2008 Ohio Bobcats football team

The 2008 Ohio Bobcats football team represented Ohio University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Ohio competed as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Bobcats were led by Frank Solich in his fourth year.^[1] They played their home games in Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio.^[2]

2008 Ohio Bobcats football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	4–8 (3–5 MAC)
Head coach	Frank Solich (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Albin (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Burrow (4th season)
Home stadium	Peden Stadium
Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Buffalo x$		5	–	3					8	–	6
Bowling Green		4	–	4					6	–	6
Temple		4	–	4					5	–	7
Ohio		3	–	5					4	–	8
Akron		3	–	5					5	–	7
Kent State		3	–	5					4	–	8
Miami (OH)		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
Ball State x		8	–	0					12	–	2
Central Michigan		6	–	2					8	–	5
Western Michigan		6	–	2					9	–	4
Northern Illinois		5	–	3					6	–	7
Toledo		2	–	6					3	–	9
Eastern Michigan		2	–	6					3	–	9
Championship: Buffalo 42, Ball State 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	2:00 pm	at Wyoming*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	The Mountain	L 20–21	20,430
September 6	12:00 pm	at No. 3 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN	L 14–26	105,002
September 13	2:00 pm	Central Michigan	Peden Stadium Athens, OH		L 28–31	18,268
September 20	12:00 pm	at Northwestern*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	BTN	L 8–16	22,069
September 27	2:00 pm	VMI*	Peden Stadium Athens, OH		W 51–31	19,938
October 4	2:00 pm	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI		L 20–41	20,133
October 11	2:30 pm	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	FSN Ohio	W 26–19	16,825
October 21	8:00 pm	at Temple	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN2	L 10–14	18,824
October 28	7:00 pm	Buffalo	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPNU	L 19–32	10,042
November 8	2:00 pm	Bowling Green	Peden Stadium Athens, OH		L 3–28	15,018
November 22	3:30 pm	Akron	Peden Stadium Athens, OH		W 49–42	13,114
November 28	12:30 pm	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH (Battle of the Bricks)	ESPNU	W 41–26	13,867
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time