The 2009 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented

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during the

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. Central Michigan competed as a member of the

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(MAC) West Division. The team was coached by

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and played their home games in Kelly/Shorts Stadium. The Chippewas finished the regular season 10–2 and 8–0 in conference play, beat

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in the 2009 MAC Championship Game to win the MAC title and were invited to the GMAC Bowl where they defeated

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Champion

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44–41 in double overtime. At the end of the season, Jones departed Central Michigan to become the head football coach at the

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. Steve Stripling, the defensive ends coach, became interim head coach and coached the GMAC bowl.

Before the season

Recruiting

Schedule

Rankings

Roster

Game summaries

Arizona

Scoring summary ''1st quarter'' * 07:17 ARIZ Zendejas 36-yard field goal 3-0 ARIZ * 00:00 ARIZ Zendejas 37-yard field goal 6-0 ARIZ ''2nd quarter'' * 08:20 ARIZ Grigsby 3-yard run (Zendejas kick) 13-0 ARIZ ''3rd quarter'' * 00:38 ARIZ Zendejas 37-yard field goal 16-0 ARIZ ''4th quarter'' * 12:21 CMU LeFevour 5-yard run (LeFevour rush failed) 16-6 ARIZ * 08:45 ARIZ Zendejas 35-yard field goal 19-6 ARIZ

Michigan State

Scoring summary ''1st quarter'' * 13:00 MSU Ray 1 Yd Run (Swenson Kick) 7-0 MSU * 09:24 CMU Aguila 49 Yd field goal 7-3 MSU * 03:13 MSU Swenson 39 Yd field goal 10-3 MSU ''2nd quarter'' * 13:16 CMU Aguila 31 Yd field goal 10-6 MSU * 05:49 CMU Brown 6 Yd Pass From LeFevour (Aguila Kick) 13-10 CMU * 04:16 MSU Gantt 16 Yd Pass From Nichol (Swenson Kick) 17-13 MSU ''3rd quarter'' * 02:33 MSU Swenson 32 Yd field goal 20-13 MSU ''4th quarter'' * 14:24 CMU Poblah 12 Yd Pass From LeFevour (Aguila Kick) 20-20 * 07:33 MSU Cunningham 7 Yd Pass From Cousins (Swenson Kick) 27-20 MSU * 00:32 CMU Cotton 11 Yd Pass From LeFevour (Two-Point Conversion Failed) 27-26 MSU * 00:03 CMU Aguila 42 Yd field goal 29-27 CMU

Alcorn State

Scoring summary ''1st quarter'' * 07:36 CMU Aguila 23-yard field goal CMU 3-0 * 05:56 CMU Brown 55-yard punt return (Aguila kick) CMU 10-0 ''2nd quarter'' * 14:51 CMU LeFevour 10-yard run (Aguila kick) CMU 17-0 * 11:54 CMU Phillips 2-yard run (Aguila kick) CMU 24-0 * 09:12 CMU LeFevour 1-yard run (Aguila kick) CMU 31-0 * 05:06 CMU Aguila 32-yard field goal CMU 34-0 ''3rd quarter'' * 14:00 CMU Volny 5-yard run (Aguila kick) CMU 41-0 * 00:59 CMU Volny 2-yard run (Hartmann kick) CMU 48-0 ''4th quarter''

Akron

Scoring summary ''1st quarter'' * 7:11 CMU Wilson 27-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 0-7 CMU * 5:21 CMU Poblah 4-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick failed) 0-13 CMU ''2nd quarter'' * 14:39 CMU LeFevour 1-yard run (Aguila kick) 0-20 CMU * 9:59 AKRON Rodgers 10-yard run ( Iveljic kick) 7-20 CMU * 6:47 CMU LeFevour 2-yard run (Aguila kick) 7-27 CMU * 1:02 CMU Brown 9-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 7-34 CMU ''3rd quarter'' * 8:42 AKRON Rodgers 1-yard run (Iveljic kick) 14-34 CMU * 3:40 CMU Brown 13-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 14-41 CMU ''4th quarter'' * 9:42 CMU

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3-yard run (Aguila kick) 14-48 CMU * 6:19 AKRON Tuzze 9-yard run (Iveljic kick) 21-48 CMU

Buffalo

Eastern Michigan

Scoring summary ''1st quarter'' * 08:51 CMU Brown 70-yard pass from LeFevour ( Aguila kick) 0-7 CMU * 03:58 CMU LeFevour 1-yard run (Aguila kick) 0-14 CMU ''2nd quarter'' * 12:33 CMU LeFevour 1-yard run (Aguila kick) 0-21 CMU * 02:51 CMU Brown 75-yard punt return (Aguila kick) 0-28 CMU * 00:18 CMU Schroeder 11-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 0-35 CMU ''3rd quarter'' * 12:50 CMU Poblah 25-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 0-42 CMU * 01:57 CMU LeFevour 5-yard run (Aguila kick) 0-49 CMU ''4th quarter'' * 11:25 EMU Welch 1-yard run ( Gillett rush) 8-49 CMU * 07:36 CMU Volny 3-yard run (Aguila kick) 8-56 CMU

Western Michigan

Bowling Green

Scoring summary ''1st quarter'' * 11:04 CMU Brown 4-yard run ( Aguila kick) 7-0 CMU ''2nd quarter'' * 11:26 BGSU Barnes 24-yard pass from Sheehan ( Norsic kick) 7-7 * 9:16 CMU Brown 29-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 14-7 CMU * 0:06 BGSU Norsic 40-yard field goal 14-10 CMU ''3rd quarter'' * 11:34 CMU Aguila 38-yard field goal 17-10 CMU ''4th quarter'' * 10:02 CMU Anderson 9-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 24-10 CMU

Boston College

Scoring summary ''2nd quarter'' * 6:09 CMU Aguila 34-yard field goal 3-0 CMU * 0:50 BC Harris 3-yard run (Aponavicius kick) 3-7 BC ''3rd quarter'' * 12:03 BC Gunnell 41-yard pass from Shinskie (Aponavicius kick) 3-14 BC * 6:35 BC Harris 3-yard run (Aponavicius kick) 3-21 BC * 1:44 BC Aponavicius 18-yard field goal 3-24 BC ''4th quarter'' * 5:00 BC Kuechly 28-yard interception return (Aponavicius kick) 3-31 BC * 0:35 CMU Radcliff 11-yard run (Aguila kick) 10-31 BC

Toledo

Ball State

Northern Illinois

Ohio

Troy

This was the first ever meeting between these two teams.

References

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