2008 junior college football season

2008 junior college football season
2008 junior college football season
National Championship	Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT, (NJCAA); Costa Mesa, CA, (CCCAA)
Champion(s)	Butler (KS) (NJCAA); Butte (CCCAA)

The 2008 junior college football season was the season of intercollegiate junior college football running from September to December 2008. The season ended with two national champions: one from the National Junior College Athletic Association and one from the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA).

The NJCAA champion was Butler (KS) who defeated Snow 37–30 in double overtime in the NJCAA National Football Championship.^[1] The CCCAA champion was Butte who defeated Mt. San Antonio 17–9 in the CCCAA State Championship.^[2]

Conference standings

2008 Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Butler (KS) †y$	7	–	0	11	–	1
Fort Scott †	6	–	1	9	–	2
Hutchinson †y	4	–	3	7	–	4
Garden City †	4	–	3	6	–	4
Coffeyville	2	–	5	3	–	6
Independence	2	–	5	2	–	7
Dodge City	2	–	5	2	–	7
Highland (KS)	1	–	6	1	–	8
Championship: Butler (KS) 29, Hutchinson 14
$ – Conference champion † – Conference playoff participant y – Championship game participant

2008 Midwest Football Conference standings

Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Harper x	7	–	1	11	–	1
DuPage	4	–	4	6	–	6
Grand Rapids	3	–	5	3	–	7
Joliet	3	–	5	4	–	6
Rock Valley	2	–	6	3	–	6
West Division
Ellsworth	7	–	1	8	–	3
Iowa Central x	5	–	3	8	–	3
NDSCS	3	–	5	5	–	5
North Iowa Area	2	–	6	3	–	6

$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

2008 Minnesota College Athletic Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
Vermilion x†y	3	–	1	8	–	3
Mesabi Range x†y$	3	–	1	6	–	5
Fond du Lac	2	–	2	2	–	7
Itasca	0	–	4	1	–	8
Northland (MN) *	0	–	4	0	–	9
South Division
Minnesota West C&T x†	3	–	1	7	–	3
Central Lakes x†	3	–	1	7	–	3
Rochester C&T x	3	–	1	8	–	3
Ridgewater	1	–	3	5	–	4
Minnesota State C&T	0	–	4	2	–	7
Championship: Mesabi Range 6, Vermilion 0
$ – Conference champion † – Conference playoff participant y – Championship game participant * – Northland forfeited all wins from the 2008 season

2008 Southwest Junior College Football Conference standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Navarro †y	7	–	0	10	–	1
Blinn †y$	5	–	2	9	–	3
Kilgore †	5	–	2	6	–	4
Trinity Valley †	4	–	3	6	–	4
Tyler	4	–	3	5	–	4
NE Oklahoma A&M	2	–	5	3	–	6
Cisco	1	–	6	2	–	7
Championship: Blinn 49, Navarro 24
$ – Conference champion † – Conference playoff participant y – Championship game participant

2008 NJCAA independents football records

Team	W		L	W		L
Georgia Military		–		9	–	2
Louisburg		–		5	–	4
Globe Tech		–		3	–	5
Arkansas Baptist *		–		0	–	9

* – Arkansas Baptist forfeited all games

NJCAA National Championship December 9 Rio Tinto Stadium—Sandy, UT

1	Butler (KS)	37

2	Snow	30

Semifinals November 29 Campus sites			Regional finals December 6 Campus sites

1	College of the Canyons	36

4	El Camino	27
			1	College of the Canyons	44

			3	Mt. San Antonio	51
2	Fullerton	27

3	Mt. San Antonio	34

Regional finals November 22 Campus sites

1	Butte	24

2	Reedley	21

^ Carlisle, Nate (December 7, 2008). "Butler Repeats". The Wichita Eagle. p. 37. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
^ "Butte wins state football title". Record Searchlight. December 15, 2008. p. 13. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
^ "A Look Back at 2008" (PDF). National Junior College Athletic Association. December 9, 2008. p. 44. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
^ "Butte finishes 12-0 win 17-9 win over Mt. SAC for California CC Football Title" (PDF). California Community College Athletic Association. Retrieved March 3, 2025.