2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

The 2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was the second under head coach Tim Brewster. They began play on August 30, 2008 at home against Northern Illinois from the Mid-American Conference, and finished the regular season against Iowa, on November 22. It was the Golden Gophers' final season in the Metrodome, as they moved into TCF Bank Stadium in 2009. The Gophers accepted a bid to the Insight Bowl and played Kansas on December 31 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Insight Bowl, L 21–42 vs. Kansas
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Tim Brewster (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorMike Dunbar (2nd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorTed Roof (1st season)
Base defense4–3
CaptainSteve Davis, Eric Decker, William VanDeSteeg, Adam Weber
Home stadiumHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2008 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 8 Penn State $+  7 1   11 2  
No. 9 Ohio State %+  7 1   10 3  
No. 24 Michigan State  6 2   9 4  
Northwestern  5 3   9 4  
No. 20 Iowa  5 3   9 4  
Wisconsin  3 5   7 6  
Minnesota  3 5   7 6  
Illinois  3 5   5 7  
Purdue  2 6   4 8  
Michigan  2 6   3 9  
Indiana  1 7   3 9  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
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