2009 VMI Keydets football team

2009 VMI Keydets football
ConferenceBig South Conference
Record2–9 (1–5 Big South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrent Davis (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorA. J. Christoff (2nd season)
Home stadiumAlumni Memorial Field
Seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Big South Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 22 Liberty +   5 1     8 3  
Stony Brook +   5 1     6 5  
Charleston Southern   4 2     6 5  
Gardner–Webb   3 3     6 5  
Coastal Carolina   3 3     5 6  
VMI   1 5     2 9  
Presbyterian   0 6     0 11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2009 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was VMI's 119th all-time football season which started in 1891. They competed in the Big South Conference, and they were led by 2nd year head coach Sparky Woods, who was appointed VMI's 30th head coach in 2008.[1] VMI played its home games at Alumni Memorial Field, as they still do ever since 1962.[2]

The Keydets kicked off the year by just defeating Robert Morris 14–13. Two losses followed to then-#6 James Madison and then-#1 Richmond, 44–16 and 38–28, respectively. Three more losses followed to conference opponents Gardner-Webb, Coastal Carolina, and Stony Brook. The next week, VMI held off Presbyterian for a 31–20 win. It would be their final win of the year, as the Keydets lost to Charleston Southern, Liberty, Army, and Old Dominion.[3] VMI finished 2–9 overall and 1–5 in the Big South.

  1. ^ "Sparky Woods".
  2. ^ "Alumni Memorial Field at Foster Stadium - Home of VMI Keydets Football".
  3. ^ "Football - Schedule - VMIKeydets.com - The Official Site of Virginia Military Institute Athletics". www.vmikeydets.com.