2008 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team

2008 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
2008 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
Conference	Great West Conference
Record	6–4 (1–2 GWC)
Head coach	Chris Mussman (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Greg Breitbach (1st season)
Captain	Blair Grover, Josh Murray, Brian Troen
Home stadium	Alerus Center
	Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

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.

2008 Great West Conference football standings
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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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 28	7:00 pm	Texas A&M–Kingsville*	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND		W 40–14	11,434
September 6	1:00 pm	St. Cloud State*	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND		W 17–2	9,143
September 13	1:00 pm	Wisconsin–La Crosse*	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND (Potato Bowl)		W 7–3	10,256
September 18	7:30 pm	at Idaho State*	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID		W 38–35	5,970
September 27	6:00 pm	at Southeastern Louisiana*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA		L 35–38	5,216
October 18	1:00 pm	Western Washington*	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	FS-North	W 42–32	12,164
October 25	8:00 pm	at UC Davis	Aggie Stadium Davis, CA		L 21–34	8,876
November 1	2:00 pm	at No. 11 Southern Illinois*	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL		L 21–40	8,082	^[1]
November 8	7:00 pm	Southern Utah	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND		L 14–15	7,840
November 22	12:00 pm	at South Dakota	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	MC23	W 34–31 ^OT	7,885
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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

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