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2009 Kentucky Wildcats football team

2009 University of Kentucky football season

2009 University of Kentucky football season

FieldValue
year2009
teamKentucky Wildcats
sportfootball
imageKentucky Wildcats 2005 logo.svg
image_size150px
conferenceSoutheastern Conference
divisionEastern Division
short_confSEC
record7–6
conf_record3–5
head_coachRich Brooks
hc_year7th
off_coachJoker Phillips
oc_year5th
def_coachSteve Brown
dc_year3rd
off_schemePro-style
def_scheme[4–3](4-3-defense)
stadiumCommonwealth Stadium
bowl[Music City Bowl](2009-music-city-bowl)
bowl_resultL 13–21 vs. [Clemson](2009-clemson-tigers-football-team)

The 2009 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Rich Brooks, in his seventh and ultimately final season at Kentucky, and played its home games at Commonwealth Stadium. The Wildcats competed in the Southeastern Conference in its eastern division. They finished the season with a record of 7–6 and 3–5 in conference play, and were defeated by Clemson 21–13 in the Music City Bowl.

Several days after the Cats' bowl appearance, Brooks retired from coaching. He was immediately replaced by offensive coordinator Joker Phillips, who had agreed in 2008 to be Brooks' designated successor.

Preseason and postseason awards

PFW All-American

;2009 Pro Football Weekly All-American First Team:

#NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometown
38John Conner5'11"240FullbackSr.Cincinnati, OH, U.S.

AP All-SEC

;2009 AP All-SEC First Team:

#NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometown
18Randall Cobb5'11"190All-purposeSo.Alcoa, TN, U.S.

;2009 AP All-SEC Second Team:

#NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometown
20Derrick Locke5'9"180RBJr.Hugo, OK, U.S.
50Sam Maxwell6'3"244LBSr.Hartwell, GA, U.S.
91Corey Peters6'3"295DTSr.Louisville, KY, U.S.

Preseason SEC picks

Coaches: 6th (East) AP: 6th (East)

Preseason polls

USA Today/Coaches: 42nd

Preseason All-SEC

;2009 All-SEC First Team:

  • Trevard Lindley, DB

;2009 All-SEC Second Team:

  • Micah Johnson, LB

;2009 All-SEC Third Team:

  • Zipp Duncan, OT
  • Jorge Gonzalez, C
  • Mike Hartline, QB
  • Corey Peters, DT

Current depth chart

As of November 18, 2009

WR
**8 Chris Matthews (Jr.)**
16 LaRod King (Fr.)
81 Kyrus Lanxter (Jr.)

|

LTLGCRGRT
**72 Zipp Duncan (Sr.)****70 Stuart Hines (So.)****61 Jorge Gonzalez (Sr.)****78 Christian Johnson (Sr.)****76 Justin Jeffries (Sr.)**
52 Billy Joe Murphy (So.)67 Larry Warford (Fr.)69 Matt Smith (Fr.)63 Jake Lanefski (So.)75 Brad Durham (Jr.)
74 Trevino Woods (Fr.)64 Osaze Idumwonyi (Fr.)56 Sam Simpson (Fr.)58 Sean Stackhouse (Fr.)59 Dave Ulinski (Fr.)

|

TE
**86 Ross Bogue (Sr.)**
80 TC Drake (Sr.)
40 Maurice Grinter (Sr.)
WR
**18 Randall Cobb (So.)**
85 Gene McCaskill (So.)
13 Eric Adeyemi (So.)

|- |

QB
**12 Morgan Newton (Fr.)**
1 Will Fidler (Jr.)
7 Ryan Mossakowski (Fr.)

|- |

FB
**38 John Conner (Sr.)**
47 AJ Nance (Sr.)

|- |

FB
**20 Derrick Locke (Jr.)**
29 Alphonso Smith (Sr.)
30 Moncell Allen (Jr.)
}
-
CB
**34 Paul Warford (Jr.)**
15 Martavius Neloms (Fr.)
35 Cartier Rice (Fr.)
DENTDTDE
**94 Taylor Wyndham (Fr.)****91 Corey Peters (Sr.)****53 Ricky Lumpkin (Jr.)****55 DeQuin Evans (So.)**
66 Chandler Burden (So.)60 Shane McCord (Jr.)98 Mark Crawford (Jr.)96 Collins Ukwu (Fr.)
95 Patrick Ligon (Fr.)97 Mister Cobble (Fr.)68 Luke McDermott (So.)62 Greg Meisner (So.)
CB
**24 Randall Burden (So.)**
6 Taiedo Smith (So.)
14 Anthony Mosley (So.)

|-

FS
**33 Calvin Harrison (Sr.)**
10 Matt Lentz (So.)
11 Greg Wilson (So.)
Sam LBMiddle LBWill LB
**50 Sam Maxwell (Sr.)****4 Micah Johnson (Sr.)****22 Danny Trevathan (So.)**
57 Jacob Dufrene (So.)46 Ronnie Sneed (So.)47 William Johnson (Fr.)
48 Ridge Wilson (Fr.)43 Mikhail Mabry (Sr.)54 Brandon Thurmond (Jr.)
SS
**21 Winston Guy (So.)**
27 Ashton Cobb (Sr.)
}
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K
**88 Joseph Mansour (Fr.)**

|- |

P
**9 Ryan Tydlacka (So.)**

|- |

LS
**Brad Hart (Jr.)**

|- |

KR
**29 Alphonso Smith (Sr.)**
**20 Derrick Locke (Jr.)**

|- |

PR
**18 Randall Cobb (So.)**

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Schedule

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Game summaries

Miami (Ohio)

Randall Cobb scored a touchdown early in the second quarter

Mike Hartline threw two touchdowns to receiver Randall Cobb and led Kentucky to a 42–0 victory. Hartline had a great first game of the season, throwing 18 of 27 for 222 yards. Cobb caught a 27-yard pass for Kentucky's first touchdown. He also took a direct snap from center and ran 11 yards for a third-quarter touchdown. The versatile sophomore had seven catches for 96 yards. Kentucky's defense also performed very well, picking off Miami twice and holding the Redhawks to under 200 yards of total offense. All-American cornerback Trevard Lindley intercepted a pass in the 3rd quarter and returned it for a 25-yard touchdown. That was Lindley's tenth career interception and his second returned for a touchdown. The pass intercepted was in the second quarter by senior safety Calvin Harrison. Another star of the game was the debut of junior receiver Chris Matthews. Matthews caught a touchdown pass from Hartline late in the 2nd quarter. This was Kentucky's first shut out since 1996 when they shut out Vanderbilt.

Week 1 SEC Defensive Player of the Week: Trevard Lindley was named SEC defensive player of the week after intercepting a pass, scoring a touchdown, and breaking up three passes.

Louisville

Kentucky wins the 2009 Governor's Cup trophy for the third straight year

For the third straight season the Kentucky Wildcats defeated the Louisville Cardinals and won the Governor's Cup. This is Kentucky's longest streak since the rivalry was renewed in 1994. Derrick Locke returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown and ran for another. A fumbled kickoff return set up Kentucky's final score late in the 4th quarter, a 12-yard pass from Mike Hartline to a leaping Randall Cobb—his former rival for the starting quarterback job. Prior to that, Louisville (1–1) had taken the lead by forcing three consecutive Wildcats turnovers.

This back-and-forth battle for the Governor's Cup wasn't won until the final 2 minutes when Louisville quarterback Justin Burke was driving for a potential game-winning score, only to have a pass tipped by Corey Peters and picked off by Sam Maxwell. Kentucky had to punt the ball back to Louisville, but Burke's last-second Hail Mary was incomplete.

For the 9th straight season, the team that rushes for the most yards went on to win the game. Kentucky out gained Louisville running for 168 yards to 133 yards.

Week 3 SEC Special Teams Player of the Week: Derrick Locke was named SEC special teams player of the week after returning a kickoff in the first quarter 100 yards for a touchdown.

Florida

Alabama

South Carolina

Auburn

Louisiana-Monroe

Mississippi State

Eastern Kentucky

Vanderbilt

Georgia

Kentucky entered the game not having won at Georgia since 1977. Kentucky jumped out to a 6–0 lead on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Morgan Newton to Derrick Locke (the conversion failed) but Georgia held a 20–6 lead at halftime.

In the third quarter, Randall Cobb scored on a 12-yard touchdown run and LaRod King caught a 21-yard touchdown pass from Newton to draw Kentucky to within 27–20. Kentucky shut out Georgia in the fourth quarter and scored two touchdowns on Derrick Locke's 60-yard pass reception from Newton and Cobb's 1-yard run to give Kentucky the 34–27 win. Newton finished with 137 yards and 3 touchdowns passing, completing 9 of 17 attempts. Locke had 80 yards rushing and 2 receptions for 80 yards and two touchdowns. Cobb had 40 yards and 2 touchdowns rushing and one reception for 19 yards.

The Kentucky defense played a huge role in securing the victory late in the game. Kentucky defensive lineman Shane McCord intercepted a Georgia pass with just under ten minutes remaining in the game. With five and a half minutes left in the game a Georgia quarterback and running back fumbled an exchange at the Kentucky 2-yard line and Kentucky linebacker Danny Trevathan recovered. Kentucky had to punt but linebacker Sam Maxwell intercepted a Georgia pass with 1:45 remaining to seal the win.

Tennessee

Roster

Roster

Statistics

Team

UKOpp
Scoring183
Points per game26.1
First downs134
Rushing75
Passing52
Penalty7
Total offense2361
Avg per play5.0
Avg per game337.3
Fumbles-Lost9-4
Penalties-Yards37-333
Avg per game47.6
UKOpp
Punts-Yards35-1343
Avg Net Punt38.4
Time of possession/Game29:34
3rd down conversions39/102
4th down conversions10/13
Touchdowns scored24
Field goals-Attempts5-8
PAT-Attempts22-23
Attendance281,169
Games/Avg per Game4/70,292
Neutral Site Games0

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Scores by quarter

{{Linescore AmfootballRoad=KentuckyR1= 33R2= 70R3= 24R4= 56Home=OpponentsH1= 59H2= 35H3= 39H4= 28

Offense

Rushing

NameGP-GSAttGainLossNetAvgTDLongAvg/G
**Derrick Locke**7-5109523284954.533170.7
**Randall Cobb**7-03528332808.046140.0
**Alfonso Smith**7-235165101554.411622.1
**Moncell Allen**7-01910411035.412014.6
**John Conner**6-01810001005.623916.7
**CoShik Williams**3-012520464.30817.3
**Donald Russell**4-010461454.501211.2
**Mike Hartline**5-0154720271.8095.4
**Will Fidler**5-093612242.71114.8
**Morgan Newton **2-0113713242.211012.0
**AJ Nance**7-014044.0040.6
**Maurice Grinter**7-022021.0020.3
**TEAM**7-040-7-1.8-1.800-1.0
***Total***728013999513044.71361186.3
***Opponents***7274133811912194.4835174.1

Passing

NameGP-GSEfficAtt-CmpPctYdsTD-INTLngAvg/G
**Mike Hartline**5-5119.277-12760.67926-655158.4
**Will Fidler**5-091.417-3548.61631-12532.6
**Morgan Newton**2-156.38-1942.1560-12328.0
**Randall Cobb**7-197.72-633.3460376.6
**Tyler Sargeant**1-00.00-10.00000
***Total***7105.8104-18955.010577-855151.0
***Opponents***7111.4100-19950.3124710-866178.1

Receiving

NameGP-GSReceptionsYdsAvgTDLongAvg/G
**Randall Cobb**7-62834912.545549.9
**Chris Matthews**7-61921211.213730.3
**Derrick Locke**7-0161288.002118.3
**Gene McCaskill**7-189612.003113.7
**Kyrus Lanxter**5-07588.301611.6
**John Conner**6-05469.21257.7
**TC Drake**7-045012.50207.1
**Moncell Allen**7-04194.8072.7
**Matt Roark**7-033010.00154.3
**Nick Melilo**7-03227.3083.1
**Ross Bogue**7-02147.01122.0
**Eric Adeyemi**6-02105.0061.7
**Gabe Correll**2-011515.00157.5
**Alfonso Smith**7-0100.0000.0
**Total**7104105710.2755151.0
**Opponents**7100124712.51066178.1

Defense

NameGP-GSTacklesSacksPass DefenseInterceptionsFumblesBlkd
KickSoloAstTotalTFL-YdsNo-YdsBrUpQBHNo.-YdsAvgTDLongNo.-YdsFF
**Micah Johnson**7-72431554.5-61.0-1210000000
**Danny Trevathan**7-72720472.0-50100000000
**Calvin Harrison**7-72418422.0-50102-42420211-1300
**Sam Maxwell**7-72715423.5-80.5-3502-260130000
**Winston Guy**7-72022421.5-91.0-7400000000
**Corey Peters**7-71414287.5-384.0-323400001-000
**Randall Burden**7-3175220.5-2051-5050.01500000
**DeQuin Evans**7-7712196.0-253.0-21010000000
**Matt Lentz**7-0171180-00101-2323.0023000
**Trevard Lindley**4-4112131.0-40401-2525126000
**Ricky Lumpkin**7-794131.0-10000000000
**Paul Warford**4-483110-00400000000
**Taylor Wyndham**7-257122.5-112.0-9210000010
**Taiedo Smith**7-065110-00000000000
**Martavius Neloms**6-174110-00000000000
**Collins Ukwu**7-464101.5-60.5-2110000000
**Ronnie Sneed**7-03690-00100000000
**Chandler Burden**7-24480.5-10010000000
**Mark Crawford**7-01780-00100000000
**Shane McCord**7-05270-00000000000
**AJ Nance**7-03250-001000001-000
**Ashton Cobb**5-03140-00001-33.003000
**Matt Roark**7-02240-00000000000
**Moncell Allen**7-04040-00000000000
**Alfonso Smith**7-03140-00000000000
**Cartier Rice**4-02130-00000000000
**Jacob Dufrene**7-03030-00000000000
**Randall Cobb**7-02020-00000000000
**Greg Wilson**7-01120-00000000000
**Antwane Glenn**2-00110-00000000000
**Greg Meisner**3-02020-00100000000
**Chris Matthews**6-01010-00000000000
**Ridge Wilson**6-00110-00000000000
**Mikhail Mabry**7-00110-00000000000
**Antonio Thomas**2-00110-00000000000
**Anthony Mosley**4-01010-00000000000
**Ross Bogue**7-00110-00000000000
**Mike Hartline**6-01010-00000000000
***Total***728219647835-12312-754398-16921.12503-1310
***Opponents***728122450528-927-4024178-648.0003-4540

Special teams

NamePuntingField goalsKickoffsNo.YdsAvgLongTBFCI20BlkdAtt.MadePct.LongNo.YdsAvgTBOB
Lones Seiber000000005862.54916104665.410
Ryan Tydlacka34134339.559311126000000000
Craig McIntosh00000000000020121460.721
**Total**35134338.4593111215862.54936226062.831
**Opponents**37139037.65637703837.53434205560.441
NamePunt returnsKick returnsNo.YdsAvgTDLongNo.YdsAvgTDLong
Derrick Locke00000419147.751100
Alfonso Smith0000023517.5019
Winston Guy0000012828028
Randall Cobb1419113.617300000
Gene McCaskill1100101000000
**Total**1520113.41732966723.01100
**Opponents**7497.01233273122.8065

Rankings

Class of 2010 commitments/signees

Class of 2011 commitments

References

References

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  13. "Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks Box Score". ESPN.com.
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  24. [https://web.archive.org/web/20091125124212/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/gameflash/2009/11/21/40085_recap.html Sports Illustrated game recap, Kentucky 34, Georgia 27]
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