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2008 Duke Blue Devils Football Team
The 2008 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach David Cutcliffe. They played their homes games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. Schedule Personnel Coaching staff Roster Game summaries James Madison Northwestern Navy Virginia At Georgia Tech Miami (FL) At Vanderbilt At Wake Forest NC State At Clemson At Virginia Tech North Carolina Season facts *Duke's four wins equaled the team's win total from the previous four seasons ''combined'' *According to the Sagarin rankings, Duke faced the second toughest schedule in the country *Of the 11 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision teams the Blue Devils played against, 10 became bowl-eligible (Virginia fell just short at 5-7). The 12th team, James Madison, went 12-1 in the Championship Subdivision. *Duke place-kickers went 13-for-18 in field goal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Cutcliffe
David Nelson Cutcliffe (born September 16, 1954) is the Special Assistant to the Commissioner for Football Relations at the Southeastern Conference and former college football coach, most recently head coach of the Duke University Blue Devils. Under Cutcliffe, in 2012 the Blue Devils ended an 18-year bowl drought and also brought the Victory Bell back to Duke after beating arch-rival University of North Carolina. The following season, Cutcliffe led the team to a second straight bowl appearance, another win over North Carolina, an Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division championship and the first 10-win season in school history. He also earned multiple college football coach of the year awards from the Walter Camp Football Foundation, the Maxwell Football Club, and the Bobby Dodd Foundation. Early life Cutcliffe was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, which played a formative role in his development as a football coach. He has two brothers (Charles "Paige" Cutcliffe, and R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Navy Midshipmen Football Team
The 2008 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 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 (American football coach), Paul Johnson, accepted the head coaching position at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football, Georgia Tech. The Midshipmen finished the regular season with an 8–4 record to attain bowl eligibility. Navy secured a berth in the inaugural 2008 EagleBank Bowl, EagleBank Bowl, which had a tie-in with the two independent military academies, the other being Army Black Knights football, 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 2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Wake Forest in a re-match of a regular season g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
