2008 San Jose State Spartans football team

2008 San Jose State Spartans football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
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

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.

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

See also: 2008 UC Davis Aggies football team

at Nebraska

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

See also: 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs					0
Spartans					0

See also: 2008 San Diego State Aztecs football team

at Stanford

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

See also: 2008 Stanford Cardinal football team and Bill Walsh Legacy Game

at Hawaii

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

See also: 2008 Hawaii Warriors football team

Utah State

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

See also: 2008 Utah State Aggies football team

at New Mexico State

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

See also: 2008 New Mexico State Aggies football team

No. 13 Boise State

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

See also: 2008 Boise State Broncos football team

at Idaho

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

See also: 2008 Idaho Vandals football team

Louisiana Tech

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

See also: 2008 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

at Nevada

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

See also: 2008 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

Fresno State

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

See also: 2008 Fresno State Bulldogs football team and Fresno State–San Jose State football rivalry