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2009 Missouri Tigers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2009
team	Missouri Tigers
image	Missouri Tigers old logo.svg
conference	Big 12 Conference
division	North Division
short_conf	Big 12
record	8–5
conf_record	4–4
head_coach	Gary Pinkel
hc_year	9th
off_coach	David Yost
oc_year	1st
off_scheme	Spread
def_coach	Dave Steckel
dc_year	1st
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
captain	Danario Alexander
Jaron Baston
Kurtis Gregory
Sean Weatherspoon
stadium	Faurot Field
(Capacity: 71,004)
bowl	[Texas Bowl](2009-texas-bowl)
bowl_result	L 13–35 vs. [Navy](2009-navy-midshipmen-football-team)
uniform	File:Big12-Uniform-Mizzou-2009.png

Jaron Baston Kurtis Gregory Sean Weatherspoon (Capacity: 71,004)

The 2009 Missouri Tigers football team, represented the University of Missouri in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gary Pinkel, who returned for his ninth season with Mizzou, and played their home games at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. Changes to Memorial Stadium for the 2009 season included a new scoreboard and expanded seating capacity following a reconfiguration of the student seating section.

On December 6, the Texas Bowl picked the 8-4 Tigers to play in their fourth annual game against the 9-4 Navy Midshipmen at Reliant Stadium in Houston on December 31.

On December 22, Mizzou Sports Properties (owned by Learfield Sports) announced a contract for a new radio home on all its coaches' and daily shows for five years, starting with the 2010–11 season. KFRU, owned by Cumulus Media, had the radio rights for the Tiger Network.

Recruits

Key Losses:

DB Castine Bridges
LB Brock Christopher
TE Chase Coffman
QB Chase Daniel
TB Jimmy Jackson
WR Jeremy Maclin
S William Moore
DL Stryker Sulak
DB Tremane Vaughns
K Jeff Wolfert
DL Ziggy Hood

23 seniors (not incl. Jeremy Maclin) played their final game in the Alamo Bowl.

25 student-athletes signed a National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Missouri and play football for the Tigers in 2009.

Missouri and Coach Pinkel said they were pleased with its recruits, and Pinkel doesn't listen to how the recruiting services rank his recruits (Scout.com as 38th, Rivals.com as 41st) since they have had great results in the evaluations they look for in the athletes recruited. This year, the breakdown by position in the 25-man class was: five DBs, four LBs, four OLs, four DLs, two QBs, three WRs, two TEs, and one RB. Ten of the 25 are native Missourians. Pinkel said regarding Missouri's evaluation system: "I was at a national convention and a couple coaches from Texas said to me that we ask more about players, were more thorough, than any coaches that they've seen and any program that they've seen." The recruiting class breaks down to 14 on defense compared to 11 on offense.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Illinois

Blaine Gabbert passed for three touchdowns and 319 yards (25–33), in a runaway 37–9 victory over rival Illinois. Missouri WR Danario Alexander posted a career-high with 10 receptions totaling 132 yards. Gabbert became the third straight Missouri quarterback to earn Big 12 Player of the Week honors in his first start.

Bowling Green

After trailing most of the game, Missouri scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to escape at home.

Furman

Nevada

Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert posted a career-high 414 yards on 25 of 40 passing. Missouri wide-out Danario Alexander once again posted career high numbers with 9 catches for 170 yards and 2 touchdowns. The turning point in this game was when Nevada running back Luke Lippincott fumbled on the Missouri 4 yard line, setting up a 96-yard touchdown drive by the Missouri offense.

Nebraska

Game in the rain ends with a dramatic switch from a 12–0 Missouri lead after the 3rd quarter, changed to a 27–12 loss with an injured Blaine Gabbert's leg for the final half with the first two interceptions of his career.

Oklahoma State

Texas

Kickoff time: 7:12 pm • End of Game: 10:02 • Total elapsed time: 2:50 Referee: Tom Walker • Umpire: John Mascarello • Linesman: Chad Green • Line judge: David Oliver • Back judge: Brad Van Vark • Field judge: Reggie Smith • Side judge: Brad Horchem • Scorer: Tim Knaar • Temperature: 56 F • Wind: S 5 • Weather: Cool and clear

Colorado

Baylor

Kansas State

Iowa State

Kansas

These rivals delivered a compelling game last year and exceeded it this time, exchanging big plays, scores, and momentum on nearly every snap.

Missouri tackled the quarterback for a safety with 2:39 remaining and Grant Ressel hit a 27-yard field goal, his fourth of the game, as time expired, giving the Tigers a 41–39 win over Kansas on Saturday in another wild Border Showdown at Arrowhead Stadium.

Ressel was subsequently named the Big 12 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week, for his perfect day (4-for-4) in field goal kicking. It was the first time since 1972 that a Missouri team has won a game from a field goal kicker after trailing in the final seconds of a game.

Navy (Texas Bowl)

The Tigers lost to Navy in the worst bowl defeat (in terms of the point differential, -22), in team history.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Years
at MU		Alma mater (Year)
Gary Pinkel	Head coach	9
David Yost	Assistant head coach
Offensive coordinator
Quarterbacks coach	9
Dave Steckel		Linebackers
Defensive Coordinator	9
Barry Odom	Safeties	7
Cornell Ford	Cornerbacks	9
Andy Hill	Wide Receivers
Tight ends	14
Brian Jones	Running backs	9
Craig Kuligowski	Defensive line	9
Bruce Walker	Co-offensive line	9
Josh Henson	Co-offensive line	1
Dan Hopkins	Director of football operations	3
Nick Otterbacher	Director of football recruiting	6

On February 20, 2009, defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus announced he was leaving the Tigers to join the Cleveland Browns. Coaching staff from:

Roster

† Starter at position

Statistics

Statistics from:

Scores by quarter

(through December 31, 2009)

{{Linescore Amfootball		Road=Missouri	R1=84	R2=135	R3=83	R4=75	R5=	Home=Opponents	H1=85	H2=74	H3=76	H4=95	H5=

Team

(to December 31, 2009)

MU	Opp
SCORING	377
Points per game	29.0
FIRST DOWNS	268
Rushing	102
Passing	142
Penalty	24
RUSHING YARDAGE	1,651
Gained	1,994
Lost	-343
Attempts	444
Avg per rush	3.7
Avg per game	127.0
TDs Rushing	15
PASSING YARDAGE	3,711
Comp-Att-Int	274-467-11
Avg per Pass	7.9
Avg per Catch	13.5
Avg per game	285.5
TDs Passing	26

MU	Opp
TOTAL OFFENSE	5,362
Total plays	911
Avg per play	5.9
Avg per game	412.5
Kick Returns	63-1,315
Punt Returns	25-238
Inter. Returns	8-102
Kick Return Ave.	20.9
Punt Return Ave.	9.5
Inter. Return Ave.	12.8
Fumbles-Lost	18-8
Penalties-Yards	69-716
Avg per game	55.1
Punts-Yards	63-2,647
Avg per punt	42.0
Net punt avg	40.5
Time of possession/Game	27:44
3rd down conversions	68/185 (37%)
4th down conversions	11/20 (55%)
Sacks by-Yards	31-244
Misc. Yards	0
Touchdowns scored	42
Field goals-Attempts	26-27 (96%)
On-Side Kicks	0-0
Red-Zone Scores	41-50 (82%)
Red-Zone TDs	21-50 (42%)
PAT-Attempts	39-39 (100%)
ATTENDANCE	384,719
Games / Avg per Game	6 / 64,120
Neutral Site

Offense

Rushing

(to December 31, 2009)

Name	GP-GS	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Derrick Washington	13	190	909	-44	865	4.6	10	42	66.5
De'Vion Moore	11	63	272	-14	258	4.1	1	31	23.5
Kendial Lawrence	11	52	236	-17	219	4.2	0	22	19.9
Blaine Gabbert	13	103	426	-222	204	2.0	3	40	15.7
Jerrell Jackson	13	11	96	-4	92	8.4	1	37	7.1
Gilbert Moye	11	6	36	-1	35	5.8	0	17	3.2
Danario Alexander	13	1	10	0	10	10.0	0	10	0.8
Jared Perry	11	2	7	0	7	3.5	0	5	0.6
Jimmy Costello	3	2	0	-6	-6	-3.0	0	0	-2.0
TEAM	12	14	2	-35	-33	-2.4	0	2	-2.8
TOTAL	13	444	1,994	-343	1,651	3.7	15	42	127.0
Opponents	13	463	1,927	-385	1,542	3.3	17	41	118.6

Passing

(to December 31, 2009)

Name (G)	Effic	Cmp-Att-Int	Pct	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G
Blaine Gabbert (13)	140.45	262-445-9	58.9	3,593	24	84	276.4
Jimmy Costello (3)	61.04	9-17-2	52.9	64	0	16	21.3
Danario Alexander (13)	383.00	1-2-0	50.0	40	1	40	3.1
TEAM (12)	0.00	0-1-0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Forrest Shock (12)	631.60	1-1-0	100.0	24	1	24	2.0
Derrick Washington (13)	16.00	1-1-0	100.0	-10	0	0	-0.8
TOTAL (13)	139.08	274-467-11	58.7	3,711	26	84	285.5
Opponents (13)	132.55	305-475-8	64.2	3,269	20	74	251.5

Receiving

(to December 31, 2009)

Name	GP	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Danario Alexander	13	113	1,781	15.8	14	84	137.0
Jared Perry	11	46	696	15.1	6	48	63.3
Jerrell Jackson	13	37	458	12.4	2	70	35.2
Derrick Washington	13	26	156	6.0	0	36	12.0
Wes Kemp	13	23	418	18.2	3	56	32.2
Andrew Jones	13	8	43	5.4	0	11	3.3
Rolandis Woodland	8	5	26	5.2	0	8	3.2
Kendial Lawrence	11	3	49	16.3	0	33	4.5
Michael Egnew	12	3	25	8.3	0	11	2.1
De'Vion Moore	11	3	13	4.3	0	12	1.2
Brandon Gerau	13	2	19	9.5	0	14	1.5
T.J. Moe	10	2	8	4.0	0	4	0.8
Jaquies Smith	13	1	24	24.0	1	24	1.8
Gilbert Moye	11	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.5
Blaine Gabbert	13	1	-10	-10.0	0	0	-0.8
TOTAL	13	274	3,711	13.5	26	84	285.5
Opponents	13	305	3,269	10.7	20	74	251.5

Field Goals/PAT

(to December 31, 2009)

Name	FG-FGA	Pct	01-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-99	Lng	Blkd	PAT	Pts.
Grant Ressel	26-27	96.3	0-0	9-9	10-10	7-8	0-0	46	0	39-39	117

Special teams

(to December 31, 2009)

Name	Punting	Kickoffs	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TB	FC	I20	Blkd	No.	Yds	Avg	TB
Jake Harry	61	2,609	42.8	69	2	15	23	0
Matt Grabner	1	38	38.0	38	0	0	1	0
TEAM	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1
Tanner Mills									64	3,924	61.3	8	1
Grant Ressel									14	898	64.1	1	1
TOTAL	63	2,647	42.0	69	2	15	24	1		78	4,822	61.8	9	2
Opponents	63	2,525	40.1	60	3	20	23	0	75	4,763	63.5	10	2

Name	Punt returns	Kick returns	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	No.	Yds	Avg
Carl Gettis	22	156	7.1	0	27	1	18	18.0	0	18
Brandon Gerau	3	22	7.3	0	11
Jasper Simmons	0	60	0.0	0	60	36	815	22.6	0	34
Kendial Lawrence						12	218	18.2	0	32
Wes Kemp						6	136	22.7	0	33
Jerrell Jackson						3	53	17.7	0	21
Munir Prince						3	65	21.7	0	30
Trey Hobson						1	8	8.0	0	8
Jon Gissinger						1	2	2.0	0	2
TOTAL	25	238	9.5	0	60	63	1,315	20.9	0	34
Opponents	20	57	2.8	1	13	67	1,505	22.5	0	53

Interceptions

(to December 31, 2009)

Name	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Kevin Rutland	2	0	0.0	0	0
Jacquies Smith	1	43	43.0	1	43
Jerrell Harrison	1	27	27.0	0	27
Hardy Ricks	1	16	16.0	0	16
Kip Edwards	1	10	10.0	0	10
Sean Weatherspoon	1	6	6.0	0	6
Jasper Simmons	1	0	0.0	0	0
TOTAL	8	102	12.8	1	43
Opponents	11	231	21.0	2	78

Fumble returns

(to December 31, 2009)

Name	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Carl Gettis	1	20	20.0	0	20
Jasper Simmons	1	8	8.0	0	8
Zaviar Gooden	1	1	1.0	0	1
TOTAL	3	29	9.7	0	20
Opponents	0	0	0.0	0	0

Defense

(to December 31, 2009)

Name	GP	Tackles	Sacks	Pass Defense	Fumbles	Blkd
Kick	Saf	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL-Yds	No.-Yds	Int-Yds.	BrUp	QBH	Rcv-Yds	FF
Sean Weatherspoon	13	76	35	111	14.5-44	4.5-21	1-6	2	1	-	1	-	-
Brock Christopher	14	51	54	105	7.5-20	1.0-6	3-39	6	3	1-0	-	-	-
Justin Garrett	14	51	38	89	1.5-3	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	-
William Moore	12	55	31	86	6.5-19	1.0-10	1-17	6	1	-	3	-	-
Carl Gettis	14	52	26	78	4.0-8	-	1-27	4	-	1-0	-	-	-
Castine Bridges	12	49	20	69	4.5-8	0.5-2	1-7	7	-	-	-	-	-
Kenji Jackson	13	40	22	62	-	-	2-34	1	-	-	1	-	-
Ziggy Hood	14	31	31	62	7.0-42	5.0-37	-	2	12	2-0	-	1	-
Luke Lambert	14	30	28	58	3.5-7	1.0-2	-	1	-	1-0	1	-	-
Stryker Sulak	14	29	26	55	15.5-106	10.5-94	-	6	6	-	6	1	-
Tru Vaughns	14	26	23	49	2.5-5	1.0-4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
Jaron Baston	14	17	32	49	8.0-22	1.0-8	1-5	1	1	2-18	-	-	-
Jacquies Smith	14	22	24	46	3.0-6	1.0-3	-	2	2	-	-	-	-
Tommy Chavis	13	21	23	44	6.0-31	3.0-20	-	2	6	-	2	-	-
Del Howard	13	22	19	41	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Hardy Ricks	14	26	13	39	1.5-6	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Brian Coulter	12	13	16	29	6.5-44	3.0-22	-	2	1	-	2	-	-
Andrew Gachkar	14	13	15	28	1.0-2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Rutland	14	16	9	25	-	-	1-12	5	-	1-0	-	-	-
Will Ebner	14	15	6	21	3.0-20	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-
Dominique Hamilton	13	8	10	18	0.5-0	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-
Chris Earnhardt	7	7	10	17	1.0-4	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
Trey Hobson	12	10	6	16	1.0-1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Terrell Resonno	14	7	6	13	1.0-2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
TEAM	11	4	7	11	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Van Alexander	8	2	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Gettys	14	5	1	6	-	-	1-27	-	-	-	-	-	-
Others (17)	14	11	13	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	13	633	305	938	81-377	31-244	8-102	34	8	15-29	13	1	4
Opponents	13	540	373	913	76-326	20-191	11-231	53	14	8- 0	12	1	-

Rankings

(as of January 7, 2010)

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