2008 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

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2008 Georgia Southern Eagles football
Georgia Southern wordmark.png
Conference Southern Conference
2008 record 6–5 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach Chris Hatcher (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator Rance Gillespie
Offensive scheme Triple Option
Defensive coordinator Ashley Anders
Home stadium Paulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
Seasons
« 2007 2009 »
2008 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#5 Appalachian State $^   8 0         11 3  
#9 Wofford ^   7 1         9 3  
#17 Elon   6 2         8 4  
Furman   4 4         7 5  
Samford   4 4         6 5  
Georgia Southern   4 4         6 5  
The Citadel   2 6         4 8  
Western Carolina   1 7         3 9  
Chattanooga   0 8         1 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2008 Georgia Southern Eagles team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Eagles were led by second year head coach Chris Hatcher and played their home games at Paulson Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in Southern Conference play.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 12:30 PM at #1 (FBS) Georgia* #17 Sanford StadiumAthens, GA PPV L 21–45   92,746
September 6 6:00 PM Austin Peay* #16 Paulson StadiumStatesboro, GA EV W 34–20   18,225
September 13 6:00 PM Northeastern* #15 Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA EV W 34–27 OT  17,491
September 20 7:00 PM #18 Elon #14 Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA CSS L 20–22   17,049
September 27 7:00 PM #11 Wofford #22 Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA CSS L 37–38 OT  17,958
October 4 7:00 PM at Chattanooga Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN EV W 52–28   5,616
October 18 3:00 PM #2 Appalachian State #25 Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA SS L 36–37   20,851
October 25 1:00 PM at Western Carolina E. J. Whitmire StadiumCullowhee, NC W 38–31 OT  8,327
November 1 1:00 PM at The Citadel Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC W 44–41 3OT  11,190
November 8 12:00 PM Samforddagger Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA CSS L 17–27   17,436
November 15 3:00 PM at #16 Furman Paladin StadiumGreenville, SC SS W 17–10   10,496
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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