| 2009 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 6–6 |
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| Offensive coordinator | Charlie Weis |
| Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Corwin Brown (3rd season) |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Jon Tenuta (1st as Coordinator, 2nd overall season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
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| Home stadium | Notre Dame Stadium (Capacity: 80,795) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | – | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | – | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2009 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Charlie Weis and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. Weis entered his fifth season as head coach with the expectation from the Notre Dame administration that his team would be in position to compete for a BCS Bowl berth.[1] Notre Dame started the first part of the season 4–2, with close losses to Michigan and USC but ended the season with four straight losses, including a second loss to Navy in three years.[1] Weis was fired as head coach the Monday after the Stanford loss at the end of the season.[2] Although Notre Dame was bowl eligible with 6 wins, the University announced on December 4 that the Irish had chosen not to play in a bowl game.[3] Irish athletic director Jack Swarbrick hired Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly after a 10-day coaching search.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Weis Firedwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Hansen, Eric (December 4, 2009). "Notre Dame football: No bowling for Irish". southbendtribune.com. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- ^ "Brian Kelly Named 29th Head Football Coach At Notre Dame". und.com. December 10, 2009. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2009.