2008 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

2008 Arizona State Sun Devils football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record5–7 (4–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRich Olson (2nd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorCraig Bray (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
Home stadiumSun Devil Stadium
Uniform
2008 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 USC $ 8–1  12–1 
No. 10 Oregon 7–2  10–3 
No. 18 Oregon State 7–2  9–4 
California 6–3  9–4 
Arizona 5–4  8–5 
Arizona State 4–5  5–7 
Stanford 4–5  5–7 
UCLA 3–6  4–8 
Washington State 1–8  2–11 
Washington 0–9  0–12 
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.[1]

After the loss to Arizona in the Territorial Cup Arizona State didn’t qualify for a bowl game for the first time since the 2003 season.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 307:00 pmNorthern Arizona*No. 15
FSNAZW 30–1362,707[2]
September 67:00 pmStanfordNo. 15
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
FSNAZW 41–1759,441
September 137:00 pmUNLV*No. 15
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
FSNAZL 20–2359,852
September 205:00 pmNo. 3 Georgia*
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
ABCL 10–2771,706
October 412:30 pmat California
ABCL 14–2458,302
October 1112:30 pmat No. 8 USC
ABCL 0–2884,956
October 257:00 pmOregon
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
L 20–5469,406
November 17:15 pmat Oregon State
FSNL 25–2744,109
November 85:00 pmat Washington
FSNAZW 39–1957,013
November 153:30 pmWashington Statedagger
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 31–061,490
November 287:30 pmUCLA
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
ESPN2W 34–961,005
December 66:00 pmat Arizona
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ (rivalry)
ESPNL 10–3158,704
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[3]

Roster

Game summaries

Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Northern Arizona 0 0 3 10 13
ASU 10 17 3 0 30

Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total
Stanford 7 3 7 0 17
ASU 3 17 7 14 41

UNLV

1 2 3 4OT Total
UNLV 0 10 0 103 23
ASU 3 10 7 00 20

Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total
Georgia 0 21 3 3 27
ASU 0 3 7 0 10

California

1 2 3 4 Total
ASU 0 7 7 0 14
California 10 7 7 0 24

USC

1 2 3 4 Total
ASU 0 0 0 0 0
USC 7 14 0 7 28

Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
Oregon 13 10 21 10 54
ASU 0 6 7 7 20

Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total
ASU 3 3 10 9 25
Oregon State 7 0 10 10 27

Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
ASU 3 13 7 16 39
Washington 3 10 6 0 19

Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total
Washington State 0 0 0 0 0
ASU 0 10 14 7 31

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total
UCLA 3 3 3 0 9
ASU 0 14 3 17 34

Arizona

Territorial Cup: Arizona State Sun Devils (5–5) at Arizona Wildcats (5–5)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Arizona St 0 10 0010
Arizona 7 0 21331

at Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona

  • Date: December 6
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Mostly clear • 65 °F (18 °C) • Wind 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h; 4.3 kn) N
  • Game attendance: 58,704
  • Referee: Jack Wood
  • TV: ESPN
  • Box Score
Game information

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP151515RV————————————
Coaches16141324————————————
HarrisNot released———————————Not released
BCSNot released————————Not released

References

  1. ↑ ESPN
  2. ↑ "Carpenter throws for 338 in ASU win". Arizona Daily Star. August 31, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "2008 Schedule". Archived from the original on March 6, 2008. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
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