2009 Clemson Tigers football | |
ACC Atlantic Division Champions Music City Bowl Champions | |
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ACC Championship Game, L 39–34 vs Georgia Tech | |
Music City Bowl vs. Kentucky, W 21–13 | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Atlantic | |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 24 |
2009 record | 9–5 (6–2 ACC) |
Head coach | Dabo Swinney |
Offensive coordinator | Billy Napier |
Offensive scheme | Various |
Defensive coordinator | Kevin Steele |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 81,500, grass) |
Uniform | |
Seasons |
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#24 Clemson x | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida State | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#13 Georgia Tech* x† | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#10 Virginia Tech | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#19 Miami | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina* | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Georgia Tech 39, Clemson 34 December 5, 2009 (vacated) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – BCS representative as champion
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The 2009 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University in the 2009 college football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Dabo Swinney, who was in his first full season as head coach. The Tigers played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Tigers won the ACC Atlantic Division, but after securing the title lost to in–state rival South Carolina in the Palmetto Bowl 34–17,[1] before losing for the second time in the season to Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship Game.[2] Clemson closed the season with a win over Kentucky in the Music City Bowl.
Notable[]
In the Tiger's 40–24 victory over the Florida State Seminoles on November 7, 2009, running back C.J. Spiller and wide receiver Jacoby Ford became the leading all-purpose yardage duo in NCAA history (a record previously held by Marshall Faulk and Darnay Scott of San Diego State).
C.J. Spiller was named as one of the three finalists for the 2009 Doak Walker Award. Spiller, along with Mark Ingram of Alabama and Toby Gerhart of Stanford, was selected by a vote of the 130–member Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee. On December 2, 2009, Spiller was voted the 2009 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year. The all-purpose threat was named as the league's top player following a vote of 40 members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. Spiller received 29 votes to outdistance Georgia Tech quarterback Josh Nesbitt, who had eight. Virginia Tech running back Ryan Williams, the league's rookie of the year, had two votes and Yellow Jackets defensive end Derrick Morgan had one. Spiller was the nation's only player this season to account for touchdowns five different ways – rushing, passing, receiving, and on kick and punt returns – and had passing, rushing and receiving TDs in one game, a victory against North Carolina State. He returned four kickoffs and a punt for scores this year and has eight total returns for TDs during his career. He scored at least once in every game this season while leading Clemson to the Atlantic Division title and a spot in the league title game against Georgia Tech. Spiller led the ACC with an average of nearly 184 all-purpose yards and was the league's fourth-leading rusher, averaging 76 yards. Spiller is the seventh Tiger to be named player of the year and the first since Michael Dean Perry in 1987.[3]
Incoming recruiting class[]
- Malliciah Goodman (DE; Florence, SC; West Florence HS)
- J.K. Jay (OL; Greenville, SC; Christ Church Episcopal School)
- Jonathan Meeks (S; Rock Hill, SC; Rock Hill HS)
- Tyler Shatley (FB; Valdese, NC; East Burke HS)
- Brandon Thomas (OL; Spartanburg, SC; Dorman HS)
- Bryce McNeal (WR; Minneapolis, MN; Breck HS)
- Roderick McDowell (RB; Sumter, SC; Sumter HS)
- Tajh Boyd (QB; Hampton, VA; Phoebus HS)
- Spencer Shuey (LB/DE; Charlotte, NC; South Mecklenburg HS)
- Quandon Christian (LB; Lake View, SC; Lake View HS)
- Corico Hawkins (LB; Milledgeville, GA; Baldwin HS)
- Darell Smith (TE/BAN; Gadsen, AL; Gadsen City HS)
- Taylor Ogle (QB; Gatlinburg, TN; Gatlinburg-Pittman HS)
Rankings[]
Poll | Week | |||||||||||||||
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Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final | |
AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 24 | 18 | 15 | 25 | NR | 24 |
Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 19 | 16 | NR | NR | NR |
Harris | Not released | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 25 | 19 | 17 | NR | NR | |||||
BCS | Not released | NR | NR | NR | 23 | 18 | NR | NR |
#17 jersey[]
On July 25, it was announced that sophomore linebacker Stanley Hunter was forced to quit playing football due to medical reasons. Hunter, who led the 2008 team in fewest plays per tackle, was suffering from an increase in seizures due to epilepsy.[4] On August 18, Coach Swinney announced that several players would alternate wearing #17 during the season as a way to honor Stanley Hunter.[5]
List of Players wearing #17 during the season:
- LB Brandon Maye
- QB Willy Korn
- FB Chad Diehl
- WR Xavier Dye
- WR Marquan Jones
- S DeAndre McDaniel
- RB Jamie Harper
- S Sadat Chambers
- S Rashard Hall
- CB Crezdon Butler
- LB Kavell Conner
- WR Jacoby Ford
Three of the players who will wear #17 (Korn, Diehl, and Dye) were also teammates with Hunter at James F. Byrnes High School in Spartanburg, SC. Stanley Hunter remains a member of the Clemson team, serving as a student-coach this season for the Tigers.
#6 jersey[]
Cornerback Chris Chancellor, whose normal number is #38, wore #6, the normal number of wide receiver Jacoby Ford, for the Miami game. (Under college football rules, two or more players on a team can wear the same number as long as only one is on the field at a time.) Chancellor, a native of Miami, made the change with the blessing of both Ford and Swinney in memory of his former high school teammate Jasper Howard, a cornerback who wore #6 for Connecticut and was murdered in the early morning of October 18 following UConn's game against Louisville.[6]
#28 jersey[]
At the end of the season, Head Coach Dabo Swinney announced that they would retire the #28 jersey worn by C.J. Spiller at a ceremony when the Tigers play Maryland at home on Oct. 16, 2010.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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April 11* | 1:00 PM | Orange vs. White | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Spring Game) | CSS | White 30–13 | 24,000 | ||
Regular Season | ||||||||
September 5* | 6:00 PM | Middle Tennessee | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Hall of Fame Day / Youth Day) | ESPN360 | W 37–14 | 78,371[7] | ||
September 10 | 7:30 PM | at #13 Georgia Tech | Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Clemson – Georgia Tech rivalry) | ESPN | L 27–30 | 52,029[7] | ||
September 19 | 12:00 PM | Boston College | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy / Family Weekend) | Raycom | W 25–7 | 77,362[7] | ||
September 26* | 3:30 PM | #14 TCU | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Football Reunion Weekend) | ESPN360 | L 10–14 | 71,869[7] | ||
October 3 | 12:00 PM | at Maryland | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD | ESPNU | L 21–24 | 46,243[7] | ||
October 17 | 12:00 PM | Wake Forest | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Day) | Raycom | W 38–3 | 74,298[7] | ||
October 24 | 3:30 PM | at #10 Miami | Land Shark Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL | ABC | W 40–37 OT | 43,778[7] | ||
October 31*† | 1:30 PM | Coastal Carolina | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Homecoming) | ESPN360 | W 49–3 | 74,429[7] | ||
November 7 | 7:45 PM | Florida State | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Solid Orange Day) | ESPN | W 40–24 | 76,656[7] | ||
November 14 | 12:00 PM | at N.C. State | Carter-Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC (Textile Bowl) | Raycom | W 43–23 | 57,583[7] | ||
November 21 | 3:30 PM | Virginia | #19 | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Military Appreciation Day) | ABC | W 34–21 | 77,568[7] | |
November 28* | 12:00 PM | at South Carolina | #16 | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (Carolina-Clemson Rivalry) | ESPN | L 17–34 | 80,574[7] | |
Post Season | ||||||||
December 5 | 8:00 PM | vs. #12 Georgia Tech | Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL (ACC Championship) | ESPN | L 34–39 | 57,227[7] | ||
December 27 | 7:30 PM | vs. Kentucky | LP Field • Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl) | ESPN | W 21–13 | 57,280[7] | ||
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Depth chart[]
These are the starters, primary backups, and key reserves as of September 2009.
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Coaching staff[]
- Dabo Swinney – Head Coach
- Billy Napier – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
- Kevin Steele – Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers
- Charlie Harbison – Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs
- Danny Pearman – Assistant Head Coach/Tackles & Tight Ends
- Brad Scott – Associate Head Coach/Offensive Guards and Centers
- Dan Brooks – Defensive Tackles
- Andre Powell – Running Backs/Special Teams
- Chris Rumph – Defensive Ends
- Jeff Scott – Recruiting Coordinator/Wide Receivers
Sources[]
- ↑ South Carolina Dominates Clemson, 34–17
- ↑ Yellow Jackets' late touchdown sinks Tigers for ACC crown
- ↑ "C.J. Spiller Named 2009 ACC Player of the Year". Atlantic Coast Conference. December 2, 2009. http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120209aab.html. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
- ↑ Melton, Kevin (July 25, 2009). "Clemson's Stanley Hunter forced to quit football". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. http://www.goupstate.com/article/20090725/NEWS/907259991/1088?Title=Clemson-s-Stanley-Hunter-forced-to-quit-football. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
- ↑ "Clemson Football Practice Report: Day 13". Clemson Athletics. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. http://www.webcitation.org/5kFbdEPOt. Retrieved September 30, 2009.
- ↑ Associated Press (October 20, 2009). "Chancellor to wear No. 6 as tribute". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2009. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4580361. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 "2010 Clemson Football Media Guide". Clemson University. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/clem/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/football_media_guide_2010.pdf. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/clem/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/depth-chart.pdf
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