2009 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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2009 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Arizona State Sun Devils baseball logo.svg
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record4–8 (2–7 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Rich Olson
Defensive coordinatorCraig Bray
Captains
Home stadium Sun Devil Stadium
(Capacity: 71,706)
Uniform
Pac-10-Uniform-ASU-2009.png
Seasons
←  2008
2010  →
2009 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Sun Devils were coached by third-year coach Dennis Erickson and played their home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The Sun Devils finished the season 4–8 (2–7 Pac-10).

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 57:00 pm Idaho State *
 FSAZ W 50–342,588 [1]
September 197:00 pm Louisiana-Monroe *
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
FSAZW 38–1443,780 [2]
September 264:00 pmat No. 21 Georgia *
 ESPNU L 17–2092,746 [3]
October 34:00 pm Oregon State
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
 Versus L 17–2845,373 [4]
October 102:00 pmat Washington State
W 27–1426,010 [5]
October 177:15 pm Washington
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
 FSN W 24–1753,219 [6]
October 247:15 pmat Stanford
FSNL 14–3333,090 [7]
October 3112:30 pmNo. 24 California Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
 ABC L 21–2343,659 [8]
November 75:00 pmNo. 12 USC
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
ABCL 9–1455,282 [9]
November 148:20 pmat No. 13 Oregon
ESPN L 21–4458,475 [10]
November 212:00 pmat UCLA
FSNL 13–2346,151 [11]
November 281:30 pm Arizona
ABCL 17–2055,989 [12]

Game summaries

Idaho State

1234Total
Idaho State00303
ASU320131450

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Broadcast: FSN Arizona.

Junior placekicker Thomas Weber ties school record for 5 made field goals in a game and Senior Linebacker Mike Nixon earned Pac-10 Conference Defensive Player of Week for his 3 interceptions one of which returned for a touchdown and blocked punt.

Louisiana-Monroe

1234Total
Louisiana-Monroe070714
ASU141014038

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Broadcast: FSN Arizona.

Georgia

1234Total
ASU3014017
Georgia1400620

at Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia Broadcast: ESPNU

Oregon State

1234Total
Beavers1470728
ASU307717

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Broadcast: Versus

Washington State

1234Total
ASU766827
Cougars007714

at Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington

Washington

Broadcast: FSN

1234Total
Washington707317
ASU773724

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

Though it appeared the game would be heading into overtime, ASU quarterback Danny Sullivan threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to receiver Chris McGaha in the last five seconds of the game to give ASU the win.

Stanford

1234Total
ASU007714
Cardinal10140933

at Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California Broadcast: FSN

California

1234Total
Cal1433323
ASU0140721

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

Both teams were 2-2 in the conference. The Bears fumbled in their first possession, but scored in the second possession on a Kevin Riley pass to Jahvid Best for 11 yards for a touchdown. Another touchdown pass, from Riley to Marvin Jones, gave Cal a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. For the Sun Devils, Samson Szakacsy, in his first collegiate snap, completed a touchdown pass to Jovon Williams (3 yards) and Danny Sullivan passed to Kyle Williams (80 yards) for touchdowns to tie the game in the second quarter. Then Giorgio Tavecchio kicked a 25-yard field goal for Cal before the half.

In the third quarter, Giorgio Tavecchio kicked a 51-yard field goal to increase Cal's lead to 6. But Arizona State answered in the fourth quarter with a Cameron Marshall rush touchdown for 6 yards. Giorgio Tavecchio missed a 39-yard field goal with 5:46 left in the game, but kicked a 24-yard field goal to win the game.

USC

1234Total
USC077014
ASU03609

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

Oregon

1234Total
ASU0714021
Oregon14177644

at Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon

UCLA

1234Total
ASU700613
UCLA7130323

at Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, California

Arizona

1234Total
Arizona770620
ASU0031417

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

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References

  1. ↑ "Idaho State Bengals vs. Arizona State Sun Devils Box Score". ESPN. September 5, 2009. Archived from the original on February 24, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks vs. Arizona State Sun Devils Box Score". ESPN. September 19, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Georgia Bulldogs Box Score". ESPN. September 26, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Oregon State Beavers vs. Arizona State Sun Devils Box Score". ESPN. October 3, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Washington State Cougars Box Score". ESPN. October 10, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Washington Huskies vs. Arizona State Sun Devils Box Score". ESPN. October 17, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Stanford Cardinal Box Score". ESPN. October 24, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  8. ↑ "California Golden Bears vs. Arizona State Sun Devils Box Score". ESPN. October 31, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  9. ↑ "USC Trojans vs. Arizona State Sun Devils Box Score". ESPN. November 7, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Oregon Ducks Box Score". ESPN. November 14, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Arizona State Sun Devils vs. UCLA Bruins Box Score". ESPN. November 21, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Arizona Wildcats vs. Arizona State Sun Devils Box Score". ESPN. November 28, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
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