2009 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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).

2009 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	4–8 (2–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dennis Erickson
Offensive coordinator	Rich Olson
Defensive coordinator	Craig Bray
Captains	Dexter Davis Shawn Lauvao Mike Nixon
Home stadium	Sun Devil Stadium (Capacity: 71,706)
Uniform
Seasons ← 2008 2010 →

2009 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:00 pm	Idaho State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	FSAZ	W 50–3	42,588^[1]
September 19	7:00 pm	Louisiana-Monroe*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	FSAZ	W 38–14	43,780^[2]
September 26	4:00 pm	at No. 21 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia	ESPNU	L 17–20	92,746^[3]
October 3	4:00 pm	Oregon State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	Versus	L 17–28	45,373^[4]
October 10	2:00 pm	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington		W 27–14	26,010^[5]
October 17	7:15 pm	Washington	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	FSN	W 24–17	53,219^[6]
October 24	7:15 pm	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, California	FSN	L 14–33	33,090^[7]
October 31	12:30 pm	No. 24 California	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	ABC	L 21–23	43,659^[8]
November 7	5:00 pm	No. 12 USC	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	ABC	L 9–14	55,282^[9]
November 14	8:20 pm	at No. 13 Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon	ESPN	L 21–44	58,475^[10]
November 21	2:00 pm	at UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California	FSN	L 13–23	46,151^[11]
November 28	1:30 pm	Arizona	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona (Territorial Cup)	ABC	L 17–20	55,989^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and BCS Rankings after October 18 released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

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

See also: 2009 Georgia Bulldogs football team

at Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia Broadcast: ESPNU

Oregon State

See also: 2009 Oregon State Beavers football team

	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

See also: 2009 Washington State Cougars football team

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

at Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington

Washington

See also: 2009 Washington Huskies football team

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

See also: 2009 Stanford Cardinal football team

	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

See also: 2009 California Golden Bears football team

	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

See also: 2009 USC Trojans football team

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

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

Oregon

See also: 2009 Oregon Ducks football team

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

at Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon

UCLA

See also: 2009 UCLA Bruins football team

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

at Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, California

Arizona

See also: 2009 Arizona Wildcats football team

	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. 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.