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2008 NCAA Division I FCS Football Season
The 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season, the 2008 season of college football for teams in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), began on August 28, 2008, and concluded on December 19, 2008, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the 2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, where the Richmond Spiders defeated the Montana Grizzlies to win the NCAA Division I Football Championship. This was the first season in which a standard provision of NCAA rules allowed FCS teams to schedule 12 regular-season games (not counting conference championship games). In years when the period starting with the Thursday before Labor Day and ending with the final Saturday in November contains 14 Saturdays, FCS programs may play 12 games instead of the regular 11. FCS team wins over FBS teams August 30 – Cal Poly 29, San Diego State 27 September 6 – New Hampshire 28, Army An army, ground force or land force is an armed force that fights primarily on land. In the broadest sense, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game
The 2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Richmond Spiders football, Richmond Spiders and the Montana Grizzlies football, Montana Grizzlies. It was played on December 19, 2008, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The culminating game of the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season, it was won by Richmond, 24–7. Teams The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season#Postseason, 2008 FCS Playoffs, which began with a 16-team Bracket (tournament), bracket. Richmond Spiders Richmond finished their regular season with a 9–3 record (6–2 in conference), after starting their season 4–3 through their first seven games. The Spiders defeated Eastern Kentucky Colonels football, Eastern Kentucky, second-seeded 2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Appalachian State, and third-seeded 2008 Northern Iowa Panthers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Campbell Fighting Camels Football Team
The 2008 Campbell Fighting Camels football team represented Campbell University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Pioneer Football League (PFL). The 2008 season was the first in which Campbell fielded a team. The Fighting Camels were led by head coach Dale Steele and played their home games at Barker–Lane Stadium Barker–Lane Stadium is a stadium in Buies Creek, North Carolina. The venue is located on the campus of Campbell University and hosts the school's football and women's lacrosse programs. The stadium was scheduled to be completed in stages with t .... Campbell finished the season 1–10 overall and 0–8 in PFL play to place last. Schedule References {{Campbell Fighting Camels football navbox Campbell Campbell Fighting Camels football seasons Campbell Fighting Camels football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marist Red Foxes Football
The Marist Red Foxes football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Marist University located in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. The team competes in the Division I FCS, NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Pioneer Football League. Marist's first football team was fielded in 1965. The team plays its home games at the 5,000 seat Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field in Poughkeepsie (town), New York, Poughkeepsie, New York (state), New York. The Red Foxes are coached by Mike Willis (American football), Mike Willis. History Marist University Football traces its roots back to 1965, when the first team, then a club, posted a 3–3 record under coach Ron Levine. The program would soon become one of the most powerful club programs in the country advancing to two National Title Games (1970 and 1972) while competing in the Eastern Collegiate Club Football League. After 13 seasons of numerous All-America selections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Salle Explorers Football
The La Salle Explorers football team was an American football team representing La Salle University. The team competed in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) football league at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level (formerly I-AA). History The football program existed from 1931 to 1941, until the start of World War II. The war reduced the number of male students at the university, so the football program ended in 1941. It was revived in 1997 and joined the MAAC football league in 1999. At the end of the 2007 Football season, in which the team finished 0–10, it was announced that La Salle would again be discontinuing the Football program. The MAAC football league also dissolved soon thereafter. In November 2009, the university settled a $7.5 million lawsuit with a football player who suffered a severe brain injury in a 2005 game. Honors Two La Salle football players, Mike Mandarino and George Somers, played in the National Football Leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iona Gaels Football
The Iona Gaels football program was the intercollegiate American football team for Iona College located in New Rochelle, New York. The team competed in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) The school's first football team was fielded in 1965. Notable former players Notable alumni include: * Tony DeMeo, retired football coach * Kyle Flood, former head coach of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football The Rutgers Scarlet Knights football program represents Rutgers University in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). Rutgers competes as a member of the Big Ten Conference. Prior to joining t ... team and current offensive coordinator for the University of Texas Longhorns football team. Championships Conference championships References American football teams established in 1965 American football teams disestablished in 2008 1965 establishments in New York (state) 2008 disestablishment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports; football competes in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Participating schools are located principally in the Northeastern United States, from which the conference derives its name. History The conference was named the ECAC Metro Conference when it was established in 1981. The original eleven member schools were Fairleigh Dickinson University, the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University (whose athletic program has now merged with that of LIU's Post campus into a single athletic program), Loyola College in Maryland (left in 1989), Marist College (left in 1997), Robert Morris University (left in 2020), St. Francis College (NY) (left in 2023), Saint Francis College (PA) (leaving in 2026), Siena College (left in 1984), Towson State University (le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duquesne Dukes Football
The Duquesne Dukes football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Duquesne University located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and is a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). Duquesne has played as a club team from 1891 to 1894, 1896 to 1903, 1913 to 1914, and 1920 to 1928, as a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) member from 1929 to 1942 and 1947 to 1950, again as a club team from 1969 to 1978, in NCAA Division III from 1979 to 1992, and in the NCAA Division I FCS from 1993 to present. Duquesne has won or shared 18 conference championships, all since 1995. The Dukes have qualified for the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs three times, earning automatic bids as NEC champion in 2015, 2018, and 2023. The team plays its home games at the 2,200-seat Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field in Pittsburgh, the smallest stadium for football in Division I. Jerry Schm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Football League
The Pioneer Football League (PFL) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference which operates in the United States. The conference participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a College football, football-only conference. It has member schools that range from New York (state), New York, North Carolina, and Florida in the east to California in the west. It is headquartered in St. Louis, in the same complex that also contains the offices of the Missouri Valley Conference and Missouri Valley Football Conference. Unlike most other Division I FCS conferences, the Pioneer League consists of institutions that choose not to award athletic scholarships ("grants-in-aid") to football players. Most of the PFL's members are private schools. Morehead State University is the only public school in the conference. History Foundation Following an NCAA rule change passed in January 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campbell Fighting Camels Football
The Campbell Fighting Camels football program represents Campbell University in American football. The team is located in Buies Creek, North Carolina, North Carolina. Campbell competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a member of the CAA Football, the football league operated by the multi-sports Coastal Athletic Association (CAA). Campbell's first football team was fielded in 2008, and they play home games at the 5,000-seat Barker–Lane Stadium in Buies Creek, North Carolina. The Fighting Camels transitioned to offering scholarships in football (they already offered them in other sports) and joined the Big South in 2018, where most of the school's other sports teams were already competing. In 2023, the football team transitioned into CAA Football, coinciding with the rest of the athletic program joining the multi-sports CAA. History Campbell University's football program has had two periods of operation. The original program lasted for 25 yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division I FCS Independent Schools
NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions in the United States whose football programs are not part of a football conference. This means that FCS independents are not required to schedule each other for competition as conference schools do. As of the 2024 season, Merrimack and Sacred Heart will be competing as independents, as their primary conference, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, does not sponsor football. They were previously members of the Northeast Conference which does sponsor the sport. Merrimack and Sacred Heart are confirmed to play as FCS independents in 2024. Current FCS independents Former FCS independents The following is a complete list of teams that have been Division I-AA/FCS Independents since the formation of Division I-AA in 1978. The "Current Conference" column indicates affiliations for the 2023 college football season. The years listed in this table are football seasons; since football is a fall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northeast-10 Conference
The Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. It is the only Division II collegiate ice hockey conference in the United States. History The original 1980 conference was called the "Northeast 7" as the colleges were American International College, Assumption College, Bentley College, Bryant College, the University of Hartford, Springfield College, and Stonehill College. In 1981, Saint Anselm College was the eighth team to join and the resulting "NE-8" stayed this way until 1984 when the University of Hartford left and Merrimack College joined. The “Northeast-10” name came about in 1987 when Saint Michael's College and Quinnipiac College joined the league. The conference remained stable until 1995 wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryant Bulldogs Football
The Bryant Bulldogs football program represents Bryant University in college football. As of the upcoming 2024 season, the Bulldogs will be members of CAA Football, an NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) league operated by, but legally separate from, the multi-sports Coastal Athletic Association. Bryant had played the 2023 season in the Big South–OVC Football Association formed in that season as a football-only alliance, also operating at the FCS level, between the Big South Conference and Ohio Valley Conference. The team has played its home games at Beirne Stadium in Smithfield, Rhode Island, which opened in 1999 as Bulldog Stadium and received its current name in 2016. History Bryant University football was created in 1999 joining the Division II Northeast-10 Conference which they had been charter members of since the conference's inception. Bryant has only had 4 coaches since its inception. The first Bulldog coach was Jim Miceli who coached the team from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
