2009 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
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| Conference | Independent |
| 2009 record | 6–6 |
| Head coach | Charlie Weis (5th year) |
| Offensive coordinator | Charlie Weis |
| Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Corwin Brown (3rd year) |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Jon Tenuta (1st as Coordinator, 2nd overall year) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Captain | Jimmy Clausen |
| Captain | Kyle McCarthy |
| Captain | Eric Olsen |
| Captain | Scott Smith |
| Home stadium |
Notre Dame Stadium (Capacity: 80,795) |
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| Navy | – | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | – | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scoring summary | ||||
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| 1 |
9:44
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ND | Nick Tausch 29-yard field goal | Notre Dame 3-0 |
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:14
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ND | Duval Kamara 7-yard pass from Jimmy Clausen (kick blocked) | Notre Dame 9-0 |
| 2 |
9:29
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ND | Golden Tate 16-yard run (Nick Tausch kick) | Notre Dame 16-0 |
| 2 |
4:05
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ND | Robert Hughes 1-yard run (Nick Tausch kick) | Notre Dame 23-0 |
| 2 |
1:16
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WSU | Jared Karstetter 11-yard pass from Jeff Tuel (Nico Grasu kick) | Notre Dame 23-7 |
| 2 |
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ND | Golden Tate 50-yard pass from Jimmy Clausen (Nick Tausch kick) | Notre Dame 30-7 |
| 3 |
3:16
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ND | Nick Tausch 23-yard field goal | Notre Dame 33-7 |
| 4 |
10:01
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ND | John Goodman 64-yard pass from Dayne Crist (Nick Tausch kick) | Notre Dame 40-7 |
| 4 |
5:16
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WSU | Jared Karstetter 8-yard pass from Jeff Tuel (Nico Grasu kick) | Notre Dame 40-14 |
The 2009 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Charlie Weis and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. Weis entered his fifth season as head coach with the expectation from the Notre Dame administration that his team would be in position to compete for a BCS Bowl berth. Notre Dame started the first part of the season 4-2, with close losses to Michigan and USC but ended the season with four straight losses, including a second loss to Navy loss in three years. Weis was fired as head coach the Monday after the Stanford loss at the end of the season. Although Notre Dame was bowl eligible with 6 wins, the University announced on December 4 that the Irish had chosen not to play in a bowl game. Irish athletic director Jack Swarbrick hired Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly after a 10-day coaching search.
Following the 2008 season, offensive coordinator Michael Haywood left the team to become the head coach for the Miami (Ohio) University Redhawks. Following what some critics called a disappointing 7-6 season, Charlie Weis announced several major changes to the coaching staff, including the replacement of the offensive and defensive line coaches. Frank Verducci was hired to replace John Latina as the offensive line coach and was placed in charge of revamping the Irish running game as the running game coordinator. Tony Alford was hired to replace Mike Haywood as the running backs coach. Finally, Weis hired defensive line coach Randy Hart, a veteran coach at University of Washington from 1988-2008. Former Notre Dame standout and NFL veteran Bryant Young was also hired as a defensive graduate assistant with the possibility of eventually stepping in to coach the defensive line.
Senior safety and captain David Bruton was the only player drafted from the team, going in the fourth round to the Denver Broncos as the 114th pick overall. Five more players would sign quickly after the draft, including David Grimes with Broncos, Pat Kuntz with the Colts, Terrail Lambert with the 49ers, and fullback Asaph Schwapp and offensive lineman Mike Turkovich with the Cowboys. Defensive lineman Justin Brown and captain Maurice Crum Jr. also exhausted their eligibility.
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