Apr. 24– The 2008 football season unofficially starts on Saturday, April 26 with the Spring Game set for 1:00 at Griffin Stadium.  The offense will compete against the defense in a special scoring game.  The official season will begin for the Golden Bears on August 30 when they will host Minnesota Duluth at Griffin Stadium at 6:00 p.m. at Griffin Stadium.

Concordia, who opened 2007 with three road games, will open 2008 with three home games.

The schedule for the Golden Bears features only one non-conference game when Concordia hosts Minot State in their second game of the season. They close out their three game homestand with MSU Moorhead on Sept. 13.

The 2008 season marks a new challenge in the Northern Sun with four new schools entering the league: Minnesota Duluth, Augustana College, Minnesota State, Mankato and St. Cloud State. Concordia will face UMD, Augustana (home, Sept. 27) and Minnesota State (away, Oct. 11) but will not play SCSU this season.

Concordia has six home games scheduled, adding Southwest Minnesota State and Upper Iowa to UMD, Minot State, MSUM and Augie. Their road schedule is challenging with NSIC Champion Winona State, co-second place finishers U-Mary and Wayne State and fourth place Bemidji State.

The Golden Bears finished 4-7 overall and 3-6 in the Northern Sun in 2007.

2008 Golden Bear Football Schedule
Date	Opponent	Time	Site
Aug. 30	Minnesota Duluth	6:00 PM	Home
Sept. 6	Minot State	1:00 PM	Home
Sept. 13	MSU Moorhead	1:00 PM	Home
Sept. 20	at Winona State	1:00 PM	Winona, MN
Sept. 27	Augustana College	TBA	Home
Oct. 4	at U-Mary	1:00 PM	Bismarck, ND
Oct. 11	at Minnesota State	1:00 PM	Mankato, MN
Oct. 18	Southwest MN State	1:00 PM	Home
Oct. 25	Upper Iowa	1:00 PM	Home
Nov. 1	at Wayne State	1:00 PM	Wayne, NE
Nov. 8	at Bemidji State	1:00 PM	Bemidji, MN
* NSIC Games; all game times subject to change home games in bold and played at Griffin Stadium