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2008 New Hampshire

11–⁠2 (6–⁠2 Colonial Athletic Association). Officially 10–⁠3. New Hampshire forfeited one game.

Schedule and results

New Hampshire in 2008, game by game: won at Army 28–10; won at Rhode Island 51–43; won vs. Rhodes 51–43; won vs. UAlbany 32–24; won at Dartmouth 42–6; lost vs. William & Mary 34–38; won vs. Northeastern 33–21; won vs. Towson 42–14; won vs. Hofstra 45–25; lost at Villanova 13–24; won vs. Massachusetts 52–21; won at Maine 28–24; won vs. Southern Illinois 29–20+36−11Won 28–10 at Army+18ArmyWon 51–43 at Rhode Island+8Rhode IslandWon 51–43 vs. Rhodes+8RhodesWon 32–24 vs. UAlbany+8UAlbanyWon 42–6 at Dartmouth+36DartmouthLost 34–38 vs. William & Mary-4William & MaryWon 33–21 vs. Northeastern+12NortheasternWon 42–14 vs. Towson+28TowsonWon 45–25 vs. Hofstra+20HofstraLost 13–24 at Villanova-11VillanovaWon 52–21 vs. Massachusetts+31MassachusettsWon 28–24 at Maine+4MaineWon 29–20 vs. Southern Illinois+9Southern Illino…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6atArmyW 28–⁠1051%
Sep 13atRhode IslandW 51–⁠4366%
Sep 13vsRhodesW 51–⁠4375%
Sep 20vsUAlbanyW 32–⁠2466%
Sep 27atDartmouthW 42–⁠674%
Oct 11vsWilliam & MaryL 34–⁠3880%
Oct 18vsNortheasternW 33–⁠2169%
Oct 25vsTowsonW 42–⁠1483%
Nov 1vsHofstraW 45–⁠2575%
Nov 8atVillanovaL 13–⁠2445%
Nov 15vsMassachusettsW 52–⁠2155%
Nov 22atMaineW 28–⁠2452%
Nov 29vsSouthern IllinoisNCAA Division I Football Championship – First RoundW 29–⁠2043%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Southern Illinois 29–⁠20 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship – First Round; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Colonial Athletic Association.

In program history: The 3rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 71 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list one game of New Hampshire’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 6atNorthern IowaL 34–⁠36Northern Iowa’s article, New Hampshire’s article
Record
11–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Colonial Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
480–⁠313
Coach
—
Elo
1531 +146 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−9.3 No. 10 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—

2008 Colonial Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
James Madison8–⁠011–⁠1
Villanova7–⁠110–⁠2
New Hampshire6–⁠211–⁠2
Richmond6–⁠210–⁠3
Maine5–⁠39–⁠5
William & Mary5–⁠37–⁠4
Massachusetts4–⁠47–⁠5
Delaware2–⁠64–⁠8
Hofstra2–⁠64–⁠8
Rhode Island1–⁠73–⁠9
Towson1–⁠73–⁠9
Northeastern1–⁠72–⁠10

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