2008 Boston College Eagles football team

2008 Boston College Eagles football
ACC Atlantic Division co-champion
ACC Championship Game, L 12–30 vs. Virginia Tech
Music City Bowl, L 14–16 vs. Vanderbilt
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Atlantic Division
2008 record	9–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Jeff Jagodzinski
Offensive coordinator	Steve Logan
Defensive coordinator	Frank Spaziani
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 44,500)

2008 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Atlantic Division
Boston College xy		5	–	3		9	–	5
#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
#15 Virginia Tech xy$		5	–	3		10	–	4
#22 Georgia Tech x		5	–	3		9	–	4
North Carolina		0	–	4		0	–	5
Miami		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

The 2008 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was Boston College's fourth season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Eagles were led by Jeff Jagodzinski in his second and final season as Boston College head coach. Boston College has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference's (ACC) Atlantic Division since joining the league in 2005, after leaving the Big East Conference. The Eagles played their home games in 2008 at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, which has been their home stadium since 1957.

Season recap

Boston College had to replace Matt Ryan, who was drafted 3rd overall in the 2008 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. Senior quarterback Chris Crane was the starter at the beginning of the year to take over the starting quarterback position. In the November 22 game against Wake Forest, Crane broke his collar bone, and was replaced with Dominique Davis. Other big losses that had to be dealt with from the 2007 season include tailback L.V. Witworth and running back Andre Callender. True freshman Josh Haden was assumed to be the starting running back, but true freshman Montel Harris later turned out to have the starting job. BC finished the year with one of the best defenses in College Football, with the most Interceptions in all of FBS Football, and allowing the 5th least amount of yards.

The team had its first loss in a home game against Georgia Tech. It went on to lose two more games against the North Carolina and the Clemson before winning four games in a row to take the team to its second ACC Championship Game in a row, which again, put the Eagles against the Virginia Tech Hokies. The Eagles lost the game 12–30, and placed the team in the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tennessee. The Eagles lost the game to Vanderbilt, which not only ended the Eagles bowl winning streak, which was the longest in the nation, but gave Vanderbilt its first bowl win in over 50 years. On January 5, 2008, Coach Jagodzinski was fired by Boston College, for apparently interviewing for the head coaching vacancy for the NFL New York Jets despite being warned not to. He was later hired as the offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:30 PM	at Kent State*		Cleveland Browns Stadium • Cleveland, OH (FirstMerit Patriot Bowl)	ESPNU	W 21–0	10,788
September 6	12:00 PM	Georgia Tech		Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	Raycom	L 16–19	40,106
September 20	1:00 PM	Central Florida*		Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPNU	W 34–7	41,267
September 27	1:00 PM	Rhode Island*		Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN360	W 42–0	32,628
October 4	12:00 PM	at NC State		Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	Raycom	W 38–31	55,652
October 18	8:00 PM	No. 17 Virginia Tech		Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (Rivalry)	ESPN2	W 28–23	44,127
October 25	12:00 PM	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	Raycom	L 24–45	48,000
November 1	3:30 PM	Clemson		Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy)	ESPNU	L 21–27	41,863
November 8	8:00 PM	Notre Dame*		Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (Holy War)	ESPN	W 17–0	44,500
November 15	8:00 PM	at No. 19 Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 27–17	79,792
November 22	3:30 PM	at Wake Forest	No. 25	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	ABC	W 24–21	30,373
November 29	3:30 PM	Maryland	No. 22	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ABC	W 28–21	42,767
December 6	1:00 PM	vs. Virginia Tech	No. 17	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL (ACC Championship)	ABC	L 12–30	53,927
December 31	3:30 PM	vs. Vanderbilt	No. 24	LP Field • Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl)	ESPN	L 14–16	54,250
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Roster

2008 Boston College Eagles football roster

Quarterbacks

7 Justin Tuggle, Fr.
10 Chris Crane, r-Sr.
14 Alexander Atiyeh, Fr.
15 Dominique Davis, r-Fr.
17 Chris Johnson, r-Jr.
19 Nick Loury, Fr.
21 John Lowell, So.

Running backs

6 Josh Haden, Fr. (HB)
8 Jeff Smith, Jr. (HB)
13 Codi Boek, So. (FB)
24 Dan Mulrooney, So. (HB)
33 Dan Williams, r-Fr. (FB)
36 James McCluskey, r-So. (FB)
40 Jerry Kelly, Fr. (HB)
41 Montel Harris, Fr. (HB)

Wide receivers

2 Brandon Robinson, r-Sr.
3 Ifeanyi Momah, So.
5 Ryan Lindsey, r-So.
11 Clarence Megwa, r-Jr.
14 Billy Flutie, r-So.
18 Rich Gunnell, r-Jr.
25 John Hovsepian, Sr.
82 Justin Jarvis, Jr.
85 Clyde Lee, Fr.
89 Colin Larmond, Jr., Fr.

Tight ends

49 Gavin Lamb, Fr.
80 Ryan Purvis, r-Sr.
81 Chris Pantale, Fr.
84 Michael Stone, Fr.
87 Lars Anderson, r-Fr.
88 Jordon McMichael, r-So.

Offensive linemen

62 Bryan Murphy, r-Sr. (C)
64 Nick Rossi, r-Jr. (OG)
65 Matt Tennant, r-Jr. (C)
66 Rich Lapham, r-So. (OT)
69 Mark Spinney, r-Fr. (C)
70 John Elliott, r-Fr. (OG)
71 Nick Halloran, Fr. (OG)
72 Mike Goodman, Jr., r-Fr. (OL)
73 Clif Ramsey, r-Sr. (OG)
74 Anthony Castonzo, So. (OT)
75 Nathan Richman, r-Fr. (OT)
76 Patrick Sheil, r-Jr. (OT)
77 Emmett Cleary, Fr. (OT)
78 Thomas Claiborne, r-So. (OG)

Defensive linemen

47 Brad Newman, So. (DE)
52 Austin Giles, r-Jr. (DE)
55 Damik Scafe, r-So. (DT)
56 Max Holloway, Fr. (DE)
58 Bill Ferguson, Jr. (DT)
60 Ron Brace, r-Sr. (DT)
86 Jim Ramella, Jr. (DE)
90 B.J. Raji, Sr. (DT)
91 Christian Klein, Fr. (DE)
92 Allan Smith, r-Jr. (DE)
93 Bryan Murray, Fr. (DT)
95 Brendan Deska, r-Jr. (DE)
96 Kaleb Ramsey, Fr. (DT)
98 Alex Albright, Jr. (DE)
99 Jerry Willette, r-Sr. (DT)

Linebackers

7 Kevin Akins, r-Sr.
16 Brian Toal, Sr.
34 Mike McLaughlin, r-Jr.
35 Robert Francois, r-Sr.
36 Kevin Distaso, r-Jr.
37 Jarick Walker, So.
39 Darius Bagan, r-So.
44 Alexander DiSanzo, Fr.
49 Garrett Seeger, Sr.
50 Will Thompson, r-Fr.
51 Corey Phelps, Jr.
53 Mike Morrissey, r-So.
54 Nick Clancy, Fr.
59 John Chisholm, r-So.
94 Mark Herzlich, Jr.
98 Alex Albright, Jr.

Defensive backs

4 Donnie Fletcher, Fr. (CB)
8 Marcellus Bowman, r-Jr. (FS)
9 DeLeon Gause, So. (CB)
19 Paul Anderson, Sr. (SS)
20 Roderick Rollins, Jr. (CB)
21 Razzie Smith, r-Jr. (CB)
23 Hampton Hughes, Fr. (DB)
25 Chris Fox, r-So. (SS)
26 Kurtis Magee, Sr. (DB)
27 Okechukwu Okoroha, Fr. (DB)
28 Ugo Okpara, Fr. (CB)
29 Dominick LeGrande, Fr. (SS)
30 Donte Elliott, Fr. (S)
32 Chris Hayden-Martin, Fr. (CB)
38 Mark Maglio, r-Jr. (CB)
42 Isaac Johnson, Fr. (CB)
43 Michael Dell'Aquila, r-So. (DB)
45 Wes Davis, So. (FS)
48 Steve Atkinson, Fr. (DB)

Special teams

14 Billy Flutie, r-So. (P)
19 Nick Loury, Fr. (LS)
23 Billy Bennett, So. (K)
36 Kevin Distaso, r-Jr. (LS)
43 Gerald Levano, Fr. (K/P)
46 Ryan Quigley, Fr. (P/K)
51 Jack Geiser, Jr. (LS)
53 Greg Abilheira, r-So. (K)
57 Sean Flaherty, Fr. (LS)
58 Jason Stewart, Sr. (LS)
83 Steve Aponavicius, Sr. (K)

Head coach

Jeff Jagodzinski

Assistant coaches

Jack Bicknell Jr. – Assistant head coach/offensive line
Jeff Comissiong – Defensive line coach
Ryan Day – Wide receivers coach
Steve Logan – Offensive coordinator
Bill McGovern – Linebackers coach
Mike Siravo – Defensive backs/recruiting coordinator
Ben Sirmans – Running backs coach
Frank Spaziani – Defensive coordinator
Don Yanowsky – Tight ends/special teams coach

References

↑ "2008-09 Results/News Releases". Boston College Athletics. Retrieved November 28, 2012.

Boston College Eagles football

Venues	Alumni Field (1915–1957) Braves Field (1920–1930, 1944, 1946–1952, alternate) Fenway Park (1929–1930, 1936–1945, 1953–1956, alternate) Alumni Stadium (1957–present) South End Grounds (alternate) Foxboro Stadium (alternate)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boston University (Green Line Rivalry) Clemson (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy) Holy Cross Notre Dame: Holy War (Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl; Ireland Trophy) Syracuse UMass Virginia Tech

Culture & lore	Baldwin the Eagle "For Boston" Marching band Scanlan Award Hail Flutie

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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