# 2008 Texas State Bobcats football team

The 2008 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University–San Marcos in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats led by second year head coach Brad Wright, played their home games at Bobcat Stadium as a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and five losses (8–5, 5–2 Southland). Despite finishing in second place in conference play, they earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid, due to the conference champion Central Arkansas being ineligible for the postseason due to their transition period after moving up from Division II. They finished the season with a loss at Montana in the first round of the FCS playoffs.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Angelo State* | | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | W 21–14 | 13,952 |
| September 6 | 7:00 p.m. | at SMU* | | Gerald J. Ford StadiumUniversity Park, TX | L 36–47 | 22,218 |
| September 20 | 2:45 p.m. | at Northern Colorado* | | Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO | W 38–35 | 7,246 |
| September 27 | 6:00 p.m. | Southern Utah* | | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | L 20–34 | 12,301 |
| October 4 | 5:00 p.m. | Texas Southern* | | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | W 63–39 | 11,561 |
| October 11 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 3 McNeese State | | Cowboy StadiumLake Charles, LA | W 45–42 | 12,304 |
| October 18 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 13 Central Arkansas | | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | L 24–31 | 10,418 |
| October 25 | 2:00 p.m. | at Stephen F. Austin | | Homer Bryce StadiumNacogdoches, TX | W 62–21 | 11,400 |
| November 1 | 2:00 p.m. | Northwestern State | | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | L 31–34 $^{OT}$ | 9,100 |
| November 8 | 2:00 p.m. | at Southeastern Louisiana | | Strawberry StadiumHammond, LA | W 38–24 | 3,267 |
| November 15 | 3:00 p.m. | Nicholls State | | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX (Battle for the Paddle) | W 34–10 | 10,016 |
| November 22 | 2:00 p.m. | at Sam Houston State | | Bowers StadiumHuntsville, TX (rivalry) | W 45–42 $^{OT}$ | 9,045 |
| November 29 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 5 Montana* | No. 23 | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT (NCAA Division I First Round) | L 13–31 | 19,489 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time ||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
| Sports Network | — | — | RV | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 22 |
| Coaches | — | — | RV | — | RV | — | — | RV | RV | RV | — | — | RV | RV | 23 |

## Game summaries
### Angelo State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Bobcats | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |

### At SMU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 0 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 36 |
| Mustangs | 14 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 47 |

### At Northern Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 21 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 38 |
| Bears | 14 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 35 |

### Southern Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thunderbirds | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| Bobcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 20 |

### Texas Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 7 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 39 |
| Bobcats | 14 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 63 |

### At No. 3 McNeese State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
| No. 3 Cowboys | 14 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 42 |

### No. 13 Central Arkansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 13 Bears | 7 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 31 |
| Bobcats | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |

### At Stephen F. Austin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 24 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 62 |
| Lumberjacks | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |

### Northwestern State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Demons | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| Bobcats | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |

### At Southeastern Louisiana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Lions | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 24 |

### Nicholls State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colonels | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Bobcats | 0 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 34 |

### At Sam Houston State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Bobcats | 0 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 48 |
| Bearkats | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 45 |

### At No. 5 Montana (NCAA Division I First Round)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 23 Bobcats | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| No. 5 Grizzlies | 0 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 31 |