2009 Iowa State Cyclones football team

	2009 Big 12 football standings
	North
	South
	Championship: Texas 13, Nebraska 12
	† – BCS representative as champion ; x – Division champion/co-champions ; Rankings from AP Poll

Iowa State Cyclones football
	2009 Iowa State Cyclones football
Insight Bowl champion
Insight Bowl, W 14–13 vs Minnesota
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	North Division
2009 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)
	Seasons ← 2008 2010 →

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.

Before the season[]

Recruiting[]

2009 Recruits

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	40^‡	Commit date
Joshua Bellamy WR	St. Petersburg, Florida	Butte College	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.4	Jan 11, 2009
Joshua Bellamy WR	Scout: Rivals:
Beau Blankenship RB	Norman, Oklahoma	Norman North H.S. (OK)	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	207 lb (94 kg)	4.47	Jul 24, 2008
Beau Blankenship RB	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 76
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 79 Rivals: 73
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout and Rivals may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, an average of the two was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Iowa State 2009 Football Commitments". Rivals.com. http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/commitments/2009/alabama-iowastate. Retrieved June 2, 2009. "2009 Iowa State Commits". Scout.com. http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=8&yr=2009. Retrieved June 2, 2009. "2009 Player Commitments – Iowa State". ESPN.com. http://espn.go.com/college-football/recruiting/school/_/id/66/class/2009. Retrieved June 2, 2009. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=14&yr=2009. Retrieved June 2, 2009. "2009 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. http://www.rivals.com/TeamRank.asp?type=0&sort=0&year=2009. Retrieved June 2, 2009.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 PM	North Dakota State*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	MC22	W 34–17	48,831^[1]
September 12	11:00 AM	Iowa*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	FSN	L 3–35	52,089^[2]
September 19	6:00 PM	at Kent State*	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPN360	W 34–14	15,808^[3]
September 26	6:00 PM	Army*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	CYtv	W 31–10	50,532^[4]
October 3	2:00 PM	vs. Kansas State	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO (Farmageddon)	FCS	L 23–24	40,851^[5]
October 10	11:30 AM	at No. 15 Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	Versus	L 36–41	48,203^[6]
October 17	6:00 PM	Baylor	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA		W 24–10	42,253^[7]
October 24	11:30 AM	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	FSN	W 9–7	85,938^[8]
October 31	2:30 PM	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX		L 10–35	72,530^[9]
November 7	2:30 PM	No. 19 Oklahoma State	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	ABC	L 8–34	40,540^[10]
November 14	1:00 PM	Colorado	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA		W 17–10	43,208^[11]
November 21	1:00 PM	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)		L 24–34	55,573^[12]
December 31	5:00 PM	vs. Minnesota*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Insight Bowl)	NFLN	W 14–13	45,090^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster[]

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

Adams, Brad RB
Anker, Sam DS
Hokel, Ethan WR

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	OT
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
Name	GP	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL-Yds	No-Yds	BrUp	QBH	No.-Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Rcv-Yds	FF	Blkd Kick
Def 1
Total

Special teams[]

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

Name	Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Name	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.^[15]

Notes[]

References[]

↑ "North Dakota State Bison vs. Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN. September 3, 2009. Archived from the original on March 20, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100320140223/http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292460066. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
↑ "Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN. September 12, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292550066. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
↑ "Iowa State Cyclones vs. Kent State Golden Flashes Box Score". ESPN. September 19, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292622309. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
↑ "Army Black Knights vs. Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN. September 26, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292690066. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
↑ "Kansas State Wildcats vs. Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN. October 3, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292760066. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
↑ "Iowa State Cyclones vs. Kansas State Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. October 10, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292832305. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
↑ "Baylor Bears vs. Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN. October 17, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292900066. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
↑ "Iowa State Cyclones vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers Box Score". ESPN. October 24, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292970158. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
↑ "Iowa State Cyclones vs. Texas A&M Aggies Box Score". ESPN. October 31, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293040245. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
↑ "Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN. November 7, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293110066. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
↑ "Colorado Buffaloes vs. Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN. November 14, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293180066. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
↑ "Iowa State Cyclones vs. Missouri Tigers Box Score Box Score". ESPN. November 21, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293250142. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
↑ "Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN. December 31, 2009. Archived from the original on March 20, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100320131301/http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293650066. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
↑ "2009 Schedule". Iowa State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. http://www.cyclones.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=48393&SPID=4653&DB_OEM_ID=10700&KEY=&Q_SEASON=2009. Retrieved July 28, 2009.
↑ "Four Honored as Big 12 Football Players of the Week". Big 12 Conference. September 28, 2009. http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=106181&SPID=13139&DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=204803148. Retrieved September 29, 2009.

[1] "North Dakota State Bison vs. Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN. September 3, 2009. Archived from the original on March 20, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100320140223/http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292460066. Retrieved March 16, 2010.

[2] "Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN. September 12, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292550066. Retrieved March 16, 2010.

[3] "Iowa State Cyclones vs. Kent State Golden Flashes Box Score". ESPN. September 19, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292622309. Retrieved March 16, 2010.

[4] "Army Black Knights vs. Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN. September 26, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292690066. Retrieved March 16, 2010.

[5] "Kansas State Wildcats vs. Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN. October 3, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292760066. Retrieved March 16, 2010.

[6] "Iowa State Cyclones vs. Kansas State Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. October 10, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292832305. Retrieved March 16, 2010.

[7] "Baylor Bears vs. Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN. October 17, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292900066. Retrieved March 16, 2010.

[8] "Iowa State Cyclones vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers Box Score". ESPN. October 24, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292970158. Retrieved March 16, 2010.

[9] "Iowa State Cyclones vs. Texas A&M Aggies Box Score". ESPN. October 31, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293040245. Retrieved March 16, 2010.

[10] "Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN. November 7, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293110066. Retrieved March 16, 2010.

[11] "Colorado Buffaloes vs. Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN. November 14, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293180066. Retrieved March 16, 2010.

[12] "Iowa State Cyclones vs. Missouri Tigers Box Score Box Score". ESPN. November 21, 2009. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293250142. Retrieved March 16, 2010.

[13] "Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN. December 31, 2009. Archived from the original on March 20, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100320131301/http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293650066. Retrieved March 16, 2010.

[14] "2009 Schedule". Iowa State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. http://www.cyclones.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=48393&SPID=4653&DB_OEM_ID=10700&KEY=&Q_SEASON=2009. Retrieved July 28, 2009.

[15] "Four Honored as Big 12 Football Players of the Week". Big 12 Conference. September 28, 2009. http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=106181&SPID=13139&DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=204803148. Retrieved September 29, 2009.

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