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2009 Big Ten Conference football season

January 01, 1970

The 2009 Big Ten Conference football season was the 114th for the conference, and saw Ohio State conclude the regular season as Big Ten Conference champion for the 5th consecutive time, their 34th Big Ten title. This earned them the conference's automatic selection to a Bowl Championship Series game in which it emerged victorious in the January 1, 2010 Rose Bowl against Oregon Ducks. Co-runner-up, Iowa, earned the conference's at-large BCS invitation to the January 5, 2010 Orange Bowl. The season started on Thursday, September 3, as conference member Indiana hosted Eastern Kentucky. The conference’s other 10 teams began their respective 2009 season of NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) competition two days later.[1] All teams started their season at home except Illinois who started their season on neutral turf for the third consecutive season against Missouri and Minnesota who traveled to Syracuse.[2]

2009 Big Ten Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sportfootball
DurationSeptember 3, 2009
through January 7, 2010
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Big Ten Network
2010 NFL Draft
Top draft pickBrandon Graham (Michigan)
Picked byPhiladelphia Eagles, 1st round (13th overall)
Regular Season
ChampionOhio State
  Runners-upIowa / Penn State
Season MVPBrandon Graham / Daryll Clark
Football seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 5 Ohio State $   7 – 1     11 – 2  
No. 7 Iowa %   6 – 2     11 – 2  
No. 9 Penn State   6 – 2     11 – 2  
Northwestern   5 – 3     8 – 5  
No. 16 Wisconsin   5 – 3     10 – 3  
Michigan State   4 – 4     6 – 7  
Purdue   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Minnesota   3 – 5     6 – 7  
Illinois   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Michigan   1 – 7     5 – 7  
Indiana   1 – 7     4 – 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

Although several players had post season All-star games remaining, the season concluded for Big Ten teams with the 2010 Orange Bowl in which Iowa defeated Georgia Tech. This was the seventh bowl game for the conference which compiled a 4–3 record. Over the course of 77 home games, the conference set a new attendance record. During the season, Minnesota opened a new athletic stadium, TCF Bank Stadium, and Purdue welcomed a new head coach, Danny Hope.

The season saw John Clay selected as offensive player of the year by both the coaches and the media. Jared Odrick and Greg Jones won defensive player of the year awards from the coaches and media, respectively. Chicago Tribune Silver Football recipients as the Big Ten co-MVPs were Daryll Clark and Brandon Graham. Jones was the conferences only consensus 2009 College Football All-America Team representative. The Big Ten Conference enjoyed two national statistical championships. Graham led the nation in tackles for a loss (TFL). Ray Fisher earned the national statistical championship in kickoff return average and established a new Big Ten single-season record with his performance. The Big Ten led the nation with six first team Academic All-Americans. After the season, 34 athletes were selected in the 2010 NFL Draft including three in the first round and six each by Iowa and Penn State.

Previous season edit

During the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Ohio State won its fourth consecutive Big Ten championship while co-champion Penn State won its second in four years.[3][4] Although the two teams tied with 7–1 conference records, Penn State earned the conference's automatic Bowl Championship Series selection due to a head-to-head victory.[4] The two teams have been the only teams from the conference to win a Big Ten championship in the past four seasons.

During the season, every home game was televised nationally and 98 percent of the Big Ten's games were nationally aired far exceeding all other conferences, none of whom had even 75 percent of their games televised.[2]

Preseason edit

In a given year, each Big Ten team will play eight of the other Big Ten teams. Thus for any given team in a given year, there are two others which will not be competed against. Below is the breakdown of each team and its two "no-plays" for 2009:[2]

  • Illinois: Iowa, Wisconsin
  • Indiana: Michigan State, Minnesota
  • Iowa: Illinois, Purdue
  • Michigan: Minnesota, Northwestern
  • Michigan State: Indiana, Ohio State
  • Minnesota: Indiana, Michigan
  • Northwestern: Michigan, Ohio State
  • Ohio State: Michigan State, Northwestern
  • Penn State: Purdue, Wisconsin
  • Purdue: Iowa, Penn State
  • Wisconsin: Illinois, Penn State

The Big Ten Conference announced on July 27 that the big ten media had elected Ohio State as the preseason favorite for the 2009 football season. It had ranked Penn State second and Michigan State third. It chose Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Michigan State linebacker Greg Jones the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.[1]

In the Preseason Coaches' Poll released on August 7, the Big Ten was one of only three conferences with multiple teams ranked in the top ten.[5]

The College Football Hall of Fame has selected Iowa's Larry Station (1982–85), Ohio State's Chris Spielman (1984–87) and Penn State's Curt Warner (1979–82) for December induction. 28 Big Ten athletes were selected in the 2009 National Football League Draft in late April, including four first-round picks. Two additional players were selected in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft.[2]

Watchlists edit

According to the Big Ten Conference at the beginning of the season: "The Big Ten now features 51 student-athletes on preseason watch lists for 19 different national awards. Among the honored conference players, 27 appear on more than one list and five Big Ten standouts lead the way by appearing on five different lists. Every Big Ten team has at least one player appearing on a watch list. Iowa, Ohio State and Penn State top all Big Ten schools with seven different players appearing on watch lists, followed by six nominees from Illinois and Michigan and five selections for Michigan State and Wisconsin.

On the offensive side of the ball, returning first-team All-Big Ten quarterback Daryll Clark of Penn State appears on the watch lists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year, Manning, Maxwell, Davey O'Brien and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Awards. Illinois signal caller Juice Williams, a second-team All-Big Ten choice last year, appears on four different lists for the Manning, Maxwell, Davey O'Brien and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Awards. Illini wideout Arrelious Benn (Biletnikoff, Walter Camp Player of the Year, Maxwell) and Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor (Manning, Maxwell, Davey O'Brien) appear on three different watch lists. Players appearing on two lists include Iowa offensive tackle Bryan Bulaga, Michigan running back Brandon Minor and offensive lineman David Molk, Michigan State center Joel Nitchman, Minnesota wideout Eric Decker and quarterback Adam Weber, Northwestern center Ben Burkett, Ohio State center Mike Brewster, Penn State running back Evan Royster and offensive lineman Stefan Wisniewski and the Wisconsin trio of running back John Clay, tight end Garrett Graham and center John Moffitt.

On the defensive side of the ball, four standouts appear on five different watch lists. Big Ten Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and returning first-team All-Big Ten linebacker Greg Jones of Michigan State has been named to the watch lists for the Bednarik, Butkus and Rotary Lombardi Awards and the Lott and Nagurski Trophies. Fellow linebacker Sean Lee of Penn State, who missed last season due to injury after earning second-team All-Big Ten accolades in 2007, appears on the same five watch lists as Jones. Defensive ends Brandon Graham of Michigan and Corey Wootton of Northwestern were both tabbed for the Bednarik, Ted Hendricks, Rotary Lombardi, Lott and Nagurski watch lists. Wootton was a first-team All-Big Ten choice last year while Graham was named to the second team. Two more Nittany Lion standouts were named to four watch lists in linebacker NaVorro Bowman (Bednarik, Butkus, Lombardi, Nagurski) and defensive tackle Jared Odrick (Bednarik, Lombardi, Nagurski, Outland). Other defensive standouts to appear on multiple lists include Illinois linebacker Martez Wilson, Indiana defensive end Jammie Kirlew, Iowa linebacker Pat Angerer and Ohio State safety Kurt Coleman."[6][7]

Award watch lists edit

Award School Player
Chuck Bednarik Award[8]
(Top Defensive Player) 		IND Jammie Kirlew
IOWA Pat Angerer
MICH Brandon Graham
MSU Greg Jones
NU Corey Wootton
PSU Sean Lee
Jared Odrick
NaVorro Bowman
Fred Biletnikoff Award[9]
(Best Wide Receiver) 		ILL Arrelious Benn
MINN Eric Decker
Butkus Award[10]
(Best Linebacker) 		ILL Martez Wilson
MICH Obi Ezeh
MSU Greg Jones
PSU Sean Lee
NaVorro Bowman
IOWA Pat Angerer
A.J. Edds
Walter Camp Award[7]
(Top College Player) 		ILL Arrelious Benn
PSU Daryll Clark
Evan Royster
Lou Groza Award[7]
(Outstanding Place Kicker) 		MSU Brett Swenson
OSU Aaron Pettrey
PUR Carson Wiggs
WIS Philip Welch
Ray Guy Award[7]
(Outstanding Punter) 		IOWA Ryan Donahue
MICH Zoltan Mesko
Ted Hendricks Award[7]
(Outstanding Defensive End) 		ILL Doug Pilcher
IND Jammie Kirlew
Greg Middleton
MICH Brandon Graham
MSU Trevor Anderson
NU Corey Wootton
OSU Lawrence Wilson
Lombardi Award[7]
(Outstanding Lineman) 		ILL Martez Wilson
IND Jammie Kirlew
IOWA Bryan Bulaga
MICH Brandon Graham
David Molk
Stephen Schilling
MSU Greg Jones
Joel Nitchman
NU Ben Burkett
Corey Wootton
OSU Mike Brewster
PSU NaVorro Bowman
Sean Lee
Jared Odrick
Stefen Wisniewski
WIS Gabe Carimi
Garrett Graham
John Moffitt
Lott Trophy[2][11]
(Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year) 		IOWA Pat Angerer
MICH Brandon Graham
MSU Greg Jones
NU Corey Wootton
OSU Kurt Coleman
PSU Sean Lee
John Mackey Award[12]
(Outstanding Tight End) 		OSU Jake Ballard
MSU Charlie Gantt
WIS Garrett Graham
ILL Michael Hoomanawanui
IOWA Tony Moeaki
PSU Andrew Quarless
Manning Award[7]
(Outstanding Quarterback) 		ILL Juice Williams
IOWA Ricky Stanzi
MINN Adam Weber
OSU Terrelle Pryor
PSU Daryll Clark
Maxwell Award[7]
(Top College Player) 		ILL Arrelious Benn
Juice Williams
MICH Brandon Minor
MINN Eric Decker
OSU Terrelle Pryor
PSU Daryll Clark
Evan Royster
WIS John Clay
Bronko Nagurski Trophy[13]
(Top Defensive Player) 		OSU Kurt Coleman
MICH Brandon Graham
MSU Greg Jones
NU Corey Wootton
PSU Sean Lee
Jared Odrick
NaVorro Bowman
Davey O'Brien Award[14]
(Outstanding Quarterback) 		PSU Daryll Clark
OSU Terrelle Pryor
MINN Adam Weber
ILL Juice Williams
Outland Trophy[15]
(Outstanding Interior Lineman) 		ILL Jon Asamoah
IOWA Bryan Bulaga
PSU Jared Odrick
Stefen Wisniewski
Dave Rimington Trophy[2][11]
(Outstanding Center) 		MICH David Molk
MSU Joel Nitchman
OSU Mike Brewster
NU Ben Burkett
WIS John Moffitt
Jim Thorpe Award[16]
(Outstanding Defensive Back) 		OSU Kurt Coleman
IOWA Amari Spievey
Doak Walker Award[17]
(Outstanding Running Back) 		OSU Dan Herron
MICH Brandon Minor
WIS John Clay
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award[2][11]
(Top Senior Quarterback) 		ILL Juice Williams
NU Mike Kafka
PSU Daryll Clark

Lott Trophy, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, and Jim Thorpe Award watchlist candidate Kurt Coleman of Ohio State, was suspended by the Big Ten Conference for one game. The suspension was for a violation of the new 2009 NCAA football playing rule that required mandatory conference video review of an act where a player initiates helmet-to-helmet contact and targets a defenseless opponent. The incident occurred during the September 26 game against Illinois.[18]

Midseason edit

Obi Ezeh, Jones and Lee were among the sixteen selected to the midseason Butkus watchlist and Clark was named as one of ten finalists for the Unitas award.[19] Eight Big Ten athletes were named as semifinalists for the Campbell Trophy: Illinois' Jon Asamoah, Indiana's Jammie Kirlew, Michigan's Zoltan Mesko, Minnesota's Eric Decker, Northwestern's Andrew Brewer, Ohio State's Jim Cordle, Penn State's Josh Hull and Wisconsin's Mickey Turner on October 1.[20] Four Big Ten Players midseason watch list for the John Mackey Award: Moeaki, Gantt, Quarless and Graham.[21] Three were quarterfinalists for the Lott Award: Angerer, Jones and Coleman.[22] The Big Ten had two O'Brien Award semifinalists: Stanzi and Clark.[23] Eric Decker was named one of 10 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award.[24] Jones has been selected as a semifinalists for the Bednarik Award along with Angerer, Bowman and Wisconsin defensive end O'Brien Schofield. Hawkeyes' Tyler Sash was chosen as a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award. Swenson and Northwestern's Stefan Demos were named semifinalists for the Groza Award.[25] Mesko, Blair White, and Andrew Brewer were among the 12 finalists for the Wuerffel Trophy.[26] Mesko, and Donahue were among 10 semifinalists for the Guy Award.[27] Mesko was named one of three finalists for the Ray Guy Award.[28] Michigan's Graham was a finalist for the Henricks Award.[29]

Rankings edit

See also: 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a National Championship title. That title is bestowed by one or more of four different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason: the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. Two additional polls are released midway through the season; the Harris Interactive Poll is released after the fourth week of the season and the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Standings is released after the seventh week. The Harris Poll and Coaches Poll are factors in the BCS Standings.

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Spring games edit

April 11

  • Michigan

April 18

  • Indiana
  • Purdue
  • Wisconsin

April 25

  • Illinois
  • Michigan State
  • Minnesota
  • Northwestern
  • Ohio State
  • Penn State

Did not have spring game this year

  • Iowa

Season edit

Purdue head coach Danny Hope began his first season in West Lafayette. On September 12, Minnesota opened the 2009 season its new 50,720-seat home field, TCF Bank Stadium when the team hosted the Air Force Falcons.[2] For the third straight year, each Big Ten home game during the first three weeks of the season was broadcast nationally on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 or the Big Ten Network, which televised more than 20 contests altogether in the opening weeks, including all nine home games in Week 1. Every ABC afternoon telecast was broadcast nationally, either on ABC or simultaneously on ESPN or ESPN2.[2] Note that although the Big Ten is a regional conference the Big Ten Network, which was available in 19 of the 20 largest U.S. media markets,[30] was available to approximately 73 million homes in the U.S. and Canada through agreements with more than 250 cable television or satellite television affiliates.[2]

The season began amidst allegations that Michigan was working its players beyond the extent permissible by the NCAA.[31] Nonetheless, the conference had its fifth ten-win week during the opening weekend.[32] During week 3, the Ohio State-USC game became the most-viewed college football game in ESPN history. After three weeks, the Big Ten Conference was the only Football Bowl Subdivision conference with five 3–0 teams.[33]

Homecoming games edit

September 26

  • Michigan 36, Indiana 33 (Michigan's record in homecoming games is 83-26)† [34]

October 3

  • Northwestern 27, Purdue 21 (Purdue's record in homecoming games is 48-35-4)† [35]

October 10

  • Michigan State 24, Illinois 14 (Illinois's record in homecoming games is 42-55-2)† [36]
  • Iowa 30, Michigan 28 (Iowa's record in homecoming games is 52-41-5)† [37]
  • Minnesota 35, Purdue 20 (Minnesota's record in homecoming games is 54-33-3)† [38]

October 17

  • Indiana 27, Illinois 14 (Indiana's record in homecoming games is 43-48-6)† [39]
  • Michigan State 24, Northwestern 14 (Michigan State's record in homecoming games is 61-30-3)† [40]
  • Penn State 20, Minnesota 0 (Penn State's record in homecoming games is 65-20-5)† [41]
  • Iowa 20, Wisconsin 10 (Wisconsin's record in homecoming games is 52-45-5)† [42]

October 24

  • Northwestern 29, Indiana 28 11:00 a.m. CT [43]
  • Ohio State 38, Minnesota 7 (Ohio State's record in homecoming games is 64-19-5)† [44]

† denotes record after the game

Schedule edit

Index to colors and formatting
Big 10 member won
Big 10 member lost
Big 10 teams in bold

Week one edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 8:00 PM Eastern Kentucky Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN Big Ten Network W 19–13   36,759
September 5 12:00 PM Towson Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL Big Ten Network W 47–14   17,587
September 5 12:00 PM Montana State Michigan State Spartan Stadium • Lansing, MI Big Ten Network W 44–3   74,518
September 5 12:00 PM Minnesota Syracuse Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY ESPN2 W 23–20   74,518
September 5 12:00 PM Navy Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ESPN W 31–27   105,092
September 5 12:00 PM Akron Penn State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA Big Ten Network W 31–7   104,968
September 5 12:00 PM Toledo Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN Big Ten Network W 52–31   47,551
September 5 12:05 PM Northern Iowa Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA Big Ten Network W 17–16   70,585
September 5 3:30 PM Western Michigan Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI ABC W 31–7   109,019
September 5 3:40 PM Missouri Illinois Edward Jones Dome • St. Louis, MO ESPN L 37–9   64,215
September 5 7:00 PM Northern Illinois Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI Big Ten Network W 28–20   80,532
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week two edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 12 12:00 PM Eastern Michigan Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL Big Ten Network W 27–24   19,239
September 12 12:00 PM Western Michigan Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN Big Ten Network W 23–19   35,162
September 12 12:00 PM Central Michigan Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ESPN2 L 29–27   76,221
September 12 12:00 PM Syracuse Penn State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA Big Ten Network W 28–7   106,387
September 12 12:00 PM Fresno State Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI ESPN W 34–31   80,353
September 12 12:05 PM Iowa Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA Fox Sports Net W 35–3   52,089
September 12 3:30 PM Notre Dame Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI ABC W 38–34   110,278
September 12 7:00 PM Air Force Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN Big Ten Network W 20–13   50,805
September 12 7:00 PM Illinois State Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL Big Ten Network W 45–17   62,347
September 12 8:00 PM USC Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ESPN L 18–15   106,033
September 12 10:15 PM Purdue Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR Fox Sports Net L 38–36   57,772
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week three edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 19 12:00 p.m. ET Eastern Michigan Eagles Michigan Wolverines Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan Big Ten Network W 45–17 107,903
September 19 12:00 p.m. ET California Golden Bears Minnesota Golden Gophers TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota ESPN L 35–21 50,805
September 19 12:00 p.m. ET Temple Owls Penn State Nittany Lions Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania Big Ten Network W 31–6 105,514
September 19 12:00 p.m. ET Wofford Terriers Wisconsin Badgers Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin Big Ten Network W 44–14 78,253
September 19 12:00 p.m. ET Northern Illinois Huskies Purdue Boilermakers Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana Big Ten Network L 28–21 53,240
September 19 12:00 p.m. ET Ohio State Buckeyes Toledo Rockets Cleveland Browns Stadium • Cleveland, Ohio W 38–0 71,727
September 19 3:30 p.m. ET Michigan State Spartans Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana NBC L 33–30 80,795
September 19 3:30 p.m. ET Indiana Hoosiers Akron Zips InfoCision Stadium • Akron, Ohio ESPNU W 38–21 18,340
September 19 3:35 p.m. ET Arizona Wildcats Iowa Hawkeyes Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa ABC W 27–17 70,585
September 19 7:00 p.m. ET Northwestern Wildcats Syracuse Orange Carrier Dome • Syracuse, New York L 37–34 40,251

Week four edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 26 12:00 p.m. ET Minnesota Golden Gophers Northwestern Wildcats Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois Big Ten Network MINN 35–24 22,091
September 26 12:00 p.m. ET Indiana Hoosiers Michigan Wolverines Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan ESPN2 MICH 36–33 108,118
September 26 12:00 p.m. ET Michigan State Spartans Wisconsin Badgers Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin ESPN WIS 38–30 80,123
September 26 3:30 p.m. ET Illinois Fighting Illini Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio ABC OSU 30–0 105,219
September 26 8:00 p.m. ET Iowa Hawkeyes Penn State Nittany Lions Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania ABC IOWA 21–10 109,316
September 26 8:00 p.m. ET Notre Dame Fighting Irish Purdue Boilermakers Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana ESPN L 24–21 56,452

Week five edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 3 12:00 p.m. ET Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan Big Ten Network MSU 26–20 78,629
October 3 12:00 p.m. ET Wisconsin Badgers Minnesota Golden Gophers TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota ESPN WIS 31–28 50,805
October 3 12:00 p.m. ET Northwestern Wildcats Purdue Boilermakers Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana Big Ten Network NU 27–21 47,163
October 3 12:05 p.m. ET Arkansas State Red Wolves Iowa Hawkeyes Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa ESPN2 W 24–21 67,989
October 3 3:30 p.m. ET Penn State Nittany Lions Illinois Fighting Illini Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ABC PSU 35–17 62,870
October 3 7:00 p.m. ET Ohio State Buckeyes Indiana Hoosiers Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana Big Ten Network OSU 33–14 51,500

Week six edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 10 12:00 p.m. ET Miami RedHawks Northwestern Wildcats Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois Big Ten Network W 16–6 23,085
October 10 12:00 p.m. ET Purdue Boilermakers Minnesota Golden Gophers TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota ESPN2 MINN 35–20 50,805
October 10 12:00 p.m. ET Eastern Illinois Panthers Penn State Nittany Lions Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania ESPN Classic PSU 52–3 104,488
October 10 12:00 p.m. ET Michigan State Spartans Illinois Fighting Illini Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois Big Ten Network MSU 24–14 62,870
October 10 3:30 p.m. ET Wisconsin Badgers Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio ABC OSU 31–13 105,301
October 10 3:30 p.m. ET Indiana Hoosiers Virginia Cavaliers Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia L 47–7 45,371
October 10 8:05 p.m. ET Michigan Wolverines Iowa Hawkeyes Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa ABC IOWA 30–28 70,585

Week seven edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 17 12:00 p.m. ET Northwestern Wildcats Michigan State Spartans Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan ESPN2 MSU 24-14 71,726
October 17 12:00 p.m. ET Delaware State Hornets Michigan Wolverines Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan Big Ten Network W 63-6 106,304
October 17 12:00 p.m. ET Iowa Hawkeyes Wisconsin Badgers Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin ESPN IOWA 20-10 81,043
October 17 12:00 p.m. ET Ohio State Buckeyes Purdue Boilermakers Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana Big Ten Network PUR 26-18 50,404
October 17 3:30 p.m. ET Minnesota Golden Gophers Penn State Nittany Lions Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania ABC PSU 20–0 107,981
October 17 7:00 p.m. ET Illinois Fighting Illini Indiana Hoosiers Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana Big Ten Network IND 27–14 42,358

Week eight edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 24 12:00 p.m. ET Indiana Hoosiers Northwestern Wildcats Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois Big Ten Network NU 29–28 24,364
October 24 12:00 p.m. ET Minnesota Golden Gophers Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio ESPN OSU 38–7 105,011
October 24 12:00 p.m. ET Illinois Fighting Illini Purdue Boilermakers Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana ESPN2 PUR 24–14 47,349
October 24 3:30 p.m. ET Penn State Nittany Lions Michigan Wolverines Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan ABC PSU 35–10 110,377
October 24 7:00 p.m. ET Iowa Hawkeyes Michigan State Spartans Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan Big Ten Network IOWA 15–13 74,411

Week nine edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 31 12:00 p.m. ET New Mexico State Aggies Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio Big Ten Network W 45–0 104,719
October 31 12:00 p.m. ET Indiana Hoosiers Iowa Hawkeyes Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa ESPN IOWA 42–24 70,585
October 31 12:00 p.m. ET Purdue Boilermakers Wisconsin Badgers Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin ESPN2 WIS 37–0 79,920
October 31 3:30 p.m. ET Michigan Wolverines Illinois Fighting Illini Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ABC ILL 38–13 60,119
October 31 4:30 p.m. ET Penn State Nittany Lions Northwestern Wildcats Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois ESPN PSU 34–13 30,546
October 31 8:00 p.m. ET Michigan State Spartans Minnesota Golden Gophers TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota Big Ten Network MINN 42–34 50,805

Week ten edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 7 12:00 p.m. ET Wisconsin Badgers Indiana Hoosiers Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana Big Ten Network WIS 31–28 36,611
November 7 12:00 p.m. ET Western Michigan Broncos Michigan State Spartans Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan Big Ten Network W 49–14 73,910
November 7 12:00 p.m. ET Purdue Boilermakers Michigan Wolverines Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan Big Ten Network PUR 38–36 108,543
November 7 12:00 p.m. ET Illinois Fighting Illini Minnesota Golden Gophers TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota Big Ten Network ILL 35–32 50,805
November 7 12:00 p.m. ET Northwestern Wildcats Iowa Hawkeyes Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa ESPN NW 17–10 70,585
November 7 3:30 p.m. ET Ohio State Buckeyes Penn State Nittany Lions Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania ABC OSU 24–7 110,033

Week eleven edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 14 12:00 p.m. ET South Dakota State Jackrabbits Minnesota Golden Gophers TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota Big Ten Network W 16–13 50,805
November 14 12:00 p.m. ET Indiana Hoosiers Penn State Nittany Lions Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania Big Ten Network PSU 31–20 107,379
November 14 12:00 p.m. ET Michigan Wolverines Wisconsin Badgers Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin Big Ten Network WIS 45–24 80,540
November 14 12:00 p.m. ET Northwestern Wildcats Illinois Fighting Illini Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ESPN Classic NU 21–16 60,523
November 14 12:00 p.m. ET Michigan State Spartans Purdue Boilermakers Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana ESPN MSU 40–37 48,408
November 14 3:30 p.m. ET Iowa Hawkeyes Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio ABC OSU 27–24 105,455

Week twelve edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 21 3:30 p.m. ET Wisconsin Badgers Northwestern Wildcats Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois Big Ten Network NU 33–31 32,150
November 21 3:30 p.m. ET Purdue Boilermakers Indiana Hoosiers Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana Big Ten Network PUR 38–21 48,607
November 21 3:30 p.m. ET Penn State Nittany Lions Michigan State Spartans Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan ABC PSU 42–14 73,771
November 21 12:00 p.m. ET Ohio State Buckeyes Michigan Wolverines Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan ABC OSU 21–10 110,922
November 21 12:00 p.m. ET Minnesota Golden Gophers Iowa Hawkeyes Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa ESPN IOWA 12–0 70,585

Week thirteen edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 27 12:00 p.m. ET Illinois Fighting Illini Cincinnati Bearcats Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, Ohio ABC L 49–36 35,106

Week fourteen edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
December 5 11:30 PM ET Wisconsin Badgers Hawaii Warriors Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii ESPN2 W 55–10 40,069
December 5 12:30 PM ET Fresno State Bulldogs Illinois Fighting Illini Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois Big Ten Network L 53–52 48,538

Records against other conferences edit

The following summarizes the Big Ten's record this season vs. other conferences.[45]

Conference Wins Losses
ACC 2 1
Big 12 1 3
Big East 2 2
Big Sky 1 0
Colonial Athletic 1 0
MEAC 1 0
Independents 2 2
MAC 12 2
Missouri Valley 3 0
Mountain West 1 0
Ohio Valley 2 0
Pac-10 2 3
SEC 1 1
Southern 1 0
Sun Belt 1 0
WAC 3 1
Overall 36 15

Big Ten vs. BCS matchups edit

During the season, Big Ten teams played several games against BCS conference opponents. Some of these games are regularly contested rivalry games.

Date Visitor Home Significance Winning Team
September 5 Missouri Illinois Arch Rivalry Missouri
September 5 Minnesota Syracuse Minnesota
September 12 Iowa Iowa State Cy-Hawk Trophy Iowa
September 12 Notre Dame Michigan Michigan – Notre Dame rivalry Michigan
September 12 USC Ohio State Both ranked in the top 10 USC
September 12 Syracuse Penn State Penn State
September 12 Purdue Oregon Oregon
September 19 Arizona Iowa Iowa
September 19 Michigan State Notre Dame Megaphone Trophy Notre Dame
September 19 Cal Minnesota Cal
September 19 Northwestern Syracuse Syracuse
September 26 Notre Dame Purdue Shillelagh Trophy Notre Dame
October 10 Indiana Virginia Virginia
November 27 Illinois Cincinnati Cincinnati

Bowl games edit

On December 6, the Bowl matchups were announced.[46] It marked the fifth consecutive season that at least seven Big Ten teams earned bowl game invitations and the ninth time in twelve-year history of the Bowl Championship Series that the conference was awarded two BCS invitations.[47]

Bowl Game Date Stadium City Television Matchups/Result Payout (US$)[48]
Champs Sports Bowl December 29, 2009 8:00 PM ET Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida ESPN Wisconsin 20, Miami 14 $2,130,000
Insight Bowl December 31, 2009 6:00 PM ET Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona NFL Network Iowa State 14, Minnesota 13 $1,200,000
Outback Bowl January 1, 2010 11:00 AM ET Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida ESPN Auburn 38, Northwestern 35 (OT) $3,100,000
Capital One January 1, 2010 1:00 PM ET Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida ABC Penn State 19, LSU 17 $4,250,000
Rose Bowl* January 1, 2010 5:10 PM ET Rose Bowl Pasadena, California ABC Ohio State 26, Oregon 17 $17,000,000
Alamo Bowl January 2, 2010 9:00 PM ET Alamodome San Antonio, Texas ESPN Texas Tech 41, Michigan State 31 $2,250,000
Orange Bowl* January 5, 2010 8:00 PM ET Land Shark Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida FOX Iowa 24 vs. Georgia Tech 14 $17,000,000
(*) denotes BCS game
Big Ten team and score in bold
Winning team and score listed first in italics

Players of the week edit

Throughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices named offensive, defensive and special teams players of the week each Sunday.

Week Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
9/6/09[49] Daryll Clark
Ralph Bolden 		PSU
PUR 		Lee Campbell MINN Jeremiha Hunter
Eric Ellestad 		IOWA
MINN
9/13/09[50] Tate Forcier MICH Tyler Sash
Nate Triplett 		IOWA
MINN 		Darryl Stonum MICH
9/20/09[51] Carlos Brown
Mike Kafka 		MICH
NU 		Sean Lee PSU Ryan Donahue
Chris Borland 		IOWA
WIS
9/27/09[52] Scott Tolzien WIS Pat Angerer IOWA Adrian Clayborn IOWA
10/4/09[53] John Clay WIS O'Brien Schofield WIS Stefan Demos
Jeremy Boone 		NU
PSU
10/11/09[54] Tony Moeaki IOWA Ross Homan OSU Zoltan Mesko MICH
10/18/09[55] Ben Chappell
Blair White 		IND
MSU 		Ryan Kerrigan PUR Carson Wiggs PUR
10/25/09[56] Daryll Clark (2) PSU Adrian Clayborn IOWA Thaddeus Gibson
Stefan Demos (2) 		OSU
NU
11/1/09[57] Adam Weber MINN Garrett Brown
Chris Borland 		MINN
WIS 		Keshawn Martin MSU
11/8/09[58] Joey Elliott PUR Cameron Heyward OSU Ray Small OSU
11/15/09[59] Scott Tolzien (2) WIS NaVorro Bowman PSU Brett Swenson MSU
11/22/09[60] Mike Kafka (2)
Daryll Clark (3) 		NU
PSU 		Troy Johnson
NaVorro Bowman (2) 		IOWA
PSU 		Stefan Demos (3) NU
11/29/09[61] Juice Williams ILL -- -- Derek Dimke ILL
12/06/09[62] Mikel Leshoure
John Clay (2) 		ILL
WIS 		J. J. Watt WIS David Gilreath WIS

Big Ten Conference football individual honors edit

2009 co-MVPs
 
Brandon Graham attempting to sack Terrelle Pryor in 2008
 
Daryll Clark handing off to Evan Royster in 2007
 
Tackle Gabe Carimi

At the conclusion of week 12, the coaches and media made Big Ten Conference football individual honors selections. John Clay was selected as offensive player of the year by both the coaches and the media. Jared Odrick and Greg Jones won defensive player of the year awards from the coaches and media, respectively. Bryan Bulaga and Odrick were selected as offensive and defensive linemen of the year. Chris Borland was freshman of the year and Kirk Ferentz was Coach of the Year.[63] The Chicago Tribune Silver Football recipients as the Big Ten co-MVPs were Daryll Clark and Brandon Graham, marking the first time the award has been shared.[64][65]

All-Conference edit

The following players were selected as All-Big Ten at the conclusion of the season.[63]

Coaches Media
OFFENSE FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM
Quarterback Daryll Clark PSU Mike Kafka NU Daryll Clark PSU Mike Kafka NU
Running Back Evan Royster PSU Brandon Saine OSU Evan Royster PSU Brandon Saine OSU
Running Back John Clay WIS Ralph Bolden PUR John Clay WIS Ralph Bolden PUR
Receiver Eric Decker MINN Tandon Doss* IND Tandon Doss IND Blair White MSU
Receiver Blair White MSU Derrell Johnson-Koulianos* IOWA Keith Smith PUR Zeke Markshausen NU
Keith Smith* PUR
Center Stefen Wisniewski PSU Rafael Eubanks* IOWA Stefen Wisniewski PSU Rafael Eubanks IOWA
Joel Nitchman* MSU
Guard Dace Richardson IOWA Jon Asamoah ILL Justin Boren OSU Jon Asamoah ILL
Guard John Moffitt WIS Justin Boren OSU John Moffitt WIS Dace Richardson IOWA
Tackle Bryan Bulaga IOWA Rodger Saffold IND Bryan Bulaga IOWA Kyle Calloway IOWA
Tackle Dennis Landolt PSU Gabe Carimi WIS Gabe Carimi WIS Dennis Landolt PSU
Tight End Tony Moeaki IOWA Garrett Graham WIS Garrett Graham WIS Tony Moeaki IOWA
Kicker Brett Swenson MSU Stefan Demos NU Brett Swenson MSU Stefan Demos NU
DEFENSE FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM
Line Adrian Clayborn IOWA Jammie Kirlew Adrian Clayborn IOWA Jammie Kirlew IND
Line Brandon Graham MICH Thaddeus Gibson OSU Brandon Graham MICH Thaddeus Gibson OSU
Line Jared Odrick PSU Cameron Heyward OSU Ryan Kerrigan PUR Cameron Heyward OSU
Line O'Brien Schofield WIS Ryan Kerrigan PUR O'Brien Schofield WIS Jared Odrick PSU
Linebacker Pat Angerer IOWA A. J. Edds IOWA Pat Angerer IOWA Ross Homan OSU
Linebacker Greg Jones MSU Ross Homan OSU Greg Jones MSU Josh Hull PSU
Linebacker NaVorro Bowman PSU Sean Lee PSU NaVorro Bowman PSU Sean Lee PSU
Defensive Back Tyler Sash IOWA Donovan Warren* MICH Tyler Sash IOWA Brett Greenwood IOWA
Defensive Back Amari Spievey IOWA Sherrick McManis* NU Donovan Warren MICH Amari Spievey IOWA
Defensive Back Brad Phillips NU Brandon King* PUR Sherrick McManis NU Brad Phillips NU
Defensive Back Kurt Coleman OSU David Pender* PUR Kurt Coleman OSU David Pender PUR
Jay Valai* WIS
Punter Zoltan Mesko MICH Jeremy Boone PSU Zoltan Mesko MICH Jeremy Boone PSU
  • Additional honorees due to ties

Position key edit

All-Americans edit

Main article: 2009 College Football All-America Team

The following players were chosen as All-Americans for the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, ESPN, Football Writers Association of America, CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated, Rivals.com, Scout.com, College Football News, Walter Camp Football Foundation or the Pro Football Weekly teams.[66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79]

Name School Pos. 1st team 2nd team other
Greg Jones Michigan State LB Associated Press, AFCA-Coaches, ESPN, FWAA-Writers, CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated, Rivals.com, Scout.com, College Football News WCFF Pro Football Weekly
Pat Angerer Iowa LB FWAA-Writers, Sports Illustrated, Rivals.com, College Football News CBS Sports, WCFF, Scout.com, Associated Press
Brandon Graham Michigan DE ESPN, Rivals.com, Scout.com WCFF, Sporting News, Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, College Football News Pro Football Weekly
Jared Odrick Penn State DT AFCA-coaches, CBS Sports Rivals.com, Associated Press Pro Football Weekly
Tyler Sash Iowa S CBS Sports Rivals.com, Sports Illustrated, College Football News Associated Press
Bryan Bulaga Iowa OT Sporting News WCFF, Rivals.com, Scout.com, Associated Press Sports Illustrated, College Football News, Pro Football Weekly
Kurt Coleman Ohio State S Sporting News Sports Illustrated
NaVorro Bowman Penn State LB CBS Sports, Sporting News, Rivals.com, Sports Illustrated Associated Press, College Football News, Pro Football Weekly
Zoltan Mesko Michigan P WCFF, Rivals.com, Scout.com, Associated Press Sports Illustrated, College Football News, Pro Football Weekly
Jon Asamoah Illinois OL Sporting News Pro Football Weekly
Ryan Kerrigan Purdue DE Rivals.com Sports Illustrated, College Football News
Amari Spievey Iowa CB Rivals.com Pro Football Weekly
O'Brien Schofield Wisconsin DL Scout.com Sports Illustrated, College Football News, Pro Football Weekly
Dace Richardson Iowa OL CBS Sports
Dennis Landolt Penn State OT Associated Press
John Clay Wisconsin RB Sports Illustrated, College Football News
Adrian Clayborn Iowa DL Sports Illustrated
Ross Homan Ohio State LB Sports Illustrated
Sherrick McManis Michigan State DL Sports Illustrated
Brett Swenson Michigan State K Sports Illustrated, College Football News
Ray Fisher Indiana KR Sports Illustrated, College Football News
Stefen Wisniewski Penn State C College Football News, Pro Football Weekly
Daryll Clark Penn State QB College Football News, Pro Football Weekly
Keith Smith Purdue WR College Football News
Garrett Graham Wisconsin TE College Football News, Pro Football Weekly
Tony Moeaki Iowa TE College Football News
Keshawn Martin Michigan State KR College Football News
Ricky Stanzi Iowa QB Pro Football Weekly
Marvin McNutt Iowa WR Pro Football Weekly
Cameron Heyward Ohio State DE Pro Football Weekly
Adrian Clayborn Iowa DE Pro Football Weekly
Sean Lee Penn State LB Pro Football Weekly

All-Star Games edit

The following players were selected to play in post season All-Star Games:

January 23, 2010 East-West Shrine Game

Kafka earned offensive MVP; Shofield was named defensive MVP, and White led all receivers with seven catches for 93 yards.[80]

January 30 2010 Senior Bowl

Brandon Graham earned MVP honors with five tackles, two sacks, one forced fumble.[81]

February 6, 2010 Texas vs. The Nation Game[82][83][84]

All Big Ten Players represented the nation.

Statistics edit

The Big Ten had two national statistical leaders: Brandon Graham led the nation with 2.17 tackles for a loss per game ahead of national second-place finisher O'Brien Schofield and Ray Fisher led the nation in kickoff return average with 37.35. Greg Jones ranked third nationally in tackles per game at 11.85 followed closely by Pat Angerer who finished fourth. Ryan Kerrigan finished third in quarterback sacks per game with 1.08.[85]

The Big Ten saw several career and single-season Big Ten records fall. Mike Kafka broke Drew Brees 1998 record for single-season offensive plays (642 vs. 638). Fisher's return average was a Big Ten single-season record, surpassing the 1965 record. Troy Stoudermire accumulated 43 kickoff returns, which tied Earl Douthitt's 1973 single-season total. David Gilreath's 108 career kickoff returns surpassed the 106 set by Brandon Williams (2002–05) and Derrick Mason (1993–96). Other near single-season records were Tyler Sash's 203 interception return yards, which fell short of the 207 set in 2003 by Alan Zemaitis and Ryan Kerrigan's 7 forced fumbles, which was short of the 8 set by Jonal Saint-Dic in 2007.[45] Jim Tressel became the second head coach to secure five consecutive Big Ten championships.[86]

Attendance edit

In 2009, the Big Ten established a new overall conference attendance record with 5,526,237 fans attending 77 home games. This surpassed the previous record set in 2002 when a total of 5,499,439 was reached in 78 contests.[47] Below is a table of home game attendances.[87]

Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Total Average % of Capacity
Illinois Memorial Stadium 62,872 62,347 62,870 62,870 60,119 60,523 — — — 308,729 61,745 98.2
Indiana Memorial Stadium 52,692 36,759 35,162 51,500 42,358 36,611 48,607 — — 250,997 41,832 79.3
Iowa Kinnick Stadium 70,585 70,585 70,585 67,989 70,585 70,585 70,585 70,585 — 491,490 70,212 99.4
Michigan Michigan Stadium 106,201 109,019 110,278 107,903 108,118 106,304 110,377 108,543 110,922 871,464 108,933 102.5
Michigan State Spartan Stadium 75,005 74,518 76,221 78,629 71,726 74,411 73,910 73,771 — 523,186 74,740 99.6
Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium 50,805 50,805 50,805 50,805 50,805 50,805 50,805 50,805 — 346,635 50,805 100.0
Northwestern Ryan Field 47,130 17,857 19,239 22,091 23,085 24,364 30,546 32,150 — 169,332 24,190 51.3
Ohio State Ohio Stadium 102,329 105,092 106,033 105,219 105,301 105,011 104,719 105,455 — 736,830 105,261 102.8
Penn State Beaver Stadium 107,282 104,968 106,387 105,514 109,316 104,488 107,981 110,033 107,379 856,369 107,046 99.7
Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium 62,500 47,551 53,240 59,082 47,163 50,404 47,349 48,408 — 353,197 50,456 80.7
Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium 80,321 80,532 80,355 78,253 80,123 81,043 79,920 80,540 — 560,746 80,106 99.7

Academic honors edit

26 Big Ten student-athletes were named to the Academic All-District teams presented by ESPN The Magazine, including 18 first-team selections: Illinois' Jon Asamoah, Indiana's Brandon Bugg, Trea Burgess and Ben Chappell, Michigan's Zoltan Mesko, Michigan State's Blair White, Minnesota's Eric Decker and Jeff Tow-Arnett, Northwestern's Doug Bartels, Stefan Demos and Zeke Markshausen, Penn State's Jeremy Boone, Josh Hull, Andrew Pitz and Stefen Wisniewski, Purdue's Joe Holland and Ryan Kerrigan and Wisconsin's Brad Nortman. The Nittany Lions were one of only six schools nationwide with four or more first-team selections. Second-team picks included the Hawkeyes' Julian Vandervelde, the Wolverines' Jon Conover, the Spartans' Adam Decker and Andrew Hawken and the Buckeyes' Bryant Browning, Todd Denlinger, Andrew Moses and Marcus Williams. To be eligible for the award, a player must be in at least his second year of athletic eligibility, be a first-team or key performer and carry a cumulative 3.30 grade point average. First-team selections will be added to the national ballot and are eligible for Academic All-America honors to be announced on November 24. Penn State's Hull and Pitz are looking to earn Academic All-America accolades for the second straight year.[25]

For the fifth consecutive season the Big Ten had more (8) student-athletes named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America first or second teams in football than any other conference whether they be a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) or the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The Big Ten also had six of the fifteen first-team selections, which led the nation. FCS' Missouri Valley Conference was second with five first or second team selections and the FBS' Big 12 Conference had four honorees. Only the Big 12 and Southeastern Conference had two first team selections. The Academic All-America first-team honorees from the Big Ten include Zoltan Mesko, Blair White, Zeke Markshausen, Josh Hull, Andrew Pitz and Stefen Wisniewski. Second-team honors went to Northwestern's Stefan Demos and Purdue's Ryan Kerrigan. Hull and Pitz were repeat first-team selections.[88][89] The Big Ten conference also recognized 193 football players as fall term 2009-10 Academic All-Conference honorees, including Purdue's Joe Holland who has maintained a 4.0 Grade Point Average. The student-athletes honorees were letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their institution and who carry a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher.[90]

2010 NFL Draft edit

Main article: 2010 NFL Draft

The 2010 saw 34 Big Ten athletes selected. This included at least one representative from each member school, making the Big Ten one of only two conferences to have each of its members represented among the draft selections. Iowa and Penn State each had six selections. The Big Ten had three first round selections: Big Ten Silver Football co-winner Brandon Graham was selected 13th overall by Philadelphia. Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year Bryan Bulaga 23rd by Green Bay, while Big Ten Defensive Player and Lineman of the Year Jared Odrick was chosen 28th overall by Miami.[91]

Round # Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
1 13 Philadelphia Eagles (from San Francisco via Denver) Brandon Graham Defensive end Michigan
1 23 Green Bay Packers Bryan Bulaga Offensive tackle Iowa
1 28 Miami Dolphins (from San Diego) Jared Odrick Defensive tackle Penn State
2 33 St. Louis Rams Rodger Saffold Offensive tackle Indiana
2 39 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from Oakland) Arrelious Benn Wide receiver Illinois
2 55 Dallas Cowboys (from Philadelphia) Sean Lee Linebacker Penn State
2 56 Green Bay Packers Mike Neal Defensive tackle Purdue
2 63 Indianapolis Colts Pat Angerer Linebacker Iowa
3 66 Detroit Lions Amari Spievey Cornerback Iowa
3 68 Kansas City Chiefs Jon Asamoah Offensive guard Illinois
3 87 Denver Broncos (from Philadelphia) Eric Decker Wide receiver Minnesota
3 91 San Francisco 49ers (from San Diego) NaVorro Bowman Linebacker Penn State
3 93 Kansas City Chiefs (from Minnesota via Houston) Tony Moeaki Tight end Iowa
4 109 Chicago Bears Corey Wootton Defensive end Northwestern
4 116 Pittsburgh Steelers Thaddeus Gibson Defensive end Ohio State
4 118 Houston Texans Garrett Graham Tight end Wisconsin
4 119 Miami Dolphins (from New England via Oakland, New England, and Dallas) A. J. Edds Linebacker Iowa
4 122 Philadelphia Eagles (from Green Bay) Mike Kafka Quarterback Northwestern
4 130 Arizona Cardinals (from New Orleans) O'Brien Schofield Defensive end Wisconsin
5 132 St. Louis Rams Michael Hoomanawanui Tight end Illinois
5 144 Houston Texans (from Carolina via Kansas City) Sherrick McManis Cornerback Northwestern
5 150 New England Patriots (from Houston) Zoltan Mesko Punter Michigan
5 154 Green Bay Packers Andrew Quarless Tight end Penn State
5 167 Minnesota Vikings Nathan Triplett Linebacker Minnesota
7 214 Minnesota Vikings (from Cleveland via Detroit) Mickey Shuler, Jr. Tight end Penn State
7 215 Oakland Raiders Jeremy Ware Cornerback Michigan State
7 216 Buffalo Bills Kyle Calloway Offensive tackle Iowa
7 232 Denver Broncos (from Baltimore via Tampa Bay) Jammie Kirlew Defensive end Indiana
7 242 Pittsburgh Steelers Doug Worthington Defensive end Ohio State
7 244 Philadelphia Eagles Kurt Coleman Safety Ohio State
7 246 Indianapolis Colts Ray Fisher Cornerback Indiana
7 251 Oakland Raiders Stevie Brown Safety Michigan
7 252 Miami Dolphins Austin Spitler Linebacker Ohio State
7 254 St. Louis Rams Josh Hull Linebacker Penn State

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The 2009 Big Ten Conference football season was the 114th for the conference and saw Ohio State conclude the regular season as Big Ten Conference champion for the 5th consecutive time their 34th Big Ten title This earned them the conference s automatic selection to a Bowl Championship Series game in which it emerged victorious in the January 1 2010 Rose Bowl against Oregon Ducks Co runner up Iowa earned the conference s at large BCS invitation to the January 5 2010 Orange Bowl The season started on Thursday September 3 as conference member Indiana hosted Eastern Kentucky The conference s other 10 teams began their respective 2009 season of NCAA Division I FBS Football Bowl Subdivision competition two days later 1 All teams started their season at home except Illinois who started their season on neutral turf for the third consecutive season against Missouri and Minnesota who traveled to Syracuse 2 2009 Big Ten Conference football seasonLeagueNCAA Division I FBS Football Bowl Subdivision SportfootballDurationSeptember 3 2009through January 7 2010Number of teams11TV partner s ABC ESPN ESPN2 Big Ten Network2010 NFL DraftTop draft pickBrandon Graham Michigan Picked byPhiladelphia Eagles 1st round 13th overall Regular SeasonChampionOhio State Runners upIowa Penn StateSeason MVPBrandon Graham Daryll ClarkFootball seasons 20082010 2009 Big Ten Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 5 Ohio State 7 1 11 2 No 7 Iowa 6 2 11 2 No 9 Penn State 6 2 11 2 Northwestern 5 3 8 5 No 16 Wisconsin 5 3 10 3 Michigan State 4 4 6 7 Purdue 4 4 5 7 Minnesota 3 5 6 7 Illinois 2 6 3 9 Michigan 1 7 5 7 Indiana 1 7 4 8 BCS representative as conference champion BCS at large representativeRankings from AP Poll Although several players had post season All star games remaining the season concluded for Big Ten teams with the 2010 Orange Bowl in which Iowa defeated Georgia Tech This was the seventh bowl game for the conference which compiled a 4 3 record Over the course of 77 home games the conference set a new attendance record During the season Minnesota opened a new athletic stadium TCF Bank Stadium and Purdue welcomed a new head coach Danny Hope The season saw John Clay selected as offensive player of the year by both the coaches and the media Jared Odrick and Greg Jones won defensive player of the year awards from the coaches and media respectively Chicago Tribune Silver Football recipients as the Big Ten co MVPs were Daryll Clark and Brandon Graham Jones was the conferences only consensus 2009 College Football All America Team representative The Big Ten Conference enjoyed two national statistical championships Graham led the nation in tackles for a loss TFL Ray Fisher earned the national statistical championship in kickoff return average and established a new Big Ten single season record with his performance The Big Ten led the nation with six first team Academic All Americans After the season 34 athletes were selected in the 2010 NFL Draft including three in the first round and six each by Iowa and Penn State Contents 1 Previous season 2 Preseason 3 Watchlists 3 1 Award watch lists 3 2 Midseason 4 Rankings 5 Spring games 6 Season 6 1 Homecoming games 7 Schedule 7 1 Week one 7 2 Week two 7 3 Week three 7 4 Week four 7 5 Week five 7 6 Week six 7 7 Week seven 7 8 Week eight 7 9 Week nine 7 10 Week ten 7 11 Week eleven 7 12 Week twelve 7 13 Week thirteen 7 14 Week fourteen 8 Records against other conferences 8 1 Big Ten vs BCS matchups 8 2 Bowl games 9 Players of the week 10 Big Ten Conference football individual honors 10 1 All Conference 10 2 Position key 10 3 All Americans 10 4 All Star Games 11 Statistics 12 Attendance 13 Academic honors 14 2010 NFL Draft 15 See also 16 ReferencesPrevious season editDuring the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season Ohio State won its fourth consecutive Big Ten championship while co champion Penn State won its second in four years 3 4 Although the two teams tied with 7 1 conference records Penn State earned the conference s automatic Bowl Championship Series selection due to a head to head victory 4 The two teams have been the only teams from the conference to win a Big Ten championship in the past four seasons During the season every home game was televised nationally and 98 percent of the Big Ten s games were nationally aired far exceeding all other conferences none of whom had even 75 percent of their games televised 2 Preseason editIn a given year each Big Ten team will play eight of the other Big Ten teams Thus for any given team in a given year there are two others which will not be competed against Below is the breakdown of each team and its two no plays for 2009 2 Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Indiana Michigan State Minnesota Iowa Illinois Purdue Michigan Minnesota Northwestern Michigan State Indiana Ohio State Minnesota Indiana Michigan Northwestern Michigan Ohio State Ohio State Michigan State Northwestern Penn State Purdue Wisconsin Purdue Iowa Penn State Wisconsin Illinois Penn State The Big Ten Conference announced on July 27 that the big ten media had elected Ohio State as the preseason favorite for the 2009 football season It had ranked Penn State second and Michigan State third It chose Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Michigan State linebacker Greg Jones the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year 1 In the Preseason Coaches Poll released on August 7 the Big Ten was one of only three conferences with multiple teams ranked in the top ten 5 The College Football Hall of Fame has selected Iowa s Larry Station 1982 85 Ohio State s Chris Spielman 1984 87 and Penn State s Curt Warner 1979 82 for December induction 28 Big Ten athletes were selected in the 2009 National Football League Draft in late April including four first round picks Two additional players were selected in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft 2 Watchlists editAccording to the Big Ten Conference at the beginning of the season The Big Ten now features 51 student athletes on preseason watch lists for 19 different national awards Among the honored conference players 27 appear on more than one list and five Big Ten standouts lead the way by appearing on five different lists Every Big Ten team has at least one player appearing on a watch list Iowa Ohio State and Penn State top all Big Ten schools with seven different players appearing on watch lists followed by six nominees from Illinois and Michigan and five selections for Michigan State and Wisconsin On the offensive side of the ball returning first team All Big Ten quarterback Daryll Clark of Penn State appears on the watch lists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Manning Maxwell Davey O Brien and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Awards Illinois signal caller Juice Williams a second team All Big Ten choice last year appears on four different lists for the Manning Maxwell Davey O Brien and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Awards Illini wideout Arrelious Benn Biletnikoff Walter Camp Player of the Year Maxwell and Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor Manning Maxwell Davey O Brien appear on three different watch lists Players appearing on two lists include Iowa offensive tackle Bryan Bulaga Michigan running back Brandon Minor and offensive lineman David Molk Michigan State center Joel Nitchman Minnesota wideout Eric Decker and quarterback Adam Weber Northwestern center Ben Burkett Ohio State center Mike Brewster Penn State running back Evan Royster and offensive lineman Stefan Wisniewski and the Wisconsin trio of running back John Clay tight end Garrett Graham and center John Moffitt On the defensive side of the ball four standouts appear on five different watch lists Big Ten Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and returning first team All Big Ten linebacker Greg Jones of Michigan State has been named to the watch lists for the Bednarik Butkus and Rotary Lombardi Awards and the Lott and Nagurski Trophies Fellow linebacker Sean Lee of Penn State who missed last season due to injury after earning second team All Big Ten accolades in 2007 appears on the same five watch lists as Jones Defensive ends Brandon Graham of Michigan and Corey Wootton of Northwestern were both tabbed for the Bednarik Ted Hendricks Rotary Lombardi Lott and Nagurski watch lists Wootton was a first team All Big Ten choice last year while Graham was named to the second team Two more Nittany Lion standouts were named to four watch lists in linebacker NaVorro Bowman Bednarik Butkus Lombardi Nagurski and defensive tackle Jared Odrick Bednarik Lombardi Nagurski Outland Other defensive standouts to appear on multiple lists include Illinois linebacker Martez Wilson Indiana defensive end Jammie Kirlew Iowa linebacker Pat Angerer and Ohio State safety Kurt Coleman 6 7 Award watch lists edit Award School Player Chuck Bednarik Award 8 Top Defensive Player IND Jammie Kirlew IOWA Pat Angerer MICH Brandon Graham MSU Greg Jones NU Corey Wootton PSU Sean Lee Jared Odrick NaVorro Bowman Fred Biletnikoff Award 9 Best Wide Receiver ILL Arrelious Benn MINN Eric Decker Butkus Award 10 Best Linebacker ILL Martez Wilson MICH Obi Ezeh MSU Greg Jones PSU Sean Lee NaVorro Bowman IOWA Pat Angerer A J Edds Walter Camp Award 7 Top College Player ILL Arrelious Benn PSU Daryll Clark Evan Royster Lou Groza Award 7 Outstanding Place Kicker MSU Brett Swenson OSU Aaron Pettrey PUR Carson Wiggs WIS Philip Welch Ray Guy Award 7 Outstanding Punter IOWA Ryan Donahue MICH Zoltan Mesko Ted Hendricks Award 7 Outstanding Defensive End ILL Doug Pilcher IND Jammie Kirlew Greg Middleton MICH Brandon Graham MSU Trevor Anderson NU Corey Wootton OSU Lawrence Wilson Lombardi Award 7 Outstanding Lineman ILL Martez Wilson IND Jammie Kirlew IOWA Bryan Bulaga MICH Brandon Graham David Molk Stephen Schilling MSU Greg Jones Joel Nitchman NU Ben Burkett Corey Wootton OSU Mike Brewster PSU NaVorro Bowman Sean Lee Jared Odrick Stefen Wisniewski WIS Gabe Carimi Garrett Graham John Moffitt Lott Trophy 2 11 Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year IOWA Pat Angerer MICH Brandon Graham MSU Greg Jones NU Corey Wootton OSU Kurt Coleman PSU Sean Lee John Mackey Award 12 Outstanding Tight End OSU Jake Ballard MSU Charlie Gantt WIS Garrett Graham ILL Michael Hoomanawanui IOWA Tony Moeaki PSU Andrew Quarless Manning Award 7 Outstanding Quarterback ILL Juice Williams IOWA Ricky Stanzi MINN Adam Weber OSU Terrelle Pryor PSU Daryll Clark Maxwell Award 7 Top College Player ILL Arrelious Benn Juice Williams MICH Brandon Minor MINN Eric Decker OSU Terrelle Pryor PSU Daryll Clark Evan Royster WIS John Clay Bronko Nagurski Trophy 13 Top Defensive Player OSU Kurt Coleman MICH Brandon Graham MSU Greg Jones NU Corey Wootton PSU Sean Lee Jared Odrick NaVorro Bowman Davey O Brien Award 14 Outstanding Quarterback PSU Daryll Clark OSU Terrelle Pryor MINN Adam Weber ILL Juice Williams Outland Trophy 15 Outstanding Interior Lineman ILL Jon Asamoah IOWA Bryan Bulaga PSU Jared Odrick Stefen Wisniewski Dave Rimington Trophy 2 11 Outstanding Center MICH David Molk MSU Joel Nitchman OSU Mike Brewster NU Ben Burkett WIS John Moffitt Jim Thorpe Award 16 Outstanding Defensive Back OSU Kurt Coleman IOWA Amari Spievey Doak Walker Award 17 Outstanding Running Back OSU Dan Herron MICH Brandon Minor WIS John Clay Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award 2 11 Top Senior Quarterback ILL Juice Williams NU Mike Kafka PSU Daryll Clark Lott Trophy Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Jim Thorpe Award watchlist candidate Kurt Coleman of Ohio State was suspended by the Big Ten Conference for one game The suspension was for a violation of the new 2009 NCAA football playing rule that required mandatory conference video review of an act where a player initiates helmet to helmet contact and targets a defenseless opponent The incident occurred during the September 26 game against Illinois 18 Midseason edit Obi Ezeh Jones and Lee were among the sixteen selected to the midseason Butkus watchlist and Clark was named as one of ten finalists for the Unitas award 19 Eight Big Ten athletes were named as semifinalists for the Campbell Trophy Illinois Jon Asamoah Indiana s Jammie Kirlew Michigan s Zoltan Mesko Minnesota s Eric Decker Northwestern s Andrew Brewer Ohio State s Jim Cordle Penn State s Josh Hull and Wisconsin s Mickey Turner on October 1 20 Four Big Ten Players midseason watch list for the John Mackey Award Moeaki Gantt Quarless and Graham 21 Three were quarterfinalists for the Lott Award Angerer Jones and Coleman 22 The Big Ten had two O Brien Award semifinalists Stanzi and Clark 23 Eric Decker was named one of 10 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award 24 Jones has been selected as a semifinalists for the Bednarik Award along with Angerer Bowman and Wisconsin defensive end O Brien Schofield Hawkeyes Tyler Sash was chosen as a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award Swenson and Northwestern s Stefan Demos were named semifinalists for the Groza Award 25 Mesko Blair White and Andrew Brewer were among the 12 finalists for the Wuerffel Trophy 26 Mesko and Donahue were among 10 semifinalists for the Guy Award 27 Mesko was named one of three finalists for the Ray Guy Award 28 Michigan s Graham was a finalist for the Henricks Award 29 Rankings editSee also 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings Unlike most sports college football s governing body the NCAA does not bestow a National Championship title That title is bestowed by one or more of four different polling agencies There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll Two additional polls are released midway through the season the Harris Interactive Poll is released after the fourth week of the season and the Bowl Championship Series BCS Standings is released after the seventh week The Harris Poll and Coaches Poll are factors in the BCS Standings Legend Improvement in ranking Drop in ranking Not ranked previous week RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll Pre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Final Illinois AP RV C RV BCS Not released Indiana AP C BCS Not released Iowa AP 22 RV RV RV 13 12 11 7 7 8 15 15 13 9 10 7 C 21 RV RV RV 17 14 12 8 8 6 13 15 13 10 11 7 BCS Not released 6 4 4 10 13 11 9 10 Michigan AP RV 25 23 22 RV RV RV C RV RV RV 22 20 RV RV RV BCS Not released Michigan State AP RV RV C RV RV RV BCS Not released Minnesota AP RV C RV RV RV RV RV BCS Not released Northwestern AP RV RV RV RV C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV BCS Not released Ohio State AP 6 8 11 13 9 9 7 18 17 15 10 9 9 8 8 5 C 6 7 11 11 9 8 7 17 15 12 8 8 8 7 8 5 BCS Not released 19 17 16 11 10 10 8 8 Penn State AP 8 7 5 5 15 14 14 13 12 11 19 13 12 10 11 9 C 9 5 5 4 13 12 13 11 10 10 17 12 11 9 13 8 BCS Not released 13 12 11 18 14 13 11 13 Purdue AP C BCS Not released Wisconsin AP RV RV RV RV RV 24 21 17 RV RV 24 16 C RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV 22 20 14 RV RV 22 16 BCS Not released 21 21 20 16 25Spring games editApril 11 Michigan April 18 Indiana Purdue Wisconsin April 25 Illinois Michigan State Minnesota Northwestern Ohio State Penn State Did not have spring game this year IowaSeason editPurdue head coach Danny Hope began his first season in West Lafayette On September 12 Minnesota opened the 2009 season its new 50 720 seat home field TCF Bank Stadium when the team hosted the Air Force Falcons 2 For the third straight year each Big Ten home game during the first three weeks of the season was broadcast nationally on ABC ESPN ESPN2 or the Big Ten Network which televised more than 20 contests altogether in the opening weeks including all nine home games in Week 1 Every ABC afternoon telecast was broadcast nationally either on ABC or simultaneously on ESPN or ESPN2 2 Note that although the Big Ten is a regional conference the Big Ten Network which was available in 19 of the 20 largest U S media markets 30 was available to approximately 73 million homes in the U S and Canada through agreements with more than 250 cable television or satellite television affiliates 2 The season began amidst allegations that Michigan was working its players beyond the extent permissible by the NCAA 31 Nonetheless the conference had its fifth ten win week during the opening weekend 32 During week 3 the Ohio State USC game became the most viewed college football game in ESPN history After three weeks the Big Ten Conference was the only Football Bowl Subdivision conference with five 3 0 teams 33 Homecoming games edit September 26 Michigan 36 Indiana 33 Michigan s record in homecoming games is 83 26 34 October 3 Northwestern 27 Purdue 21 Purdue s record in homecoming games is 48 35 4 35 October 10 Michigan State 24 Illinois 14 Illinois s record in homecoming games is 42 55 2 36 Iowa 30 Michigan 28 Iowa s record in homecoming games is 52 41 5 37 Minnesota 35 Purdue 20 Minnesota s record in homecoming games is 54 33 3 38 October 17 Indiana 27 Illinois 14 Indiana s record in homecoming games is 43 48 6 39 Michigan State 24 Northwestern 14 Michigan State s record in homecoming games is 61 30 3 40 Penn State 20 Minnesota 0 Penn State s record in homecoming games is 65 20 5 41 Iowa 20 Wisconsin 10 Wisconsin s record in homecoming games is 52 45 5 42 October 24 Northwestern 29 Indiana 28 11 00 a m CT 43 Ohio State 38 Minnesota 7 Ohio State s record in homecoming games is 64 19 5 44 denotes record after the gameSchedule editIndex to colors and formatting Big 10 member won Big 10 member lost Big 10 teams in bold Week one edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 3 8 00 PM Eastern Kentucky Indiana Memorial Stadium Bloomington IN Big Ten Network W 19 13 36 759 September 5 12 00 PM Towson Northwestern Ryan Field Evanston IL Big Ten Network W 47 14 17 587 September 5 12 00 PM Montana State Michigan State Spartan Stadium Lansing MI Big Ten Network W 44 3 74 518 September 5 12 00 PM Minnesota Syracuse Carrier Dome Syracuse NY ESPN2 W 23 20 74 518 September 5 12 00 PM Navy Ohio State Ohio Stadium Columbus OH ESPN W 31 27 105 092 September 5 12 00 PM Akron Penn State Beaver Stadium University Park PA Big Ten Network W 31 7 104 968 September 5 12 00 PM Toledo Purdue Ross Ade Stadium West Lafayette IN Big Ten Network W 52 31 47 551 September 5 12 05 PM Northern Iowa Iowa Kinnick Stadium Iowa City IA Big Ten Network W 17 16 70 585 September 5 3 30 PM Western Michigan Michigan Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor MI ABC W 31 7 109 019 September 5 3 40 PM Missouri Illinois Edward Jones Dome St Louis MO ESPN L 37 9 64 215 September 5 7 00 PM Northern Illinois Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium Madison WI Big Ten Network W 28 20 80 532 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Eastern Time Week two edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 12 12 00 PM Eastern Michigan Northwestern Ryan Field Evanston IL Big Ten Network W 27 24 19 239 September 12 12 00 PM Western Michigan Indiana Memorial Stadium Bloomington IN Big Ten Network W 23 19 35 162 September 12 12 00 PM Central Michigan Michigan State Spartan Stadium East Lansing MI ESPN2 L 29 27 76 221 September 12 12 00 PM Syracuse Penn State Beaver Stadium University Park PA Big Ten Network W 28 7 106 387 September 12 12 00 PM Fresno State Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium Madison WI ESPN W 34 31 80 353 September 12 12 05 PM Iowa Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium Ames IA Fox Sports Net W 35 3 52 089 September 12 3 30 PM Notre Dame Michigan Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor MI ABC W 38 34 110 278 September 12 7 00 PM Air Force Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis MN Big Ten Network W 20 13 50 805 September 12 7 00 PM Illinois State Illinois Memorial Stadium Champaign IL Big Ten Network W 45 17 62 347 September 12 8 00 PM USC Ohio State Ohio Stadium Columbus OH ESPN L 18 15 106 033 September 12 10 15 PM Purdue Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene OR Fox Sports Net L 38 36 57 772 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Eastern Time Week three edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 19 12 00 p m ET Eastern Michigan Eagles Michigan Wolverines Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor Michigan Big Ten Network W 45 17 107 903 September 19 12 00 p m ET California Golden Bears Minnesota Golden Gophers TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis Minnesota ESPN L 35 21 50 805 September 19 12 00 p m ET Temple Owls Penn State Nittany Lions Beaver Stadium University Park Pennsylvania Big Ten Network W 31 6 105 514 September 19 12 00 p m ET Wofford Terriers Wisconsin Badgers Camp Randall Stadium Madison Wisconsin Big Ten Network W 44 14 78 253 September 19 12 00 p m ET Northern Illinois Huskies Purdue Boilermakers Ross Ade Stadium West Lafayette Indiana Big Ten Network L 28 21 53 240 September 19 12 00 p m ET Ohio State Buckeyes Toledo Rockets Cleveland Browns Stadium Cleveland Ohio W 38 0 71 727 September 19 3 30 p m ET Michigan State Spartans Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame Indiana NBC L 33 30 80 795 September 19 3 30 p m ET Indiana Hoosiers Akron Zips InfoCision Stadium Akron Ohio ESPNU W 38 21 18 340 September 19 3 35 p m ET Arizona Wildcats Iowa Hawkeyes Kinnick Stadium Iowa City Iowa ABC W 27 17 70 585 September 19 7 00 p m ET Northwestern Wildcats Syracuse Orange Carrier Dome Syracuse New York L 37 34 40 251 Week four edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 26 12 00 p m ET Minnesota Golden Gophers Northwestern Wildcats Ryan Field Evanston Illinois Big Ten Network MINN 35 24 22 091 September 26 12 00 p m ET Indiana Hoosiers Michigan Wolverines Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor Michigan ESPN2 MICH 36 33 108 118 September 26 12 00 p m ET Michigan State Spartans Wisconsin Badgers Camp Randall Stadium Madison Wisconsin ESPN WIS 38 30 80 123 September 26 3 30 p m ET Illinois Fighting Illini Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio Stadium Columbus Ohio ABC OSU 30 0 105 219 September 26 8 00 p m ET Iowa Hawkeyes Penn State Nittany Lions Beaver Stadium University Park Pennsylvania ABC IOWA 21 10 109 316 September 26 8 00 p m ET Notre Dame Fighting Irish Purdue Boilermakers Ross Ade Stadium West Lafayette Indiana ESPN L 24 21 56 452 Week five edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 3 12 00 p m ET Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Spartan Stadium East Lansing Michigan Big Ten Network MSU 26 20 78 629 October 3 12 00 p m ET Wisconsin Badgers Minnesota Golden Gophers TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis Minnesota ESPN WIS 31 28 50 805 October 3 12 00 p m ET Northwestern Wildcats Purdue Boilermakers Ross Ade Stadium West Lafayette Indiana Big Ten Network NU 27 21 47 163 October 3 12 05 p m ET Arkansas State Red Wolves Iowa Hawkeyes Kinnick Stadium Iowa City Iowa ESPN2 W 24 21 67 989 October 3 3 30 p m ET Penn State Nittany Lions Illinois Fighting Illini Memorial Stadium Champaign Illinois ABC PSU 35 17 62 870 October 3 7 00 p m ET Ohio State Buckeyes Indiana Hoosiers Memorial Stadium Bloomington Indiana Big Ten Network OSU 33 14 51 500 Week six edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 10 12 00 p m ET Miami RedHawks Northwestern Wildcats Ryan Field Evanston Illinois Big Ten Network W 16 6 23 085 October 10 12 00 p m ET Purdue Boilermakers Minnesota Golden Gophers TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis Minnesota ESPN2 MINN 35 20 50 805 October 10 12 00 p m ET Eastern Illinois Panthers Penn State Nittany Lions Beaver Stadium University Park Pennsylvania ESPN Classic PSU 52 3 104 488 October 10 12 00 p m ET Michigan State Spartans Illinois Fighting Illini Memorial Stadium Champaign Illinois Big Ten Network MSU 24 14 62 870 October 10 3 30 p m ET Wisconsin Badgers Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio Stadium Columbus Ohio ABC OSU 31 13 105 301 October 10 3 30 p m ET Indiana Hoosiers Virginia Cavaliers Scott Stadium Charlottesville Virginia L 47 7 45 371 October 10 8 05 p m ET Michigan Wolverines Iowa Hawkeyes Kinnick Stadium Iowa City Iowa ABC IOWA 30 28 70 585 Week seven edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 17 12 00 p m ET Northwestern Wildcats Michigan State Spartans Spartan Stadium East Lansing Michigan ESPN2 MSU 24 14 71 726 October 17 12 00 p m ET Delaware State Hornets Michigan Wolverines Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor Michigan Big Ten Network W 63 6 106 304 October 17 12 00 p m ET Iowa Hawkeyes Wisconsin Badgers Camp Randall Stadium Madison Wisconsin ESPN IOWA 20 10 81 043 October 17 12 00 p m ET Ohio State Buckeyes Purdue Boilermakers Ross Ade Stadium West Lafayette Indiana Big Ten Network PUR 26 18 50 404 October 17 3 30 p m ET Minnesota Golden Gophers Penn State Nittany Lions Beaver Stadium University Park Pennsylvania ABC PSU 20 0 107 981 October 17 7 00 p m ET Illinois Fighting Illini Indiana Hoosiers Memorial Stadium Bloomington Indiana Big Ten Network IND 27 14 42 358 Week eight edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 24 12 00 p m ET Indiana Hoosiers Northwestern Wildcats Ryan Field Evanston Illinois Big Ten Network NU 29 28 24 364 October 24 12 00 p m ET Minnesota Golden Gophers Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio Stadium Columbus Ohio ESPN OSU 38 7 105 011 October 24 12 00 p m ET Illinois Fighting Illini Purdue Boilermakers Ross Ade Stadium West Lafayette Indiana ESPN2 PUR 24 14 47 349 October 24 3 30 p m ET Penn State Nittany Lions Michigan Wolverines Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor Michigan ABC PSU 35 10 110 377 October 24 7 00 p m ET Iowa Hawkeyes Michigan State Spartans Spartan Stadium East Lansing Michigan Big Ten Network IOWA 15 13 74 411 Week nine edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 31 12 00 p m ET New Mexico State Aggies Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio Stadium Columbus Ohio Big Ten Network W 45 0 104 719 October 31 12 00 p m ET Indiana Hoosiers Iowa Hawkeyes Kinnick Stadium Iowa City Iowa ESPN IOWA 42 24 70 585 October 31 12 00 p m ET Purdue Boilermakers Wisconsin Badgers Camp Randall Stadium Madison Wisconsin ESPN2 WIS 37 0 79 920 October 31 3 30 p m ET Michigan Wolverines Illinois Fighting Illini Memorial Stadium Champaign Illinois ABC ILL 38 13 60 119 October 31 4 30 p m ET Penn State Nittany Lions Northwestern Wildcats Ryan Field Evanston Illinois ESPN PSU 34 13 30 546 October 31 8 00 p m ET Michigan State Spartans Minnesota Golden Gophers TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis Minnesota Big Ten Network MINN 42 34 50 805 Week ten edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 7 12 00 p m ET Wisconsin Badgers Indiana Hoosiers Memorial Stadium Bloomington Indiana Big Ten Network WIS 31 28 36 611 November 7 12 00 p m ET Western Michigan Broncos Michigan State Spartans Spartan Stadium East Lansing Michigan Big Ten Network W 49 14 73 910 November 7 12 00 p m ET Purdue Boilermakers Michigan Wolverines Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor Michigan Big Ten Network PUR 38 36 108 543 November 7 12 00 p m ET Illinois Fighting Illini Minnesota Golden Gophers TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis Minnesota Big Ten Network ILL 35 32 50 805 November 7 12 00 p m ET Northwestern Wildcats Iowa Hawkeyes Kinnick Stadium Iowa City Iowa ESPN NW 17 10 70 585 November 7 3 30 p m ET Ohio State Buckeyes Penn State Nittany Lions Beaver Stadium University Park Pennsylvania ABC OSU 24 7 110 033 Week eleven edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 14 12 00 p m ET South Dakota State Jackrabbits Minnesota Golden Gophers TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis Minnesota Big Ten Network W 16 13 50 805 November 14 12 00 p m ET Indiana Hoosiers Penn State Nittany Lions Beaver Stadium University Park Pennsylvania Big Ten Network PSU 31 20 107 379 November 14 12 00 p m ET Michigan Wolverines Wisconsin Badgers Camp Randall Stadium Madison Wisconsin Big Ten Network WIS 45 24 80 540 November 14 12 00 p m ET Northwestern Wildcats Illinois Fighting Illini Memorial Stadium Champaign Illinois ESPN Classic NU 21 16 60 523 November 14 12 00 p m ET Michigan State Spartans Purdue Boilermakers Ross Ade Stadium West Lafayette Indiana ESPN MSU 40 37 48 408 November 14 3 30 p m ET Iowa Hawkeyes Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio Stadium Columbus Ohio ABC OSU 27 24 105 455 Week twelve edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 21 3 30 p m ET Wisconsin Badgers Northwestern Wildcats Ryan Field Evanston Illinois Big Ten Network NU 33 31 32 150 November 21 3 30 p m ET Purdue Boilermakers Indiana Hoosiers Memorial Stadium Bloomington Indiana Big Ten Network PUR 38 21 48 607 November 21 3 30 p m ET Penn State Nittany Lions Michigan State Spartans Spartan Stadium East Lansing Michigan ABC PSU 42 14 73 771 November 21 12 00 p m ET Ohio State Buckeyes Michigan Wolverines Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor Michigan ABC OSU 21 10 110 922 November 21 12 00 p m ET Minnesota Golden Gophers Iowa Hawkeyes Kinnick Stadium Iowa City Iowa ESPN IOWA 12 0 70 585 Week thirteen edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 27 12 00 p m ET Illinois Fighting Illini Cincinnati Bearcats Nippert Stadium Cincinnati Ohio ABC L 49 36 35 106 Week fourteen edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance December 5 11 30 PM ET Wisconsin Badgers Hawaii Warriors Aloha Stadium Honolulu Hawaii ESPN2 W 55 10 40 069 December 5 12 30 PM ET Fresno State Bulldogs Illinois Fighting Illini Memorial Stadium Champaign Illinois Big Ten Network L 53 52 48 538Records against other conferences editThe following summarizes the Big Ten s record this season vs other conferences 45 Conference Wins Losses ACC 2 1 Big 12 1 3 Big East 2 2 Big Sky 1 0 Colonial Athletic 1 0 MEAC 1 0 Independents 2 2 MAC 12 2 Missouri Valley 3 0 Mountain West 1 0 Ohio Valley 2 0 Pac 10 2 3 SEC 1 1 Southern 1 0 Sun Belt 1 0 WAC 3 1 Overall 36 15 Big Ten vs BCS matchups edit During the season Big Ten teams played several games against BCS conference opponents Some of these games are regularly contested rivalry games Date Visitor Home Significance Winning Team September 5 Missouri Illinois Arch Rivalry Missouri September 5 Minnesota Syracuse Minnesota September 12 Iowa Iowa State Cy Hawk Trophy Iowa September 12 Notre Dame Michigan Michigan Notre Dame rivalry Michigan September 12 USC Ohio State Both ranked in the top 10 USC September 12 Syracuse Penn State Penn State September 12 Purdue Oregon Oregon September 19 Arizona Iowa Iowa September 19 Michigan State Notre Dame Megaphone Trophy Notre Dame September 19 Cal Minnesota Cal September 19 Northwestern Syracuse Syracuse September 26 Notre Dame Purdue Shillelagh Trophy Notre Dame October 10 Indiana Virginia Virginia November 27 Illinois Cincinnati Cincinnati Bowl games edit On December 6 the Bowl matchups were announced 46 It marked the fifth consecutive season that at least seven Big Ten teams earned bowl game invitations and the ninth time in twelve year history of the Bowl Championship Series that the conference was awarded two BCS invitations 47 Bowl Game Date Stadium City Television Matchups Result Payout US 48 Champs Sports Bowl December 29 2009 8 00 PM ET Citrus Bowl Orlando Florida ESPN Wisconsin 20 Miami 14 2 130 000 Insight Bowl December 31 2009 6 00 PM ET Sun Devil Stadium Tempe Arizona NFL Network Iowa State 14 Minnesota 13 1 200 000 Outback Bowl January 1 2010 11 00 AM ET Raymond James Stadium Tampa Florida ESPN Auburn 38 Northwestern 35 OT 3 100 000 Capital One January 1 2010 1 00 PM ET Citrus Bowl Orlando Florida ABC Penn State 19 LSU 17 4 250 000 Rose Bowl January 1 2010 5 10 PM ET Rose Bowl Pasadena California ABC Ohio State 26 Oregon 17 17 000 000 Alamo Bowl January 2 2010 9 00 PM ET Alamodome San Antonio Texas ESPN Texas Tech 41 Michigan State 31 2 250 000 Orange Bowl January 5 2010 8 00 PM ET Land Shark Stadium Miami Gardens Florida FOX Iowa 24 vs Georgia Tech 14 17 000 000 denotes BCS game Big Ten team and score in bold Winning team and score listed first in italicsPlayers of the week editThroughout the conference regular season the Big Ten offices named offensive defensive and special teams players of the week each Sunday Week Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team 9 6 09 49 Daryll ClarkRalph Bolden PSUPUR Lee Campbell MINN Jeremiha HunterEric Ellestad IOWAMINN 9 13 09 50 Tate Forcier MICH Tyler SashNate Triplett IOWAMINN Darryl Stonum MICH 9 20 09 51 Carlos BrownMike Kafka MICHNU Sean Lee PSU Ryan DonahueChris Borland IOWAWIS 9 27 09 52 Scott Tolzien WIS Pat Angerer IOWA Adrian Clayborn IOWA 10 4 09 53 John Clay WIS O Brien Schofield WIS Stefan DemosJeremy Boone NUPSU 10 11 09 54 Tony Moeaki IOWA Ross Homan OSU Zoltan Mesko MICH 10 18 09 55 Ben ChappellBlair White INDMSU Ryan Kerrigan PUR Carson Wiggs PUR 10 25 09 56 Daryll Clark 2 PSU Adrian Clayborn IOWA Thaddeus GibsonStefan Demos 2 OSUNU 11 1 09 57 Adam Weber MINN Garrett BrownChris Borland MINNWIS Keshawn Martin MSU 11 8 09 58 Joey Elliott PUR Cameron Heyward OSU Ray Small OSU 11 15 09 59 Scott Tolzien 2 WIS NaVorro Bowman PSU Brett Swenson MSU 11 22 09 60 Mike Kafka 2 Daryll Clark 3 NUPSU Troy JohnsonNaVorro Bowman 2 IOWAPSU Stefan Demos 3 NU 11 29 09 61 Juice Williams ILL Derek Dimke ILL 12 06 09 62 Mikel LeshoureJohn Clay 2 ILLWIS J J Watt WIS David Gilreath WISBig Ten Conference football individual honors edit2009 co MVPs nbsp Brandon Graham attempting to sack Terrelle Pryor in 2008 nbsp Daryll Clark handing off to Evan Royster in 2007 nbsp Tackle Gabe Carimi At the conclusion of week 12 the coaches and media made Big Ten Conference football individual honors selections John Clay was selected as offensive player of the year by both the coaches and the media Jared Odrick and Greg Jones won defensive player of the year awards from the coaches and media respectively Bryan Bulaga and Odrick were selected as offensive and defensive linemen of the year Chris Borland was freshman of the year and Kirk Ferentz was Coach of the Year 63 The Chicago Tribune Silver Football recipients as the Big Ten co MVPs were Daryll Clark and Brandon Graham marking the first time the award has been shared 64 65 All Conference edit The following players were selected as All Big Ten at the conclusion of the season 63 Coaches Media OFFENSE FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM Quarterback Daryll Clark PSU Mike Kafka NU Daryll Clark PSU Mike Kafka NU Running Back Evan Royster PSU Brandon Saine OSU Evan Royster PSU Brandon Saine OSU Running Back John Clay WIS Ralph Bolden PUR John Clay WIS Ralph Bolden PUR Receiver Eric Decker MINN Tandon Doss IND Tandon Doss IND Blair White MSU Receiver Blair White MSU Derrell Johnson Koulianos IOWA Keith Smith PUR Zeke Markshausen NU Keith Smith PUR Center Stefen Wisniewski PSU Rafael Eubanks IOWA Stefen Wisniewski PSU Rafael Eubanks IOWA Joel Nitchman MSU Guard Dace Richardson IOWA Jon Asamoah ILL Justin Boren OSU Jon Asamoah ILL Guard John Moffitt WIS Justin Boren OSU John Moffitt WIS Dace Richardson IOWA Tackle Bryan Bulaga IOWA Rodger Saffold IND Bryan Bulaga IOWA Kyle Calloway IOWA Tackle Dennis Landolt PSU Gabe Carimi WIS Gabe Carimi WIS Dennis Landolt PSU Tight End Tony Moeaki IOWA Garrett Graham WIS Garrett Graham WIS Tony Moeaki IOWA Kicker Brett Swenson MSU Stefan Demos NU Brett Swenson MSU Stefan Demos NU DEFENSE FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM Line Adrian Clayborn IOWA Jammie Kirlew Adrian Clayborn IOWA Jammie Kirlew IND Line Brandon Graham MICH Thaddeus Gibson OSU Brandon Graham MICH Thaddeus Gibson OSU Line Jared Odrick PSU Cameron Heyward OSU Ryan Kerrigan PUR Cameron Heyward OSU Line O Brien Schofield WIS Ryan Kerrigan PUR O Brien Schofield WIS Jared Odrick PSU Linebacker Pat Angerer IOWA A J Edds IOWA Pat Angerer IOWA Ross Homan OSU Linebacker Greg Jones MSU Ross Homan OSU Greg Jones MSU Josh Hull PSU Linebacker NaVorro Bowman PSU Sean Lee PSU NaVorro Bowman PSU Sean Lee PSU Defensive Back Tyler Sash IOWA Donovan Warren MICH Tyler Sash IOWA Brett Greenwood IOWA Defensive Back Amari Spievey IOWA Sherrick McManis NU Donovan Warren MICH Amari Spievey IOWA Defensive Back Brad Phillips NU Brandon King PUR Sherrick McManis NU Brad Phillips NU Defensive Back Kurt Coleman OSU David Pender PUR Kurt Coleman OSU David Pender PUR Jay Valai WIS Punter Zoltan Mesko MICH Jeremy Boone PSU Zoltan Mesko MICH Jeremy Boone PSU Additional honorees due to ties Position key edit Back B Center C Cornerback CB Defensive back DB Defensive end DE Defensive lineman DL Defensive tackle DT End E Fullback FB Guard G Halfback HB Kicker K Kickoff returner KR Offensive tackle OT Offensive lineman OL Linebacker LB Long snapper LS Punter P Punt returner PR Quarterback QB Running back RB Safety S Tight end TE Wide receiver WR All Americans edit Main article 2009 College Football All America Team The following players were chosen as All Americans for the Associated Press American Football Coaches Association ESPN Football Writers Association of America CBS Sports Sports Illustrated Rivals com Scout com College Football News Walter Camp Football Foundation or the Pro Football Weekly teams 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 Name School Pos 1st team 2nd team other Greg Jones Michigan State LB Associated Press AFCA Coaches ESPN FWAA Writers CBS Sports Sports Illustrated Rivals com Scout com College Football News WCFF Pro Football Weekly Pat Angerer Iowa LB FWAA Writers Sports Illustrated Rivals com College Football News CBS Sports WCFF Scout com Associated Press Brandon Graham Michigan DE ESPN Rivals com Scout com WCFF Sporting News Associated Press Sports Illustrated College Football News Pro Football Weekly Jared Odrick Penn State DT AFCA coaches CBS Sports Rivals com Associated Press Pro Football Weekly Tyler Sash Iowa S CBS Sports Rivals com Sports Illustrated College Football News Associated Press Bryan Bulaga Iowa OT Sporting News WCFF Rivals com Scout com Associated Press Sports Illustrated College Football News Pro Football Weekly Kurt Coleman Ohio State S Sporting News Sports Illustrated NaVorro Bowman Penn State LB CBS Sports Sporting News Rivals com Sports Illustrated Associated Press College Football News Pro Football Weekly Zoltan Mesko Michigan P WCFF Rivals com Scout com Associated Press Sports Illustrated College Football News Pro Football Weekly Jon Asamoah Illinois OL Sporting News Pro Football Weekly Ryan Kerrigan Purdue DE Rivals com Sports Illustrated College Football News Amari Spievey Iowa CB Rivals com Pro Football Weekly O Brien Schofield Wisconsin DL Scout com Sports Illustrated College Football News Pro Football Weekly Dace Richardson Iowa OL CBS Sports Dennis Landolt Penn State OT Associated Press John Clay Wisconsin RB Sports Illustrated College Football News Adrian Clayborn Iowa DL Sports Illustrated Ross Homan Ohio State LB Sports Illustrated Sherrick McManis Michigan State DL Sports Illustrated Brett Swenson Michigan State K Sports Illustrated College Football News Ray Fisher Indiana KR Sports Illustrated College Football News Stefen Wisniewski Penn State C College Football News Pro Football Weekly Daryll Clark Penn State QB College Football News Pro Football Weekly Keith Smith Purdue WR College Football News Garrett Graham Wisconsin TE College Football News Pro Football Weekly Tony Moeaki Iowa TE College Football News Keshawn Martin Michigan State KR College Football News Ricky Stanzi Iowa QB Pro Football Weekly Marvin McNutt Iowa WR Pro Football Weekly Cameron Heyward Ohio State DE Pro Football Weekly Adrian Clayborn Iowa DE Pro Football Weekly Sean Lee Penn State LB Pro Football Weekly All Star Games edit The following players were selected to play in post season All Star Games January 23 2010 East West Shrine Game Jim Cordle Doug Worthington Daryll Clark Jeremy Boone Andrew Quarless Mike Neal Kyle Calloway O Brien Schofield Blair White Rodger Saffold Kafka earned offensive MVP Shofield was named defensive MVP and White led all receivers with seven catches for 93 yards 80 January 30 2010 Senior Bowl Kurt Coleman A J Edds Brandon Graham Garrett Graham Mike Hoomanawanui Zoltan Mesko Mike Neal Jared Odrick Brett Swenson Brandon Graham earned MVP honors with five tackles two sacks one forced fumble 81 February 6 2010 Texas vs The Nation Game 82 83 84 Dennis Landolt A J Wallace Simoni Lawrence Nick Polk Josh Hull Nathan Triplett Aaron Pettrey All Big Ten Players represented the nation Statistics editThe Big Ten had two national statistical leaders Brandon Graham led the nation with 2 17 tackles for a loss per game ahead of national second place finisher O Brien Schofield and Ray Fisher led the nation in kickoff return average with 37 35 Greg Jones ranked third nationally in tackles per game at 11 85 followed closely by Pat Angerer who finished fourth Ryan Kerrigan finished third in quarterback sacks per game with 1 08 85 The Big Ten saw several career and single season Big Ten records fall Mike Kafka broke Drew Brees 1998 record for single season offensive plays 642 vs 638 Fisher s return average was a Big Ten single season record surpassing the 1965 record Troy Stoudermire accumulated 43 kickoff returns which tied Earl Douthitt s 1973 single season total David Gilreath s 108 career kickoff returns surpassed the 106 set by Brandon Williams 2002 05 and Derrick Mason 1993 96 Other near single season records were Tyler Sash s 203 interception return yards which fell short of the 207 set in 2003 by Alan Zemaitis and Ryan Kerrigan s 7 forced fumbles which was short of the 8 set by Jonal Saint Dic in 2007 45 Jim Tressel became the second head coach to secure five consecutive Big Ten championships 86 Attendance editIn 2009 the Big Ten established a new overall conference attendance record with 5 526 237 fans attending 77 home games This surpassed the previous record set in 2002 when a total of 5 499 439 was reached in 78 contests 47 Below is a table of home game attendances 87 Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Total Average of Capacity Illinois Memorial Stadium 62 872 62 347 62 870 62 870 60 119 60 523 308 729 61 745 98 2 Indiana Memorial Stadium 52 692 36 759 35 162 51 500 42 358 36 611 48 607 250 997 41 832 79 3 Iowa Kinnick Stadium 70 585 70 585 70 585 67 989 70 585 70 585 70 585 70 585 491 490 70 212 99 4 Michigan Michigan Stadium 106 201 109 019 110 278 107 903 108 118 106 304 110 377 108 543 110 922 871 464 108 933 102 5 Michigan State Spartan Stadium 75 005 74 518 76 221 78 629 71 726 74 411 73 910 73 771 523 186 74 740 99 6 Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium 50 805 50 805 50 805 50 805 50 805 50 805 50 805 50 805 346 635 50 805 100 0 Northwestern Ryan Field 47 130 17 857 19 239 22 091 23 085 24 364 30 546 32 150 169 332 24 190 51 3 Ohio State Ohio Stadium 102 329 105 092 106 033 105 219 105 301 105 011 104 719 105 455 736 830 105 261 102 8 Penn State Beaver Stadium 107 282 104 968 106 387 105 514 109 316 104 488 107 981 110 033 107 379 856 369 107 046 99 7 Purdue Ross Ade Stadium 62 500 47 551 53 240 59 082 47 163 50 404 47 349 48 408 353 197 50 456 80 7 Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium 80 321 80 532 80 355 78 253 80 123 81 043 79 920 80 540 560 746 80 106 99 7Academic honors edit26 Big Ten student athletes were named to the Academic All District teams presented by ESPN The Magazine including 18 first team selections Illinois Jon Asamoah Indiana s Brandon Bugg Trea Burgess and Ben Chappell Michigan s Zoltan Mesko Michigan State s Blair White Minnesota s Eric Decker and Jeff Tow Arnett Northwestern s Doug Bartels Stefan Demos and Zeke Markshausen Penn State s Jeremy Boone Josh Hull Andrew Pitz and Stefen Wisniewski Purdue s Joe Holland and Ryan Kerrigan and Wisconsin s Brad Nortman The Nittany Lions were one of only six schools nationwide with four or more first team selections Second team picks included the Hawkeyes Julian Vandervelde the Wolverines Jon Conover the Spartans Adam Decker and Andrew Hawken and the Buckeyes Bryant Browning Todd Denlinger Andrew Moses and Marcus Williams To be eligible for the award a player must be in at least his second year of athletic eligibility be a first team or key performer and carry a cumulative 3 30 grade point average First team selections will be added to the national ballot and are eligible for Academic All America honors to be announced on November 24 Penn State s Hull and Pitz are looking to earn Academic All America accolades for the second straight year 25 For the fifth consecutive season the Big Ten had more 8 student athletes named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All America first or second teams in football than any other conference whether they be a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision FBS or the Football Championship Subdivision FCS The Big Ten also had six of the fifteen first team selections which led the nation FCS Missouri Valley Conference was second with five first or second team selections and the FBS Big 12 Conference had four honorees Only the Big 12 and Southeastern Conference had two first team selections The Academic All America first team honorees from the Big Ten include Zoltan Mesko Blair White Zeke Markshausen Josh Hull Andrew Pitz and Stefen Wisniewski Second team honors went to Northwestern s Stefan Demos and Purdue s Ryan Kerrigan Hull and Pitz were repeat first team selections 88 89 The Big Ten conference also recognized 193 football players as fall term 2009 10 Academic All Conference honorees including Purdue s Joe Holland who has maintained a 4 0 Grade Point Average The student athletes honorees were letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their institution and who carry a cumulative grade point average of 3 0 or higher 90 2010 NFL Draft editMain article 2010 NFL Draft The 2010 saw 34 Big Ten athletes selected This included at least one representative from each member school making the Big Ten one of only two conferences to have each of its members represented among the draft selections Iowa and Penn State each had six selections The Big Ten had three first round selections Big Ten Silver Football co winner Brandon Graham was selected 13th overall by Philadelphia Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year Bryan Bulaga 23rd by Green Bay while Big Ten Defensive Player and Lineman of the Year Jared Odrick was chosen 28th overall by Miami 91 Round Pick NFL Team Player Position College 1 13 Philadelphia Eagles from San Francisco via Denver Brandon Graham Defensive end Michigan 1 23 Green Bay Packers Bryan Bulaga Offensive tackle Iowa 1 28 Miami Dolphins from San Diego Jared Odrick Defensive tackle Penn State 2 33 St Louis Rams Rodger Saffold Offensive tackle Indiana 2 39 Tampa Bay Buccaneers from Oakland Arrelious Benn Wide receiver Illinois 2 55 Dallas Cowboys from Philadelphia Sean Lee Linebacker Penn State 2 56 Green Bay Packers Mike Neal Defensive tackle Purdue 2 63 Indianapolis Colts Pat Angerer Linebacker Iowa 3 66 Detroit Lions Amari Spievey Cornerback Iowa 3 68 Kansas City Chiefs Jon Asamoah Offensive guard Illinois 3 87 Denver Broncos from Philadelphia Eric Decker Wide receiver Minnesota 3 91 San Francisco 49ers from San Diego NaVorro Bowman Linebacker Penn State 3 93 Kansas City Chiefs from 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