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2008 Tennessee State

8–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Ohio Valley Conference).

Schedule and results

Tennessee State in 2008, game by game: won at Alabama A&M 34–13; won vs. Southern 34–32; won vs. Jackson State 41–18; won vs. Eastern Kentucky 34–20; lost vs. Florida A&M 21–28; won at UT Martin 30–27; won vs. Austin Peay 37–34; lost vs. Southeast Missouri State 20–27; won vs. Tennessee Tech 41–14; won vs. Eastern Illinois 45–24; lost at Jacksonville State 21–26; lost at Murray State 17–24+27−7Won 34–13 at Alabama A&M+21Alabama A&MWon 34–32 vs. Southern+2SouthernWon 41–18 vs. Jackson State+23Jackson StateWon 34–20 vs. Eastern Kentucky+14Eastern KentuckyLost 21–28 vs. Florida A&M-7Florida A&MWon 30–27 at UT Martin+3UT MartinWon 37–34 vs. Austin Peay+3Austin PeayLost 20–27 vs. Southeast Missouri State-7Southeast Misso…Won 41–14 vs. Tennessee Tech+27Tennessee TechWon 45–24 vs. Eastern Illinois+21Eastern IllinoisLost 21–26 at Jacksonville State-5Jacksonville St…Lost 17–24 at Murray State-7Murray State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30atAlabama A&MW 34–⁠1332%
Sep 6vsSouthernW 34–⁠3253%
Sep 13vsJackson StateW 41–⁠1849%
Sep 20vsEastern KentuckyW 34–⁠2058%
Sep 27vsFlorida A&ML 21–⁠2869%
Oct 4atUT MartinW 30–⁠2737%
Oct 18vsAustin PeayW 37–⁠3482%
Oct 25vsSoutheast Missouri StateL 20–⁠2773%
Nov 1vsTennessee TechW 41–⁠1476%
Nov 8vsEastern IllinoisW 45–⁠2459%
Nov 15atJacksonville StateL 21–⁠2637%
Nov 22atMurray StateL 17–⁠2465%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Murray State 24–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Ohio Valley Conference.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 35 on file).

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 4th in Ohio Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
375–⁠287
Coach
—
Elo
1321 +67 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−27.2 No. 50 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Fred Kaiss
Defensive coordinator
Rod Reed

Drafted in 2009

The 2009 draft
Rd 7Javarris Williams RBKansas City Chiefs

2008 Ohio Valley Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Eastern Kentucky7–⁠18–⁠4
Jacksonville State6–⁠28–⁠3
UT Martin6–⁠28–⁠4
Tennessee State5–⁠38–⁠4
Murray State4–⁠45–⁠7
Eastern Illinois3–⁠55–⁠7
Southeast Missouri State2–⁠64–⁠8
Austin Peay2–⁠62–⁠9
Tennessee Tech1–⁠73–⁠9

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