| 2008 NCAA Division I FCS season | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Regular season | |
| Number of teams | 125 |
| Duration | August 28 – November 22 |
| Payton Award | Armanti Edwards[1] |
| Buchanan Award | Greg Peach[2] |
| Playoff | |
| Duration | November 29 – December 19 |
| Championship date | December 19, 2008 |
| Championship site | Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Champion | Richmond |
| NCAA Division I FCS football seasons | |
«2007 2009» | |
The 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season, the 2008 season of college football for teams in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), began on August 28, 2008, and concluded on December 19, 2008, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the 2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, where the Richmond Spiders defeated the Montana Grizzlies to win the NCAA Division I Football Championship.[3]
This was the first season in which a standard provision of NCAA rules allowed FCS teams to schedule 12 regular-season games (not counting conference championship games). In years when the period starting with the Thursday before Labor Day and ending with the final Saturday in November contains 14 Saturdays, FCS programs may play 12 games instead of the regular 11.
- ^ "Armanti Edwards wins 2008 Walter Payton Award". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on April 4, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
- ^ "Greg Peach captures 2008 Buck Buchanan Award". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on April 4, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
- ^ Associated Press (December 19, 2008). "Richmond cruises to first football title". ESPN. Archived from the original on September 26, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2008.