2009 Missouri Tigers football team


The 2009 Missouri Tigers football team, represented the University of Missouri in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gary Pinkel, who returned for his ninth season with Mizzou, and played their home games at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. Changes to Memorial Stadium for the 2009 season included a new scoreboard and expanded seating capacity following a reconfiguration of the student seating section.
On December 6, the Texas Bowl picked the 8-4 Tigers to play in their fourth annual game against the 9-4 Navy Midshipmen at Reliant Stadium in Houston on December 31.
On December 22, Mizzou Sports Properties announced a contract for a new radio home on all its coaches' and daily shows for five years, starting with the 2010–11 season. KFRU, owned by Cumulus Media, had the radio rights for the Tiger Network.

Recruits

Key Losses:
23 seniors played their final game in the Alamo Bowl.
25 student-athletes signed a National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Missouri and play football for the Tigers in 2009.
Missouri and Coach Pinkel said they were pleased with its recruits, and Pinkel doesn't listen to how the recruiting services rank his recruits since they have had great results in the evaluations they look for in the athletes recruited. This year, the breakdown by position in the 25-man class was: five DBs, four LBs, four OLs, four DLs, two QBs, three WRs, two TEs, and one RB. Ten of the 25 are native Missourians. Pinkel said regarding Missouri's evaluation system: "I was at a national convention and a couple coaches from Texas said to me that we ask more about players, were more thorough, than any coaches that they've seen and any program that they've seen." The recruiting class breaks down to 14 on defense compared to 11 on offense.

Schedule

Roster

Coaching staff

On February 20, 2009, Defensive Coordinator Matt Eberflus announced he was leaving the Tigers to join the Cleveland Browns.

Game Summaries

Illinois

passed for three touchdowns and 319 yards, in a runaway 37–9 victory over rival Illinois.
Missouri WR Danario Alexander posted a career-high with 10 receptions totaling 132 yards. Gabbert became the third straight Missouri quarterback to earn Big 12 Player of the Week honors in his first start.

Bowling Green

After trailing most of the game, Missouri scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to escape at home.

Furman

Nevada

Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert posted a career-high 414 yards on 25 of 40 passing. Missouri wide-out Danario Alexander once again posted career high numbers with 9 catches for 170 yards and 2 touchdowns. The turning point in this game was when Nevada running back Luke Lippincott fumbled on the Missouri 4 yard line, setting up a 96-yard touchdown drive by the Missouri offense.

Nebraska

Game in the rain ends with a dramatic switch from a 12–0 Missouri lead after the 3rd quarter, changed to a 27–12 loss with an injured Blaine Gabbert's leg for the final half with the first two interceptions of his career.

Oklahoma State

Texas

Kickoff time: 7:12 pm • End of Game: 10:02 • Total elapsed time: 2:50
Referee: Tom Walker • Umpire: John Mascarello • Linesman: Chad Green • Line judge: David Oliver • Back judge: Brad Van Vark • Field judge: Reggie Smith • Side judge: Brad Horchem • Scorer: Tim Knaar •
Temperature: 56 F • Wind: S 5 • Weather: Cool and clear

Colorado

Baylor

Kansas State

Iowa State

Kansas

These rivals put on a show in last year's game and somehow topped it, trading big plays, scores and momentum seemingly with every snap.
Missouri tackled the quarterback for a safety with 2:39 remaining and Grant Ressel hit a 27-yard field goal, his fourth of the game, as time expired, giving the Tigers a 41–39 win over Kansas on Saturday in another wild Border Showdown at Arrowhead Stadium.
Ressel was subsequently named the Big 12 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week, for his perfect day in field goal kicking. It was the first time since 1972 that a Missouri team has won a game from a field goal kicker after trailing in the final seconds of a game.

Navy (Texas Bowl)

The Tigers lost to Navy in the worst bowl defeat, in team history.

Statistics

Statistics from:

Scores by quarter

Team

Offense

Rushing

NameGP-GSAttGainLossNetAvgTDLongAvg/G
Derrick Washington 13 190 909 -44 865 4.6 10 42 66.5
De'Vion Moore 11 63 272 -14 258 4.1 1 31 23.5
Kendial Lawrence 11 52 236 -17 219 4.2 0 22 19.9
Blaine Gabbert 13 103 426 -222 204 2.0 3 40 15.7
Jerrell Jackson 13 11 96 -4 92 8.4 1 37 7.1
Gilbert Moye 11 6 36 -1 35 5.8 0 17 3.2
Danario Alexander 13 1 10 0 1010.0 0 10 0.8
Jared Perry 11 2 7 0 7 3.5 0 5 0.6
Jimmy Costello 3 2 0 -6 -6 -3.0 0 0 -2.0
TEAM 12 14 2 -35 -33 -2.4 0 2 -2.8
TOTAL 13 444 1,994 -3431,651 3.7 15 42 127.0
Opponents 13 463 1,927 -3851,542 3.3 17 41 118.6

Passing

Name EfficCmp-Att-IntPctYdsTDLngAvg/G
Blaine Gabbert 140.45262-445-9 58.93,593 24 84 276.4
Jimmy Costello 61.04 9-17-2 52.9 64 0 16 21.3
Danario Alexander 383.00 1-2-0 50.0 40 1 40 3.1
TEAM 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Forrest Shock 631.60 1-1-0100.0 24 1 24 2.0
Derrick Washington 16.00 1-1-0100.0 -10 0 0 -0.8
TOTAL 139.08274-467-11 58.73,711 26 84 285.5
Opponents 132.55305-475-8 64.23,269 20 74 251.5

Receiving

NameGPNo.YdsAvgTDLongAvg/G
Danario Alexander 13 113 1,781 15.8 14 84 137.0
Jared Perry 11 46 696 15.1 6 48 63.3
Jerrell Jackson 13 37 458 12.4 2 70 35.2
Derrick Washington 13 26 156 6.0 0 36 12.0
Wes Kemp 13 23 418 18.2 3 56 32.2
Andrew Jones 13 8 43 5.4 0 11 3.3
Rolandis Woodland 8 5 26 5.2 0 8 3.2
Kendial Lawrence 11 3 49 16.3 0 33 4.5
Michael Egnew 12 3 25 8.3 0 11 2.1
De'Vion Moore 11 3 13 4.3 0 12 1.2
Brandon Gerau 13 2 19 9.5 0 14 1.5
T.J. Moe 10 2 8 4.0 0 4 0.8
Jaquies Smith 13 1 24 24.0 1 24 1.8
Gilbert Moye 11 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.5
Blaine Gabbert 13 1 -10 -10.0 0 0 -0.8
TOTAL 13 274 3,711 13.5 26 84 285.5
Opponents 13 305 3,269 10.7 20 74 251.5

Field Goals/PAT

NameFG-FGAPct01-1920-2930-3940-4950-99LngBlkdPATPts.
Grant Ressel 26-2796.3 0-0 9-910-10 7-8 0-0 46 039-39117

Special teams

Interceptions

NameNo.YdsAvgTDLong
Kevin Rutland 2 0 0.0 0 0
Jacquies Smith 1 43 43.0 1 43
Jerrell Harrison 1 27 27.0 0 27
Hardy Ricks 1 16 16.0 0 16
Kip Edwards 1 10 10.0 0 10
Sean Weatherspoon 1 6 6.0 0 6
Jasper Simmons 1 0 0.0 0 0
TOTAL 8 102 12.8 1 43
Opponents 11 231 21.0 2 78

Fumble Returns

NameNo.YdsAvgTDLong
Carl Gettis 1 20 20.0 0 20
Jasper Simmons 1 8 8.0 0 8
Zaviar Gooden 1 1 1.0 0 1
TOTAL 3 29 9.7 0 20
Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0

Defense

Rankings

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