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2008 Northern Colorado

1–⁠10 (1–⁠7 Big Sky).

Schedule and results

Northern Colorado in 2008, game by game: lost at Purdue 10–42; lost vs. Texas State 35–38; lost vs. Northern Arizona 22–25; lost vs. UC Davis 30–34; won vs. Idaho State 29–9; lost at Weber State 10–17; lost vs. Montana 20–41; lost at Montana State 7–20; lost vs. Eastern Washington 16–31; lost at Sacramento State 25–45; lost vs. Portland State 21–24+20−32Lost 10–42 at Purdue-32PurdueLost 35–38 vs. Texas State-3Texas StateLost 22–25 vs. Northern Arizona-3Northern ArizonaLost 30–34 vs. UC Davis-4UC DavisWon 29–9 vs. Idaho State+20Idaho StateLost 10–17 at Weber State-7Weber StateLost 20–41 vs. Montana-21MontanaLost 7–20 at Montana State-13Montana StateLost 16–31 vs. Eastern Washington-15Eastern Washing…Lost 25–45 at Sacramento State-20Sacramento StateLost 21–24 vs. Portland State-3Portland State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6atPurdueL 10–⁠427%
Sep 20vsTexas StateL 35–⁠3839%
Sep 27vsNorthern ArizonaL 22–⁠2528%
Oct 4vsUC DavisL 30–⁠3427%
Oct 11vsIdaho StateW 29–⁠951%
Oct 18atWeber StateL 10–⁠1713%
Oct 25vsMontanaL 20–⁠4115%
Nov 1atMontana StateL 7–⁠2021%
Nov 8vsEastern WashingtonL 16–⁠3125%
Nov 15atSacramento StateL 25–⁠4522%
Nov 22vsPortland StateL 21–⁠2429%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Portland State 24–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Big Sky.

In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 56 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠7 tied for 8th in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
225–⁠326
Coach
—
Elo
1075 −55 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−29.1 No. 60 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.