| Year: | 2008 |
| Team: | Mississippi State Bulldogs |
| Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
| Division: | Western Division |
| Short Conf: | SEC |
| Record: | 4–8 |
| Conf Record: | 2–6 |
| Head Coach: | Sylvester Croom |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Off Coach: | Woody McCorvey |
| Oc Year: | 5th |
| Off Scheme: | West Coast |
| Def Coach: | Charlie Harbison |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Stadium: | Davis Wade Stadium |
The 2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University as a member of the Western Division of the Southern Conference (SEC) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by Sylvester Croom in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 4–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fourth in the SEC's Western Division. Mississippi State played home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.
Croom resigned at the end of the season and on December 10, Mississippi State hired Florida offensive coordinator Dan Mullen.[1]
See also: 2008 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team.
See also: 2008 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team.
See also: 2008 Auburn Tigers football team.
See also: 2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team.
See also: 2008 LSU Tigers football team.
See also: 2008 Vanderbilt Commodores football team.
See also: 2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team.
See also: 2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team.
See also: 2008 Kentucky Wildcats football team.
See also: 2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team and Alabama–Mississippi State rivalry.
See also: 2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team.
See also: 2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team and Egg Bowl.
| Name | Responsibility | Position Group | Year | Alma Mater | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvester Croom[3] | Head Coach | 5th | University of Alabama (1975) | ||
| Woody McCorvey[4] | Asst. Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator | Quarterbacks | 5th | Alabama State University (1972) | |
| Charlie Harbison[5] | Defensive Coordinator | Safeties | 2nd | Gardner–Webb University (1995) | |
| Reed Stringer[6] | Special Teams Coordinator | Tight Ends | 5th | Delta State University (2001) | |
| Rocky Felker[7] | Recruiting Coordinator | Running Backs | 7th | Mississippi State University (1972) | |
| J.B. Grimes[8] | Offensive Linemen | 5th | Henderson State University (1977) | ||
| David Turner[9] | Defensive Linemen | 2nd | Davidson University (1985) | ||
| Melvin Smith[10] | Cornerbacks | 3rd | Millsaps College (1982) | ||
| Pat Washington[11] | Wide Receivers | 2nd | Auburn University (1987) | ||
| Louis Campbell[12] | Linebackers | 1st | University of Arkansas (1973) | ||
| Ben Pollard[13] | Head Strength & Conditioning Coach | 2nd | Texas Tech University (1984) | ||
| Brad Pendergrass[14] | Assistant Athletic Director for Football Operations | 5th | University of Tennessee (1998) | ||
| Ryan Hollern[15] | Coordinator of Recruiting Operations | 2nd | Gannon University (2001) |
Mississippi State Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 11, 2008)
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| Name | GP-GS | Att | Gain | Loss | Net | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Dixon | 12-12 | 197 | 930 | 61 | 869 | 4.4 | 7 | 71 | 72.4 | |
| Christian Ducre | 12-1 | 56 | 234 | 12 | 222 | 4.0 | 2 | 20 | 18.5 | |
| Robert Elliott | 4-0 | 18 | 65 | 4 | 61 | 3.4 | 1 | 15 | 15.2 | |
| Tyson Lee | 11-8 | 62 | 228 | 191 | 37 | 0.6 | 1 | 18 | 3.4 | |
| 7-4 | 18 | 54 | 72 | -18 | -1.0 | 0 | 20 | -2.6 | ||
| Jamayel Smith | 12-4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 9 | 0.2 | |
| Wade Bonner | 12-0 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | 3 | 0.8 | |
| Brandon Hart | 12-2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2.2 | 1 | 4 | 0.8 | |
| 2-0 | 7 | 20 | 33 | -13 | -1.9 | 0 | 10 | -6.5 | ||
| Eric Hoskins | 11-4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Brandon McRae | 12-10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | |
| Marcus Green | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | -1.5 | |
| TEAM | 8-0 | 8 | 0 | 30 | -30 | -3.8 | 0 | 0 | -3.8 | |
| Total | 12 | 397 | 1645 | 425 | 1220 | 3.1 | 13 | 71 | 101.7 | |
| Opponents | 12 | 443 | 2055 | 244 | 1811 | 4.1 | 19 | 88 | 150.9 |
| Name | GP-GS | Effic | Att-Cmp-Int | Pct | Yds | TD | Lng | Avg/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson Lee | 11-8 | 112.96 | 153-260-5 | 58.8 | 1519 | 7 | 41 | 138.1 | |
| Wesley Carroll | 7-4 | 85.17 | 55-115-7 | 47.8 | 560 | 3 | 50 | 80.0 | |
| Chris Relf | 2-0 | 34.36 | 2-9-0 | 22.2 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 6.5 | |
| TEAM | 8-0 | 0.00 | 0-1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Total | 12 | 102.53 | 210-385-12 | 54.5 | 2,092 | 10 | 50 | 174.3 | |
| Opponents | 12 | 115.40 | 169-324-8 | 52.2 | 2119 | 13 | 87 | 176.6 |
| Name | GP-GS | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon McRae | 6-4 | 33 | 302 | 9.2 | 2 | 24 | 50.3 | |
| Aubrey Bell | 6-5 | 19 | 171 | 9.0 | 0 | 22 | 28.5 | |
| Christian Ducre | 6-1 | 11 | 91 | 8.3 | 1 | 24 | 15.2 | |
| Jamayel Smith | 6-2 | 8 | 120 | 15.0 | 0 | 41 | 20.0 | |
| Co-Eric Riley | 6-1 | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 0 | 26 | 12.5 | |
| Delmon Robinson | 4-0 | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 0 | 25 | 21.0 | |
| Eric Hoskins | 5-1 | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | 14 | 7.2 | |
| Anthony Dixon | 6-6 | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | 12 | 3.7 | |
| Robert Elliott | 4-0 | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 0 | 19 | 13.2 | |
| Arnil Stallworth | 6-0 | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 0 | 29 | 7.5 | |
| Brandon Henderson | 6-0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | 7 | 1.8 | |
| Marcus Green | 2-1 | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 0 | 50 | 25.0 | |
| Brandon Hart | 6-2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 1.3 | |
| Wade Bonner | 5-0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 1.2 | |
| Austin Wilbanks | 4-2 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Total | 6 | 110 | 1,075 | 9.8 | 5 | 50 | 179.2 | |
| Opponents | 6 | 65 | 829 | 12.8 | 4 | 70 | 138.2 |
| Name | Punting | Kickoffs | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | TB | FC | I20 | Blkd | No. | Yds | Avg | TB | OB | ||
| Blake McAdams | 35 | 1,261 | 36.0 | 53 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Adam Carlson | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1,016 | 56.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eric Richards | 3 | 190 | 63.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total | 37 | 1,311 | 35.4 | 53 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 1,206 | 57.4 | 0 | 1 | |