2009 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team

2009 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football
2009 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football
Southland champion
NCAA Division I Quarterfinal, L 0–51 vs. Montana
Conference	Southland Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 10
FCS Coaches	No. 9
Record	10–3 (6–1 Southland)
Head coach	J. C. Harper (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Shannon Dawson (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	David Gibbs (2nd season)
Home stadium	Homer Bryce Stadium
	Seasons ← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team represented Stephen F. Austin State University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by third-year head coach J. C. Harper and played its home games at Homer Bryce Stadium. It finished the regular season with a 10–3 record overall and a 6–1 record in the Southland Conference, making the team conference champions. The team qualified for the playoffs, in which it was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Montana.^[1]

2009 Southland Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 10 Stephen F. Austin +^	6	–	1	10	–	3
No. 12 McNeese State +^	6	–	1	9	–	2
No. 25 Texas State	5	–	2	7	–	4
Southeastern Louisiana	4	–	3	6	–	5
Sam Houston State	3	–	4	5	–	6
Central Arkansas	2	–	5	5	–	6
Nicholls State	2	–	5	3	–	9
Northwestern State	0	–	7	0	–	11

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	7:00 p.m.	at SMU*		Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX		L 23–31	34,749
September 12	6:00 p.m.	Texas College*		Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX		W 92–0	8,346
September 19	6:05 p.m.	at Western Illinois*		Hanson Field Macomb, IL		W 40–30	15,328
September 26	6:00 p.m.	North Dakota*		Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX		W 65–31	10,152
October 10	6:00 p.m.	No. 7 McNeese State		Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX		W 16–13	11,182	^[2]
October 17	6:00 p.m.	at Central Arkansas	No. 20	Estes Stadium Conway, AR		W 33–30	7,527
October 24	2:00 p.m.	Sam Houston State	No. 15	Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX (Battle of the Piney Woods)		W 42–3	18,546	^[3]
October 31	2:00 p.m.	at Texas State	No. 11	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX		L 7–28	13,926	^[4]
November 7	6:00 p.m.	Nicholls State	No. 15	Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX		W 31–27	10,214
November 14	2:00 p.m.	at Southeastern Louisiana		Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA		W 41–10	6,877
November 21	2:00 p.m.	at Northwestern State		Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA (Chief Caddo)		W 19–10	3,488
November 28	2:00 p.m.	No. 14 Eastern Washington*	No. 12	Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX (NCAA Division I First Round)	CBSCS	W 44–33	8,224
December 5	1:00 p.m.	at No. 1 Montana*	No. 12	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)		L 0–51	22,438
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "Stephen F. Austin Yearly Results: 2005-2009". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
^ "McNeese State vs Stephen F. Austin Stats". southland.org. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
^ "SFA 42, Sam Houston State 3". Longview News-Journal. October 25, 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bobcats' defense rises up, cuts down Lumberjacks". Austin American-Statesman. November 1, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2009 Football Schedule". Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks. Retrieved October 21, 2023.