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2008 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2008
team	Cincinnati Bearcats
sport	football
image	Cincinnati University Bearcats textlogo.svg
image_size	250
conference	Big East Conference
short_conf	Big East
CoachRank	17
APRank	17
record	11–3
conf_record	6–1
head_coach	Brian Kelly
hc_year	2nd
off_coach	Jeff Quinn
oc_year	2nd
off_scheme	Multiple
def_coach	Joe Tresey
dc_year	2nd
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
stadium	Nippert Stadium
champion	Big East champion
bowl	[Orange Bowl](2009-orange-bowl)
bowl_result	L 7–20 vs [Virginia Tech](2008-virginia-tech-hokies-football-team)

The 2008 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team, coached by Brian Kelly, played its homes game in Nippert Stadium. Kelly was in his second full season with the Bearcats after coaching them to a 31–21 win against Southern Miss in the 2007 PapaJohns.com Bowl. On Friday, November 28, 2008, the Bearcats clinched a share of the Big East Conference title for the first time since joining the Big East in 2005. With a victory over Syracuse on November 29, 2008 the Bearcats became the outright football champions of the Big East and set a record with an average attendance of 31,964. After a disappointing loss to Virginia Tech in the 2009 Orange Bowl, the Bearcats finished 17th in the AP Poll for the second consecutive year.

Schedule

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Rankings

Game summaries

Eastern Kentucky

Oklahoma

Miami

Akron

Marshall

Rutgers

Connecticut

South Florida

West Virginia

Louisville

Pittsburgh

Syracuse

Hawaii

Virginia Tech

Main article: 2009 Orange Bowl

Awards and milestones

[[2008 College Football All-America Team|All-Americans]]

Kevin Huber, P

Post-season finalists and winners

Ray Guy Award: Punter of the Year - Kevin Huber (finalist)

Big East Conference honors

Special Teams Player of the Year: Mardy Gilyard
Coach of the Year: Brian Kelly

Offensive player of the week

Week 1: Dustin Grutza

Defensive player of the week

Week 10: Aaron Webster

Special teams player of the week

Week 2: Mardy Gilyard
Week 6: Connor Barwin
Week 7: Kevin Huber
Week 10: Mardy Gillard
Week 13: Jacob Rogers

Big East Conference All-Conference First Team

Mardy Gilyard, WR
Mardy Gilyard, KR
Connor Barwin, DL
Mike Mickens, DB
Brandon Underwood, DB
Kevin Huber, P

Big East Conference All-Conference Second Team

Dominick Goodman, WR
Trevor Canfield, OL
Tony Pike, QB
Terrill Byrd, DL

Players in the 2009 NFL draft

Trevor Canfield	G	7	254	[Arizona Cardinals](2009-arizona-cardinals-season)

References

"Eastern Kentucky vs Cincinnati (Aug 28, 2008)". University of Cincinnati Sports Information.
"Oklahoma vs Cincinnati (Sept 6, 2008)". University of Cincinnati Sports Information.
"Miami vs Cincinnati (Sept 17, 2008)". University of Cincinnati Sports Information.
"Akron vs Cincinnati (Sept 27, 2008)". University of Cincinnati Sports Information.
"Marshall vs Cincinnati (Oct 3, 2008)". University of Cincinnati Sports Information.
"Cincinnati vs Rutgers (Oct 11, 2008)". University of Cincinnati Sports Information.
"Connecticut vs Cincinnati (Oct 25, 2008)". University of Cincinnati Sports Information.
"West Virginia vs Cincinnati (Nov 7, 2008)". University of Cincinnati Sports Information.
"Louisville vs Cincinnati (Nov 14, 2008)". University of Cincinnati Sports Information.
"Pittsburgh vs Cincinnati (Nov 22, 2008)". University of Cincinnati Sports Information.
"2011 Cincinnati Media Guide". University of Cincinnati Athletics.

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