2009 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 2009 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University

Iowa State University

Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...

in the college football

College football

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season of 2009-2010. The team was led by first year head coach Paul Rhoads

Paul Rhoads

Paul Rhoads is an American college football head coach at Iowa State University. Rhoads was formerly the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach of the Auburn University football team before then-head coach Tommy Tuberville was forced to resign at the 2008 season's end...

. They played their home games at Jack Trice Stadium

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in Ames, Iowa

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. The Cyclones finished the season 7–6, 3–5 in Big 12

2009 Big 12 Conference football season

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play and beat Minnesota

2009 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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14–13 in the Insight Bowl

2009 Insight Bowl

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Recruiting

Schedule

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Roster

1 Linder, Judah DB
2 Johnson, Sedrick WR
2 Smith, James DB
3 Sandvig, Zac DB
4 Arnaud, Austen QB
5 Sims, David DB
6 Darks, Darius WR
7 Banks, Kennard DB
8 Bueker, Brett QB
9 McDowell, Devin DB
10 Range, Lonzie WR
11 Singleton, Chris DB
11 Tiller, Jerome QB
12 Bell, Allen DB
13 Brandtner, Mike P
14 Powell, Chad P
15 Jones, Houston WR
15 Land, Dustin DB
16 Kuehl, Daniel PK
16 Raven, Josh LB
17 Zitek, Joel WR
18 Franklin, Wallace WR
19 Matthews, A.J. DB
20 Carlson, Jason WR
21 Mahoney, Grant PK
22 Benton, Ter'ran DB
23 Johnson, Leonard DB
23 Schwartz, Jeremiah RB
24 Schmidgall, Derec LB
25 Guyer, Zach PK
26 Mansfield, Taylor FB
26 Moser, Seth LB
27 Ekwelundu, Brian LB
27 Romey, Michael PK
29 Parker, Rashawn DL
31 Rumple, Justin LB
33 Robinson, Alexander RB
34 Williams, Johnny RB
35 Ewald, Vince TE
36 Mulcahy, Patrick WR
36 Walker, Kyle DB
37 O'Connell, Michael DB
38 Maggitt, Roosevelt DL
39 Morton, Matt DB
40 Tucker, Zac DS
42 Fountain, Tahaun DB
43 Garrin, Fred LB
44 Hamlin, Kevin LB
45 Benning, Kyle LB
46 Zimmerman, Dakota DS
46 Crenshaw, Andrew DB
49 Wonders, David DS
50 Weymiller, Frank LB
50 Smith, Sean OL
51 Haughton, Scott OL
52 Knapp, Mike OL
53 Jacobs, Joe DL
54 Smith, Jesse LB
55 Lyle, Christopher DE
59 Kaufman, Preston LB
61 Murray, Cameron DE
62 Frere, Nate DL
63 Lamaak, Ben OL
64 Tuftee, Ethan OL
66 Slifka, Kyle DL
67 Hulbert, Matt OL
68 Bergan, Tadd OL
70 Davis, Drew OL
71 Baysinger, Trey OL
72 Osemele, Kelechi
Kelechi Osemele
Kelechi Osemele is an American football offensive lineman for the Iowa State Cyclones. He is considered one of the best offensive guard prospects for the 2012 NFL Draft.-College career:...

OL
73 Stephens, Reggie OL
74 Vanstrom, Joe OL
75 Hicks, Hayworth OL
76 Spears, Zack OL
77 Alvarez, Alex OL
79 Burris, Brayden OL
80 Mitchell, Andrew WR
82 Hamilton, Marquis WR
83 Williams, Jake WR
84 Catlett, Derrick TE
85 Johnson, Bailey DL
86 Hammerschmidt, Kurt TE
87 Bykowski, Carter TE
88 Franklin, Collin TE
90 Laing, Cleyon DE
91 Neal, Patrick TE
92 Black, Jerrod DL
94 McDonough, Jake DL
95 Zegers, Spenser DL
96 Alburtis, Austin DL
97 Ruempolhamer, StephenDL
98 Black, Jerrod DL
99 Hurtig, Chase DL

Adams, Brad RB

Anker, Sam DS

Hokel, Ethan WR

Coaching staff

Paul Rhoads

: Head Coach (1st yr)
Tom Herman: Offensive Coordinator (1st yr)
Wally Burnham: Defensive Coordinator (1st yr)

Team

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap;">		Team	Opp
Scoring	185	151
Points per Game	26.4	21.6
First Downs	148	141
Rushing	74	55
Passing	69	78
Penalty	5	8
Total Offense	2862	2707
Avg per Play	5.7	5.6
Avg per Game	408.9	386.7
Fumbles-Lost	13-8	17-6
Penalties-Yards	36-354	42-341
Avg per Game	50.6	48.7

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap;"> Team Opp Punts-Yards 31-1348 43-1644 Avg per Punt 43.5 38.2 Time of Possession/Game 28:36 31:24 3rd Down Conversions 46/103 34/94 4th Down Conversions 3/5 4/5 Touchdowns Scored 23 20 Field Goals-Attempts-Long 9-14 4-6 PAT-Attempts 18-21 19-20 Attendance 193705 64011 Games/Avg per Game 4/48426 2/32006

Scores by quarter

Rushing

Name	GP-GS	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Robinson,Alexan	7	130	755	18	737	5.7	6	68	105.3
Arnaud,Austen	7	90	457	23	434	4.8	7	22	62.0
Schwartz,Jeremi	7	49	223	9	214	4.4	0	23	30.6
Total	7	290	1560	63	1497	5.2	14	68	213.9

Passing

Name	GP-GS	Effic	Att-Cmp-Int	Pct	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G
Arnaud,Austen	7	123.98	105-185-5	56.8	1246	9	54	178.0
Tiller,Jerome	4	76.91	14-26-2	53.8	119	0	17	29.8
Total	7	117.07	119-213-7	55.9	1365	9	54	195.0

Receiving

Name	GP-GS	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Hamilton, Marqui	7	31	479	15.5	3	42	68.4
Williams, Jake	7	23	234	10.2	2	23	33.4
Catlett, Derrick	7	17	215	12.6	2	27	30.7
Reynolds, Darius	4	13	72	5.5	0	18	18.0
Lenz, Josh	7	9	69	7.7	0	15	9.9
Robinson, Alexan	7	7	137	19.6	1	54	19.6
Franklin, Collin	7	7	65	9.3	0	16	9.3
Darks, Darius	7	7	48	6.9	1	18	6.9
Johnson, Sedrick	7	3	5	1.7	0	7	0.7
Schwartz, Jeremi	7	1	30	30.0	0	30	4.3
Zitek, Joel	7	1	11	11.0	0	11	1.6
Total	7	119	1365	11.5	9	54	195.0

Defense

Name	GP	Tackles				Sacks	Pass Defense		Interceptions				Fumbles		Blkd Kick
Name	GP	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL-Yds	No-Yds	BrUp	QBH	No.-Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Rcv-Yds	FF	Blkd Kick
Def 1
Total

Special teams

Name	Punting								Kickoffs
Name	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TB	FC	I20	Blkd	No.	Yds	Avg	TB	OB
Punter 1
Kicker 1
Total

Name	Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Name	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Player 1
Total

Big 12 player of the week

Alexander Robinson

On September 28, Alexander Robinson was declared the Big 12 Co-Offensive player of the week after recording 178 yards of total offense and three touchdowns in Iowa State's win over Army. Robinson is the first Iowa State running back since Ennis Haywood in 2000 to record three consecutive 100- yard games.