2009 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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Insight Bowl, L 13–14 vs. Iowa State | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 6–7 (3–5 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Jedd Fisch (1st season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Kevin Cosgrove (1st season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Ronnie Lee (1st season) |
Captain | Garrett Brown, Lee Campbell, Eric Decker, Simoni Lawrence, Eric Small, Adam Weber |
Home stadium | TCF Bank Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2009 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was the third under head coach Tim Brewster. They began play on September 5, 2009, at Syracuse, a member of the Big East Conference. On September 12, the Minnesota opened the new TCF Bank Stadium with a 20–13 win against Air Force, moving from the Metrodome, which had been their home stadium since 1982. The Golden Gophers finished the season 6–7 and 3–5 in Big Ten play and lost 13–14 to Iowa State in the Insight Bowl. Despite the worse overall record, the Golden Gophers only suffered two blowout losses in the 2009 season (20-0 to Penn State and 38–7 to Ohio State), compared to 3 in 2008 (55–0 to Iowa, 42–21 to Kansas, 29–6 to a 3–9 Michigan team, and one could possibly also include a 34–21 loss to Ohio State that was 34–6 until the Buckeye reserves came in).
The Golden Gophers came off a 7–6 season after starting 7–1, capped by an appearance in the 2008 Insight Bowl. On January 6, offensive coordinator Mike Dunbar resigned and defensive coordinator Ted Roof left Minnesota for Auburn.[1] On January 9, former Nebraska defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove was hired as the co-defensive coordinator, a position he will share with Ronnie Lee.[2] On January 21, Jedd Fisch was named the offensive coordinator.[3] He had previously been the wide receivers coach for the Denver Broncos.[3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 11:00 am | at Syracuse* | ESPN2 | W 23–20 OT | 48,617[4] | |
September 12 | 6:00 pm[5] | Air Force* | BTN[5] | W 20–13 | 50,805[6] | |
September 19 | 11:00 am | No. 8 California* |
| ESPN | L 21–35 | 50,805[7] |
September 26 | 11:00 am[8] | at Northwestern | BTN[8] | W 35–24 | 22,091[9] | |
October 3 | 11:00 am | Wisconsin |
| ESPN | L 28–31 | 50,805[10] |
October 10 | 11:00 am | Purdue |
| ESPN2 | W 35–20 | 50,805[11] |
October 17 | 2:30 pm | at No. 14 Penn State |
| ABC/ESPN | L 0–20 | 107,981[12] |
October 24 | 11:00 am | at No. 18 Ohio State | ESPN | L 7–38 | 105,011[13] | |
October 31 | 7:00 pm[5] | Michigan State |
| BTN[5] | W 42–34 | 50,805[14] |
November 7 | 11:00 am | Illinois |
| BTN | L 32–35 | 50,805[15] |
November 14 | 11:00 am | South Dakota State* |
| BTN | W 16–13 | 50,805[16] |
November 21 | 11:00 am | at No. 15 Iowa | ESPN | L 0–12 | 70,585[17] | |
December 31 | 5:00 pm | vs. Iowa State* | NFLN | L 13–14 | 45,090[18] | |
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See also: 2009 Syracuse Orange football team |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | |
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Golden Gophers | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
Orange | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Falcons | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
Golden Gophers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 20 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Golden Bears | 14 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
Golden Gophers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
See also: 2009 Northwestern Wildcats football team |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Golden Gophers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
Wildcats | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
See also: 2009 Wisconsin Badgers football team and Paul Bunyan's Axe |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Badgers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
Golden Gophers | 10 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 28 |
See also: 2009 Purdue Boilermakers football team |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Boilermakers | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
Golden Gophers | 0 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 35 |
See also: 2009 Penn State Nittany Lions football team and Governor's Victory Bell |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Golden Gophers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nittany Lions | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
See also: 2009 Ohio State Buckeyes football team |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Golden Gophers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Buckeyes | 0 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 38 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Spartans | 3 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 34 |
Golden Gophers | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Fighting Illini | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
Golden Gophers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 32 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Jackrabbits | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
Golden Gophers | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
See also: 2009 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Floyd of Rosedale |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Golden Gophers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hawkeyes | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
See also: 2009 Iowa State Cyclones football team and 2009 Insight Bowl |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Golden Gophers | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
Cyclones | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |