2008 South Florida Bulls football team
| 2008 South Florida Bulls football | |
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St. Petersburg Bowl champion | |
St. Petersburg Bowl, W 41–14 vs. Memphis | |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Record | 8–5 (2–5 Big East) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Greg Gregory (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Wally Burnham (8th season) |
| Base defense | 3–4 |
| Home stadium | Raymond James Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Cincinnati $ | 6 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 West Virginia | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 3 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 2 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 1 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
Their head coach was Jim Leavitt, and the USF Bulls played all of their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. The 2008 college football season was the 12th season overall for the Bulls and also their 12th under Leavitt as head coach. It was their fourth season in the Big East Conference, and eighth in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.
The 2008 season was the first in which the team was ranked in the preseason Associated Press rankings. They started the season ranked 19th and rose as high as 10th. They fell out of the rankings after a string of losses in conference play, and ended the season unranked with an overall 8-5 record (2-5 in Big East conference play). They ended their season with a bowl win over Memphis in the 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl.