2009 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
American college football season
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The 2009 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Sun Devils were coached by third-year coach Dennis Erickson and played their home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The Sun Devils finished the season 4–8 (2–7 Pac-10).
- Dennis Erickson (3rd season)
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| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| Record | 4–8 (2–7 Pac-10) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Rich Olson (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Craig Bray (3rd season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
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| Home stadium | Sun Devil Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Oregon $ | 8 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 6 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 6 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 6 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 USC | 5 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 5 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | – | 6 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 2 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 5 | 7:00 pm | Idaho State* | FSAZ | W 50–3 | 42,588[1] | |
| September 19 | 7:00 pm | Louisiana-Monroe* |
| FSAZ | W 38–14 | 43,780[2] |
| September 26 | 4:00 pm | at No. 21 Georgia* | ESPNU | L 17–20 | 92,746[3] | |
| October 3 | 4:00 pm | Oregon State |
| Versus | L 17–28 | 45,373[4] |
| October 10 | 2:00 pm | at Washington State | W 27–14 | 26,010[5] | ||
| October 17 | 7:15 pm | Washington |
| FSN | W 24–17 | 53,219[6] |
| October 24 | 7:15 pm | at Stanford | FSN | L 14–33 | 33,090[7] | |
| October 31 | 12:30 pm | No. 24 California |
| ABC | L 21–23 | 43,659[8] |
| November 7 | 5:00 pm | No. 12 USC |
| ABC | L 9–14 | 55,282[9] |
| November 14 | 8:20 pm | at No. 13 Oregon | ESPN | L 21–44 | 58,475[10] | |
| November 21 | 2:00 pm | at UCLA | FSN | L 13–23 | 46,151[11] | |
| November 28 | 1:30 pm | Arizona |
| ABC | L 17–20 | 55,989[12] |
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Game summaries
Idaho State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Idaho State | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ASU | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 50 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Broadcast: FSN Arizona.
Junior placekicker Thomas Weber ties school record for 5 made field goals in a game and Senior Linebacker Mike Nixon earned Pac-10 Conference Defensive Player of Week for his 3 interceptions one of which returned for a touchdown and blocked punt.
Louisiana-Monroe
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Louisiana-Monroe | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| ASU | 14 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 38 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Broadcast: FSN Arizona.
Georgia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| ASU | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Georgia | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
at Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia Broadcast: ESPNU
Oregon State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Beavers | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| ASU | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Broadcast: Versus
Washington State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| ASU | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 |
| Cougars | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Washington
Broadcast: FSN
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Washington | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| ASU | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Though it appeared the game would be heading into overtime, ASU quarterback Danny Sullivan threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to receiver Chris McGaha in the last five seconds of the game to give ASU the win.
Stanford
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| ASU | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Cardinal | 10 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 33 |
at Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California Broadcast: FSN
California
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Cal | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| ASU | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Both teams were 2-2 in the conference. The Bears fumbled in their first possession, but scored in the second possession on a Kevin Riley pass to Jahvid Best for 11 yards for a touchdown. Another touchdown pass, from Riley to Marvin Jones, gave Cal a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. For the Sun Devils, Samson Szakacsy, in his first collegiate snap, completed a touchdown pass to Jovon Williams (3 yards) and Danny Sullivan passed to Kyle Williams (80 yards) for touchdowns to tie the game in the second quarter. Then Giorgio Tavecchio kicked a 25-yard field goal for Cal before the half.
In the third quarter, Giorgio Tavecchio kicked a 51-yard field goal to increase Cal's lead to 6. But Arizona State answered in the fourth quarter with a Cameron Marshall rush touchdown for 6 yards. Giorgio Tavecchio missed a 39-yard field goal with 5:46 left in the game, but kicked a 24-yard field goal to win the game.
USC
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| USC | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| ASU | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
Oregon
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| ASU | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Oregon | 14 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 44 |
UCLA
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| ASU | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| UCLA | 7 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
Arizona
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Arizona | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| ASU | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 |