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2008 Northern Arizona

6–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Big Sky).

Schedule and results

Northern Arizona in 2008, game by game: lost at No. 15 Arizona State 13–30; won vs. New Mexico Highlands 68–10; won at Southern Utah 19–14; won at Northern Colorado 25–22; won vs. Sacramento State 42–10; won vs. Portland State 37–17; won at Idaho State 52–30; lost vs. Weber State 14–42; lost at Montana 10–45; lost vs. Montana State 23–25; lost at Eastern Washington 13–28+58−35Lost 13–30 at No. 15 Arizona State-17No. 15 Arizona StateWon 68–10 vs. New Mexico Highlands+58New Mexico High…Won 19–14 at Southern Utah+5Southern UtahWon 25–22 at Northern Colorado+3Northern Colora…Won 42–10 vs. Sacramento State+32Sacramento StateWon 37–17 vs. Portland State+20Portland StateWon 52–30 at Idaho State+22Idaho StateLost 14–42 vs. Weber State-28Weber StateLost 10–45 at Montana-35MontanaLost 23–25 vs. Montana State-2Montana StateLost 13–28 at Eastern Washington-15Eastern Washing…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30at15Arizona StateL 13–⁠3013%
Sep 6vsNew Mexico HighlandsW 68–⁠1076%
Sep 20atSouthern UtahW 19–⁠1463%
Sep 27atNorthern ColoradoW 25–⁠2272%
Oct 4vsSacramento StateW 42–⁠1068%
Oct 11vsPortland StateW 37–⁠1770%
Oct 18atIdaho StateW 52–⁠3077%
Oct 25vsWeber StateL 14–⁠4256%
Nov 1atMontanaL 10–⁠4525%
Nov 8vsMontana StateL 23–⁠2562%
Nov 15atEastern WashingtonL 13–⁠2836%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Eastern Washington 28–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Sky.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 72 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 5th in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
316–⁠273
Coach
—
Elo
1305 −6 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−20.5 No. 27 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—

2008 Big Sky standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Montana7–⁠112–⁠1
Weber State7–⁠110–⁠3
Montana State5–⁠37–⁠5
Eastern Washington5–⁠36–⁠5
Northern Arizona4–⁠46–⁠5
Sacramento State3–⁠56–⁠6
Portland State3–⁠54–⁠7
Northern Colorado1–⁠71–⁠10
Idaho State1–⁠71–⁠11

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