston Nutt^[3]	Head Coach		1st	Oklahoma State University (1981)
Kent Austin	Offensive Coordinator	Quarterbacks	1st	University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) (1986)
Tyrone Nix	Defensive Coordinator	Linebackers	1st	University of Southern Mississippi (1995)
Kim Dameron		Safeties	1st	University of Arkansas (1983)
Ron Dickerson Jr.		Wide Receivers	1st	University of Arkansas (1996)
Mike Markuson	Running Game Coordinator	Offensive line	1st	Hamline University (1983)
Derrick Nix		Running Backs	1st	University of Southern Mississippi (2002)
Tracy Rocker		Defensive line	1st	Auburn University (1992)
James Shibest	Special Teams Coordinator	Tight Ends	1st	University of Arkansas (1988)
Chris Vaughn	Recruiting Coordinator	Cornerbacks	1st	Murray State University (1998)
Andy Commer	Coordinator of Video Services		1st	Arkansas State University (1987)
Mike Beaumont	Assistant Athletics Director for Football Operations		1st	Arkansas State University (1992)
Don Decker	Head Football Strength Coach		1st	Evangel College (1988)
Tim Mullins	Head Athletic Trainer		11th	University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) (1991)
Clifton Ealy	Assistant Athletics Director for Community Relations		1st	University of Central Arkansas (1982)
Danny Nutt	Assistant Athletics Director for Player Development		1st	University of Arkansas (1985)

References

Preceded by 2007 Ole Miss Rebels football team	Ole Miss Rebels football team 2008	Succeeded by 2009 Ole Miss Rebels football team

[1] 2008 Schedule

[2] The Clarion-Ledger: No. 4 Gators undone by myriad mistakes

[3] ttp://www.olemisssports.com/SportSelect.dbml?db_oem_id=2600&spid=737&spsid=12785 OleMissSports.com

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v t e Southeastern Conference football
Current teams	Alabama Crimson Tide Arkansas Razorbacks Auburn Tigers Florida Gators Georgia Bulldogs Kentucky Wildcats LSU Tigers Mississippi State Bulldogs Missouri Tigers Oklahoma Sooners Ole Miss Rebels South Carolina Gamecocks Tennessee Volunteers Texas Longhorns Texas A&M Aggies Vanderbilt Commodores
Championships & awards	Conference champions SEC Championship Game All-time standings (1933–1991, 1992–present) Individual awards SEC Football Legends
Seasons	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 2022 2023 2024

v t e 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season
Conference seasons	ACC Big 12 Big East Big Ten Conference USA Mid-American Mountain West Pac-10 SEC Sun Belt WAC
Inter-conference	Bowl games Rankings
All-Americans	2008 College Football All-America Team

v t e Southeastern Conference
East Division	Florida Gators Georgia Bulldogs Kentucky Wildcats Missouri Tigers South Carolina Gamecocks Tennessee Volunteers Vanderbilt Commodores
West Division	Alabama Crimson Tide Arkansas Razorbacks Auburn Tigers LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers Ole Miss Rebels Mississippi State Bulldogs Texas A&M Aggies
Future members	Oklahoma Sooners Texas Longhorns (both joining in 2024)
Championships and awards	National championships Conference champions
Media	SEC Network (SEC Nation - SEC Storied - SEC Rewind) SEC on CBS CBS Sports ESPN
Former media outlets	Raycom Sports Jefferson Pilot Sports Lincoln Financial Sports SEC TV (defunct) (list of affiliates) Turner Sports Lorimar Sports Network (defunct) TVS Television Network (defunct)
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