2008 Clemson Tigers football team

2008 Clemson Tigers football
Gator Bowl, L 21–26 vs. Nebraska
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionAtlantic Division
Record7–6 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRob Spence (4th season; first 6 games)
Co-offensive coordinators
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorVic Koenning (4th season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
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

The 2008 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by Tommy Bowden in his tenth and final year as head coach for the first six games of the season and then by Dabo Swinney as interim head coach for the remainder of the season, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 7–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing in a four-way tie for third at the bottom of the standings in the ACC's Atlantic Division. Clemson was invited to the Gator Bowl, where the Tigers lost to Nebraska. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

Bowden resigned after Clemson lost to Wake Forest on October 9. The team's offensive coordinator, Rob Spence, was also fired as that time. Swinney, who had served as assistant head coach and wide receivers coach, was appointed interim head coach.