2009 Navy Midshipmen football team
American college football season
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The 2009 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy as an independent in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Midshipmen, led by second-year head coach Ken Niumatalolo, played their home games at the Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–4
Headcoach
- Ken Niumatalolo (2nd season)
OffensivecoordinatorIvin Jasper (2nd season)
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Texas Bowl champion | |
Texas Bowl, W 35–13 vs. Missouri | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 10–4 |
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| Offensive coordinator | Ivin Jasper (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Triple option |
| Defensive coordinator | Buddy Green (8th season) |
| Base defense | Multiple |
| MVP | Ross Pospisil |
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| Navy | – | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | – | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On November 7, 2009 athletic director Chet Gladchuk announced that Navy had accepted an invitation to play in the Texas Bowl on Thursday, December 31 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas against the Big 12 Conference's Missouri Tigers. This mark was the first time that Navy had gone to bowl games in seven straight seasons. Navy won the 2009 Texas Bowl, 35–13, and finished with a record of 10–4.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 5 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 6 Ohio State | ESPN | L 27–31 | 105,092 | [1] | |
| September 12 | 3:30 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | CBSCS | W 32–14 | 31,017 | [2] | |
| September 19 | 6:00 p.m. | at Pittsburgh | ESPN360 | L 14–27 | 55,064 | [3] | |
| September 26 | 3:30 p.m. | Western Kentucky |
| CBSCS | W 38–22 | 29,009 | [4] |
| October 3 | 3:30 p.m. | Air Force |
| CBSCS | W 16–13 OT | 37,820 | [5] |
| October 10 | 3:30 p.m. | at Rice | CBSCS | W 63–14 | 15,096 | [6] | |
| October 17 | 8:05 p.m. | at SMU | W 38–35 OT | 22,203 | [7] | ||
| October 24 | 3:30 p.m. | Wake Forest |
| CBSCS | W 13–10 | 31,097 | [8] |
| October 31 | 3:30 p.m. | Temple |
| CBSCS | L 24–27 | 28,305 | [9] |
| November 7 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 19 Notre Dame | NBC | W 23–21 | 80,795 | [10] | |
| November 14 | 3:30 p.m. | Delaware |
| CBSCS | W 35–18 | 34,223 | [11] |
| November 28 | 10:30 p.m. | at Hawaii | ESPNU | L 17–24 | 40,643 | [12] | |
| December 12 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Army | CBS | W 17–3 | 69,541 | [13] | |
| December 31 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. Missouri | ESPN | W 35–13 | 69,441 | [14] | |
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Game summaries
Notre Dame
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Navy | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 23 |
| Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
- Date: November 7
- Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana
- Game start: 2:30 p.m. EST
| 1 | 7:15 | NAVY | Ricky Dobbs 1-yard run (Joe Buckley kick) | Navy 7-0 |
| 2 | 14:56 | NAVY | Vince Murray 25-yard run (Joe Buckley kick) | Navy 14-0 |
| 3 | 5:03 | ND | Robert Hughes 1-yard run (Nick Tausch kick) | Navy 14-7 |
| 3 | 3:29 | NAVY | Greg Jones 52-yard pass from Ricky Dobbs (Joe Buckley kick) | Navy 21-7 |
| 4 | 4:46 | ND | Michael Floyd 12-yard pass from Jimmy Clausen (Nick Tausch kick) | Navy 21-14 |
| 4 | 1:00 | NAVY | Safety, Jimmy Clausen tackled by Craig Schaefer in end zone | Navy 23-14 |
| 4 | :24 | ND | Golden Tate 31-yard pass from Jimmy Clausen (Nick Tausch kick) | Navy 23-21 |
Vs. Army
Army Black Knights (5–6) vs. Navy Midshipmen (8–4)
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Army | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Navy | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Date: December 12
- Game time: 2:30 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Sunny, 39 °F (4 °C)
- Game attendance: 69,541
- Referee: Brad Allen
- TV: CBS
- Box Score
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Roster
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