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2008 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS 6-5  W-1
Southern Conference Record: 4-4
Thu 08/28/2008 WEST GA. * 21 - 19 W
Sat 09/06/2008 FAULKNER * 62 - 0 W
Sat 09/13/2008 @ Mississippi 10 - 34 L
Sat 09/27/2008 @ Elon 17 - 23 L
Sat 10/04/2008 @ Western Caro. 21 - 6 W
Sat 10/11/2008 APPALACHIAN ST. 24 - 35 L
Sat 10/25/2008 CITADEL 28 - 10 W
Sat 11/01/2008 FURMAN 27 - 28 L
Sat 11/08/2008 @ Ga. Southern 27 - 17 W
Sat 11/15/2008 WOFFORD 7 - 28 L
Sat 11/22/2008 @ Chattanooga 30 - 7 W
HOME GAME IN CAPS * Night Game ^ Neutral Site
OT Overtime Game
 
TEAM RANKINGS
118 teams ranked in Football Championship Subdivision
9 teams ranked in the Southern Conference
 
Category National
Rank
Actual National
Leader
Actual Conf
Rank
Southern
Conference Leader
Actual
Rushing Offense 33 172.09 VMI 357.45 3 Wofford 339.75
Passing Offense 78 174.00 Portland St. 372.18 7 Ga. Southern 247.36
Total Offense 62 346.09 Cal Poly 487.45 7 Wofford 467.17
Scoring Offense 62 24.91 Cal Poly 44.36 7 Appalachian St. 37.29
Rushing Defense 17 103.64 Northern Ariz. 59.82 1 Samford 103.64
Pass Efficiency Defense 38 116.23 Grambling 87.85 2 Appalachian St. 92.74
Total Defense 28 318.27 Morgan St. 213.42 1 Samford 318.27
Scoring Defense 15 18.82 Yale 10.50 1 Samford 18.82
Net Punting 41 33.74 Dartmouth 37.40 4 Furman 35.52
Punt Returns 35 11.05 Citadel 19.67 3 Citadel 19.67
Kickoff Returns 27 21.79 Florida A&M 26.71 1 Samford 21.79
Turnover Margin 6 1.27 Grambling 1.85 1 Samford 1.27
Pass Defense 80 214.64 North Dakota St. 116.82 7 Appalachian St. 174.43
Passing Efficiency 20 144.06 Wofford 169.92 3 Wofford 169.92
Sacks 15 2.64 Northern Ariz. 3.82 2 Wofford 2.83
Tackles For Loss 38 6.45 Morgan St. 9.42 2 Ga. Southern 7.00
Sacks Allowed 37 1.55 Wofford .42 3 Wofford .42
T=tied at this ranking


PLAYER RANKINGS
Player must have played in 75% of team's games
Summary of the top 100 national leaders and top 25 conference leaders
15 categories ranked
 
Category Player National
Rank
Actual National
Leader
Actual Conf
Rank
Southern
Conference Leader
Actual
Rushing Chris Evans 12 116.73 Donaldson (Western Ill.) 162.18 1 Evans (Samford) 116.73
Passing Efficiency (Min. 15 Att./Game) Dustin Taliaferro 11 146.88 Dally (Cal Poly) 171.55 2 Edwards (Appalachian St.) 170.19
Total Offense Dustin Taliaferro 80 164.09 Randolph (Holy Cross) 356.09 7 Edwards (Appalachian St.) 295.62
  Chris Evans   116.73    10   
Receptions Per Game Jonathan Lowery   2.45 Matthews (San Diego) 9.27 19 Roberts (Citadel) 7.92
  Chris Evans   2.36    20   
  Riley Hawkins   2.27    21   
Receiving Yards Per Game Riley Hawkins   42.36 Matthews (San Diego) 134.36 12 Roberts (Citadel) 111.17
  Jonathan Lowery   41.55    13   
Interceptions Bryce Smith T-15 .45 LeGree (Appalachian St.) .77 2 LeGree (Appalachian St.) .77
  Ty Levie T-99 .27    T-8   
  Andy Davis   .22    T-12   
  Kyle Morton   .18    14   
  Quinton Smith   .11    T-23   
Punting (Min. 3.6 Punts/Game) Bob Hooper 40 39.94 Arnold (Massachusetts) 45.22 4 Kaspar (Citadel) 41.34
Punt Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) Richie Fordham 23 11.19 Roberts (Citadel) 19.21 3 Roberts (Citadel) 19.21
Kickoff Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) Riley Hawkins 61 22.50 Teel (Hampton) 36.87 4 Williamson (Elon) 25.33
Field Goals John Paul Fraites   .27 Wilcox (Elon) 1.83 8 Wilcox (Elon) 1.83
  Bob Hooper   .09    9   
Scoring Chris Evans 22 7.82 Smith (Weber St.) 12.00 4 Romero (Wofford) 11.50
  John Paul Fraites   3.00    24   
  Jonathan Lowery   2.73    T-25   
  Riley Hawkins   2.73    T-25   
All-Purpose Runners Chris Evans 38 130.45 Miller (Southern Utah) 195.36 2 Roberts (Citadel) 160.00
  Riley Hawkins 84 102.73    8   
Sacks Patrick Hatcher T-61 .50 Peach (Eastern Wash.) 1.64 T-4 Walker (Ga. Southern) .77
  Rodney Shepherd T-85 .45    7   
  John Michael Clay T-91 .45    8   
  Mark Brown   .36    12   
  Brent Nall   .23    T-23   
  Alex Davis   .23    T-23   
Tackles Bryce Smith T-67 8.27 Williams (Murray St.) 14.92 7 Taylor (Ga. Southern) 9.80
  Rodney Shepherd   7.55    12   
Tackles For Loss Mark Brown T-68 1.09 Peach (Eastern Wash.) 2.05 3 Walker (Ga. Southern) 1.59
  Rodney Shepherd   .86    T-9   
  Patrick Hatcher   .86    T-9   
  Brent Nall   .59    20   
  Bryce Smith   .55    24   
T=tied at this ranking