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2009 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

2009 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
University of Tulsa Athletics logo.svg
Conference Conference USA
Division West
2009 record 5–7 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach Todd Graham (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator Herb Hand (3rd year)
Co-defensive coordinator Keith Patterson (4th year)
Co-defensive coordinator Ron West (1st year)
Home stadium Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium (Capacity: 30,000)
Seasons
« 2008 2010 »
2009 Conference USA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
East Carolina x$   7 1         9 5  
UCF   6 2         8 5  
Southern Miss   5 3         7 6  
Marshall   4 4         7 6  
UAB   4 4         5 7  
Memphis   1 7         2 10  
West Division
Houston xy   6 2         10 4  
SMU x   6 2         8 5  
Tulsa   3 5         5 7  
UTEP   3 5         4 8  
Rice   2 6         2 10  
Tulane   1 7         3 9  
Championship: East Carolina 38, #18 Houston 32
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Hurricane, led by third-year head coach Todd Graham, played their home games at Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium. Tulsa finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in C-USA play and failed to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2004.

Tulsa opened the season with a trip to the Superdome to take on division rival Tulane, whom they had defeated 56–7 in 2008. Tulsa scored on their first three possessions to build up a 17–0 lead as Tulane's offense struggled in the first quarter. Tulane managed cut the deficit to 13 points late in the third quarter, but Damaris Johnson's 66-yard punt return for a score with twelve minutes to play ended their hopes of a comeback. Sophomore quarterback G.J. Kinne went 15 of 20 for 211 yards in his debut with the Golden Hurricane, throwing for one touchdown and running for another. Johnson also had a big night with 252 all-purpose yards including the punt-return touchdown. With the win, Tulsa improved to 5–1 overall against the Green Wave.

For their second game of the season, Tulsa traveled to Albuquerque for the second leg of a home-and-away series against New Mexico. The Lobos fared little better at home than they had in Tulsa the previous season, when they suffered a 56–14 defeat and lost starting quarterback Donovan Porterie to a season-ending knee injury. Tulsa was forced to punt on their first possession but regained the ball on the Lobos' 16 after a fumble by UNM punt returner Frankie Solomon. Charles Clay scored four plays later on a 1-yard run over the middle, giving the Golden Hurricane a lead they never relinquished. The Lobos responded with a field goal to make it 7-3 at the end of the first, but Tulsa scored 23 unanswered points in the second and third quarters to put the game out of reach. Kinne threw for 310 yards and four touchdowns and the Golden Hurricane racked up 489 yards of offense in the blowout.


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