2009 LSU Tigers football team

The 2009 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Les Miles who served his fifth year at the helm of LSU football. They played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Tigers finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in SEC play, including a loss in the Capital One Bowl, 19–17, against Penn State.

2009 LSU Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 17
2009 record9–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGary Crowton (3rd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorJohn Chavis (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
(Capacity: 92,400)
Uniform
2009 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Eastern Division
No. 3 Florida x%  8 –0     13 –1  
Georgia  4 –4     8 –5  
Tennessee  4 –4     7 –6  
Kentucky  3 –5     7 –6  
South Carolina  3 –5     7 –6  
Vanderbilt  0 –8     2 –10  
Western Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#  8 –0     14 –0  
No. 17 LSU  5 –3     9 –4  
No. 20 Ole Miss  4 –4     9 –4  
Arkansas  3 –5     8 –5  
Auburn  3 –5     8 –5  
Mississippi State  3 –5     5 –7  
Championship: Alabama 32, Florida 13
    1. – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

In his fourth season as head coach, Les Miles led LSU to a regular season record of 7–5, finishing 3–5 in the SEC. The Tigers were awarded a berth in the 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl where they faced Georgia Tech. The Tigers easily defeated the Yellow Jackets by a score of 38–3. Miles improved to 4–0 in bowl games as head coach of LSU. LSU completed the 2008 college football season with an 8–5 overall record. The bowl victory also marked the 700th win in LSU Tiger football history. The Tigers look to improve on their 8–5 season in 2009.

Before the season

Coaching changes

Following the 2008 season, co-defensive coordinators, Doug Mallory & Bradley Dale Peveto both left LSU. Mallory moved on to New Mexico to become defensive coordinator of the Lobos' football program,[1] while Peveto took over as the head coach of the Northwestern State Demons.[2] The Tigers replaced Mallory and Peveto with new defensive coordinator John Chavis, who left the University of Tennessee after the departure of head coach Phillip Fulmer.[3] Chavis was a Tennessee alum and held the position of defensive coordinator there since 1995. Chavis will also coach linebackers at LSU.

Ron Cooper was hired as the new defensive backs coach. Previously, Mallory had coached the defensive backs since 2005. Cooper came to LSU from the University of South Carolina where he spent the past five years coaching on the defensive side of the football.[4]

Earl Lane also left LSU following the 2008. Lane spent 3 seasons as defensive line coach at LSU, but decided it was time to move on. Lane was replaced by Brick Haley. Haley was brought aboard as a veteran defensive line coach who has spent time in both the NFL and the Southeastern Conference.[5]

Finally, Josh Henson, who left to become co-offensive line coach for Missouri,[6] was replaced by Don Yanowsky. Henson came to LSU with Miles in 2005 and served as the Tight Ends coach and recruiting coordinator for the Tigers. Henson has a reputation as of being one of the best recruiters in the nation. Yanowsky will also serve as the Tight Ends coach and Recruiting coordinator, and comes to LSU from Boston College.[7]

Key losses

Offense

Defense

Special teams

  • Colt David, PK All-time scoring leader for the LSU Tigers.

Returning starters

2009 recruiting class

Spring game

The Tigers held their annual spring game on Saturday April 18, 2009. LSU White defeated LSU Purple 27–0.[8]

Pre-season All-SEC honors
  • Rahim Alem, third-team DL
  • Charles Alexander, second-team DL
  • Ciron Black, first-team OL
  • Richard Dickson, first-team TE
  • Trindon Holiday, third-team RS
  • Chad Jones, second-team DB
  • Brandon Lafell, second-team WR
  • Perry Riley, third-team LB
  • Charles Scott, first-team RB
  • Terrance Toliver, third-team WR

[9]

Pre-season watch lists

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 59:30 p.m.at Washington*No. 11
ESPNW 31–2369,161[18]
September 126:00 p.m.VanderbiltNo. 11
ESPNUW 23–991,566[19]
September 196:00 p.m.Louisiana-Lafayette*No. 9
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
ESPNUW 31–392,443[20]
September 2611:21 a.m.at Mississippi StateNo. 7
SECNW 30–2653,612[21]
October 32:30 p.m.at No. 14 GeorgiaNo. 4
CBSW 20–1392,746[22]
October 107:00 p.m.No. 1 FloridaNo. 4
CBSL 3–1393,129[23]
October 246:30 p.m.AuburnNo. 10
ESPN2W 31–1092,654[24]
October 317:00 p.m.Tulane*No. 9
PPVW 42–092,031[25]
November 72:30 p.m.at No. 3 AlabamaNo. 9
CBSL 15–2492,012[26]
November 146:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech*No. 11
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
ESPNUW 24–1692,584[27]
November 212:30 p.m.at Ole MissNo. 10
CBSL 23–2561,752[28]
November 286:00 p.m.ArkansasNo. 17
ESPNW 33–30 OT93,013[29]
January 1, 20101:00 p.m.vs. No. 11 Penn State*No. 15
ABCL 17–1963,025[30]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

Washington

Pregame Line:[31] -18.5

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 10 7 7 7 31
Huskies 7 6 0 10 23

Vanderbilt

Pregame Line: -14

1 2 3 4 Total
Commodores 0 7 2 0 9
Tigers 7 6 3 7 23

Louisiana-Lafayette

Pregame Line: -27

  • LSU improved to 22–0 all-time against the Ragin Cajuns.
1 2 3 4 Total
Ragin Cajuns 0 3 0 0 3
Tigers 7 10 7 7 31

Mississippi St.

Pregame Line: -12.5

  • LSU has now beaten Mississippi State 10 straight times.
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 3 7 7 17
Bulldogs 14 0 7 5 26

#14 Georgia

Pregame Line: +3.5

  • LSU beats Georgia in Athens for the first time since 1987.
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 3 3 0 14 20
Bulldogs 0 0 0 13 13

#1 Florida

Pregame Line: +10

  • Largest crowd ever in Tiger Stadium
1 2 3 4 Total
Gators 3 7 0 3 13
Tigers 0 3 0 0 3

Auburn

Pregame Line: -7.5

  • LSU beats Auburn for the third straight year.
  • Marks the start of the longest active home winning streak in college football.
1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 0 0 3 7 10
LSU 14 3 14 0 31

Tulane

Pregame Line: -36.5

  • LSU beats the Green Wave for the 18th straight time.
1 2 3 4 Total
Green Wave 0 0 0 0 0
Tigers 14 7 7 14 42

#3 Alabama

Pregame Line: +7

  • The win marks the first time the Crimson Tide have beaten the Tigers in Tuscaloosa since 1999.
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 7 8 0 15
Crimson Tide 0 3 7 14 24

Louisiana Tech

Pregame Line: -23

  • With the win, LSU improved to 18–1 all-time against Louisiana Tech.
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 3 10 0 3 16
Tigers 10 0 7 7 24

Ole Miss

Pregame Line: +4.5

  • LSU has lost to a Houston Nutt coached team 3 straight times (Arkansas 2007, Ole Miss 2008 & 2009).
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 14 3 0 6 23
Rebels 6 9 0 10 25

Arkansas

Pregame Line: -4

  • LSU defeats the Razorbacks for the first time since 2006. The only bright spot for Arkansas is that they were the only team to outscore LSU in the third quarter this year.
1 2 3 4OT Total
Razorbacks 3 3 14 100 30
Tigers 10 7 7 63 33

Penn State–Capital One Bowl
1 2 3 4 Total
Nittany Lions 7 6 3 3 19
Tigers 0 3 7 7 17

Rankings
See also: 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking Movement
Legend:   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking
PollPreWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Final
AP 11 11 9 7 4 4 10 9 9 9 9 10 17 15 13 17
Coaches 9 9 7 7 4 4 10 10 9 9 11 10 17 14 13 17
Harris Not released 4 4 9 9 9 9 11 10 16 14 13
BCS Not released 9 9 9 8 8 15 13 12

Roster
2009 LSU Tigers roster

Quarterbacks

  • 9 Jordan Jefferson – Sophomore
  • 10 Russell Shepard – Freshman
  • 12 Jarrett Lee – Sophomore
  • 14 Chris Garrett – Freshman
  • 17 T.C. McCartney – Sophomore

Running Backs

  • 5 Keiland Williams – Senior
  • 8 Trindon Holiday – Senior
  • 24 Patrick Lipoma – Senior
  • 25 Drayton Calhoun – Freshman
  • 26 Richard Murphy – Junior
  • 32 Charles Scott – Senior
  • 40 Orlando Gunn – Sophomore
  • 42 Michael Ford – Freshman

Athlete

  • 43 Cole Richardson – Freshman

Fullbacks

  • 27 August Mangin – Senior
  • 33 Dominique Allen – Freshman
  • 34 Stevan Ridley – Sophomore
  • 35 James Stampley – Sophomore
  • 44 Curtis Sutera – Freshman
  • 45 Richard Dugas – Junior
  • 86 Cleveland Davis -Freshman

Wide Receivers

  • 1 Brandon LaFell – Senior
  • 2 Rueben Randle – Freshman
  • 13 Jordan Newell – Junior
  • 16 Jhyryn Taylor – Freshman
  • 21 Chris Tolliver – Freshman
  • 28 R.J. Jackson – Senior
  • 29 Jarred Joseph – Freshman
  • 31 John Williams – Sophomore
  • 39 R.J. Gillen – Sophomore
  • 80 Terrance Toliver – Junior
  • 82 Karl Acker – Freshman
  • 86 Chris Mitchell – Senior
  • 87 Marc Paul – Freshman
  • 88 Richard Thompson – Senior
  

Tight Ends

  • 18 Richard Dickson – Senior
  • 19 Deangelo Peterson – Sophomore
  • 41 Ronnie Turpin – Freshman
  • 47 Tyler Edwards – Freshman
  • 83 Mitch Joseph – Sophomore
  • 84 Jake Bryan – Freshman
  • 85 Alex Russian – '' Sophomore
  • 89 Greg Ostrom – Freshman

Offensive Line

  • 51 Clay Spencer – Freshman
  • 60 Will Blackwell – Sophomore
  • 61 Ben Domingue – Freshman
  • 65 Lyle Hitt – Senior
  • 68 Josh Dworaczyk – Sophomore
  • 69 Stavion Lowe – Freshman
  • 70 Ciron Black – Senior
  • 71 Alex Bonnette – Freshman
  • 71 Cordian Hagans – Freshman
  • 72 Alex Hurst – Freshman
  • 73 Thomas Parsons – Freshman
  • 74 Josh Williford – Freshman
  • 75 Greg Shaw – Sophomore
  • 76 Chris Faulk – Freshman
  • 78 Joseph Barksdale – Junior
  • 79 Matt Branch – Freshman

Long Snappers

  • 49 Austin Kinchen – Freshman
  • 50 Joey Crappell – Sophomore
  

Defensive Line

  • 50 Chris Davenport – Freshman
  • 77 Josh Downs – Freshman
  • 84 Rahim Alem – Senior
  • 87 Chancey Aghayere – Freshman
  • 88 Chase Clement – Freshman
  • 89 Lavar Edwards – Freshman
  • 90 Michael Brockers – Freshman
  • 91 Charles Alexander – Senior
  • 92 Drake Nevis – Junior
  • 93 Bennie Logan – Freshman
  • 94 Akiem Hicks – Junior
  • 95 Lazarius Levingston – Junior
  • 96 Dwayne Dailey – Sophomore
  • 97 Al Woods – Senior
  • 98 Dennis Johnson – Sophomore
  • 99 Sam Montgomery – Freshman

Linebackers

  • 11 Kelvin Sheppard – Junior
  • 52 Archie Kern Jr- "sophomore"
  • 22 Ryan Baker – Sophomore
  • 24 Harry Coleman – Senior
  • 41 Kyle Prater – Freshman
  • 42 David Impastato – Senior
  • 46 Kevin Minter – Freshman
  • 48 Kellen Theriot – Freshman
  • 49 Barkevious Mingo – Freshman
  • 51 Michael Johnson – Freshman
  • 53 Jonathan Nixon – Junior
  • 54 Jacob Cutrera – Senior
  • 55 Seth Fruge – Freshman
  • 56 Perry Riley – Senior
  • 57 Lamin Barrow – Freshman
  • 58 Tahj Jones – Freshman
  • 59 Paul Felio – Sophomore
  

Defensive Backs

  • 6 Tyler Glynn – Freshman
  • 6 Craig Loston – Freshman
  • 17 Morris Claiborne – Freshman
  • 19 David Detz – Freshman
  • 21 Tayler Debusk – Freshman
  • 25 Dexter Alexander – Freshman
  • 28 Joe Maltempi – Senior
  • 34 Jimmy Rome – Junior
  • 35 Ryan St. Julien – Freshman
  • 36 Derrick Bryant – Sophomore
  • 37 Karnell Hatcher – Sophomore
  • 39 Josh Johns – Freshman
  • 43 Daniel Graff – Junior
  • 45 Zach Elkins- Junior

Cornerbacks

  • 4 Jai Eugene – Junior
  • 7 Patrick Peterson – Sophomore
  • 15 Brandon Taylor – Sophomore
  • 29 Chris Hawkins – Senior

Safeties

  • 3 Chad Jones – Junior
  • 13 Ron Brooks – Sophomore
  • 23 Stefoin Francois – Sophomore
  • 40 Rockey Duplessis – Freshman
  • 44 Danny McCray – Senior

Punters

  • 33 DJ Howard – Freshman
  • 38 Derek Helton – Junior

Kickers

  • 3 Parker Brown – Freshman
  • 4 Tyler Listi – Freshman
  • 30 Trent Hebert – Sophomore
  • 30 Josh Jasper – Junior
  • 38 Drew Alleman – Freshman

2009 Louisiana State University Football Roster and Bios http://www.lsusports.net/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=5200&SPID=2164&SPSID=27812

Coaching staff
Name Title First Year at LSU Alma Mater
Les Miles Head Coach 2005 Michigan (1976)
Gary Crowton Offensive Coordinator 2007 BYU (1983)
John Chavis Defensive Coordinator 2009 Tennessee (1979)
Don Yanowsky Tight Ends Coach/Recruiting Coordinator 2009 University of Toledo (1980)
Brick Haley Defensive Line Coach 2009 Alabama A&M University (1989)
Ron Cooper Defensive Backs Coach 2009 Jacksonville State University (1983)
D.J. McCarthy Wide Receivers Coach 2007 Washington (1994)
Joe Robinson Special Teams Coordinator 2008 Louisiana State University (1985)
Larry Porter Asst. Head Coach/Running Backs/Special Teams 2005 Memphis (1996)
Greg Studrawa Offensive Line Coach 2007 Bowling Green (1987)
Tommy Moffitt Strength & Conditioning Coordinator 2000 Tennessee Tech (1986)

2009 Louisiana State University Football Coaches and Bios http://www.lsusports.net/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=5200&SPID=2164&SPSID=28715

LSU Tigers in the 2010 National Football League Draft
PlayerPositionRoundPickOverallNFL Team
Chad JonesDefensive Back31276New York Giants
Brandon LaFellWide Receiver31478Carolina Panthers
Perry RileyLinebacker45103Washington Redskins
Al WoodsDefensive Tackle425123New Orleans Saints
Trindon HollidayWide Receiver628197Houston Texans
Charles ScottRunning Back631200Philadelphia Eagles

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2010.htm

References
  1. "Locksley Announces 2009 Lobo Football Coaching Staff". Archived from the original on September 27, 2009. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
  2. "Football's Peveto Accepts Top Job at NSU". Archived from the original on September 27, 2009. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
  3. John Chavis Named LSU's Defensive Coordinator
  4. Ron Cooper to Coach Football Secondary
  5. Brick Haley Named Defensive Line Coach
  6. Henson Leaves LSU to advance coaching career
  7. Yanowsky Joins Football Coaching Staff
  8. Scott, Defense Lead White to 27–0 Spring Game Win
  9. SEC Coaches Preseason All-SEC Team Announced http://www.secsports.com/news/default.aspx?ArticleId=12959%5B%5D
  10. Football DE Alem on Hendricks Award Watch List
  11. Alem Adds Bednarik to List of Preseason Accolades
  12. Football's Black Named to Outland Trophy Watch List
  13. Tight End Dickson on Mackey Award Watch List
  14. Football's Jefferson on O'Brien Award Watch List
  15. Receiver LaFell Named to Biletnikoff Award Watch List
  16. Scott, LaFell on Maxwell Award Watch List
  17. Scott Mentioned on Doak Walker Award Watch List
  18. LSU @ Washington
  19. Vanderbilt @ LSU
  20. ULL @ LSU
  21. LSU @ Miss. St.
  22. LSU @ UGA
  23. UF @ LSU
  24. AU @ LSU
  25. TU @ LSU
  26. LSU @ UA
  27. LTU @ LSU
  28. LSU @ UM
  29. UA @ LSU
  31. LSU Tigers Team Page
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