2008 Navy Midshipmen football team

2008 Navy Midshipmen football

Commander-in-Chief's Trophy Champions
EagleBank Bowl, L 29–19 vs. Wake Forest
Conference	Independent
2008 record	8–5
Head coach	Ken Niumatalolo (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Ivin Jasper (8th year)
Offensive scheme	Triple Option
Defensive coordinator	Buddy Green (7th year)
Base defense	Multiple
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

2008 Division I FBS independents football records
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Navy			–			8	–	5
Notre Dame			–			7	–	6
Army			–			3	–	9
WKU			–			2	–	10

Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation.

The team was led by first-year head coach Ken Niumatalolo. He was promoted from the offensive line coach before the season, after his predecessor, Paul Johnson, accepted the head coaching position at Georgia Tech.

The Midshipmen finished the regular season with an 8–4 record to attain bowl eligibility. Navy secured a berth in the inaugural EagleBank Bowl, which had a tie-in with the two independent military academies, the other being Army. The other tie-in was with the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Due to a chaotic and closely contested season in the ACC, in the EagleBank Bowl, Navy ended up playing Wake Forest in a re-match of a regular season game, despite a statement in their contracting disallowing it.^[1] Unlike the earlier game, Navy lost the rematch against Wake Forest, 29–19.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	3:30 p.m.	Towson	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSCS	W 41–13	31,613
September 5	7:00 p.m.	at Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	ESPN	L 35–23	22,517
September 13	12:00 p.m.	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ESPNU	L 41–31	25,082
September 20	3:30 p.m.	Rutgers	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSCS	W 23–21	37,821
September 27	3:30 p.m.	at #15 Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPNU	W 24–17	33,173
October 4	4:00 p.m.	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium • USAFA, CO	Versus	W 33–27	46,339
October 18	3:30 p.m.	#23 Pittsburgh	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSCS	L 42–21	37,970
October 25	3:30 p.m.	Southern Methodist	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSCS	W 34–7	31,698
November 1	3:30 p.m.	Temple	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSCS	W 33–27 ^OT	34,775
November 15	12:00 p.m.	vs. Notre Dame	M&T Bank Stadium • Baltimore, MD	CBS	L 27–21	70,932
November 25	7:00 p.m.	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPNC	W 16–0	17,932
December 6	12:00 p.m.	vs. Army	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA (Army-Navy Game)	CBS	W 34–0	69,144
December 20	11:00 a.m.	vs. Wake Forest	RFK Stadium • Washington, D.C. (EagleBank Bowl)	ESPN	L 29–19	28,777
Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

↑ Navy Did Not Waive EagleBank Bowl Clause, Annapolis Capital, December 4, 2008. Accessed 2009-03-12. Archived 2009-05-28.
↑ "Navy 2008 Schedule/Results". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 2009-11-19.

Navy Midshipmen football

Venues	Worden Field (1890–1923) Thompson Stadium (1924–1958) Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (1959–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Army: Army–Navy Game (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Air Force (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Johns Hopkins Maryland: Crab Bowl Classic Notre Dame (Rip Miller Trophy) SMU (Gansz Trophy)

Culture & lore	Bill the Goat "Anchors Aweigh" Marching band "Navy ends the drought" 2007 North Texas game

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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