The 2009 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Central Michigan competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) West Division. The team was coached by Butch Jones and played their home games in Kelly/Shorts Stadium. The Chippewas finished the regular season 10–2 and 8–0 in conference play, beat Ohio in the 2009 MAC Championship Game to win the MAC title and were invited to the GMAC Bowl where they defeated Sun Belt Champion Troy 44–41 in double overtime.
At the end of the season, Jones departed Central Michigan to become the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati. Steve Stripling, the defensive ends coach, became interim head coach and coached the GMAC bowl.
Before the season
Recruiting
Schedule
Rankings
Roster
Game summaries
Arizona
Scoring summary
1st quarter 07:17 ARIZ Zendejas 36-yard field goal 3-0 ARIZ 00:00 ARIZ Zendejas 37-yard field goal 6-0 ARIZ
2nd quarter 08:20 ARIZ Grigsby 3-yard run (Zendejas kick) 13-0 ARIZ
3rd quarter 00:38 ARIZ Zendejas 37-yard field goal 16-0 ARIZ
4th quarter 12:21 CMU LeFevour 5-yard run (LeFevour rush failed) 16-6 ARIZ 08:45 ARIZ Zendejas 35-yard field goal 19-6 ARIZ
Michigan State
Scoring summary
1st quarter 13:00 MSU Ray 1 Yd Run (Swenson Kick) 7-0 MSU 09:24 CMU Aguila 49 Yd field goal 7-3 MSU 03:13 MSU Swenson 39 Yd field goal 10-3 MSU
2nd quarter 13:16 CMU Aguila 31 Yd field goal 10-6 MSU 05:49 CMU Brown 6 Yd Pass From LeFevour (Aguila Kick) 13-10 CMU 04:16 MSU Gantt 16 Yd Pass From Nichol (Swenson Kick) 17-13 MSU
3rd quarter 02:33 MSU Swenson 32 Yd field goal 20-13 MSU
4th quarter 14:24 CMU Poblah 12 Yd Pass From LeFevour (Aguila Kick) 20-20 07:33 MSU Cunningham 7 Yd Pass From Cousins (Swenson Kick) 27-20 MSU 00:32 CMU Cotton 11 Yd Pass From LeFevour (Two-Point Conversion Failed) 27-26 MSU 00:03 CMU Aguila 42 Yd field goal 29-27 CMU
Alcorn State
Scoring summary
1st quarter 07:36 CMU Aguila 23-yard field goal CMU 3-0 05:56 CMU Brown 55-yard punt return (Aguila kick) CMU 10-0
2nd quarter 14:51 CMU LeFevour 10-yard run (Aguila kick) CMU 17-0 11:54 CMU Phillips 2-yard run (Aguila kick) CMU 24-0 09:12 CMU LeFevour 1-yard run (Aguila kick) CMU 31-0 05:06 CMU Aguila 32-yard field goal CMU 34-0
3rd quarter 14:00 CMU Volny 5-yard run (Aguila kick) CMU 41-0 00:59 CMU Volny 2-yard run (Hartmann kick) CMU 48-0
4th quarter
Akron
Scoring summary
1st quarter 7:11 CMU Wilson 27-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 0-7 CMU 5:21 CMU Poblah 4-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick failed) 0-13 CMU
2nd quarter 14:39 CMU LeFevour 1-yard run (Aguila kick) 0-20 CMU 9:59 AKRON Rodgers 10-yard run (Iveljic kick) 7-20 CMU 6:47 CMU LeFevour 2-yard run (Aguila kick) 7-27 CMU 1:02 CMU Brown 9-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 7-34 CMU
3rd quarter 8:42 AKRON Rodgers 1-yard run (Iveljic kick) 14-34 CMU 3:40 CMU Brown 13-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 14-41 CMU
4th quarter 9:42 CMU Cotton 3-yard run (Aguila kick) 14-48 CMU 6:19 AKRON Tuzze 9-yard run (Iveljic kick) 21-48 CMU
Buffalo
Eastern Michigan
Scoring summary
1st quarter 08:51 CMU Brown 70-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 0-7 CMU 03:58 CMU LeFevour 1-yard run (Aguila kick) 0-14 CMU
2nd quarter 12:33 CMU LeFevour 1-yard run (Aguila kick) 0-21 CMU 02:51 CMU Brown 75-yard punt return (Aguila kick) 0-28 CMU 00:18 CMU Schroeder 11-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 0-35 CMU
3rd quarter 12:50 CMU Poblah 25-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 0-42 CMU 01:57 CMU LeFevour 5-yard run (Aguila kick) 0-49 CMU
4th quarter 11:25 EMU Welch 1-yard run (Gillett rush) 8-49 CMU 07:36 CMU Volny 3-yard run (Aguila kick) 8-56 CMU
Western Michigan
Bowling Green
Scoring summary
1st quarter 11:04 CMU Brown 4-yard run (Aguila kick) 7-0 CMU
2nd quarter 11:26 BGSU Barnes 24-yard pass from Sheehan (Norsic kick) 7-7 9:16 CMU Brown 29-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 14-7 CMU 0:06 BGSU Norsic 40-yard field goal 14-10 CMU
3rd quarter 11:34 CMU Aguila 38-yard field goal 17-10 CMU
4th quarter 10:02 CMU Anderson 9-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 24-10 CMU
Boston College
Scoring summary
2nd quarter 6:09 CMU Aguila 34-yard field goal 3-0 CMU 0:50 BC Harris 3-yard run (Aponavicius kick) 3-7 BC
3rd quarter 12:03 BC Gunnell 41-yard pass from Shinskie (Aponavicius kick) 3-14 BC 6:35 BC Harris 3-yard run (Aponavicius kick) 3-21 BC 1:44 BC Aponavicius 18-yard field goal 3-24 BC
4th quarter 5:00 BC Kuechly 28-yard interception return (Aponavicius kick) 3-31 BC 0:35 CMU Radcliff 11-yard run (Aguila kick) 10-31 BC
Toledo
Ball State
Northern Illinois
Ohio
Troy
This was the first ever meeting between these two teams.
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