2009 Sioux Falls Cougars football
NAIA national champion
GPAC champion
ConferenceGreat Plains Athletic Conference
Record15–0 (10–0 GPAC)
Head coach
Seasons
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2009 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Sioux Falls $^   10 – 0     15 – 0  
No. 5 Morningside ^   9 – 1     10 – 2  
No. 13 Hastings ^   8 – 2     9 – 3  
No. 25 Northwestern (IA)   7 – 3     7 – 3  
Midland Lutheran   6 – 4     6 – 5  
Nebraska Wesleyan   5 – 5     5 – 5  
Dakota Wesleyan   4 – 6     4 – 6  
Briar Cliff   4 – 6     4 – 7  
Doane   4 – 6     4 – 7  
Concordia (NE)   3 – 7     3 – 7  
Dordt   0 – 10     1 – 10  
Dana   0 – 10     0 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

The 2009 Sioux Falls Cougars football team represented the University of Sioux Falls in the 2009 NAIA football season. The Cougars won the 2009 NAIA Football National Championship with a 25–22 victory over the third-ranked Lindenwood Lions. The team also won the Great Plains Athletic Conference championship with a perfect 10–0 record. This was the school's fourth NAIA national championship (1996, 2006, 2008) and third in four years. The team was coached by Kalen DeBoer.

Quarterback Lorenzo Brown was named the NAIA Player of the Year prior to the game.[1] Sioux Falls ended the season with a 29-game winning streak going back through the 2008 season. They extended this streak to 42 games, which tied an NAIA record before losing in the 2010 championship game[2] After the season, DeBoer left to take the offensive coordinator job at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He finished his tenure at Sioux Falls with a 67–3 record and three national titles.

Schedule

Game Date Opponent Result Cougars Opponents Record
1 9/5 Nebraska Wesleyan Win 44 3 1–0 (1–0)
2 9/12 @ Dana Win 76 3 2–0 (2–0)
3 9/19 #19 Hastings Win 42 19 3–0 (3–0)
4 9/26 @ Concordia (NE) Win 80 0 4–0 (4–0)
5 10/3 Doane Win 64 0 5–0 (5–0)
6 10/8 @ Briar Cliff Win 41 8 6–0 (6–0)
7 10/17 @ North Dakota (FCS) Win 28 13 7–0 (6–0)
8 10/24 Dakota Wesleyan Win 59 7 8–0 (7–0)
9 10/31 @ #12Northwestern Win 49 14 9–0 (8–0)
10 11/7 Dordt Win 58 0 10–0 (9–0)
11 11/14 @ #4 Morningside Win 49 21 11–0 (10–0)
12 11/21 #14 Minot State (NAIA First Round) Win 63 21 12–0 (10–0)
13 11/28 #7 Morningside (NAIA Quarterfinals) Win 49 21 13–0 (10–0)
14 12/5 #4 St. Xavier (NAIA Semifinals) Win 48 6 14–0 (10–0)
15 12/19 #3 Lindenwood (NAIA Championship) Win 25 22 15–0 (10–0)

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USF went wire-to-wire as the number one team in the nation.

References

  1. ^ "RN-T.com - Sioux Falls Brown named NAIA player of the year". Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  2. ^ "Carroll College halts Sioux Falls' 42-game win streak to take NAIA title - USATODAY.com". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "USF Football Archives - 2009 Schedule". Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
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