2008 Morgan State Bears football team
| 2008 Morgan State Bears football | |
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| Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
| 2008 record | 6–6 (4–4 MEAC) |
| Head coach | Donald Hill-Eley |
| Home stadium |
Hughes Stadium (Capacity: 10,001) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina State $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida A&M | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethune-Cookman | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hampton | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware State | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norfolk State | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&T | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winston-Salem State* | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 Morgan State Bears football team played American football on behalf of the Morgan State University. The Bears were members of the NCAA Division I-AA as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). This was the 7th season under the guidance of head coach Donald Hill-Eley. The team finished the season at 6–6 (4–4 in the MEAC), losing its final three games of the season.
The Towson Tigers rallied to beat Morgan State 21-16. Devan James ran for a career-high 178 yards on 33 carries.
Towson improved to 16-5 all-time against Morgan State as quarterback Sean Schaefer threw three touchdowns and became Towson's all-time passing yardage record holder surpassing the 8,900 career passing yards set by Dan Crowley (1991–94).
Morgan State only managed 109 yards and saw its two-game winning streak snapped in a 38-0 loss to Rutgers.
Morgan State had 312 yards of total offense, but Bethune-Cookman scored twice off turnovers and beat the Bears 31-27. Devan James ran for 113 yards on 22 carries and a touchdown in the second quarter.
The Bears got as close as four points after QB Carlton Jackson threw a 27-yard touchdown to Edwin Baptiste, but James Meade's extra point attempt was blocked by the Wildcats. Jackson recovered a fumble in the end zone in the second quarter for a touchdown.
Bethune-Cookman had 213 total offensive yards, but only two first downs in the second half.
The Bears fall to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in the MEAC. The Wildcats improved to 4-1 overall and 2-1 in the MEAC.
The Bears () led 10-3 at halftime, but scored 24-points in the third-quarter to pull away from North Carolina A&T University in a 41-3 victory. Devan James rushed for 103 yards and Mario Melton rushed for 97 yards as the Bears improved to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The Aggies fell to 2-5 overall and 0-3 in the conference.
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