2009 Mid-American Conference football season

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Main article: 2009–10 Mid-American Conference season
2009 Mid-American Conference football season
League NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport football
Duration September 3, 2009
through January 7, 2010
Number of teams 13
TV partner(s) ESPN[1]
Regular season
MAC Championship Game
Football seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
Ohio xy   7 – 1         9 – 5  
Temple x   7 – 1         9 – 4  
Bowling Green   6 – 2         7 – 6  
Kent State   4 – 4         5 – 7  
Buffalo   3 – 5         5 – 7  
Akron   2 – 6         3 – 9  
Miami   1 – 7         1 – 11  
West Division
#23 Central Michigan x$   8 – 0         12 – 2  
Northern Illinois   5 – 3         7 – 6  
Western Michigan   4 – 4         5 – 7  
Toledo   3 – 5         5 – 7  
Ball State   2 – 6         2 – 10  
Eastern Michigan   0 – 8         0 – 12  
Championship: Central Michigan 20, Ohio 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Mid-American Conference football season is an NCAA football season that was played from September 3, 2009, to January 7, 2010. The Mid-American Conference consists of twelve full-time members, with Temple University holding an affiliate membership for football.

Previous season

Ball State entered the 2008 MAC Championship Game undefeated and as the champion of the West Division. This was also their first ever appearance in the game.[2] Ranked #12 in the country, they faced East Division champion Buffalo in the annual contest held at Ford Field. That was Buffalo's first appearance as well. The Bulls upset Ball State and took the MAC Championship, giving Ball State their first loss of the season.

After the championship game ended, four MAC football head coaches either resigned or were fired from their teams. This began with Ball State's coach Brady Hoke, who resigned to pursue a head coaching job at San Diego State University.[3] He was replaced by Stan Parrish for the 2009 season.[4] Parrish was promoted internally after serving as Ball State's assistant football coach for four seasons. The only other head coaching change in the West Division was in Eastern Michigan where Jeff Genyk, head coach for the past five years, was fired after a combined 15–42 record.[5] He was replaced by Ron English, who served as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan for five years as well as the University of Louisville during the 2008 season.[6]

In the East Division, two schools also saw head coaching changes. Miami University's head coach Shane Montgomery resigned after a 2–10 record in the 2008 season.[7] His best season at Miami was in 2005 when he led the team to a 7–4 overall record and a tie for the MAC East title. However, in that season Akron won the tiebreaker to play in the MAC Championship Game against West champion Northern Illinois. Montgomery was replaced by Mike Haywood who served four years as Notre Dame University's offensive coordinator.[8] At Bowling Green, six-year head coach Gregg Brandon was fired.[9] However, Brandon did find another job in college football when he was named the new University of Virginia offensive coordinator.[10] He was replaced at Bowling Green by Dave Clawson, who was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Tennessee.[11]

Preseason

Preseason poll

The 2009 MAC Preseason Poll was announced at the Football Media Preview in Detroit on July 31.[12] In the East Division, Buffalo was selected to repeat as divisional champions, and Central Michigan selected to top the West. Also, Central Michigan received 18 votes to win the MAC Championship Game.

West Division

  1. Central Michigan – 154 points
  2. Western Michigan – 126 points
  3. Northern Illinois – 103 points
  4. Toledo – 71 points
  5. Ball State – 58 points
  6. Eastern Michigan – 34 points

East Division

  1. Buffalo – 155 points
  2. Temple – 144 points
  3. Akron – 128 points
  4. Ohio – 116 points
  5. Bowling Green – 101 points
  6. Kent State – 51 points
  7. Miami – 33 points

MAC Championship

  1. Central Michigan – 18 votes
  2. Western Michigan – 4 votes
  3. Buffalo – 2 votes
  4. Temple – 2 votes

Award watch lists

Award School Player
Bronko Nagurski Trophy[13] Temple Andre Neblett
Toledo Barry Church
Dave Rimington Trophy[14] Bowling Green Ben Bojicic
Central Michigan Colin Miller
Northern Illinois Eddie Adamski
Lombardi Award[15] Central Michigan Nick Bellore
Frank Zombo
Western Michigan Austin Pritchard
Manning Award[16] Bowling Green Tyler Sheehan
Central Michigan Dan LeFevour
Western Michigan Tim Hiller
Maxwell Award[17] Central Michigan Dan LeFevour
Lou Groza Award[18] Northern Illinois Mike Salerno
Toledo Alex Steigerwald
Outland Trophy[19] Temple Andre Neblett
Fred Biletnikoff Award[20] Buffalo Naaman Roosevelt
Central Michigan Antonio Brown
Eastern Michigan Jacory Stone
Ohio Taylor Price
Toledo Stephen Williams
Walter Camp Award[21] Ball State MiQuale Lewis
Western Michigan Tim Hiller
Jim Thorpe Award[22] Toledo Barry Church
Ted Hendricks Award[23] Central Michigan Frank Zombo
Ray Guy Award[24] Western Michigan Ben Armer
Doak Walker Award[25] Ball State MiQuale Lewis
Buffalo James Starks
Kent State Eugene Jarvis
Toledo DeJuane Collins
Western Michigan Brandon West
Davey O'Brien Award[26] Central Michigan Dan LeFevour
Western Michigan Tim Hiller

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Mid-American Conference member won
Mid-American Conference member lost
Mid-American Conference teams in bold

Week one

Opening weekend for the Mid-American Conference consisted of six home games and six away games. Also, Miami faced Kentucky in a battle contested at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. Bowling Green, Kent State, and Buffalo were the only teams to win the opening weekend. Buffalo was also the only team to win an away game as their season opener.

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 7 p.m. Troy Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH W 31–14 14,514[27]
September 3 7 p.m. Coastal Carolina Kent State Dix Stadium • Kent, OH W 18–0 16,481[28]
September 3 7 p.m. Villanova Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA L 24–27 27,759[29]
September 3 7:30 p.m. North Texas Ball State Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN ESPNU L 10-20 16,054[30]
September 5 12 p.m. Toledo Purdue Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN Big Ten Network L 31-51 47,551[31]
September 5 12 p.m. Akron Penn State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA Big Ten Network L 7-31 104,968[32]
September 5 12 p.m. Kentucky Miami Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, OH ESPNU L 0-42 41,037[33]
September 5 3:30 p.m. Western Michigan Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI ABC/ESPN2 L 7-31 109,019[34]
September 5 7 p.m. Army Eastern Michigan Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI L 14-27 14,499[35]
September 5 7 p.m. Northern Illinois Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI Big Ten Network L 20-28 80,532[36]
September 5 7 p.m. Connecticut Ohio Peden Stadium • Athens, OH ESPN360 L 16-23 24,617[37]
September 5 9 p.m. Central Michigan Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 6-19 51,683[38]
September 5 9 p.m. Buffalo UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX W 23-17 35,213[39]

Week two

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 11 9 p.m. Colorado Toledo Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH ESPN W 54-38 20,082[40]
September 12 12 p.m. Pittsburgh Buffalo UB Stadium • Amherst, NY ESPN Plus L 27-57 21,870[41]
September 12 12 p.m. Western Michigan Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN Big Ten Network L 19-23 35,162[42]
September 12 12 p.m. Eastern Michigan Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL Big Ten Network L 24-27 19,239[43]
September 12 12 p.m. Central Michigan Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ESPN/ESPN2 W 29-27 76,221[44]
September 12 2 p.m. Morgan State Akron InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field • Akron, OH W 41-0 27,881[45]
September 12 2 p.m. Kent State Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA ESPN360 L 7-34 25,165[46]
September 12 7 p.m. Bowling Green Missouri Faurot Field • Columbia, MO L 20-27 65,401[47]
September 12 7 p.m. Ohio North Texas Fouts Field • Denton, TX W 31-302OT 16,674[48]
September 12 7 p.m. New Hampshire Ball State Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN L 16-23 11,884[49]
September 12 7:30 p.m. Western Illinois Northern Illinois Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL W 41-7 21,427[50]
September 12 8 p.m. Miami #12 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID L 0-48 32,228

Week three

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 19 12 p.m. Northern Illinois Purdue Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN Big Ten Network W 28–21 53,240[51]
September 19 12 p.m. Temple Penn State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA Big Ten Network L 6–31 105,514[52]
September 19 12 p.m. Ball State Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY L 17-24 25,646[53]
September 19 12 p.m. Ohio State Toledo Cleveland Browns Stadium • Cleveland, OH ESPN Plus L 0-38 71,727[54]
September 19 12 p.m. Eastern Michigan Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI Big Ten Network L 17-45 107,903[55]
September 19 3:30 p.m. Alcorn State Central Michigan Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI W 48–0 18,323[56]
September 19 3:30 p.m. Indiana Akron InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field • Akron, OH ESPNU L 38–21 18,340[57]
September 19 7 p.m. Iowa State Kent State Dix Stadium • Kent, OH ESPN360 L 34–14 15,808[58]
September 19 7 p.m. Cal Poly Ohio Peden Stadium • Athens, OH W 28–10 16,018[59]
September 19 7 p.m. Bowling Green Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV L 17–10 23,029[60]
September 19 7:30 p.m. Buffalo Central Florida Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL L 23–17 33,689[61]

Week four

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 26 3:30 p.m. Idaho Northern Illinois Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL CSN Chicago[62] L 34–31 16,320[63]
September 26 7 p.m. Hofstra Western Michigan Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI College Sports Direct[62] W 24–10 16,116[64]
September 26 7 p.m. Boise State Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH KTVB, ESPN360[62] L 49–14 22,396[65]
September 26 7 p.m. Toledo Florida International FIU Stadium • Miami, FL College Sports Direct[62] W 41–31 11,047[66]
September 26 7 p.m. Ohio Tennessee Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN ESPN360[62] L 34–23 95,535[67]
September 26 7 p.m. Ball State Auburn Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL Fox Sports Net[62] L 54–30 83,118[68]

Week five

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 3 1 p.m. Cincinnati Miami Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH L 37–13 23,493[69]
October 3 7 p.m. Kent State Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX Fox Sports Net L 31–15 27,047[70]

Week six

Date Time Visiting Team Home Team Site TV Result Attendance
October 10 12 p.m. Miami Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL ESPN L 6–16 23,085[71]
October 10 3:30 p.m. Gardner-Webb Buffalo UB Stadium • Amherst, NY W 40-3 15,812[72]

Week seven

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 17 1 p.m. Army Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA W 27-13 14,275[73]

Week eight

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 24 3:30 p.m. Akron Syracuse Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY L 28-14 36,991[74]

Week nine

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 31 3:30 p.m. Temple Navy Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD CBS College Sports W 27-24 28,305
October 31 3:30 p.m. Central Michigan Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA ESPNU L 31-10 34,128
October 31 7:00 p.m. Eastern Michigan Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR ESPNU L 63-27 62,501

Week ten

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 7 12 p.m. Western Michigan Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI Big Ten Network L 49-14 73,910

Homecoming games

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Players of the Week

East Division

Week Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
1[75] Freddie Barnes Bowling Green Cobrani Mixon Kent State Matt Weller Ohio
2[76] Zach Maynard Buffalo Brian Wagner Akron Jerry Phillips Bowling Green
3[77] Tyler Sheehan Bowling Green Brian Lainhart Kent State Brandon McManus Temple
4[78] Theo Scott Ohio Elijah Joseph Temple Freddy Cortez Kent State
5[79] Bernard Pierce Temple Dak Notestine Ohio Jerry Phillips Bowling Green
6[80] Freddie Barnes Bowling Green Jaiquawn Jarret Temple Melvin Payne Ohio
7[81] Tyler Sheehan Bowling Green Mike Newton Buffalo Chad Clemens Ohio
8[82] Bernard Pierce Temple Kevin Hogan Kent State Dashan Miller Akron
9[83] Bernard Pierce Temple Monte Simmons Kent State Matt Weller Ohio
10[84] Tyler Sheehan Bowling Green Miguel Graham Akron Brandon McManus Temple
11[85] Naaman Roosevelt Buffalo Jerett Sanderson Bowling Green Matt Weller Ohio

West Division

Week Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
1[75] Aaron Opelt Toledo Cory Hanson Northern Illinois Mike Salerno Northern Illinois
2[76] Aaron Opelt Toledo Austin Pritchard Western Michigan Andrew Aguila Central Michigan
3[77] Me'co Brown Northern Illinois Jamail Berry Western Michigan Antonio Brown Central Michigan
4[78] Dan LeFevour Central Michigan Austin Pritchard Western Michigan Alex Steigerwald Toledo
5[79] Stephen Williams Toledo Jake Coffman Northern Illinois Brett Hartmann Central Michigan
6[80] Brandon West Western Michigan Nick Bellore Central Michigan Antonio Brown Central Michigan
7[81] Dan LeFevour Central Michigan Brandon Bice Northern Illinois Barry Church Toledo
8[82] MiQuale Lewis Ball State Larry Knight Central Michigan Brandon West Western Michigan
9[83] Chad Spann Northern Illinois Justin Braska Western Michigan Mike Salerno Northern Illinois
10[84] Chad Spann Northern Illinois Cory Hanson Northern Illinois Brandon West Western Michigan
11[85] Dan LeFevour Central Michigan Jamail Berry Western Michigan Brandon West Western Michigan

Bowl games

Bowl Game Date Stadium City Television Matchup/Results Payout (US$) Attendance
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl December 26, 2009 Ford Field Detroit, Michigan ESPN Marshall 21, Ohio 17 $750,000 30,311
EagleBank Bowl December 29, 2009 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. ESPN UCLA 30, Temple 21 $1,000,000 23,072
Roady's Humanitarian Bowl December 30, 2009 Bronco Stadium Boise, Idaho ESPN Idaho 43, Bowling Green 42 $750,000 26,726
International Bowl January 2, 2010 Rogers Centre Toronto, Ontario ESPN2 South Florida 27, Northern Illinois 3 $750,000 22,185
GMAC Bowl January 6, 2010 Ladd-Peebles Stadium Mobile, Alabama ESPN Central Michigan 44, Troy 41 (2OT) $750,000 34,486

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