2009 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 2009 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first year head coach Paul Rhoads. They played their home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. The Cyclones finished the season 7–6, 3–5 in Big 12 play and beat Minnesota 14–13 in the Insight Bowl.

2009 Iowa State Cyclones football
Insight Bowl champion
Insight Bowl, W 14–13 vs. Minnesota
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Record	7–6 (3–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Paul Rhoads (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Tom Herman (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Wally Burnham (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Jack Trice Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)

2009 Big 12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 14 Nebraska x		6	–	2					10	–	4
Missouri		4	–	4					8	–	5
Kansas State		4	–	4					6	–	6
Iowa State		3	–	5					7	–	6
Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	9
Kansas		1	–	7					5	–	7
South Division
No. 2 Texas x$		8	–	0					13	–	1
Oklahoma State		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 21 Texas Tech		5	–	3					9	–	4
Oklahoma		5	–	3					8	–	5
Texas A&M		3	–	5					6	–	7
Baylor		1	–	7					4	–	8
Championship: Texas 13, Nebraska 12
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Before the season

Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for 2009 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	40‡	Commit date
Joshua Bellamy WR	St. Petersburg, Florida	Butte College	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.4	Jan 11, 2009
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A
Beau Blankenship RB	Norman, Oklahoma	Norman North H.S. (OK)	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	4.47	Jul 24, 2008
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 76
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 79   Rivals: 73
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Iowa State 2009 Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009. "2009 Iowa State Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009. "2009 Player Commitments – Iowa State". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009. "2009 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 p.m.	North Dakota State*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	MC22	W 34–17	48,831
September 12	11:00 a.m.	Iowa*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	FSN	L 3–35	52,089
September 19	6:00 p.m.	at Kent State*	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPN360	W 34–14	15,808
September 26	6:00 p.m.	Army*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	CYtv	W 31–10	50,532
October 3	2:00 p.m.	vs. Kansas State	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO (Farmageddon)	FCS	L 23–24	40,851
October 10	11:30 a.m.	at No. 15 Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	Versus	L 36–41	48,203
October 17	6:00 p.m.	Baylor	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA		W 24–10	42,253
October 24	11:30 a.m.	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	FSN	W 9–7	85,938
October 31	2:30 p.m.	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX		L 10–35	72,530
November 7	2:30 p.m.	No. 19 Oklahoma State	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	ABC	L 8–34	40,540
November 14	1:00 p.m.	Colorado	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA		W 17–10	43,208
November 21	1:00 p.m.	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)		L 24–34	55,573
December 31	5:00 p.m.	vs. Minnesota*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Insight Bowl)	NFLN	W 14–13	45,090
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

2009 Iowa State Cyclones football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 4 Austen Arnaud  Jr QB 8 Brett Bueker QB 11 Jerome Tiller RB   Brad Adams RB 33 Alexander Robinson RB 23 Jeremiah Schwartz  Fr RB 34 Johnny Williams FB 26 Taylor Mansfield WR 20 Jason Carlson WR 6 Darius Darks WR 18 Wallace Franklin WR 82 Marquis Hamilton WR   Ethan Hokel WR 19 Josh Lenz Fr WR 2 Sedrick Johnson WR 15 Houston Jones WR 80 Andrew Mitchell WR 36 Patrick Mulcahy WR 10 Lonzie Range WR 83 Jake Williams WR 17 Joel Zitek OL 77 Alex Alvarez OL 71 Trey Baysinger OL 68 Tadd Bergan OL 79 Brayden Burris OL 70 Drew Davis OL 51 Scott Haughton OL 75 Hayworth Hicks OL 67 Matt Hulbert OL 52 Mike Knapp OL 63 Ben Lamaak OL 72 Kelechi Osemele OL 50 Sean Smith OL 76 Zack Spears OL 73 Reggie Stephens Sr OL 64 Ethan Tuftee OL 74 Joe Vanstrom TE 87 Carter Bykowski TE 84 Derrick Catlett TE 35 Vince Ewald TE 88 Collin Franklin TE 86 Kurt Hammerschmidt TE 91 Patrick Neal	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 7 Kennard Banks DB 12 Allen Bell DB 22 Ter'ran Benton DB 46 Andrew Crenshaw DB 42 Tahaun Fountain DB 23 Leonard Johnson DB 15 Dustin Land DB 1 Judah Linder DB 19 A. J. Matthews DB 9 Devin McDowell DB 39 Matt Morton Fr DB 37 Michael O'Connell DB 3 Zac Sandvig DB 5 David Sims DB 11 Chris Singleton DB 2 James Smith DB 36 Kyle Walker LB 45 Kyle Benning LB 27 Brian Ekwelundu Sr LB 43 Fred Garrin LB 44 Kevin Hamlin LB 59 Preston Kaufman LB 26 Seth Moser LB 16 Josh Raven LB 31 Justin Rumple LB 24 Derec Schmidgall LB 54 Jesse Smith LB 50 Frank Weymiller DE 90 Cleyon Laing DE 55 Christopher Lyle DE 61 Cameron Murray DL 96 Austin Alburtis DL 85 Bailey Johnson DL 98 Jerrod Black So DL 62 Nate Frere DL 99 Chase Hurtig DL 53 Joe Jacobs DL 38 Roosevelt Maggitt DL 94 Jake McDonough DL 29 Rashawn Parker DL 97 Stephen Ruempolhamer DL 66 Kyle Slifka DL 95 Spenser Zegers	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 25 Zach Guyer K 16 Daniel Kuehl K 21 Grant Mahoney So K 27 Michael Romey P 13 Mike Brandtner P 14 Chad Powell DS 93 Sam Anker Jr DS 40 Zack Tucker  Fr DS 49 David Wonders Jr DS 46 Dakota Zimmerman So	Head coach Paul Rhoads Coordinators/assistant coaches Tom Herman – Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Wally Burnham – Offensive Coordinator Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Iowa

Iowa at Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 7 7 14 7 35 Cyclones 3 0 0 0 3 Date: September 12 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa Game start: 11:05 a.m. Game attendance: 52,089 Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C) (Mostly Hazy) Referee: Dave Witvoet TV announcers (FSN): Joel Meyers, Dave Lapham and Jim Knox

Scoring summary 1 2:33 Iowa St Grant Mahoney 46-yard field goal Iowa St 3-0 1 1:43 Iowa Grant Morse 1-yard pass from Ricky Stanzi (Daniel Murray kick) Iowa 7-3 2 2:56 Iowa Derrell Johnson-Koulianos 18-yard pass from Ricky Stanzi (Daniel Murray kick) Iowa 14-3 3 9:25 Iowa Allen Reisner 7-yard pass from Ricky Stanzi (Daniel Murray kick) Iowa 21-3 3 4:27 Iowa Brandon Wegher 1-yard run (Daniel Murray kick) Iowa 28-3 4 5:49 Iowa Keenan Davis 10-yard pass from Ricky Stanzi (Daniel Murray kick) Iowa 35-3

See also: 2009 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Cy-Hawk Trophy

At Nebraska

Iowa State at Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total • Cyclones 3 6 0 0 9 Cornhuskers 7 0 0 0 7 Date: October 24 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 11:41 a.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:09 Game attendance: 85,938 Game weather: Overcast, 44 °F (7 °C), Wind SSE@3 mph (4.8 km/h) Referee: Karl Richins TV announcers (FSN): Joel Meyers (Play-by-play), Dave Lapham (Color) & Jim Knox (Sideline)

See also: 2009 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

The Cyclones entered Memorial Stadium without their leading quarterback and rushing threat and subsequently played an error-free game. The solid effort was enough to put up 9 points in the first half to lead Nebraska by 2, which concluded the game's scoring. The 9 points turned out to be sufficient to win against the poor Cornhusker offensive effort, which turned over the ball a school-record eight times (including four inside of Iowa State's five-yard line). The turnovers negated Nebraska's 362–239 edge in yards gained.

The Cyclones enjoyed their first win in Memorial Stadium since 1977. First-year Head coach Paul Rhoads said about the game, "When you don't win in a stadium on the road since 1977, it's big."

Vs. Minnesota (Insight Bowl)

Main article: 2009 Insight Bowl

See also: 2009 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

Statistics

Team

Team Opp Scoring 185 151   Points per Game 26.4 21.6 First Downs 148 141   Rushing 74 55   Passing 69 78   Penalty 5 8 Total Offense 2862 2707   Avg per Play 5.7 5.6   Avg per Game 408.9 386.7 Fumbles-Lost 13-8 17-6 Penalties-Yards 36-354 42-341   Avg per Game 50.6 48.7

Team Opp Punts-Yards 31-1348 43-1644   Avg per Punt 43.5 38.2 Time of Possession/Game 28:36 31:24 3rd Down Conversions 46/103 34/94 4th Down Conversions 3/5 4/5 Touchdowns Scored 23 20 Field Goals-Attempts-Long 9-14 4-6 PAT-Attempts 18-21 19-20 Attendance 193705 64011   Games/Avg per Game 4/48426 2/32006

Scores by quarter

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 53 86 73 41 253 Opponents 70 58 56 87 271

Offense

Rushing

Name	GP-GS	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Robinson,Alexan	7	130	755	18	737	5.7	6	68	105.3
Arnaud,Austen	7	90	457	23	434	4.8	7	22	62.0
Schwartz,Jeremi	7	49	223	9	214	4.4	0	23	30.6
Total	7	290	1560	63	1497	5.2	14	68	213.9

Passing

Name	GP-GS	Effic	Att-Cmp-Int	Pct	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G
Arnaud,Austen	7	123.98	105-185-5	56.8	1246	9	54	178.0
Tiller,Jerome	4	76.91	14-26-2	53.8	119	0	17	29.8
Total	7	117.07	119-213-7	55.9	1365	9	54	195.0

Receiving

Name	GP-GS	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Hamilton, Marquis	7	31	479	15.5	3	42	68.4
Williams, Jake	7	23	234	10.2	2	23	33.4
Catlett, Derrick	7	17	215	12.6	2	27	30.7
Reynolds, Darius	4	13	72	5.5	0	18	18.0
Lenz, Josh	7	9	69	7.7	0	15	9.9
Robinson, Alexander	7	7	137	19.6	1	54	19.6
Franklin, Collin	7	7	65	9.3	0	16	9.3
Darks, Darius	7	7	48	6.9	1	18	6.9
Johnson, Sedrick	7	3	5	1.7	0	7	0.7
Schwartz, Jeremi	7	1	30	30.0	0	30	4.3
Zitek, Joel	7	1	11	11.0	0	11	1.6
Total	7	119	1365	11.5	9	54	195.0

Defense

Name	GP	Tackles				Sacks	Pass Defense		Interceptions				Fumbles		Blkd Kick
		Solo	Ast	Total	TFL-Yds	No-Yds	BrUp	QBH	No.-Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Rcv-Yds	FF
Def 1
Total

Special teams

Name	Punting								Kickoffs
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TB	FC	I20	Blkd	No.	Yds	Avg	TB	OB
Punter 1
Kicker 1
Total

Name	Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Player 1
Total

After the season

Awards

Big 12 player of the week

Alexander Robinson
On September 28, Alexander Robinson was declared the Big 12 Co-Offensive player of the week after recording 178 yards of total offense and three touchdowns in Iowa State's win over Army. Robinson is the first Iowa State running back since Ennis Haywood in 2000 to record three consecutive 100- yard games.