2008 Washington Huskies football team

2008 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record0–12 (0–9 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Lappano (4th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorEd Donatell (1st season)
Base defense3–4
MVPD'Andre Goodwin (O)
MVPMason Foster (D)
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 2007
2009 →
2008 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 USC $   8 1     12 1  
No. 10 Oregon   7 2     10 3  
No. 18 Oregon State   7 2     9 4  
California   6 3     9 4  
Arizona   5 4     8 5  
Arizona State   4 5     5 7  
Stanford   4 5     5 7  
UCLA   3 6     4 8  
Washington State   1 8     2 11  
Washington   0 9     0 12  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Tyrone Willingham, the team played its home games at Husky Stadium in Seattle. The Huskies were winless at 0–12, the worst record in the program's history.

On October 27, the Monday after a 33–7 home loss to Notre Dame, it was announced that Willingham would step down as head coach at the end of the season.[1] UW president Mark Emmert indicated the decision to fire Willingham had been made shortly after the prior week's game against Oregon State.[1] Athletic director Scott Woodward said the announcement ended speculation of what was going to happen with Willingham, who had a year remaining on his contract.

"It became quite obvious that the performance on the football field wasn't up to what we talked about at the beginning of the season and previous to the season and it became more obvious as time went on," Woodward said in explaining his decision to make the move.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Willingham out as UW coach". October 28, 2008.
  2. ^ Beene, Darren (October 27, 2008). "Willingham is out at end of season". The News Tribune. Tacoma. Archived from the original on October 30, 2008. Retrieved October 29, 2008.