2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team

2008 Kansas Jayhawks football
Insight Bowl champion
Insight Bowl, W 42–21 vs. Minnesota
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionNorth
Record8–5 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorEd Warinner (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorClint Bowen (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 50,071)
Seasons
← 2007
2009 →
2008 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 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  
South Division
No. 5 Oklahoma xy$   7 1     12 2  
No. 4 Texas x%   7 1     12 1  
No. 12 Texas Tech x   7 1     11 2  
No. 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

The 2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team 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 (fourth year overall) and Clint Bowen (eighth 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 record-setting performance in the previous season.

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


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia

Developed by Tubidy