2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team

2008 Kansas Jayhawks football
Insight Bowl Champions
Insight Bowl v. Minnesota, W 42–21
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North
2008 record	8–5 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coach	Mark Mangino (7th year)
Offensive coordinator	Ed Warinner (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Clint Bowen (8th year)
Base defense	4-3
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 50,071)
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2008 Big 12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Northern Division
#19 Missouri xy		5	–	3					10	–	4
Nebraska x		5	–	3					9	–	4
Kansas		4	–	4					8	–	5
Colorado		2	–	6					5	–	7
Kansas State		2	–	6					5	–	7
Iowa State		0	–	8					2	–	10
Southern Division
#5 Oklahoma xy$		7	–	1					12	–	2
#4 Texas x%		7	–	1					12	–	1
#12 Texas Tech x		7	–	1					11	–	2
#16 Oklahoma State		5	–	3					9	–	4
Baylor		2	–	6					4	–	8
Texas A&M		2	–	6					4	–	8
Championship: Oklahoma 62, Missouri 21
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Florida International vs. Kansas [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Florida International 0 10 0 0 10 • Kansas 7 23 10 0 40 Date: August 30, 2008 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST Game attendance: 52,112

Louisiana Tech vs. Kansas [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Louisiana Tech 0 0 0 0 0 • Kansas 3 10 16 0 29 Date: September 6, 2008 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS Game start: 6:00 p.m. Game attendance: 48,621 TV announcers (FSN): Bill Land (Play-by-play), Gary Reasons (Color) & Emily Jones (Sideline)

Kansas vs. South Florida [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas 10 10 0 14 34 • South Florida 0 10 17 10 37 Date: September 12, 2008 Location: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL Game start: 8:00 p.m. TV announcers (ESPN2): Sean McDonough (Play-by-play), Chris Spielman (Color) & Rob Stone (Sideline)

Sam Houston State vs. Kansas [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Sam Houston State 0 7 7 0 14 • Kansas 0 21 10 7 38 Date: September 20, 2008 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS Game start: 6:00 p.m. Game attendance: 51,767 TV announcers (FCS): Dan McLaughlin (Play-by-play) & Rich Baldinger (Color)

Kansas vs. Iowa State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Kansas 0 0 21 14 35 Iowa State 14 6 0 13 33 Date: October 4, 2008 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA Game start: 11:30 a.m. Game attendance: 47,847 TV announcers (Versus): Ron Thulin (Play-by-play) & Dale Hellestrae (Color)

Colorado vs. Kansas [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Colorado 7 0 7 0 14 • Kansas 0 9 7 14 30 Date: October 11, 2008 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS Game start: 11:30 a.m. Game attendance: 49,566 TV announcers (ESPN2): Joe Tessitore (Play-by-play) & Rod Gilmore (Color)

Kansas vs. Oklahoma [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas 7 10 7 7 31 • Oklahoma 7 17 14 7 45 Date: October 18, 2008 Location: Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, OK Game start: 2:30 p.m. CST Game attendance: 85,241 Game weather: 71°, Sunny TV announcers (ABC): Ron Franklin (Play-by-play), Ed Cunningham (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Texas Tech vs. Kansas [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Texas Tech 14 21 21 7 63 Kansas 14 0 0 7 21 Date: October 25, 2008 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Game weather: 68°, Clear TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Pasch (Play-by-play), Andre Ware (Color) & Rob Stone (Sideline)

The 2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team (variously "Kansas", "KU", or the "Jayhawks") represented the University of Kansas in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the school's 119th year of intercollegiate football. The team was looking to continue the success of the prior season in which they lost only a single conference game and went on to win the Orange Bowl. In the ninth week, after defeating Kansas State 52–21, the Jayhawks became Bowl eligible for the fourth consecutive year, a school record. Also, for the first time in school history, Kansas made back-to-back appearances in a Bowl game after accepting the invitation to play in the Insight Bowl versus the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The team finished the regular season with a victory over their archrival, the Missouri Tigers (who was then ranked 13th in the BCS Poll), in the Border War. The Jayhawks concluded the season with an 8–5 overall record (4–4 in the Big 12 Conference).

The team was led by head coach Mark Mangino, in his seventh season, with Ed Warinner as the offensive coordinator for his second season (4th year overall) and Clint Bowen (8th year) in his first season as the defensive coordinator, having served the previous two seasons as co-defensive coordinator. Junior Todd Reesing returned to the starting quarterback position after a records-setting performance in the previous season.

They played their home games on Kivisto Field at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

Following the season the NCAA ranked the Jayhawks schedule as the 7th toughest in Division I FBS, out of 119.

KU dismissed junior cornerback Anthony Webb in June for violating team rules. At the same time, senior defensive tackle Todd Haselhorst left the team for health reasons. KU lost three running backs in August. Carmon Boyd-Anderson transferred to Southwest Baptist University. Donte Bean and Kyle Winkley left the team for Washburn University. Sean Ransburg didn't qualify academically for the fall. Kicker Stephen Hoge quit the team in mid-August. Tight End and Defensive End Kevin Glover left the team for personal issue's.

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