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2008 App State

11–⁠2 (8–⁠0 Southern Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 11–⁠3, over 14 games to the 13 on file here.

Schedule and results

App State in 2008, game by game: lost at No. 7 LSU 13–41; won vs. Jacksonville 56–7; lost at James Madison 32–35; won vs. Presbyterian 48–14; won vs. The Citadel 47–21; won at Samford 35–24; won at Georgia Southern 37–36; won vs. Furman 26–14; won vs. Wofford 70–24; won at Chattanooga 49–7; won vs. Elon 24–16; won at Western Carolina 35–10; won vs. South Carolina State 37–21+49−28Lost 13–41 at No. 7 LSU-28No. 7 LSUWon 56–7 vs. Jacksonville+49JacksonvilleLost 32–35 at James Madison-3James MadisonWon 48–14 vs. Presbyterian+34PresbyterianWon 47–21 vs. The Citadel+26The CitadelWon 35–24 at Samford+11SamfordWon 37–36 at Georgia Southern+1Georgia SouthernWon 26–14 vs. Furman+12FurmanWon 70–24 vs. Wofford+46WoffordWon 49–7 at Chattanooga+42ChattanoogaWon 24–16 vs. Elon+8ElonWon 35–10 at Western Carolina+25Western CarolinaWon 37–21 vs. South Carolina State+16South Carolina …
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30at7LSUL 13–⁠4116%
Sep 6vsJacksonvilleW 56–⁠783%
Sep 20atJames MadisonL 32–⁠3546%
Sep 27vsPresbyterianW 48–⁠1484%
Oct 4vsThe CitadelW 47–⁠2170%
Oct 11atSamfordW 35–⁠2473%
Oct 18atGeorgia SouthernW 37–⁠3662%
Oct 25vsFurmanW 26–⁠1470%
Oct 31vsWoffordW 70–⁠2465%
Nov 8atChattanoogaW 49–⁠790%
Nov 15vsElonW 24–⁠1676%
Nov 22atWestern CarolinaW 35–⁠1088%
Nov 29vsSouth Carolina StateNCAA Divison I Football Championship – First RoundW 37–⁠2166%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat South Carolina State 37–⁠21 in the NCAA Divison I Football Championship – First Round; unranked in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 58 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list one game of App State’s 2008 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 6vsRichmondL 13–⁠33App State’s article, Richmond’s article

Southern Conference champions8–⁠0 in the conference

Record
11–⁠2
Conference
8–⁠0 first in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
509–⁠270
Coach
—
Elo
1587 +118 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−6.7 No. 4 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Collaborative
Defensive coordinator
John Wiley
Offense
Multiple spread
Defense
4–⁠3

2008 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
App State8–⁠011–⁠2
Wofford7–⁠19–⁠3
Elon6–⁠28–⁠4
Furman4–⁠47–⁠5
Samford4–⁠46–⁠5
Georgia Southern4–⁠46–⁠5
The Citadel2–⁠64–⁠8
Western Carolina1–⁠73–⁠9
Chattanooga0–⁠81–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.