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2009 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

2009 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Penn State Athletics wordmark.svg
Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
Capital One Bowl champion
Capital One Bowl, W 19–17 vs. LSU
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 8
AP No. 9
2009 record 11–2 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Joe Paterno (44th year)
Offensive coordinator Galen Hall
Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley
Captain Daryll Clark
Captain Sean Lee
Home stadium Beaver Stadium
(Capacity: 107,282)
Seasons
« 2008 2010 »
2009 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#5 Ohio State $   7 1         11 2  
#7 Iowa %   6 2         11 2  
#9 Penn State   6 2         11 2  
#16 Wisconsin   5 3         10 3  
Northwestern   5 3         8 5  
Michigan State   4 4         6 7  
Purdue   4 4         5 7  
Minnesota   3 5         6 7  
Illinois   2 6         3 9  
Michigan   1 7         5 7  
Indiana   1 7         4 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2009 college football season. The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. Penn State had the highest graduation rate among all of the teams on the Associated Press Top 25 poll with 89% of its 2002 enrollees graduating. Miami and Alabama tied for second place with a graduation rate of 75%. The Nittany Lions finished the season with an 11–2 record and won the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy award to the best team in the ECAC for the 28th time and the second consecutive year.

The 2008 season began with the Nittany Lions ranked #22 in the AP and Coaches preseason polls. The team was ranked as high as #3 in the AP and #2 in the Coaches polls prior to losing to the Iowa Hawkeyes 23–24. Despite the loss, Penn State were Big Ten co-champions with Ohio State and won the automatic BCS Rose Bowl bid due to Penn State winning the head-to-head matchup. After losing the 2009 Rose Bowl to the USC Trojans by two touchdowns, Penn State finished the season ranked #8 in both polls with a final record of 11–2.


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