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2008 Indiana State

0–⁠12 (0–⁠8 Missouri Valley Football Conference).

Schedule and results

Indiana State in 2008, game by game: lost at Eastern Michigan 0–52; lost at Eastern Illinois 3–38; lost at Northern Illinois 3–48; lost vs. Southeast Missouri State 21–24; lost vs. Illinois State 6–57; lost vs. Southern Illinois 7–60; lost at Western Illinois 0–56; lost vs. South Dakota State 9–49; lost at North Dakota State 7–34; lost at Youngstown State 21–35; lost vs. Northern Iowa 0–28; lost vs. Missouri State 24–27+7−56Lost 0–52 at Eastern Michigan-52Eastern MichiganLost 3–38 at Eastern Illinois-35Eastern IllinoisLost 3–48 at Northern Illinois-45Northern Illino…Lost 21–24 vs. Southeast Missouri State-3Southeast Misso…Lost 6–57 vs. Illinois State-51Illinois StateLost 7–60 vs. Southern Illinois-53Southern Illino…Lost 0–56 at Western Illinois-56Western IllinoisLost 9–49 vs. South Dakota State-40South Dakota St…Lost 7–34 at North Dakota State-27North Dakota St…Lost 21–35 at Youngstown State-14Youngstown StateLost 0–28 vs. Northern Iowa-28Northern IowaLost 24–27 vs. Missouri State-3Missouri State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 28atEastern MichiganL 0–⁠5213%
Sep 13atEastern IllinoisL 3–⁠3816%
Sep 20atNorthern IllinoisL 3–⁠4812%
Sep 27vsSoutheast Missouri StateL 21–⁠2443%
Oct 4vsIllinois StateL 6–⁠5727%
Oct 11vsSouthern IllinoisL 7–⁠608%
Oct 18atWestern IllinoisL 0–⁠569%
Oct 25vsSouth Dakota StateL 9–⁠4917%
Nov 1atNorth Dakota StateL 7–⁠347%
Nov 8atYoungstown StateL 21–⁠3516%
Nov 15vsNorthern IowaL 0–⁠287%
Nov 22vsMissouri StateL 24–⁠2727%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri State 27–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

In program history: The worst season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 60 on file).

Record
0–⁠12
Conference
0–⁠8 9th in Missouri Valley Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
101–⁠508
Coach
—
Elo
1013 −103 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−47.1 No. 115 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—

2008 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Northern Iowa7–⁠111–⁠2
Southern Illinois7–⁠19–⁠3
South Dakota State6–⁠27–⁠5
Western Illinois4–⁠46–⁠5
North Dakota State4–⁠46–⁠5
Missouri State3–⁠54–⁠7
Youngstown State3–⁠54–⁠8
Illinois State2–⁠63–⁠8
Indiana State0–⁠80–⁠12

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