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2008 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Troy $   6 – 1     8 – 5  
Louisiana–Lafayette   5 – 2     6 – 6  
Florida Atlantic   4 – 3     7 – 6  
Arkansas State   4 – 3     6 – 6  
FIU   3 – 4     5 – 7  
Middle Tennessee   3 – 4     5 – 7  
Louisiana–Monroe   3 – 4     4 – 8  
North Texas   0 – 7     1 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion

The 2008 FIU Golden Panthers football team represented Florida International University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mario Cristobal and played their homes games at the on-campus FIU Stadium.

Regular season

The 2008 season started off with a loss at 13th-ranked Kansas, 40–10. Following that, Iowa routed FIU, 42–0. FIU then faced its highest-ranked opponent in school history, 12th-ranked South Florida, for the inaugural game of the new FIU Stadium. Trailing 17-0 with 2:30 left in the game FIU attained a safety, and subsequently scored a touchdown. FIU lost, 17–9, but played acted as a spoiler for South Florida, with the latter falling three spots in the rankings. The game against Toledo became their first-ever out-of-conference FBS win. Against, Toledo, FIU forced four turnovers and recorded its first road win since 2005.[citation needed]

Schedule

August 307:00 p.m.at No. 13 Kansas*

L 10-4052,112 September 612:00 p.m.at Iowa*

BTNL 0-4270,585 September 205:00 p.m.No. 12 South Florida*

ESPNUL 9-1716,717 September 277:00 p.m.at Toledo*

BCSNW 35-1619,004 October 47:00 p.m.at North Texas

ESPN PlusW 42-1016,781 October 117:00 p.m.MTSU

  • FIU Stadium
  • Miami, FL

W 31-2115,108 October 187:00 p.m.at Troy

ESPN PlusL 23-3319,316 November 15:00 p.m.at Louisiana-Lafayette

L 20-4929,031 November 87:00 p.m.Arkansas Statedagger

  • FIU Stadium
  • Miami, FL

W 22-2115,106 November 227:00 p.m.Louisiana-Monroe

  • FIU Stadium
  • Miami, FL

L 27-3112,925 November 294:00 p.m.at FAU

L 50-5716,781 December 67:00 p.m.Western Kentucky*

  • FIU Stadium
  • Miami, FL

W 27-39,405

Template:CFB Schedule End

Coaching staff

Name Current Title Years at
FIU		 Alma mater
Mario Cristobal Head Coach 2006 - Miami
Bill Legg Offensive Coordinator
Quarterbacks		 2008 - West Virginia
Phil Galiano Defensive Coordinator
Linebackers		 2007 - Shippensburg
Apollo Wright Special Teams Coordinator 2001 - Wagner College
Mike Cassano Assistant Head Coach
Running Backs/Recruiting		 2006 - New Hampshire
Bernard Clark Assistant Head Coach
Defensive Line		 2004–2005, 2007 - Miami
Greg Laffere Assistant Head Coach
Offensive Line		 2005 - Miami
Alex Mirabal Assistant Head Coach
Tight Ends		 2006 - FIU
Frank Ponce Assistant Head Coach
Wide Receivers		 2005 - FIU
Jeff Popovich Assistant Head Coach
Secondary		 2006 - Miami
Roderick Moore Strength &
Conditioning Coach		 - -
Chris Siegle Graduate Assistant Coach 2005 - -
Dennis Smith Graduate Assistant Coach 2006 - Miami

See also

Game notes

Kansas

Overall: (0-1), Conference: (0-2)

1 2 3 4 Total
FIU 0 10 0 0 10
Kansas 7 23 10 0 40

Iowa

Overall: (0-2), Conference: (0-0)

1 2 3 4 Total
FIU 0 0 0 0 0
Iowa 21 14 0 7 42

South Florida

Overall: (0-3), Conference: (0-0)

1 2 3 4 Total
South Florida 7 3 0 7 17
FIU 0 0 0 9 9

Toledo

Overall: (1-3), Conference: (0-0)

1 2 3 4 Total
FIU 0 14 21 0 35
Toledo 13 3 0 0 16

North Texas

Overall: (2-3), Conference: (1-0)

1 2 3 4 Total
FIU 14 14 7 7 42
North Texas 0 0 3 7 10

Middle Tennessee

Overall: (3-3), Conference: (2-0)

1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 3 0 10 8 21
FIU 0 10 14 7 31

Troy

Overall: (3-4), Conference: (2-1)

1 2 3 4 Total
FIU 9 7 0 7 23
Troy 16 3 7 7 33

Louisiana-Lafayette

Overall: (3-5), Conference: (2-2)

1 2 3 4 Total
FIU 14 0 0 6 20
Louisiana-Lafayette 7 28 14 0 49

Arkansas State

Overall: (4-5), Conference: (3-2)

1 2 3 4 Total
Arkansas State 0 7 7 7 21
FIU 0 6 6 10 22

Louisiana-Monroe

1 2 3 4 Total
Louisiana-Monroe 0 21 10 0 31
FIU 3 0 14 10 27

Florida Atlantic

Shula Bowl

1 2 3 4OT Total
FIU 7 9 6 280 50
Florida Atlantic 14 0 8 287 57

Western Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Western Kentucky 3 0 0 0 3
FIU 0 7 6 14 27
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