# 2008 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

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.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 3:30 pm | at Maryland* | No. 8 | Byrd StadiumCollege Park, MD | ESPN | L 7–14 | 49,119 |
| September 13 | 6:00 pm | No. 23 (D-II) West Chester* | No. 6 | Delaware StadiumNewark, DE (rivalry) | | W 48–20 | 22,029 |
| September 20 | 2:00 pm | at No. 23 Furman* | No. 6 | Paladin StadiumGreenville, SC | | L 21–23 | 12,781 |
| September 27 | 6:00 pm | Albany* | No. 17 | Delaware StadiumNewark, DE | | W 38–7 | 22,196 |
| October 4 | 3:30 pm | at No. 12 UMass | No. 14 | Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley, MA | | L 7–17 | 16,422 |
| October 11 | 6:00 pm | Maine | No. 20 | Delaware StadiumNewark, DE | CN8 | L 10–27 | 21,302 |
| October 18 | 12:00 pm | William & Mary | | Delaware StadiumNewark, DE (rivalry) | | L 3–27 | 21,949 |
| October 25 | 3:00 pm | at Hofstra | | James M. Shuart StadiumHempstead, New York | | W 17–0 | 3,518 |
| November 1 | 3:30 pm | at No. 1 James Madison | | Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg, VA (rivalry) | CN8 | L 7–41 | 16,810 |
| November 8 | 12:00 pm | Towson | | Delaware StadiumNewark, DE | | W 31–21 | 20,720 |
| November 15 | 3:30 pm | at No. 6 Richmond | | University of Richmond StadiumRichmond, VA | | L 14–31 | 6,173 |
| November 22 | 2:30 pm | No. 7 Villanova | | Delaware StadiumNewark, DE (Battle of the Blue) | CN8 | L 7–21 | 21,457 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||||

## Game summaries
### Maryland

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Maryland | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### West Chester

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| West Chester | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| Delaware | 14 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 48 |

### Furman

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Delaware | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Furman | 7 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 23 |

### Albany

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Albany | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Delaware | 7 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 38 |

### UMass

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Delaware | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| UMass | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 |

### Maine

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Maine | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 27 |
| Delaware | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### William & Mary

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| William & Mary | 3 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 27 |
| Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |

### Hofstra

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Delaware | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Hofstra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### James Madison

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Delaware | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| James Madison | 7 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 41 |

### Towson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Towson | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| Delaware | 0 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 31 |

### Richmond

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Delaware | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Richmond | 3 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 31 |

### Villanova

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Villanova | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |