2008 San Jose State Spartans football team

The 2008 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This season was the Spartans' fourth season with Dick Tomey as head coach.

2008 San Jose State Spartans football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2008 record	6–6 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach	Dick Tomey
Offensive coordinator	Marcus Arroyo, Steve Morton
Offensive scheme	West Coast offense
Defensive coordinator	Keith Burns
Base defense	4-3
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (Capacity: 30,456)

2008 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Boise State $		8	–	0					12	–	1
Louisiana Tech		5	–	3					8	–	5
Nevada		5	–	3					7	–	6
Hawaii		5	–	3					7	–	7
Fresno State		4	–	4					7	–	6
San Jose State		4	–	4					6	–	6
Utah State		3	–	5					3	–	9
New Mexico State		1	–	7					3	–	9
Idaho		1	–	7					2	–	10
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	5:00 pm	UC Davis*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA		W 13–10	18,730
September 6	9:30 am	at Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	FSN	L 12–35	84,146
September 13	5:00 pm	San Diego State*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA		W 35–10	19,854
September 20	6:00 pm	at Stanford*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Bill Walsh Legacy Game)		L 10–23	33,293
September 26	9:05 pm	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI		W 20–17	40,571
October 11	4:30 pm	Utah State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	ESPNU	W 30–7	20,318
October 18/	6:00 pm	at New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	ESPN GamePlan	W 31–14	20,607
October 24	6:00 pm	No. 13 Boise State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	ESPN2	L 16–33	26,258
November 1	2:00 pm	at Idaho	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID		W 30–24	15,002
November 8	5:00 pm	at Louisiana Tech	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA		L 0–21	16,170
November 15	1:05 pm	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		L 17–41	14,343
November 21	6:30 pm	Fresno State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 10–24	24,384
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	10	0	0	0	10
Spartans	0	0	6	7	13

at Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	6	3	0	3	12
Cornhuskers	14	0	0	21	35

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs					0
Spartans					0

at Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	3	7	0	0	10
Cardinal	0	7	6	10	23

at Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	0	7	6	20
Warriors	7	10	0	0	17

Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	0	0	7	7
Spartans	0	21	9	0	30

at New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	14	7	0	10	31
Aggies	0	7	0	7	14

No. 13 Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Broncos	6	14	3	10	33
Spartans	6	3	7	0	16

at Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	13	10	0	30
Vandals	7	3	0	14	24

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	14	0	7	21
Spartans	0	0	0	0	0

at Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	3	14	0	17
Wolf Pack	3	14	14	10	41

Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	3	0	7	14	24
Spartans	7	3	0	0	10

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