American college football season
The 2008 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware as a member of the South Division of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by seventh-year head coach K. C. Keeler , the Fightin' Blue Hens compiled an overall record of 4–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing fifth in place in the CAA's South Division. The team played home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware . The 2008 season proved to be one of Delaware's worst seasons in its 117-year history. It was the first, still only season, in which the Blue Hens lost eight games.[1]
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source August 30 3:30 pm at Maryland * No. 8 ESPN L 7–1449,119 September 13 6:00 pm No. 23 (D-II ) West Chester * No. 6 W 48–2022,029 September 20 2:00 pm at No. 23 Furman * No. 6 L 21–2312,781 September 27 6:00 pm Albany * No. 17 Delaware Stadium Newark, DE W 38–722,196 October 4 3:30 pm at No. 12 UMass No. 14 L 7–1716,422 October 11 6:00 pm Maine No. 20 Delaware Stadium Newark, DE CN8 L 10–2721,302 October 18 12:00 pm William & Mary Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (rivalry ) L 3–2721,949 October 25 3:00 pm at Hofstra W 17–03,518 November 1 3:30 pm at No. 1 James Madison CN8 L 7–4116,810 November 8 12:00 pm Towson Delaware Stadium Newark, DE W 31–2120,720 November 15 3:30 pm at No. 6 Richmond L 14–316,173 November 22 2:30 pm No. 7 Villanova CN8 L 7–2121,457 [2]
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Game summaries [ edit ] Maryland [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Delaware 0 0 0 7 7 Maryland 0 7 7 0 14
West Chester [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total West Chester 0 6 0 14 20 Delaware 14 20 0 14 48
1 2 3 4 Total Delaware 7 0 7 7 21 Furman 7 13 0 3 23
1 2 3 4 Total Albany 0 7 0 0 7 Delaware 7 7 10 14 38
1 2 3 4 Total Delaware 7 0 0 0 7 UMass 7 0 0 10 17
1 2 3 4 Total Maine 0 10 0 17 27 Delaware 3 7 0 0 10
William & Mary [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total William & Mary 3 10 0 14 27 Delaware 0 0 0 3 3
Hofstra [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Delaware 7 3 0 7 17 Hofstra 0 0 0 0 0
James Madison [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Delaware 0 0 7 0 7 James Madison 7 7 20 7 41
1 2 3 4 Total Towson 0 0 13 8 21 Delaware 0 14 10 7 31
Richmond [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Delaware 7 0 0 7 14 Richmond 3 14 0 14 31
Villanova [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Villanova 0 14 7 0 21 Delaware 0 0 0 7 7
References [ edit ] ^ Villanova 21, Delaware 7 , ESPN, November 22, 2008, retrieved February 7, 2009. ^ "UD offense freezes against Villanova" . The News Journal . November 23, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Delaware Blue Hens Schedule 2008" . ESPN . Retrieved November 8, 2022 . ^ "2008 Football Schedule" . Delaware Blue Hens . Retrieved November 8, 2022 .
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