2008 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team

The 2008 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University—now known as California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt—as a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) during the 2008 NCAA Division II football season. Led by first-year head coach Rob Smith, the Lumberjacks compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 0–8 in conference play, placing last out of five teams in the GNAC. The team was outscored by its opponents 357 to 170 for the season. Humboldt State played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California.

Humboldt State completed as an NCAA Division II independent in 2006 and 2007, but returned to GNAC competition in 2008 when the conference resumed sponsorship of football. Each GNAC member played each of its conference foes twice during the season (home and away) instead of just once.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	at Sacramento State*	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	L 13–45	10,172	[1]
September 6	at Southern Oregon*	Fuller Field Ashland, OR	W 15–14	1,037
September 13	Western Washington	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	L 14–30	4,208
September 20	at No. 8 Central Washington	Tomlinson Stadium Ellensburg, WA	L 10–48	4,224
September 27	Western Oregon	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	L 28–44	2,200
October 4	Azusa Pacific*	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	W 24–17	3,100
October 11	at Dixie State	Hansen Stadium St. George, UT	L 6–16	2,946
October 18	No. 11 Central Washington	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	L 14–34	2,200
October 25	at Western Washington	Civic Stadium Bellingham, WA	L 20–56	2,150
November 1	at Western Oregon	McArthur Field Monmouth, OR	L 10–34
November 8	Dixie State	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	L 15–19	1,083
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game

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