2008 Clemson Tigers football team

The 2008 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Tommy Bowden, who resigned six games into his tenth season. The interim head coach was assistant coach Dabo Swinney. The Tigers play their home games in Memorial Stadium.

2008 Clemson Tigers football
Gator Bowl, L 21–26 vs. Nebraska
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionAtlantic Division
Record7–6 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach
  • Tommy Bowden (10th season; first 6 games)
  • Dabo Swinney (interim; remainder of season)
Offensive coordinatorRob Spence (4th season; first 6 games)
Co-offensive coordinatorDabo Swinney (interim)
Co-offensive coordinatorBilly Napier (interim)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorVic Koenning
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 81,500, grass)
2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Atlantic Division
Boston College xy  5 3   9 5  
No. 21 Florida State x  5 3   9 4  
Maryland  4 4   8 5  
Wake Forest  4 4   8 5  
Clemson  4 4   7 6  
NC State  4 4   6 7  
Coastal Division
No. 15 Virginia Tech xy$  5 3   10 4  
No. 22 Georgia Tech x  5 3   9 4  
North Carolina  0 4   0 5  
Miami (FL)  4 4   7 6  
Virginia  3 5   5 7  
Duke  1 7   4 8  

Championship: Virginia Tech 30, Boston College 12
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
  • North Carolina vacated 8 wins, including 4 ACC wins
Rankings from AP Poll
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