2008 UC Davis

3–⁠6. The season’s Wikipedia article records 5–⁠7, over 12 games to the nine on file here.

Schedule and results

UC Davis in 2008, game by game: lost at San José State 10–13; lost at Central Arkansas 21–24; won vs. Portland State 38–24; lost at Montana 24–29; lost vs. Northeastern 10–27; won vs. Northern Colorado 34–30; won vs. Iona 55–24; lost vs. Sacramento State 19–29; lost at San Diego 20–28+31−17Lost 10–13 at San José State-3San José StateLost 21–24 at Central Arkansas-3Central ArkansasWon 38–24 vs. Portland State+14Portland StateLost 24–29 at Montana-5MontanaLost 10–27 vs. Northeastern-17NortheasternWon 34–30 vs. Northern Colorado+4Northern Colora…Won 55–24 vs. Iona+31IonaLost 19–29 vs. Sacramento State-10Sacramento StateLost 20–28 at San Diego-8San Diego
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to San Diego 28–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 45 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list three games of UC Davis’s 2008 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’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
Oct 11vsSouthern UtahW 49–⁠26UC Davis’s article
Oct 25vsNorth DakotaW 34–⁠21UC Davis’s article
Nov 15atCal PolyL 28–⁠51Cal Poly’s article, UC Davis’s article
Record
3–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠1 2nd in the Great West Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
231–⁠228
Coach
—
Elo
1280 −41 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−24.6 No. 42 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Moroski