2009 Pacific-10 Conference football season

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2009 Pacific-10 Conference football season
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League NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport football
DurationSeptember 3, 2009
through January 1, 2010
Number of teams10
2010 NFL Draft
Top draft pickDT Tyson Alualu, California
Picked by Jacksonville Jaguars, 10th overall
Regular season
Champion Oregon Ducks
  Runners-up Stanford Cardinal
Arizona Wildcats
Oregon State Beavers
Football seasons
  2008
2010  
2009 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 11 Oregon $  8 1   10 3  
Arizona  6 3   8 5  
Oregon State  6 3   8 5  
Stanford  6 3   8 5  
No. 22 USC  5 4   9 4  
California  5 4   8 5  
Washington  4 5   5 7  
UCLA  3 6   7 6  
Arizona State  2 7   4 8  
Washington State  0 9   1 11  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Pacific-10 Conference football season started on Thursday, September 3, 2009. Oregon won the Pac-10 title, which had been held by USC for the past seven years. Seven conference teams were invited to participate in post season bowl games, with only UCLA and USC winning their bowl games.

Contents

Previous season

During the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, all five Pac-10 teams won their bowl games:

Preseason

Pre-season poll voted on by the media during the Pacific-10 Football Media Day, with the number of first-place votes shown in parentheses: [1]

  1. USC (28)
  2. California (3)
  3. Oregon (1)
  4. Oregon State
  5. Arizona State
  6. Stanford
  7. UCLA
  8. Arizona
  9. Washington
  10. Washington State

Rankings

Highlights

September

October

November

December

Notes

Players of the week

Cal's Shane Vereen (no. 34) takes the handoff from Kevin Riley (no. 13) at the Cal-UCLA game Cal at UCLA 09.jpg
Cal's Shane Vereen (no. 34) takes the handoff from Kevin Riley (no. 13) at the Cal-UCLA game
WeekOffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
1 – Sep. 5 Kevin Riley, QBCALMike Nixon, OLBASUChris Owusu, KRSTAN
2 – Sep. 12 Joe McKnight, TBUSCReggie Carter, MLBUCLAKai Forbath, PKUCLA
3 – Sep. 19 Jahvid Best, TBCALDonald Butler, ILBWASH Erik Folk, PKWASH
4 – Sep. 26 Ed Dickson, TEOREDevin Ross, CBARZChris Owusu, KRSTAN
5 – Oct. 3 James Rodgers, WROSU Taylor Mays, FSUSC Damian Williams, PRUSC
6 – Oct. 10 Jacquizz Rodgers, RBOSUMason Foster, OLBWASHKenjon Barner, KRORE
7 – Oct. 17Nick Foles, QBARIZJurrell Casey, NTUSCBryan Anger, PCAL
8 – Oct. 24Allen Bradford, TBUSCCam Nelson, FSARIZDamian Williams, PRUSC
9 – Oct. 31 LaMichael James, RBOREMike Mohamed, ILBCALJustin Kahut, PKOSU
10 - Nov. 7 Toby Gerhart, RBSTANWill Harris, SS,USCNate Whitaker, PKSTAN
11 - Nov. 14Toby Gerhart, RBSTAN Akeem Ayers, OLBUCLAGiorgio Tavecchio, PKCAL
12 - Nov. 21 Jeremiah Masoli, QBOREMike Mohamed, ILBCALNate Costa, HORE
13 - Nov. 28Toby Gerhart, RBSTAN Malcolm Smith, OLBUSCAlex Zendejas, KARIZ
14 – Dec. 7 Jake Locker, QBWASHEarl Mitchell, DTARIZJustin Kahut, KOSU

[13]

Pac-10 vs. BCS matchups

DateVisitorHomeWinnerNotes
September 5 LSU Washington LSU
September 5 Maryland Cal Cal
September 12 UCLA Tennessee UCLAUCLA's second straight win against Tennessee
September 12 USC Ohio State USCUSC won with a late touchdown
September 12 Purdue Oregon Oregon
September 19 Arizona Iowa Iowa
September 19 Cal Minnesota Cal
September 19 Kansas State UCLA UCLA
September 19 Cincinnati Oregon State CincinnatiOregon State's first non-conference home loss since 1996.
September 26 Arizona State Georgia Georgia
October 3 Washington Notre Dame Notre DameOvertime
October 17 USC Notre Dame USCUSC's eighth consecutive win over Notre Dame
October 31 Washington State Notre Dame Notre DamePlayed at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas
November 28 Notre Dame Stanford StanfordStanford's first win over Notre Dame since 2001

Bowl games

BowlDateWinner*ScoreLoser*ScoreLocationTime+NetworkPac-10's
Record
Notes
Las Vegas Bowl December 22, 2009 BYU 44 Oregon State 20 Las Vegas 5:00 p.m. ESPN 0–1BYU's fifth straight appearance in the Las Vegas Bowl; Oregon State lost its first bowl game since 2002
Poinsettia Bowl December 23, 2009 Utah 37 California 27 San Diego, California 5:00 p.m.ESPN0–2Utah earned its ninth straight bowl victory; Cal lost its first bowl game since 2004
Emerald Bowl December 26, 2009 USC 24 Boston College 13 San Francisco, California 5:00 p.m.ESPN1–2USC's first non-BCS Bowl appearance since 2001
EagleBank Bowl December 29, 2009 UCLA 30 Temple 21 Washington, D.C. 1:30 p.m.ESPN2–2UCLA scored 13 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to come from behind and win its first bowl game since 2005
Holiday Bowl December 30, 2009 Nebraska 33 Arizona 0 San Diego, California 5:00 p.m.ESPN2–3Rematch of the 1998 Holiday Bowl, which Arizona won 23–20; Arizona's second Holiday Bowl appearance since 1998; first shutout in Holiday Bowl history
Sun Bowl December 31, 2009 Oklahoma 31 Stanford 27 El Paso, Texas 11:00 a.m. CBS 2–4First bowl game for Stanford since 2001; Oklahoma's first bowl win since 2005
Rose Bowl January 1, 2010 Ohio State 26 Oregon 17 Pasadena, California 2:00 p.m. ABC 2–5Oregon's second Rose Bowl appearance since 1958; Ohio State's first bowl win since 2006; Oregon's first bowl loss since 2006
*Pac-10 team is bolded. +Time given is Pacific Time

Head coaches

Awards and honors

Doak Walker Award

Lou Groza Award

Tom Hansen Conference Medal [14]

All-Americans

Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America:

FWAA All-America Team:

Sporting News All-America team:

AFCA Coaches' All-Americans First Team:

ESPN All-America team:

All-Pac-10 teams

First Team:

Pos.NameYr.SchoolPos.NameYr.SchoolPos.NameYr.School
Offense
Defense
Specialists
QB Sean Canfield Sr.Oregon StateDL Brian Price Jr.UCLAPK Kai Forbath Jr.UCLA
RB Toby Gerhart Sr.StanfordDL Stephen Paea Jr.Oregon StateP Bryan Anger So.California
RB Jacquizz Rodgers So.Oregon StateDL Tyson Alualu Sr.CaliforniaKOR Chris Owusu So.Stanford
WR James Rodgers Jr.Oregon StateDL Dexter Davis Sr.Arizona StatePR Damian Williams Jr.USC
WR Damian Williams Jr.USCLB Keaton Kristick Sr.Oregon StateSTSuaesi TuimauneiJr.Oregon State
TE Ed Dickson Sr.OregonLB Mike Mohamed Jr.California
OL Chris Marinelli Sr.StanfordLBReggie CarterSr.UCLA
OLMike TepperSr.CaliforniaDB Rahim Moore So.UCLA
OL Jeff Byers Sr.USCDB Syd'Quan Thompson Sr.California
OL Charles Brown Sr.USCDB Taylor Mays Sr.USC
OLGregg PeatSr.Oregon StateDB Alterraun Verner Sr.UCLA

ST=special teams player (not a kicker or returner)

All-Academic

First Team:

Pos.NameSchoolYr.GPAMajor
Offense
QBAndrew LuckStanfordRFr.3.55Undeclared
RBJosh CatronStanfordSr.3.48Economics
RBToby GerhartStanfordSr.3.25Management Science & Engineering
WRCasey KjosOregon State (2)Jr.3.63Psychology & Sociology
WRAlex LagemannCaliforniaJr.3.68Media Studies
TEDavid PaulsonOregonSo.3.68Business Administration
OLMark BoskovichCalifornia (2)Jr.3.73Political Science
OLMicah HannamWashington State (2)Jr.3.59Civil Engineering
OLAndrew PhillipsStanfordJr.3.53Classics
OLChris PrummerWashington StateJr.3.88Zoology
OLCarson YorkOregonRFr.3.70Journalism
Defense
DLKevin FrahmOregon StateSo.3.24Political Science
DLKevin KooymanWashington StateSr.3.16Management and Operations
DL Erik Lorig StanfordSr.3.12Public Policy
DLTom McAndrewStanfordSr.3.58Science, Technology and Society
LBMike MohamedCaliforniaSr.3.43Business Administration
LBMike NixonArizona StateSr.4.07Political Science
LBWill PowersStanfordSr.3.48Classics
DBVictor AiyewaWashingtonJr.3.36Sociology
DBCameron CollinsOregon StateSo.3.37Business
DBJay MatthewsWashington StateRFr.3.68Undeclared
DBChima NwachukwuWashington StateJr.3.45Political Science
Specialists
PKNate WhitakerStanfordJr.3.38Engineering
PJeff LockeUCLARFr.3.69Undeclared
RSTaylor KavanaughOregon StateSr.3.28Construction Engineering

[15] (2) Two-time first-team All-Academic selection; (3) Three-time first-team All-Academic selection

2010 NFL draft

RoundOverall pickNFL teamPlayerPositionCollege
110 Jacksonville Jaguars Tyson Alualu Defensive tackleCalifornia
130 Detroit Lions Jahvid Best Running backCalifornia
235 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Brian Price Defensive tackleUCLA
238 Cleveland Browns T. J. Ward SafetyOregon
242 New England Patriots Rob Gronkowski Tight endArizona
249 San Francisco 49ers Taylor Mays SafetyUSC
251 Minnesota Vikings Toby Gerhart Running backStanford
264 New Orleans Saints Charles Brown Offensive tackleUSC
370 Baltimore Ravens Ed Dickson Tight endOregon
377 Tennessee Titans Damian Williams Wide receiverUSC
379 San Diego Chargers Donald Butler LinebackerWashington
381 Houston Texans Earl Mitchell Defensive tackleArizona
386 Philadelphia Eagles Daniel Te'o-Nesheim Defensive endWashington
392 Cleveland Browns Shawn Lauvao Offensive tackleArizona State
394 Indianapolis Colts Kevin Thomas CornerbackUSC
4100Minnesota Vikings Everson Griffen Defensive endUSC
4104Tennessee Titans Alterraun Verner CornerbackUCLA
4111 Seattle Seahawks Walter Thurmond CornerbackOregon
4112 New York Jets Joe McKnight Running backUSC
6185Seattle Seahawks Anthony McCoy Tight endUSC
6190 Oakland Raiders Travis Goethel LinebackerArizona State
6206San Francisco 49ers Kyle Williams Wide receiverArizona State
7219 Washington Redskins Terrence Austin Wide receiverUCLA
7225Denver Broncos Syd'Quan Thompson CornerbackCalifornia
7233Arizona Cardinals Jim Dray Tight endStanford
7236Seattle Seahawks Dexter Davis LinebackerArizona State
7239New Orleans Saints Sean Canfield QuarterbackOregon State
7253Tampa Bay Buccaneers Erik Lorig Defensive endStanford

References

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  3. Scott Wolf, USC back on the Oregon fail Archived 2009-11-04 at the Wayback Machine , Los Angeles Daily News, November 1, 2009
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  14. "Pac-10 Named 2009-10 Tom Hansen Conference Medal Winners". CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
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