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. VMI played its home games at Alumni Memorial Field, as they still do ever since 1962.
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. VMI finished 2–9 overall and 1–5 in the Big South.
Schedule
Team leaders Rushing Name GP Attempts Net Yards Avg. TD Avg/Game Howard Abegesah 11 171 964 5.6 6 87.6 Kyle Hughes 11 136 642 4.7 7 58.4 Tim Maypray 11 115 519 4.5 6 47.2
Passing Name GP Comp Attempts Int TD Yards Avg/game Kyle Hughes 11 47 99 8 5 697 63.4 Cam Jones 7 4 11 0 1 30 4.3 Tim Maypray 11 2 5 0 0 11 1.0
Receiving Name GP Thrown to Yards Avg. TD Avg/Game Mario Scott 11 14 237 16.9 3 21.5 Tim Maypray 11 12 152 12.7 3 13.8 Bryan Barnson 11 11 183 16.6 0 16.6
Punt returning Name Attempts Yards Avg. TD Long Tim Maypray 16 207 12.9 1 86 Jafri Taylor 1 34 34.0 0 34 Greg Walker 1 16 16.0 0 16
Interceptions Name Int Yards Avg. TD Juan Thrasher 1 1 1.0 0 Michael Johnson 1 0 0 0 Josh Sneed 1 11 11.0 0
Kick returning Name Attempts Yards Avg. TD Long Tim Maypray 46 972 21.1 0 47 Michael Rainey-Wiles 3 46 15.3 0 22 Bryant Youngblood 2 13 6.5 0 7
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