2009 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

2009 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 26–17 vs. Oregon
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
Record11–2 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Bollman (9th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJim Heacock (5th; 14th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinatorLuke Fickell (5th; 9th overall season)
Base defense4–3
Captain
4
  • Kurt Coleman
  • Austin Spitler
  • Doug Worthington
  • Offensive captains by game
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 102,329)
Uniform
Seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 5 Ohio State $   7 1     11 2  
No. 7 Iowa %   6 2     11 2  
No. 9 Penn State   6 2     11 2  
Northwestern   5 3     8 5  
No. 16 Wisconsin   5 3     10 3  
Michigan State   4 4     6 7  
Purdue   4 4     5 7  
Minnesota   3 5     6 7  
Illinois   2 6     3 9  
Michigan   1 7     5 7  
Indiana   1 7     4 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Buckeyes were coached by Jim Tressel and played their home games in Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. They finished with a record of 11–2 (7–1 Big Ten) and won the Big Ten Conference championship. They represented the Big Ten in the 2010 Rose Bowl, which they won, 26–17, over the Pacific-10 Conference champion, Oregon. The Buckeyes became the first, and only, team to defeat five 10-win teams in the same season (Navy, Wisconsin, Penn State, Iowa, and Oregon).