2009 Florida State Seminoles football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 2009 Florida State Seminoles football Florida State Seminoles old logo.svg 150 Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Division ACC 7–6 4–4 Bobby Bowden 34th Jimbo Fisher 3rd Pro-style Mickey Andrews 26th 4–3 Christian Ponder Jamie Robinson Recardo Wright Doak Campbell Stadium Gator Bowl champion Gator Bowl W Won 33–21 vs. West Virginia The 2009 Florida State Seminoles football team represented the Florida State University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by Bobby Bowden in his 34th and final season as head coach, the Seminoles compiled an overall record of 7–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing third in the ACC's Atlantic Division. Florida State was invited to the Gator Bowl, where the Seminoles defeated West Virginia. The team played home games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. Bowden retired at the end the year after leading Florida State to 33 consecutive winning seasons. Offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher was named his successor. Schedule 2009 AP Eastern September 7 Monday 8:00 p.m. l 18 Miami (FL) Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL rivalry ESPN 34–38 81,077 September 12 6:00 p.m. w y 23 (FCS) Jacksonville State Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL ESPN360 19–9 71,420 September 19 7:00 p.m. w y y BYU 9 LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT Versus 54–28 64,209 September 26 12:00 p.m. l y 18 South Florida Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL ESPNU 7–17 83,524 October 3 3:30 p.m. l y Boston College Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA College GameDay ABC, ESPN2 21–28 40,029 October 10 8:00 p.m. l Georgia Tech 23 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL ESPN2 44–49 76,292 October 22 Thursday 8:00 p.m. w y North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ESPN 30–27 58,000 October 31 12:00 p.m. w y NC State Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL Raycom 45–42 67,712 November 7 7:45 p.m. l y Clemson Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC rivalry ESPN 24–40 76,656 November 14 12:00 p.m. w y Wake Forest BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC ESPNU 41–28 33,411 November 21 12:00 p.m. w Maryland Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL Raycom 29–26 66,042 November 28 3:30 p.m. l y y Florida 1 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL rivalry), College GameDay CBS 10–37 90,907 January 1 1:00 p.m. w y y West Virginia 17 Gator Bowl Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Jacksonville, FL CBS 33–21 84,129 Florida State Seminoles Schedule 2009 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/52/season/2009 ESPN September 6, 2025 2009 Florida State Seminoles Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/florida-state/2009-schedule.html College Football at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference September 6, 2025 2009 Football Schedule https://seminoles.com/sports/football/schedule/2009 Florida State University September 6, 2025 Rankings 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings 16 4 7 May 2012 May 2012 May 2012 May 2012 18 19 NR NR NR NR 18 25 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Game summaries Miami (FL) Miami 7 7 3 21 38 #19 Florida State 7 3 13 11 34Miami's defense stops Florida St. to back up Harris' final TD drive Jacksonville State Jacksonville State 6 3 0 0 9 Florida State 7 0 0 12 19Florida State steals win from lower-division Jacksonville State BYU Florida State 7 23 14 10 54 #9 BYU 0 14 7 7 28 Ponder drives Seminoles to decisive win over No. 7 Cougars South Florida South Florida 0 14 0 3 17 #25 Florida State 0 0 0 7 7 https://archive.today/20120714023302/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=292690052 Daniels steps in for injured Grothe, lifts USF to first ever win over FSU. Boston College Florida State 3 3 7 8 21 Boston College 7 14 0 7 28 https://archive.today/20130102214934/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=292760103 BC blows 18-point lead, barely holds off FSU. Georgia Tech #23 Georgia Tech 14 14 14 7 49 Florida State 14 21 3 6 44 https://archive.today/20130103014449/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=292830052 Nesbitt, Yellow Jackets hand third straight loss to Bowden's Seminoles. North Carolina Florida State 3 3 14 10 30 North Carolina 14 3 7 3 27 https://archive.today/20130102184712/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=292950153 Ponder rallies Seminoles from deficit to knock off North Carolina. NC State NC State 7 14 7 14 42 Florida State 7 14 10 14 45 Florida St. edges NC State late in barnburner Clemson Florida State 17 0 7 0 24 Clemson 6 8 7 19 40 https://archive.today/20130103022018/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=293110228 Spiller rushes for 165 yards, touchdown as Clemson routs Florida St. FSU starting quarterback Christian Ponder was injured in the 4th quarter and had to leave the game. His injury required surgery and he did not return to participation until the teams non-contact drills in the spring of 2010. Redshirt Freshman E.J. Manuel took over for the injured Ponder, getting his first start the following week against Wake Forest. Wake Forest Florida State 14 17 3 7 41 Wake Forest 7 7 7 7 28 https://archive.today/20130103065732/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=293180154 Thomas, Manuel help Florida State roll past Wake Maryland Maryland 0 13 0 13 26 Florida State 7 7 0 15 29 Florida State edges Maryland on last-minute TD to become bowl eligible Florida Florida State 0 0 3 7 0 #1 Florida 7 17 6 7 0 https://archive.today/20130102212711/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=293320057 Tebow accounts for five TDs in final home game as a Gator West Virginia—Gator Bowl #16 West Virginia 14 0 0 7 21 Florida State 3 10 10 10 33 The final game for Bobby Bowden, Mickey Andrews and Chuck Amato. https://archive.today/20120717020257/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=300010052 Bowden goes out a winner as Seminoles dispatch Mountaineers Personnel Recruits yes no 2009 Justin Bright DB Duncan, South Carolina Byrnes HS 6 1 184 4.5 2008-05-20 3 3 75 Christopher Hord OL Panama City Beach, Florida J.R Arnold HS 6 4 317 5.2 2008-05-03 3 3 77 Gerald Demps DB Valdosta, Georgia Lowndes HS 5 10 190 4.6 2008-04-09 3 3 82 Willie Downs ATH Tallahassee, Florida Godby HS 6 2 192 N/A 2008-02-11 4 4 80 Jajuan Harley DB Tallahassee, Florida Rickards HS 6 2 190 4.4 2008-02-13 4 4 76 Willie Haulstead WR Titusville, Florida Titusville HS 6 3 210 4.5 2008-05-15 3 4 79 Dan Hicks TE Oxford, Mississippi Oxford HS 6 4 242 4.6 2009-02-04 2 2 76 Dustin Hopkins K Houston, Texas Clear Lake HS 6 2 175 4.6 2008-06-25 3 3 80 Brandon Jenkins DE Tallahassee, Florida Florida State University School 6 3 218 4.7 2008-03-01 4 4 80 Demonte McAllister DE Tampa, Florida Alonso HS 6 3 263 N/A 2008-07-20 4 4 83 Jacobbi McDaniel DT Greenville, Florida Madison HS 6 0 267 4.8 2008-02-07 5 5 91 C.J. Mizell LB Tallahassee, Florida Leon HS 6 2 212 4.5 2008-02-20 4 4 79 Henry Orelus OL Belle Glade, Florida Glades Central HS 6 3 292 5.5 2008-07-25 3 3 76 Aubrey Phillips OL Olive Branch, Mississippi Olive Branch HS 6 6 310 5.1 2009-02-03 3 4 75 John Prior OL Portsmouth, Ohio Portsmouth HS 6 6 283 N/A 2008-07-12 3 3 76 Lonnie Pryor RB Okeechobee, Florida Okeechobee HS 6 1 195 4.5 2008-07-26 4 4 79 Greg Reid DB Valdosta, Georgia Lowndes HS 5 9 175 4.5 2008-02-03 4 5 85 Xavier Rhodes WR Miami, Florida Miami Norland HS 6 2 187 4.47 2008-07-26 3 3 77 Will Secord QB Frisco, Texas Wakeland HS 6 3 205 4.7 2009-02-03 3 3 75 Rodney Smith WR Miami, Florida Archbishop Carroll HS 6 6 200 4.53 2008-07-26 4 4 80 Bryan Stork TE Vero Beach, Florida Vero Beach HS 6 4 260 5.0 2008-05-23 3 3 76 Chris Thompson RB Greenville, Florida Madison HS 5 8 175 4.4 2008-02-28 3 4 79 yes 2009 Florida State 2009 Football Commitments 2009 Florida State Commits 2009 Player Commitments – Florida State floridastate 16 52 January 18, 2011 no Statistics Team Team Opp Scoring 338 332 Points per game 30.73 30.18 First downs     Rushing     Passing     Penalty     Total offense     Avg per play     Avg per game     Fumbles-lost     Penalties-yards     Avg per game     Team Opp Punts-yards     Avg per punt     Time of possession/game     3rd down conversions     4th down conversions     Touchdowns scored     Field goals-attempts-long     PAT-attempts     Attendance     Games/avg per game     Scores by quarter Updated after the Maryland game on November 21. Florida State 86 81 71 100 Opponents 68 111 52 101 Offense Passing Name GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng YPA Christian Ponder 9–9 147.70 330–227–7 68.8% 2717 14 98 8.23 E.J. Manuel 7–4 124.7 106–69–6 65.1% 817 2 43 8.11 Total 13–13 141.8 437–296–13 67.7% 3147 16 98 8.22 Opponents Rushing Name Games Played Carries Yards Fumbles Lost YPC TD Long Avg/Game Jermaine Thomas 11 163 832 0 5.1 9 54 62.73 Ty Jones 6 51 251 0 4.9 5 47 41.83 E.J. Manuel 7 44 195 0 4.4 2 24 19.8 Christian Ponder 9 72 179 0 2.5 2 30 19.89 Lonnie Pryor 9 27 156 0 5.8 4 50 15.11 Chris Thompson 8 23 120 0 5.2 2 49 12.5 Bert Reed 11 18 94 0 5.2 2 42 6.82 Louis Givens 6 8 58 0 7.3 1 15 9 Tavares Pressley 3 9 40 0 4.4 0 12 13.33 Rodney Hudson 11 1 9 0 9 0 9 0.82 Taiwan Easterling 10 2 8 0 4 0 7 0.10 Jarmon Fortson 11 1 4 0 4 0 4 0.36 Rod Owens 11 1 3 0 3 0 3 0.27 Total 11 352 1635 0 4.6 24 54 148.64 Opponents                 Receiving Name GP-GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GRod Owens              Bert Reed              Jarmon Fortson              Taiwan Easterling              Richard Goodman              Caz Piurowski              Lonnie Pryor              Jermaine Thomas              Beau Reliford              Louis Givens              Ty Jones              Chris Thompson              Willie Haulstead              Rodney Smith              Ja'Baris Little              Total              Opponents               Defense Name GP Tackles Sacks Pass defense Interceptions Fumbles BlkdKick Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds BrUp QBH No.-Yds Avg TD Long Rcv-Yds FF Total Special teams Name Punting Kickoffs No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd No. Yds Avg TB OB Dustin Hopkins Name Total Name Punt returns Kick returns No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long Name Total References Florida State Category:Florida State Seminoles football seasons Category:Gator Bowl champion seasons Florida State Seminoles football