2009 Arizona State Sun Devils football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record4–8 (2–7 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRich Olson
Defensive coordinatorCraig Bray
Captains
Home stadiumSun Devil Stadium
(Capacity: 71,706)
Uniform
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).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 57:00 pmIdaho State*
FSAZW 50–342,588[1]
September 197:00 pmLouisiana-Monroe*
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
FSAZW 38–1443,780[2]
September 264:00 pmat No. 21 Georgia*
ESPNUL 17–2092,746[3]
October 34:00 pmOregon State
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
VersusL 17–2845,373[4]
October 102:00 pmat Washington State
W 27–1426,010[5]
October 177:15 pmWashington
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
FSNW 24–1753,219[6]
October 247:15 pmat Stanford
FSNL 14–3333,090[7]
October 3112:30 pmNo. 24 Californiadagger
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
ABCL 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
ESPNL 21–4458,475[10]
November 212:00 pmat UCLA
FSNL 13–2346,151[11]
November 281:30 pmArizona
ABCL 17–2055,989[12]

Game summaries

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Idaho State 0 0 3 0 3
ASU 3 20 13 14 50

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Louisiana-Monroe 0 7 0 7 14
ASU 14 10 14 0 38

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

Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total
ASU 3 0 14 0 17
Georgia 14 0 0 6 20

at Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia Broadcast: ESPNU

Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 14 7 0 7 28
ASU 3 0 7 7 17

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Broadcast: Versus

Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total
ASU 7 6 6 8 27
Cougars 0 0 7 7 14

at Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington

Washington

Broadcast: FSN

1 2 3 4 Total
Washington 7 0 7 3 17
ASU 7 7 3 7 24

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

1 2 3 4 Total
ASU 0 0 7 7 14
Cardinal 10 14 0 9 33

at Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California Broadcast: FSN

California

1 2 3 4 Total
Cal 14 3 3 3 23
ASU 0 14 0 7 21

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

1 2 3 4 Total
USC 0 7 7 0 14
ASU 0 3 6 0 9

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
ASU 0 7 14 0 21
Oregon 14 17 7 6 44

at Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total
ASU 7 0 0 6 13
UCLA 7 13 0 3 23

at Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, California

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Arizona 7 7 0 6 20
ASU 0 0 3 14 17

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

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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