2009 Colorado State Rams football team

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2009 Colorado State Rams football
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Conference Mountain West Conference
Record3–9 (0–8 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGreg Peterson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorLarry Kerr (12th season)
Home stadium Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium
(capacity: 32,500)
Seasons
  2008
2010  
2009 Mountain West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 6 TCU $  8 0   12 1  
No. 12 BYU  7 1   11 2  
No. 18 Utah  6 2   10 3  
Air Force  5 3   8 5  
Wyoming  4 4   7 6  
UNLV  3 5   5 7  
San Diego State  2 6   4 8  
New Mexico  1 7   1 11  
Colorado State  0 8   3 9  
  • $ Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University as member of the Mountain West Conference in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado and were led by second-year coach Steve Fairchild. The Rams finished the season 3–9 overall and 0–8 in Mountain West play place last out of nine teams.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 65:00 p.m.at Colorado * FSN W 23–1753,168 [1]
September 123:00 p.m. Weber State *W 24–2323,417 [2]
September 193:00 p.m. Nevada *
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Fort Collins, CO
W 35–2024,967 [3]
September 264:00 p.m.at No. 19 BYU The Mtn. L 23–4264,091 [4]
October 38:30 p.m.at Idaho * Altitude2/ESPNU L 29–3116,000 [5]
October 104:00 p.m. Utah Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Fort Collins, CO
The Mtn.L 17–2430,499 [6]
October 172:00 p.m.at No. 12 TCU Versus L 6–4431,156 [7]
October 242:00 p.m. San Diego State
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Fort Collins, CO
The Mtn.L 28–4220,631 [8]
October 312:00 p.m. Air Force
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Fort Collins, CO
The Mtn.L 16–3422,025 [9]
November 78:00 p.m.at UNLV The Mtn.L 16–3515,902 [10]
November 214:00 p.m.at New Mexico The Mtn.L 27–2921,751 [11]
November 2712:00 p.m. Wyoming
The Mtn.L 16–1720,317 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

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