American college football season
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.[1] VMI played its home games at Alumni Memorial Field , as they still do ever since 1962.[2]
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 .[3] VMI finished 2–9 overall and 1–5 in the Big South.
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance September 5 1:30 pm Robert Morris * W 14–136,084 September 19 6:00 pm at No. 7 James Madison * L 44–1615,951 September 26 3:30 pm at No. 1 Richmond * L 38–287,554 October 3 1:30 pm Gardner–Webb Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA L 27–235,846 October 10 7:00 pm at Coastal Carolina L 20–66,506 October 17 1:30 pm Stony Brook Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA L 27–207,112 October 24 2:00 pm at Presbyterian W 31–203,483 October 31 1:30 pm Charleston Southern Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA L 31–214,217 November 7 7:00 pm at No. 16 Liberty L 54–1415,208 November 14 Noon at Army * L 22–1732,109 November 21 1:30 pm Old Dominion * Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA L 42–358,132
Team leaders [ edit ] Rushing [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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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