2009 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

2009 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
Capital One Bowl champion
Capital One Bowl, W 19–17 vs. LSU
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 9
Record11–2 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGalen Hall (6th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorTom Bradley (10th season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
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 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2009 college football season. The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. Penn State had the highest graduation rate among all of the teams on the Associated Press Top 25 poll with 89% of its 2002 enrollees graduating. Miami and Alabama tied for second place with a graduation rate of 75%.[1] The Nittany Lions finished the season with an 11–2 record and won the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy award to the best team in the ECAC for the 28th time and the second consecutive year.[2]

  1. ^ "Nittany Lions Post Highest Graduation Rate Among AP Top 25 Teams". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on November 28, 2009. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
  2. ^ Mackall, Dave (January 5, 2010). "Penn State finishes atop ECAC poll". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2010.