The 2009 West Virginia Mountaineer football team represents West Virginia University in the college football season of 2009. The Mountaineers are coached by Bill Stewart and play their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia.
[edit] 2009 Season
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| 09/5/2009* | 12:00pm | Liberty | | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN+ | W 33–20 | 57,950 |
| 09/12/2009* | 3:30pm | East Carolina | | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN360 | W 35–20 | 59,216 |
| 09/19/2009* | 7:45pm | at Auburn | | Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL | ESPN2 | L 30–41 | 87,451 |
| 10/1/2009* | 7:30pm | Colorado | | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (GOLD RUSH) | ESPN | W 35–24 | 60,055 |
| 10/10/2009 | 12:00pm | at Syracuse | | Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY | ESPN+ | W 34-13 | 40,144 |
| 10/17/2009* | 3:30pm | Marshall | | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Friends of Coal Bowl) | ESPN+ | W 24-7 | 54,432 |
| 10/24/2009† | 12:00pm | Connecticut | #22 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPNU | W 28-24 | 58,106 |
| 10/30/2009 | 8:00pm | at South Florida | #20 | Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL | ESPN2 | L 19-30 | 56,328 |
| 11/7/2009 | 12:00pm | Louisville | | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN+ | W 17-9 | 55,334 |
| 11/13/2009 | 8:00pm | at #5 Cincinnati | | Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati,OH | ESPN2 | L 21-24 | 35,105 |
| 11/27/2009 | 7:00pm | #8 Pittsburgh | | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl) | ESPN2 | W 19-16 | 56,123 |
| 12/5/2009 | 12:00pm | at Rutgers | #24 | Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, N.J. | ESPN | |
| *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. |
[edit] Game Notes
[edit] Liberty
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Flames | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Mountaineers | 10 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 33 |
Jarrett Brown completed 19 of 26 passes for 243 yards and ran for a 22-yard touchdown, and redshirt freshman Tyler Bitancurt kicked four field goals to lead West Virginia to a 33-20 season-opening victory over Liberty.
[edit] East Carolina
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
West Virginia was able to overcome a mistake filled day to gain some payback on the East Carolina Pirates. Quarterback Jarrett Brown had a career day completing 24 of 31 passes for 334 yards and 4 touchdowns,including a 58 yard bomb to freshman Tavon Austin. Brown also picked up 73 yards on the ground.
[edit] Auburn
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 30 |
| Tigers | 10 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 41 |
All-time record: West Virginia 1–0. This is the second meeting between West Virginia and Auburn. the other meeting was last season, and West Virginia won 34–17.
[edit] Colorado
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buffaloes | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
All-time record: Colorado 1–0
This will be the second meeting between West Virginia and Colorado. The other game was played last season and Colorado won 17–14 in overtime. This game is a GOLD RUSH game. West Virginia scored early with a Noel Devine 77 yard touchdown run on the second play from scrimmage. Colorado responded with a 36 yard run from tailback Rodney Stewart. They then took the lead by making a 39 yard field goal.(He had missed 2 field goals earlier in the game.)West Virginia responded with a 6 yard touchdown pass from Jarrett Brown to Jock Sanders. Despite 4 fumbles lost in the first half for West Virginia, they still led 14-10 at halftime. The second half started with a 48 yard touchdown pass to receiver Bradley Starks to put the Mountaineers up 21-10, Colorado responded by converting on 4th and 10 for a 26 yard touchdown to trim the lead to 4. In the 4th quarter, freshmen fullback Ryan Clarke rumbled for a 1 yard touchdown run, and later ran for an 8 yard run putting the Mountaineers up 35-17 with 2 minutes to play. Colorado scored the final touchdown of the night with 3 seconds left, but it was too late for any sort of comeback as the Mountaineers won 35-24. Noel Devine had a career high 220 yards rushing with an average of 10 yards per carry.
[edit] Syracuse
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 14 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 34 |
| Orange | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
WVU jumped out to a 27-0 halftime lead on route to beating the Orange for an 8th straight time. Jarrett Brown completed 22-30 passing for 244 yards and a TD pass to Noel Devine, who also had 97 yards on the ground with a TD.
[edit] Marshall
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thundering Herd | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
Starting QB Jarrett Brown was knocked out of the game on the Mountaineer's opening drive, forcing true freshman Geno Smith to step in. The emotional punch of having Brown out of the game showed as Marshall was able to head into the half with a 7-3 lead. WVU responded by scoring on its first possession of the second half, on the way to 21 second half points. Smith finished 15-21 passing for 147 yards and a TD, Noel Devine added 103 yards on the ground scoring 2 TDs
[edit] Connecticut
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| #22 Mountaineers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
[edit] South Florida
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #20 Mountaineers | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| Bulls | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 30 |
[edit] Louisville
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
[edit] Cincinnati
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| #5 Bearcats | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
[edit] Pittsburgh
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #8 Panthers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
West Virginia's Tyler Bitancurt kicked a 43 yard field goal as time expired to give WVU a win in the 102nd Backyard Brawl
[edit] Rutgers
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #24 Mountaineers | | | | | 0 |
| Scarlet Knights | | | | | 0 |
[edit] Rankings
| Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Final |
| AP | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 22 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 24 | | | |
| Coaches | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 22 | 20 | -- | 23 | -- | -- | 23 | | | |
| Harris | Not released | -- | -- | 23 | 20 | -- | 24 | -- | -- | 25 | | |
| BCS | Not released | 23 | 21 | -- | 25 | -- | -- | 23 | | |
[edit] Statistics
[edit] WVU Team Statistics Through 6 Games (10/18/09)
| WVU | OPP | | SCORING | 191 | 125 | | Points per Game | 31.8 | 20.8 | | FIRST DOWNS | 121 | 95 | | Rushing | 55 | 29 | | Passing | 60 | 57 | | Penalty | 6 | 9 | | RUSHING YARDAGE | 1,108 | 481 | | Rushing Yards Gained | 1,279 | 661 | | Rushing Yards Lost | 171 | 180 | | Rushing Attempts | 223 | 182 | | Average Per Rush | 5.0 | 2.6 | | Average Per Game | 184.7 | 80.2 | | Rushing TDs | 16 | 4 | | PASSING YARDAGE | 1,451 | 1,276 | | Comp-Att-Int | 120-174-6 | 111-220-9 | | Average Per Pass | 8.3 | 5.8 | | Average Per Catch | 12.1 | 11.5 | | Average Per Game | 241.1 | 212.7 | | Passing TDs | 9 | 10 | | TOTAL OFFENSE | 2,559 | 1,757 | | Total Plays | 397 | 402 | | Avg per Play | 6.4 | 4.4 | | Avg per Game | 426.5 | 292.8 | | | WVU | OPP | | KICK RETURNS: #-Yards-TD | 24-518-0 | 34-736-0 | | KICK RETURN AVERAGE | 21.6 | 21.6 | | PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards-TD | 13-160-0 | 11-111-0 | | PUNT RETURN AVERAGE | 12.3 | 10.1 | | FUMBLES-LOST | 16-11 | 8-3 | | PENALTIES-Yards | 36-337 | 37-305 | | Avg per Game | 56.2 | 50.8 | | PUNTS-Yards | 23-1,065 | 34-1,410 | | Avg Per Punt | 46.3 | 41.5 | | Net Punt Average | 38.9 | 35.0 | | TIME OF POSSESSION/Game | 31:32 | 28:28 | | 3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS | 35/76 | 32/95 | | 3rd Down Pct | 46% | 34% | | 4TH DOWN CONVERSIONS | 1/4 | 4/9 | | 4th Down Pct | 25% | 44% | | SACKS BY-Yards | 14-88 | 9-89 | | TOUCHDOWNS SCORED | 25 | 15 | | RED-ZONE SCORING | 20-23 87% | 9-12 75% | | FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS | 6-6 | 7-11 | | PAT-ATTEMPTS | 23-24 96% | 14-15 93% | | ATTENDANCE | 231,653 | 127,595 | | Games/Avg per Game | 3/59,074 | 2/63,798 | |
[edit] Scores by quarter
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | | West Virginia | 59 | 50 | 33 | 49 | 191 | | Opponents | 37 | 30 | 23 | 35 | 125 | |
[edit] Offense
[edit] Rushing
| Name | GP | Att | Net | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
| Noel Devine | 6 | 114 | 734 | 6.4 | 9 | 77 | 122.3 |
| Jarrett Brown | 6 | 50 | 209 | 4.2 | 1 | 26 | 34.8 |
| Jock Sanders | 6 | 11 | 62 | 5.9 | 1 | 12 | 10.8 |
| Ryan Clarke | 5 | 19 | 61 | 3.2 | 5 | 4 | 12.2 |
| Shawne Alston | 5 | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | 8 | 3.6 |
| Geno Smith | 3 | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | 13 | 5.0 |
| Tavon Austin | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 1.3 |
| Coley White | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 13 | 7.0 |
| Mark Rodgers | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 0 | 4 | 0.8 |
| Brad Starks | 5 | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 2 | -0.5 |
| TEAM | 5 | 5 | -11 | -2.2 | 0 | 0 | -2.2 |
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| Total | 6 | 223 | 1,108 | 5.0 | 16 | 77 | 184.7 |
| Opponents | 6 | 182 | 481 | 2.6 | 4 | 36 | 80.2 |
[edit] Passing
| Name | GP | Att-Comp | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Lng | Avg/G |
| Jarrett Brown | 6 | 96-140 | 68.6 | 1,209 | 8 | 5 | 58 | 201.5 |
| Geno Smith | 3 | 23-33 | 69.7 | 211 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 70.0 |
| Brad Starks | 6 | 1-1 | 100 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5.2 |
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| Total | 6 | 120-174 | 69.0 | 1,451 | 9 | 6 | 58 | 241.0 |
| Opponents | 6 | 111-220 | 50.5 | 1,279 | 10 | 9 | 82 | 212.7 |
[edit] Receiving
| Name | GP | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
| Jock Sanders | 5 | 41 | 394 | 9.6 | 2 | 38 | 78.8 |
| Brad Starks | 5 | 14 | 296 | 21.1 | 1 | 58 | 59.2 |
| Alric Arnett | 5 | 14 | 194 | 13.9 | 2 | 46 | 38.8 |
| Noel Devine | 5 | 11 | 72 | 6.5 | 1 | 17 | 14.4 |
| Tavon Austin | 5 | 8 | 103 | 12.9 | 1 | 58 | 20.6 |
| Wes Lyons | 5 | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 0 | 16 | 15.2 |
| Tyler Urban | 5 | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 0 | 33 | 14.4 |
| Will Johnson | 5 | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 1 | 33 | 12.6 |
| Ryan Clark | 5 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 | 3.0 |
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| Total | 5 | 104 | 1,285 | 12.4 | 8 | 58 | 257.0 |
| Opponents | 5 | 94 | 1,127 | 12.0 | 10 | 82 | 225.4 |
[edit] Special teams
| Name | Punting | Kickoffs |
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | TB | FC | I20 | Blkd | No. | Yds | Avg | TB | OB |
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[edit] References
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