2008 Iowa State Cyclones football team

2008 Iowa State Cyclones football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Record	2–10 (0–8 Big 12)
Head coach	Gene Chizik (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Robert McFarland (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Wayne Bolt (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Jack Trice Stadium

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 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach Gene Chizik, who had coached the Cyclones since 2007. They played their home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	7:00 p.m.	South Dakota State*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	FCS	W 44–17	46,617
September 6	6:00 p.m.	Kent State*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA		W 48–28	49,805
September 13	11:00 a.m.	at Iowa*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	BTN	L 5–17	70,585
September 20	8:00 p.m.	at UNLV*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	Mtn	L 31–34 OT	25,567
October 4	11:30 a.m.	No. 16 Kansas	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	Versus	L 33–35	47,847
October 11	6:00 p.m.	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX	FCS	L 10–38	30,528
October 18	11:30 a.m.	Nebraska	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	Versus	L 7–35	48,794
October 25	6:00 p.m.	Texas A&M	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	FCS	L 35–49	45,495
November 1	2:30 p.m.	at No. 10 Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ABC	L 17–59	46,718
November 8	12:30 p.m.	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	Versus	L 24–28	46,440
November 15	5:30 p.m.	No. 11 Missouri	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)	FSN	L 20–52	46,013
November 22	2:30 p.m.	at Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	FCS	L 30–38	41,266
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

#	Player	Pos.
#1	Linder, Judah	DB
#2	Johnson, Sedrick	WR
#2	Smith, James	DB
#3	Bass, Jamicah	RB
#4	Arnaud, Austen	QB
#4	Sandvig, Zac	DB
#5	Sumrall, R.J.	WR
#6	Scales, Jason	RB
#7	Banks, Kennard	DB
#7	Bates, Phillip	QB
#8	Brown, Chris	DB
#8	Bueker, Brett	QB
#9	Messiah, Euseph	WR
#10	Bell, Cameron	LB
#10	Range, Lonzie	WR
#11	Singleton, Chris	DB
#11	Tiller, Jerome	QB
#12	Bell, Allen	DB
#13	Brandtner, Mike	P
#14	Bibbs, Michael	LB
#15	Jones, Houston	WR
#15	Land, Dustin	DB
#16	Kuehl, Daniel	PK
#16	Raven, Josh	LB
#17	McDowell, Devin	DB
#17	Zitek, Joel	WR
#18	Franklin, Wallace	WR
#19	Matthews, A.J.	DB
#20	Hunley, Brandon	DB

#	Player	Pos.
#20	Powell, Chad	P
#21	Mahoney, Grant	PK
#22	Harris, Jason	RB
#23	Johnson, Leonard	DB
#23	Schwartz, Jeremiah	RB
#24	Schmidgall, Derec	LB
#25	Frere, Nick	DL
#25	Guyer, Zach	PK
#26	Mansfield, Taylor	FB
#26	Moser, Seth	LB
#27	Johnson, Steve	DB
#27	Romey, Michael	PK
#29	Ekwelundu, Brian	FB
#29	Parker, Rashawn	DL
#31	Rumple, Justin	LB
#32	Benton, Ter'ran	DB
#32	Burke, Hunter	WR
#33	Robinson, Alexander	RB
#34	Harklau, Nick	DB
#34	Williams, Johnny	RB
#35	Cicciarelli, Joe	DB
#35	Ewald, Vince	TE
#36	Mulcahy, Patrick	WR
#36	Walker, Kyle	DB
#37	O'Connell, Michael	DB
#37	Zimmerman, Dakota	DS
#38	Campbell, Chris	WR
#38	Maggitt, Roosevelt	DL
#39	Thompson Jr., Rickey	RB

#	Player	Pos.
#40	Tucker, Zac	DS
#41	Ferguson, Ernest	LB
#42	Weymiller, Frank	LB
#43	Garrin, Fred	LB
#44	Hamlin, Kevin	LB
#45	Blaes, Joe	TE
#47	Taylor, Kurtis	DL
#48	Smith, Sean	OL
#49	Wonders, David	DS
#51	Haughton, Scott	OL
#52	Knapp, Mike	OL
#53	Vencil, Evan	OL
#54	Smith, Jesse	LB
#55	Lyle, Christopher	DE
#56	Weir, Chris	DL
#58	Hicks, Hayworth	OL
#59	Kaufman, Preston	LB
#60	Johnson, Brandon	OL
#61	Slobidsky, Nick	OL
#62	Frere, Nate	DL
#63	Lamaak, Ben	OL
#65	Steinbach, Patrick	OL
#66	Slifka, Kyle	DL
#67	Hulbert, Matt	OL
#68	Bergan, Tadd	OL
#70	Davis, Drew	OL
#71	Baysinger, Trey	OL
#72	Osemele, Kelechi	OL
#73	Stephens, Reggie	OL

#	Player	Pos.
#74	Vanstrom, Joe	OL
#75	Dedrick, Doug	OL
#77	Alvarez, Alex	OL
#78	Klerekoper, Joseph	OL
#79	Burris, Brayden	OL
#80	Darks, Darius	WR
#80	Tuetken, Todd	WR
#81	Carlson, Jason	WR
#81	Tate, Michael	DL
#82	Hamilton, Marquis	WR
#83	Ferguson, Travis	DE
#83	Williams, Jake	WR
#84	Catlett, Derrick	TE
#85	Johnson, Bailey	DL
#85	Lillie, Justin	WR
#86	Hammerschmidt, Kurt	TE
#87	Sandvig, Alex	WR
#88	Franklin, Collin	TE
#89	Mitchell, Andrew	WR
#90	Laing, Cleyon	DE
#91	Neal, Patrick	TE
#92	Black, Jerrod	DL
#93	Bykowski, Carter	TE
#94	McDonough, Jake	DE
#95	Zegers, Spenser	DL
#96	Alburtis, Austin	DL
#97	Ruempolhamer, Stephen	DL
#99	Hurtig, Chase	DL

Coaching staff

Gene Chizik: Head Coach (1 yr) Robert McFarland: Offensive Coordinator (1 yr) Wayne Bolt: Defensive Coordinator (1 yr) Scott Fountain (TE/RC (2yr)

Game summaries

South Dakota State

South Dakota State at Iowa State Cyclones

1 2 3 4 Total South Dakota State 0 0 3 14 17 • Iowa State 10 10 14 10 44 Date: August 28 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA Game start: 7:00 p.m. CST Game attendance: 46,617 TV announcers (FCS): Dan McLaughlin (Play-by-play) & Rich Baldinger (Color)

Kent State

Kent State Golden Flashes at Iowa State Cyclones

1 2 3 4 Total Kent State 7 14 0 7 28 • Iowa State 21 7 10 10 48 Date: September 6 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST Game attendance: 49,805

See also: 2008 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

Iowa

Iowa State Cyclones at Iowa Hawkeyes

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 0 0 3 2 5 • Iowa 3 0 0 14 17 Date: September 13 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Game attendance: 70,585 TV announcers (BTN): Thom Brennaman (Play-by-play), Charles Davis (Color) & Charissa Thompson (Sideline)

See also: 2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Iowa–Iowa State football rivalry

UNLV

Iowa State Cyclones at UNLV Rebels

1 2 3 4 OT Total Iowa State 0 0 14 14 3 31 • UNLV 14 7 7 0 6 34 Date: September 20 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, NV Game start: 8:00 p.m. CST Game attendance: 25,567 TV announcers (Mtn): Rich Cellini (Play-by-play), Jon Berger (Color) & Molly Sullivan (Sideline)

See also: 2008 UNLV Rebels football team

Kansas

#16 Kansas Jayhawks at Iowa State Cyclones

1 2 3 4 Total • #16 Kansas 0 0 21 14 35 Iowa State 14 6 0 13 33 Date: October 4 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA Game start: 11:30 a.m. CST Game attendance: 47,847 TV announcers (Versus): Ron Thulin (Play-by-play) & Dale Hellestrae (Color)

See also: 2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team

Baylor

Iowa State Cyclones at Baylor Bears

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 0 3 0 7 10 • Baylor 7 14 10 7 38 Date: October 11 Location: Floyd Casey Stadium, Waco, TX Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST Game attendance: 30,528 TV announcers (FCS): Dan McLaughlin (Play-by-play) & Rich Baldinger (Color)

See also: 2008 Baylor Bears football team

Nebraska

Nebraska Cornhuskers at Iowa State Cyclones

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 14 0 14 35 Iowa State 0 0 7 0 7 Date: October 18 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA Game start: 11:30 a.m. CST Game attendance: 48,794 Game weather: 55°, Sunny TV announcers (Versus): Ron Thulin (Play-by-play), Glenn Parker (Color) & Lindsay Soto (Sideline)

See also: 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Texas A&M

Texas A&M Aggies at Iowa State Cyclones

1 2 3 4 Total • Texas A&M 7 21 7 14 49 Iowa State 7 10 3 15 35 Date: October 25 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST Game attendance: 45,495 TV announcers (FCS): Dan McLaughlin (Play-by-play) & Rich Baldinger (Color)

See also: 2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team

#10 Oklahoma State

Iowa State Cyclones at #10 Oklahoma State Cowboys

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 7 3 0 7 17 • #10 Oklahoma State 14 14 24 7 59 Date: November 1 Location: Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, OK Game start: 2:30 p.m. CST Game attendance: 46,718 TV announcers (ABC): Ron Franklin (Play-by-play), Ed Cunningham (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

See also: 2008 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

Colorado

Iowa State Cyclones at Colorado Buffaloes

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 3 7 7 7 24 • Colorado 0 0 13 15 28 Date: November 8 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO Game start: 12:30 p.m. CST Game attendance: 46,440 TV announcers (Versus): Ron Thulin (Play-by-play), Kelly Stouffer (Color) & Lewis Johnson (Sideline)

See also: 2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team

#11 Missouri

#11 Missouri Tigers at Iowa State Cyclones

1 2 3 4 Total • #11 Missouri 7 24 7 14 52 Iowa State 0 7 6 7 20 Date: November 15 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA Game start: 5:30 p.m. CST Game attendance: 46,013 TV announcers (FSN): Joel Meyers (Play-by-play), Gary Reasons (Color) & Emily Jones (Sideline)

See also: 2008 Missouri Tigers football team and Iowa State–Missouri football rivalry

Kansas State

Iowa State Cyclones at Kansas State Wildcats

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 7 10 0 13 30 • Kansas State 7 21 7 3 38 Date: November 29 Location: Bill Snyder Stadium, Manhattan, KS Game start: 2:30 p.m. CST Game attendance: 41,266 TV announcers (FCS): Kevin Eschenfelder (Play-by-play) & Rich Baldinger (Color)

See also: 2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team and Iowa State–Kansas State football rivalry

After the season

Awards

No Cyclone player or coach won any awards this season.