# 2008 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 2008 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach Gene Chizik, who had coached the Cyclones since 2007. They played their home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 28 | 7:00 p.m. | South Dakota State* | Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA | FCS | W 44–17 | 46,617 |
| September 6 | 6:00 p.m. | Kent State* | Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA | | W 48–28 | 49,805 |
| September 13 | 11:00 a.m. | at Iowa* | Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy) | BTN | L 5–17 | 70,585 |
| September 20 | 8:00 p.m. | at UNLV* | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV | Mtn | L 31–34 $^{OT}$ | 25,567 |
| October 4 | 11:30 a.m. | No. 16 Kansas | Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA | Versus | L 33–35 | 47,847 |
| October 11 | 6:00 p.m. | at Baylor | Floyd Casey StadiumWaco, TX | FCS | L 10–38 | 30,528 |
| October 18 | 11:30 a.m. | Nebraska | Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA | Versus | L 7–35 | 48,794 |
| October 25 | 6:00 p.m. | Texas A&M | Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA | FCS | L 35–49 | 45,495 |
| November 1 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 10 Oklahoma State | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK | ABC | L 17–59 | 46,718 |
| November 8 | 12:30 p.m. | at Colorado | Folsom FieldBoulder, CO | Versus | L 24–28 | 46,440 |
| November 15 | 5:30 p.m. | No. 11 Missouri | Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA (Battle for the Telephone Trophy) | FSN | L 20–52 | 46,013 |
| November 22 | 2:30 p.m. | at Kansas State | Bill Snyder Family Football StadiumManhattan, KS (rivalry) | FCS | L 30–38 | 41,266 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Roster

| # | Player | Pos. |
| #1 | Linder, Judah | DB |
| #2 | Johnson, Sedrick | WR |
| #2 | Smith, James | DB |
| #3 | Bass, Jamicah | RB |
| #4 | Arnaud, Austen | QB |
| #4 | Sandvig, Zac | DB |
| #5 | Sumrall, R.J. | WR |
| #6 | Scales, Jason | RB |
| #7 | Banks, Kennard | DB |
| #7 | Bates, Phillip | QB |
| #8 | Brown, Chris | DB |
| #8 | Bueker, Brett | QB |
| #9 | Messiah, Euseph | WR |
| #10 | Bell, Cameron | LB |
| #10 | Range, Lonzie | WR |
| #11 | Singleton, Chris | DB |
| #11 | Tiller, Jerome | QB |
| #12 | Bell, Allen | DB |
| #13 | Brandtner, Mike | P |
| #14 | Bibbs, Michael | LB |
| #15 | Jones, Houston | WR |
| #15 | Land, Dustin | DB |
| #16 | Kuehl, Daniel | PK |
| #16 | Raven, Josh | LB |
| #17 | McDowell, Devin | DB |
| #17 | Zitek, Joel | WR |
| #18 | Franklin, Wallace | WR |
| #19 | Matthews, A.J. | DB |
| #20 | Hunley, Brandon | DB |
| # | Player | Pos. |
| #20 | Powell, Chad | P |
| #21 | Mahoney, Grant | PK |
| #22 | Harris, Jason | RB |
| #23 | Johnson, Leonard | DB |
| #23 | Schwartz, Jeremiah | RB |
| #24 | Schmidgall, Derec | LB |
| #25 | Frere, Nick | DL |
| #25 | Guyer, Zach | PK |
| #26 | Mansfield, Taylor | FB |
| #26 | Moser, Seth | LB |
| #27 | Johnson, Steve | DB |
| #27 | Romey, Michael | PK |
| #29 | Ekwelundu, Brian | FB |
| #29 | Parker, Rashawn | DL |
| #31 | Rumple, Justin | LB |
| #32 | Benton, Ter'ran | DB |
| #32 | Burke, Hunter | WR |
| #33 | Robinson, Alexander | RB |
| #34 | Harklau, Nick | DB |
| #34 | Williams, Johnny | RB |
| #35 | Cicciarelli, Joe | DB |
| #35 | Ewald, Vince | TE |
| #36 | Mulcahy, Patrick | WR |
| #36 | Walker, Kyle | DB |
| #37 | O'Connell, Michael | DB |
| #37 | Zimmerman, Dakota | DS |
| #38 | Campbell, Chris | WR |
| #38 | Maggitt, Roosevelt | DL |
| #39 | Thompson Jr., Rickey | RB |
| # | Player | Pos. |
| #40 | Tucker, Zac | DS |
| #41 | Ferguson, Ernest | LB |
| #42 | Weymiller, Frank | LB |
| #43 | Garrin, Fred | LB |
| #44 | Hamlin, Kevin | LB |
| #45 | Blaes, Joe | TE |
| #47 | Taylor, Kurtis | DL |
| #48 | Smith, Sean | OL |
| #49 | Wonders, David | DS |
| #51 | Haughton, Scott | OL |
| #52 | Knapp, Mike | OL |
| #53 | Vencil, Evan | OL |
| #54 | Smith, Jesse | LB |
| #55 | Lyle, Christopher | DE |
| #56 | Weir, Chris | DL |
| #58 | Hicks, Hayworth | OL |
| #59 | Kaufman, Preston | LB |
| #60 | Johnson, Brandon | OL |
| #61 | Slobidsky, Nick | OL |
| #62 | Frere, Nate | DL |
| #63 | Lamaak, Ben | OL |
| #65 | Steinbach, Patrick | OL |
| #66 | Slifka, Kyle | DL |
| #67 | Hulbert, Matt | OL |
| #68 | Bergan, Tadd | OL |
| #70 | Davis, Drew | OL |
| #71 | Baysinger, Trey | OL |
| #72 | Osemele, Kelechi | OL |
| #73 | Stephens, Reggie | OL |
| # | Player | Pos. |
| #74 | Vanstrom, Joe | OL |
| #75 | Dedrick, Doug | OL |
| #77 | Alvarez, Alex | OL |
| #78 | Klerekoper, Joseph | OL |
| #79 | Burris, Brayden | OL |
| #80 | Darks, Darius | WR |
| #80 | Tuetken, Todd | WR |
| #81 | Carlson, Jason | WR |
| #81 | Tate, Michael | DL |
| #82 | Hamilton, Marquis | WR |
| #83 | Ferguson, Travis | DE |
| #83 | Williams, Jake | WR |
| #84 | Catlett, Derrick | TE |
| #85 | Johnson, Bailey | DL |
| #85 | Lillie, Justin | WR |
| #86 | Hammerschmidt, Kurt | TE |
| #87 | Sandvig, Alex | WR |
| #88 | Franklin, Collin | TE |
| #89 | Mitchell, Andrew | WR |
| #90 | Laing, Cleyon | DE |
| #91 | Neal, Patrick | TE |
| #92 | Black, Jerrod | DL |
| #93 | Bykowski, Carter | TE |
| #94 | McDonough, Jake | DE |
| #95 | Zegers, Spenser | DL |
| #96 | Alburtis, Austin | DL |
| #97 | Ruempolhamer, Stephen | DL |
| #99 | Hurtig, Chase | DL |

## Coaching staff

Gene Chizik: Head Coach (1 yr) Robert McFarland: Offensive Coordinator (1 yr) Wayne Bolt: Defensive Coordinator (1 yr) Scott Fountain (TE/RC (2yr)

## Game summaries
### South Dakota State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| South Dakota State | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| • Iowa State | 10 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 44 |

### Kent State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Kent State | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| • Iowa State | 21 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 48 |

### Iowa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Iowa State | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| • Iowa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 |

### UNLV

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Iowa State | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
| • UNLV | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 34 |

### Kansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #16 Kansas | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 35 |
| Iowa State | 14 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 33 |

### Baylor

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Iowa State | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| • Baylor | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 |

### Nebraska

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Nebraska | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| Iowa State | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### Texas A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Texas A&M | 7 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 49 |
| Iowa State | 7 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 35 |

### #10 Oklahoma State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Iowa State | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| • #10 Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 59 |

### Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Iowa State | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| • Colorado | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 28 |

### #11 Missouri

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #11 Missouri | 7 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 52 |
| Iowa State | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |

### Kansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Iowa State | 7 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 30 |
| • Kansas State | 7 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 38 |

## After the season
### Awards

No Cyclone player or coach won any awards this season.