2008 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
Conference	Great West Conference
Record	6–4 (1–2 GWC)
Head coach	Chris Mussman (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Breitbach (1st season)
Captain	Blair Grover, Josh Murray, Brian Troen
Home stadium	Alerus Center
Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Great West Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 10 Cal Poly $^	3	–	0	8	–	3
UC Davis	2	–	1	5	–	7
North Dakota	1	–	2	6	–	4
South Dakota	1	–	2	6	–	5
Southern Utah	1	–	3	4	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2008 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team represented The University of North Dakota as a member of the Great West Conference during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Chris Mussman, the Fighting Sioux compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 1–2 in conference play, tying for third place in the GWC. North Dakota played home games at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 28	7:00 pm	Texas A&M–Kingsville*	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND		W 40–14	11,434
September 6	1:00 pm	St. Cloud State*	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND		W 17–2	9,143
September 13	1:00 pm	Wisconsin–La Crosse*	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND (Potato Bowl)		W 7–3	10,256
September 18	7:30 pm	at Idaho State*	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID		W 38–35	5,970
September 27	6:00 pm	at Southeastern Louisiana*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA		L 35–38	5,216
October 18	1:00 pm	Western Washington*	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	FS-North	W 42–32	12,164
October 25	8:00 pm	at UC Davis	Aggie Stadium Davis, CA		L 21–34	8,876
November 1	2:00 pm	at No. 11 Southern Illinois*	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL		L 21–40	8,082	^[1]
November 8	7:00 pm	Southern Utah	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND		L 14–15	7,840
November 22	12:00 pm	at South Dakota	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	MC23	W 34–31 ^OT	7,885
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Statistical leaders

Passing	Att	Com	Yds	TD	Int
Danny Freund	220	315	2407	23	7
Jake Landry	3	4	77	1	0

Rushing	Att	Yds	TD
Josh Murray	188	1212	12
Brandon Brady	56	233	3
Catlin Solum	29	127	1

Receiving	Rec.	Yds	TD
Brady Trenbeath	85	1001	10
Alex Nicholas	39	444	6
Ismael Bamba	21	310	3
Josh Murray	21	187	0

^ "Salukis stop Sioux". The Bismarck Tribune. Associated Press. November 2, 2008. p. 3D. Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "North Dakota Fighting Hawks Schedule 2008". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
^ "2008 M Football Schedule". University of North Dakota Athletics. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
^ "North Dakota - Cumulative Season Statistics". Archived from the original on October 25, 2008. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
^ "Search Results for "undathletics.com"". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2009.

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Venues	Memorial Stadium (1927–2000) Alerus Center (2001–present)
Bowls & rivalries	North Dakota State: Nickel Trophy South Dakota: Sitting Bull Trophy
Culture & lore	"Fight On Sioux" "It's for You, North Dakota U" Pride of the North Native American mascot controversy
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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