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2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season

The 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

2009 NCAA Division I FBS season

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September 3 – December 12

Florida

December 19, 2009 –
January 7, 2010

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Mark Ingram II (running back, Alabama)

Rose Bowl Stadium
Pasadena, California

Alabama

The regular season began on September 3, 2009 and ended on December 12, 2009. The postseason concluded on January 7, 2010 with the BCS National Championship Game in Pasadena, California, where the Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Texas Longhorns by the score of 37–21.


For the first time in the history of the Heisman Trophy, the annual award for the most outstanding player in college football, two previous Heisman winners played in the same season—2008 winner Sam Bradford of Oklahoma and 2007 winner Tim Tebow of Florida.[1] For the first time since 1946, the top three vote-getters from the previous season all returned: Bradford, Colt McCoy of Texas, and Tebow, in that order.[2] Six teams finished the regular season undefeated; a record for the BCS era.

If the home team wears colored jerseys, the visiting team may also wear colored jerseys so long as the two teams have agreed to do so. This rule comes as a result of the traditional where both teams wore their home uniforms. Previously, the visiting team would be charged a first-half timeout for illegal equipment.[4]

USC-UCLA game

If the punter carries the ball outside of the tackle box, he is no longer protected under the roughing the kicker .

penalty

Deliberately grabbing the chin strap is now included as part of the face mask penalty.

The edge of the tackle box is defined as being five yards to the left and right of the snapper, rather than two parallel lines from the position of the offensive tackles.

Periods will not be extended for plays that result in loss of down (i.e. illegal forward pass).

If a defensive player is injured, the play clock will be reset to 40 seconds. The play clock will be reset to 25 seconds for an injury to an offensive player.

The NCAA football rules committee proposed several rule changes for 2009.[3] The rule changes include the following:

opened InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field against Morgan State on September 12, winning 41–0.

Akron

christened their new TCF Bank Stadium with a win, defeating Air Force 20–13 on September 12.

Minnesota

expanded the capacity of Faurot Field from 68,349 to 71,004.[5]

Missouri

expanded the capacity of Memorial Stadium from 49,225 to 52,929 with the horseshoeing of the North End Zone.

Indiana

Alabama

USC

Florida

Oregon

Bryant-Denny Stadium

2009 SEC Championship Game

Rankings reflect the AP Poll. Rankings for Week 8 and beyond will list BCS Rankings first and AP Poll second. Teams that failed to be a top 10 team for one poll or the other will be noted.

Awards and honors[edit]

Heisman Trophy voting[edit]

The Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player

The became the first NCAA Division I FBS team to block two field goals on consecutive plays in their season-opening win over Northern Iowa.

Iowa Hawkeyes

Brandon West of set the NCAA Division I FBS records for career all-purpose yards and career kick return yards. On November 14, West broke the record of 7,573 all-purpose yards set by DeAngelo Williams of Memphis.[25] Against Michigan State on November 7, West broke the record of 2,945 return yards set by Jessie Henderson of SMU.[26] West finished the season setting the records at 3,118 kick return yards and 7,764 total yards.[27][28]

Western Michigan

of North Carolina State set a new Division I record for most passes attempted without an interception, breaking the previous record of 325 set by André Woodson of Kentucky from 2006–07. Wilson broke the record in the third quarter of the Pack's 45–14 win over Gardner–Webb on September 19.[29] The streak ended at 379 on October 3 against Wake Forest. Wilson's last interception had been in the third quarter of the Wolfpack's game against Clemson on September 13, 2008.[30]

Russell Wilson

Texas' Colt McCoy picked up his 43rd career win as a starting quarterback, breaking the previous FBS record of 42 by David Greene, with a 51–20 win over Kansas on November 21.[31] The record was extended to 45 with wins over Texas A&M in the regular-season finale and Nebraska in the Big 12 Championship Game. However, his streak ended at the BCS Championship when he was injured early in the first quarter, and the Longhorns lost 37-21.

Georgia's

of Clemson set a new record for career kickoff return touchdowns on the opening kickoff of the Tigers' game against archrival South Carolina on November 28. His seventh career TD return broke the previous record held by Anthony Davis of USC and Ashlan Davis of Tulsa.[32]

C. J. Spiller

quarterback Dan LeFevour set a new FBS record for most combined career touchdowns passing, rushing, and receiving in the MAC Championship Game against Ohio. His two TD passes in the game gave him a career total of 148, surpassing the previous record of 147 held by Colt Brennan of Hawaiʻi and Graham Harrell of Texas Tech. In the GMAC Bowl, he passed for a TD and ran for another, ending his career with a total of 150 TDs.

Central Michigan

On December 12, 2009 against Army, Navy quarterback Ricky Dobbs ran for his 24th rushing touchdown on the season, giving him the single-season record for most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback.[33]

rival

On December 30, 2009 in the against Idaho, Bowling Green wide receiver Freddie Barnes broke the single-season record for receptions, accumulating 155 total receptions on the year.

Humanitarian Bowl

All November and December dates are in 2009; all January dates are in 2010.

Incoming coaches who were the designated replacement for their predecessors are in bold italics.

1. December 5 – 2009 – CBS – 1 Florida vs 2 Alabama – 17.969 million viewers

SEC Championship

2. December 5 – 2009 – ESPN on ABC – 3 Texas vs 22 Nebraska – 12.693 million viewers

Big 12 Championship

3. September 12 – – 3 USC vs 8 Ohio State – 10.586 million viewers

ESPN

4. October 10 – – 4 LSU vs 1 Florida – 10.496 million viewers

CBS

5. October 17 – – ESPN on ABC – 20 Oklahoma vs 3 Texas – 8.713 million Viewers

Red River Rivalry

6. September 7 – – Miami vs 18 Florida State – 8.406 million viewers

ESPN

7. September 12 – – 18 Notre Dame vs Michigan – 8.391 million viewers

ESPN on ABC

8. November 27 – – CBS – 2 Alabama vs Auburn – 8.124 million viewers

Iron Bowl

9. October 3 – Regional – 8 Oklahoma vs 17 Miami & California vs 7 USC – 7.834 million viewers

ESPN on ABC

10. November 28 – – Florida State vs 1 Florida – 7.491 million viewers

CBS

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