2009 Northeastern Huskies football team

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2009 Northeastern Huskies football
Northeastern Huskies logo.svg
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
DivisionNorth Division
Record3–8 (3–5 CAA)
Head coach
Home stadium Parsons Field
Seasons
 2008
2009 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 7 New Hampshire x^  6 2   10 3  
Maine  4 4   5 6  
Hofstra  3 5   5 6  
UMass  3 5   5 6  
Northeastern  3 5   3 8  
Rhode Island  0 8   1 10  
South Division
No. 1 Villanova x+^  7 1   14 1  
No. 5 Richmond x+^  7 1   11 2  
No. 4 William & Mary ^  6 2   11 3  
Delaware  4 4   6 5  
James Madison  4 4   6 5  
Towson  1 7   2 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2009 Northeastern Huskies football team represented Northeastern University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Northeastern competed as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) under head football coach Rocky Hager and played their home games at Parsons Field. The 2009 campaign was the final year that Northeastern fielded a football team. The decision to drop the program after this season cited financial problems, poor attendance, and very few winning seasons.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 52:00 pmat Boston College * ESPN360 L 0–5433,262
September 121:00 pm Maine L 7–171,528
September 196:00 pm Youngstown State *
  • Parsons Field
  • Brookline, MA
L 21–382,180
September 263:30 pmat No. 2 Villanova L 7–5611,119
October 31:00 pmNo. 21 Holy Cross *
  • Parsons Field
  • Brookline, MA
L 21–421,103
October 101:00 pmNo. 8 William & Mary
  • Parsons Field
  • Brookline, MA
L 14–341,829
October 241:00 pm Towson Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Parsons Field
  • Brookline, MA
W 27–71,920
October 3112:00 pmat No. 8 New Hampshire L 21–484,566
November 712:00 pmat UMass L 7–376,725
November 141:00 pm Hofstra
  • Parsons Field
  • Brookline, MA
W 14–131,017 [1]
November 2112:30 pmat Rhode Island W 33–272,610

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