The 2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team represents Western Michigan University in the 2008 NCAA football season. The WMU football team is coached by Bill Cubit and play their homes game in Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
WMU is currently 9–3 overall and 6–2 in the Mid-American Conference after defeating conference opponents Northern Illinois, Temple, Ohio, Buffalo, Eastern Michigan and Toledo, Big Ten Conference member Illinois, Western Athletic Conference member Idaho and Football Championship Subdivision team Tennessee Tech. WMU lost to Nebraska, rival Central Michigan and Ball State.
Over the course of the 2008 season, the Broncos received votes in the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll, placing within the top 30 college football teams nationally.
Western Michigan played in the 2008 Texas Bowl, where they fell to Rice on December 30, 2008.
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