2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

The 2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 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 (C-USA).

2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
C-USA West Division co-champion
GMAC Bowl champion
GMAC Bowl, W 45–13 vs. Ball State
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest Division
2008 record11–3 (7–1 C-USA)
Head coachTodd Graham (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorHerb Hand (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorGus Malzahn (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorKeith Patterson (3rd season)
Home stadiumSkelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium (Capacity: 30,000)
2008 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East 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  
West Division
Tulsa xy  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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 303:00 PMat UAB
W 45–019,672
September 66:05 PMat North Texas*
W 56–2622,785
September 206:05 PMNew Mexico*
W 56–1430,000
September 276:05 PMCentral Arkansas*
  • Chapman Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 62–3420,646
October 47:00 PMRice
  • Chapman Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
CBSCSW 63–2824,926
October 117:05 PMat SMU
W 37–3115,324
October 187:00 PMUTEP
  • Chapman Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
ESPNW 77–3521,873
October 267:00 PMUCFNo. 22
  • Chapman Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
ESPNW 49–1930,000
November 11:00 PMat Arkansas*No. 19
L 23–3070,021
November 157:00 PMat HoustonNo. 25
CBSCSL 30–7020,855
November 222:00 PMTulane
  • Chapman Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 56–720,391
November 292:30 PMat Marshall
W 38–3521,571
December 612:00 PMEast Carolina
ESPNL 24–2722,740
January 67:00 PMvs. No. 23 Ball State*
ESPNW 45–1332,816
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: 2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football schedule

Game summaries

UAB
See also: 2008 UAB Blazers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Tulsa 7 14 14 10 45
UAB 13 9 0 0 22

[1]

North Texas
See also: 2008 North Texas Mean Green football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Tulsa 14 28 7 7 56
North Texas 7 3 3 13 26

[2]

New Mexico
See also: New Mexico Lobos football
1 2 3 4 Total
New Mexico 0 0 7 7 14
Tulsa 21 14 7 14 56

[3]

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

[4]

Rice
See also: 2008 Rice Owls football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Rice 7 7 7 7 28
Tulsa 7 14 21 21 63

[5]

SMU
See also: SMU Mustangs football
1 2 3 4 Total
Tulsa 3 10 11 13 37
SMU 7 10 14 0 31

[6]

UTEP
See also: 2008 UTEP Miners football team
1 2 3 4 Total
UTEP 28 0 7 0 35
Tulsa 28 21 21 7 77

[7]

UCF
See also: 2008 UCF Knights football team
1 2 3 4 Total
UCF 0 19 0 0 19
#22 Tulsa 7 7 21 14 49

[8]

Arkansas
See also: 2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Tulsa 7 13 3 0 23
Arkansas 17 6 7 0 30

[9]

Houston
See also: 2008 Houston Cougars football team
1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Tulsa 0 17 13 0 30
Houston 14 28 21 7 70

Tulane
See also: Tulane Green Wave football
1 2 3 4 Total
Tulane 0 7 0 0 7
Tulsa 14 14 21 7 56

Marshall
See also: Marshall Thundering Herd football
1 2 3 4 Total
Tulsa 7 14 14 3 38
Marshall 7 14 14 0 35

East Carolina

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


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