2008 Sioux Falls Cougars football team

2008 Sioux Falls Cougars football
NAIA Champions GPAC Champions
NAIA Championship vs. #1 Carroll Fighting Saints, W 23–7
Conference	Great Plains Athletic Conference
2008 record	14-0 (10-0 GPAC)
Head coach	Kalen DeBoer

The 2008 Sioux Falls Cougars football team represented the University of Sioux Falls in the 2008 football season. The Cougars captured the NAIA football championship with a 23-7 victory over the #1 ranked Carroll Fighting Saints. The team also won the Great Plains Athletic Conference Championship with a perfect 10-0 record. This was the school's third championship (1996, 2006) and second in three years. The team was coached by Kalen DeBoer.

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Cougars	Opponents	Record
1	9/6	@ Nebraska Wesleyan	Win	35	0	1–0 (1–0)
2	9/13	Dana	Win	70	0	2–0 (2–0)
3	9/20	@ Hastings	Win	30	17	3–0 (3–0)
4	9/27	Concordia (NE)	Win	47	0	4–0 (4–0)
5	10/4	@ Doane	Win	37	7	5–0 (5–0)
6	10/11	Briar Cliff	Win	42	0	6–0 (6–0)
7	10/25	@ Dakota Wesleyan	Win	38	0	7–0 (7–0)
8	11/1	Northwestern	Win	19	0	8–0 (8–0)
9	11/8	@ Dordt	Win	34	2	9–0 (9–0)
10	11/15	Morningside	Win	34	31	10–0 (10–0)
11	11/22	#15 St. Ambrose (NAIA First Round)	Win	28	0	11–0 (10–0)
12	11/29	#9 Langston (NAIA Quarterfinals)	Win	50	13	12–0 (10–0)
13	12/6	#3 St. Francis (Ind.) (NAIA Semifinals)	Win	24	6	13–0 (10–0)
14	12/20	#1 Carroll (NAIA Championship)	Win	23	7	14–0 (10–0)

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USF would start the season ranked #2 and would stay at that spot through the championship series.

Notes

This was a rematch of the 2007 championship game which Carroll won 17-9. These two teams would face each other again in the 2010 championship game where Carroll would win 10-7.^[2]

References

Sioux Falls Cougars football

Venues	Bob Young Field

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

NAIA football champions

Single Division	1956: Montana State & Saint Joseph's (IN) 1957: Pittsburg State 1958: Northeastern State 1959: Texas A&I 1960: Lenoir–Rhyne 1961: Pittsburg State 1962: Central State (OK) 1963: Saint John's (MN) 1964: Concordia (MN) & 1964 1965: Saint John's (MN) 1966: Waynesburg 1967: Fairmont State 1968: Troy State 1969: Texas A&I

NAIA Division I	1970: Texas A&I 1971: Livingston 1972: East Texas State 1973: Abilene Christian 1974: Texas A&I 1975: Texas A&I 1976: Texas A&I 1977: Abilene Christian 1978: Angelo State 1979: Texas A&I 1980: Elon 1981: Elon 1982: Central State (OK) 1983: Carson–Newman 1984: Carson–Newman & Central Arkansas 1985: Central Arkansas Bears & Hillsdale 1986: Carson–Newman 1987: Cameron 1988: Carson–Newman 1989: Carson–Newman 1990: Central State (OH) 1991: Central Arkansas 1992: Central State (OH) 1993: East Central 1994: Northeastern State 1995: Central State (OH) 1996: Southwestern Oklahoma State

NAIA Division II	1970: Westminster (PA) 1971: California Lutheran 1972: Missouri Southern 1973: Northwestern (IA) 1974: Texas Lutheran 1975: Texas Lutheran 1976: Westminster (PA) 1977: Westminster (PA) 1978: Concordia (MN) 1979: Findlay 1980: Pacific Lutheran 1981: Austin & Concordia (MN) 1982: Linfield 1983: Northwestern (IA) 1984: Linfield 1985: Wisconsin–La Crosse 1986: Linfield 1987: Pacific Lutheran & (vacant) 1988: Westminster (PA) 1989: Westminster (PA) 1990: Peru State 1991: Georgetown (KY) 1992: Findlay 1993: Pacific Lutheran 1994: Westminster (PA) 1995: Central Washington & Findlay 1996: Sioux Falls

Single Division	1997: Findlay 1998: Azusa Pacific 1999: Northwestern Oklahoma State 2000: Georgetown (KY) 2001: Georgetown (KY) 2002: Carroll (MT) 2003: Carroll (MT) 2004: Carroll (MT) 2005: Carroll (MT) 2006: Sioux Falls 2007: Carroll (MT) 2008: Sioux Falls 2009: Sioux Falls 2010: Carroll (MT) 2011: Saint Xavier 2012: Marian (IN) 2013: Grand View 2014: Southern Oregon 2015: Marian (IN)

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