2008 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team

2008 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
ConferenceGreat West Conference
Record6–4 (1–2 GWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGreg Breitbach (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinators
Captains
  • Blair Grover
  • Josh Murray
  • Brian Troen
Home stadiumAlerus Center
2008 Great West Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Cal Poly $^ 3–0  8–3 
UC Davis 2–1  5–7 
North Dakota 1–2  6–4 
South Dakota 1–2  6–5 
Southern Utah 1–3  4–7 
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2008 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team represented The University of North Dakota as a member of the Great West Conference during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Chris Mussman, the Fighting Sioux compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 1–2 in conference play, tying for third place in the GWC. North Dakota played home games at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 287:00 pmTexas A&M–Kingsville*
W 40–1411,434
September 61:00 pmSt. Cloud State*
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 17–29,143
September 131:00 pmWisconsin–La Crosse*
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND (Potato Bowl)
W 7–310,256
September 187:30 pmat Idaho State*
W 38–355,970[1]
September 276:00 pmat Southeastern Louisiana*
L 35–385,216
October 181:00 pmWestern Washington*dagger
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
FS-NorthW 42–3212,164
October 258:00 pmat UC Davis
L 21–348,876
November 12:00 pmat No. 11 Southern Illinois*
L 21–408,082[2]
November 87:00 pmSouthern Utah
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
L 14–157,840
November 2212:00 pmat South Dakota
MC23W 34–31 OT7,885

[3][4]

Statistical leaders

Passing Att Com Yds TD Int
Danny Freund 220 315 2407 23 7
Jake Landry 3 4 77 1 0
Rushing Att Yds TD
Josh Murray 188 1212 12
Brandon Brady 56 233 3
Catlin Solum 29 127 1
Receiving Rec. Yds TD
Brady Trenbeath 85 1001 10
Alex Nicholas 39 444 6
Ismael Bamba 21 310 3
Josh Murray 21 187 0

[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "UND hangs on against Idaho St". The Forum. September 19, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Salukis stop Sioux". The Bismarck Tribune. Associated Press. November 2, 2008. p. 3D. Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "North Dakota Fighting Hawks Schedule 2008". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  4. ↑ "2008 M Football Schedule". University of North Dakota Athletics. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  5. ↑ "North Dakota - Cumulative Season Statistics". Archived from the original on October 25, 2008. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Search Results for "undathletics.com"". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.