American college football season
The 2008 FIU Golden Panthers football team represented Florida International University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The team was coached by Mario Cristobal and played their homes games at the on-campus FIU Stadium .
Regular season
The 2008 season started off with a loss at 13th-ranked Kansas , 40–10. Following that, Iowa routed FIU, 42–0. FIU then faced its highest-ranked opponent in school history, 12th-ranked South Florida , for the inaugural game of the new FIU Stadium . Trailing 17–0 with 2:30 left in the game FIU attained a safety , and subsequently scored a touchdown. FIU lost, 17–9, but played acted as a spoiler for South Florida, with the latter falling three spots in the rankings. The game against Toledo became their first-ever out-of-conference FBS win. Against, Toledo, FIU forced four turnovers and recorded its first road win since 2005.[citation needed ]
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 30 7:00 p.m. at No. 13 Kansas * L 10–4052,112
September 6 12:00 p.m. at Iowa * BTN L 0–4270,585
September 20 5:00 p.m. No. 12 South Florida * ESPNU L 9–1716,717
September 27 7:00 p.m. at Toledo * BCSN W 35–1619,004
October 4 7:00 p.m. at North Texas ESPN Plus W 42–1016,781
October 11 7:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee W 31–2115,108
October 18 7:00 p.m. at Troy ESPN Plus L 23–3319,316
November 1 5:00 p.m. at Louisiana-Lafayette L 20–4929,031
November 8 7:00 p.m. Arkansas State W 22–2115,106
November 22 7:00 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe L 27–3112,925
November 29 4:00 p.m. at FAU L 50–57 OT 16,781
December 6 7:00 p.m. Western Kentucky * W 27–39,405
Coaching staff
See also
Game summaries
at No. 13 Kansas
Overall: (0–1), Conference: (0–2)
1
2
3
4
Total
FIU
0
10
0
0
10
Kansas
7
23
10
0
40
at Iowa
Overall: (0–2), Conference: (0–0)
1
2
3
4
Total
FIU
0
0
0
0
0
Iowa
21
14
0
7
42
No. 12 South Florida
Overall: (0–3), Conference: (0–0)
1
2
3
4
Total
South Florida
7
3
0
7
17
FIU
0
0
0
9
9
Toledo
Overall: (1–3), Conference: (0–0)
1
2
3
4
Total
FIU
0
14
21
0
35
Toledo
13
3
0
0
16
North Texas
Overall: (2–3), Conference: (1–0)
1
2
3
4
Total
FIU
14
14
7
7
42
North Texas
0
0
3
7
10
Middle Tennessee
Overall: (3-3), Conference: (2–0)
1
2
3
4
Total
Middle Tennessee
3
0
10
8
21
FIU
0
10
14
7
31
Troy
Overall: (3–4), Conference: (2–1)
1
2
3
4
Total
FIU
9
7
0
7
23
Troy
16
3
7
7
33
Louisiana-Lafayette
Overall: (3–5), Conference: (2–2)
1
2
3
4
Total
FIU
14
0
0
6
20
Louisiana-Lafayette
7
28
14
0
49
Arkansas State
Overall: (4–5), Conference: (3–2)
1
2
3
4
Total
Arkansas State
0
7
7
7
21
FIU
0
6
6
10
22
Louisiana-Monroe
1
2
3
4
Total
Louisiana-Monroe
0
21
10
0
31
FIU
3
0
14
10
27
Florida Atlantic
Shula Bowl
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
FIU
7
9
6
28 0
50
Florida Atlantic
14
0
8
28 7
57
Western Kentucky
1
2
3
4
Total
Western Kentucky
3
0
0
0
3
FIU
0
7
6
14
27
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