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Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. 2009 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Big Ten Conference Ranking Coaches #4 AP #5 2009 record 3-0 (0-0 Big Ten) Head coach Joe Paterno Offensive coordinator Galen Hall Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley Home stadium Beaver Stadium Seasons « 2008 2009 Big Ten football standings v • d • e Conf Overall Team (Rank) W L W L #23 Michigan 1 - 0 4 - 0 Wisconsin 1 - 0 4 - 0 #13 Ohio State 1 - 0 3 - 1 Minnesota 1 - 0 3 - 1 Iowa 0 - 0 3 - 0 #5 Penn State 0 - 0 3 - 0 Purdue 0 - 0 1 - 2 Indiana 0 - 1 3 - 1 Northwestern 0 - 1 2 - 2 Illinois 0 - 1 1 - 2 Michigan State 0 - 1 1 - 3 † – Conference Champion Rankings: AP Top 25 Poll (Sep 20) The 2009 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represents the Pennsylvania State University in the 2009 college football season. The team is coached by Joe Paterno and plays its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. Contents [hide] 1 Previous season 2 Preseason 2.1 Recruiting class 2.2 Spring practice 2.3 Pre-season awards 3 Schedule 4 Coaching staff 5 Game notes 5.1 September 5: Akron 5.2 September 12: Syracuse 5.3 September 19: Temple 5.4 September 26: Iowa 5.5 October 3: @ Illinois 5.6 October 10: Eastern Illinois 5.7 October 17: Minnesota 5.8 October 24: @ Michigan 5.9 October 31: @ Northwestern 5.10 November 7: Ohio State 5.11 November 14: Indiana 5.12 November 21: @ Michigan State 6 Rankings 7 Awards 7.1 Watchlists 7.2 Players 8 External links 9 See also 10 References [edit] Previous season The 2008 season began with the Nittany Lions ranked #22 in the AP and Coaches preseason polls. The team was ranked as high as #3 in the AP and #2 in the Coaches polls prior to losing to the Iowa Hawkeyes 23-24. Despite the loss, Penn State were Big Ten co-champions with Ohio State and won the automatic BCS Rose Bowl bid due to Penn State winning the head-to-head matchup. After losing the 2009 Rose Bowl to the USC Trojans by two touchdowns, Penn State finished the season ranked #8 in both polls with a final record of 11-2. [edit] Preseason In December, backup quarterback Pat Devlin decided to transfer from Penn State and would not play in the Rose Bowl. Devlin appeared in ten games for the Nittany Lions, passing for 459 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions.[1] Devlin later committed to Delaware, a Division I FCS school, where he will have two years of eligibility left.[2] In the Rose Bowl, backup tailback Stephfon Green left the game after sustaining what appeared to be a sprained right ankle. However, tests conducted after the team returned home revealed that Green sustained broken bones in his right leg and ankle and would require surgery to help repair the bones. Green is expected out of action for up to three months and will likely miss all of spring practice.[3] After the Rose Bowl, defensive line coach Larry Johnson, Sr. interviewed with Illinois head coach Ron Zook to become the Illini's defensive coordinator. While many anticipated Johnson to take the job, in the end Johnson decided to stay at his current position at Penn State.[4][5] In January, redshirt sophomore defensive end Aaron Maybin announced that he was skipping his final two seasons of eligibility and declared for the 2009 NFL Draft.[6] Junior defensive end Maurice Evans, despite losing his starting position and playing time to Maybin due to a three-game suspension for marijuana possession, also declared for the draft.[7] In addition to losing Maybin and Evans to early entry, the defense loses its entire starting secondary to graduation.[8] However after redshirting the previous season due to injury, linebacker Sean Lee returns to the line-up for his senior season. The offensive unit loses three-fifths of the offensive line to graduation including All-American and Rimington Trophy winner A.Q. Shipley. Also lost to graduation are the wide receiver trio of Derrick Williams, Deon Butler and Jordan Norwood, all four-year starters for the team. Paterno and the coaching staff will also need to find backups for returning starting quarterback Daryll Clark after losing backup Devlin to transfer and third-stringer Paul Cianciolo to graduation.[8] Sean Lee and Daryll Clark were named team co-captains for the 2009 season. Lee also served as a captain the previous season.[9] [edit] Recruiting class The Nittany Lions received 27 letters of intent on National Signing Day, February 4, 2009. [show]Recruits Name Hometown High School Height Weight† 40‡ Commit date Mark Arcidiacono OT Philadelphia, PA St. Joseph's Prep School 6′ 5″ 285 NA 04/30/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 78 Justin Brown WR Wilmington, DE Concord HS 6′ 3.5″ 210 4.48 02/04/2009 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 80 Nate Cadogan OT Portsmouth, OH Portsmouth HS 6′ 6″ 250 5.00 07/11/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 70 Glenn Carson MLB Manahawkin, NJ Southern Regional HS 6′ 3″ 220 4.60 09/29/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 78 Curtis Drake CB Philadelphia, PA West Philadelphia Catholic HS 6′ 0″ 170 4.68 06/11/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 72 Curtis Dukes RB Philadelphia, NY Indian River HS 6′ 2″ 235 4.50 07/02/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 77 Brandon Felder WR Oxon Hill, MD Oxon Hill HS 6′ 3″ 165 4.50 05/27/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 40 Anthony Fera K Houston, TX St. Pius X HS 6′ 2″ 230 4.8 10/22/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 80 Frank Figueroa OG Alexandria, VA Edison HS 6′ 4″ 275 5.2 05/15/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 77 Gary Gilliam TE Hershey, PA Milton Hershey School 6′ 7″ 245 4.80 11/13/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 40 Darrell Givens CB Indian Head, MD Lackey HS 6′ 1″ 178 4.50 05/10/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 82 Adam Gress OT West Mifflin, PA West Mifflin Area HS 6′ 7″ 290 5.22 07/02/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 76 Jordan Hill DT Steelton, PA Steelton-Highspire HS 6′ 3″ 280 4.82 01/03/2009 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 76 Gerald Hodges WLB Paulsboro, NJ Paulsboro HS 6′ 3″ 210 4.55 12/12/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 80 Ty Howle C Bunn, NC Bunn HS 6′ 2″ 290 5.40 03/23/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 79 Shawney Kersey WR Woodbury, NJ Woodbury Junior-Senior HS 6′ 2″ 190 4.45 01/17/2009 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 78 Christian Kuntz WR Camp Hill, PA Trinity HS 6′ 4″ 190 4.46 07/04/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 76 Stephon Morris CB Greenbelt, MD Eleanor Roosevelt HS 5′ 9″ 175 4.40 05/26/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 77 Kevin Newsome QB Portsmouth, VA Churchland HS 6′ 3″ 213 4.50 12/16/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 80 Stephen Obeng-Agyapong S Cheektowaga, NY John F. Kennedy SHS 5′ 11″ 185 4.50 05/09/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 80 Eric Shrive OT Scranton, PA West Scranton HS 6′ 7″ 300 5.10 05/15/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 82 Devon Smith WR Waldorf, MD Westlake HS 5′ 7.5″ 145 4.34 10/01/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 77 Sean Stanley DT Gaithersburg, MD Gaithersburg HS 6′ 1.5″ 247 4.81 05/27/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 78 Derrick Thomas CB Greenbelt, MD Eleanor Roosevelt HS 6′ 0.5″ 173 4.48 05/12/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 78 John Urschel OG Buffalo, NY Canisius HS 6′ 3″ 263 5.18 01/17/2009 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 40 Michael Wallace CB Olney, MD Our Lady Good Counsel HS 5′ 9″ 177 4.65 02/03/2009 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 73 Malcolm Willis S Indian Head, MD Lackey HS 5′ 11″ 210 4.65 04/29/2008 Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 74 Overall Recruiting Rankings: Scout - 10 Rivals - 25 † Weight is in pounds ‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout and Rivals may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, an average of the two was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100 point scale. Sources: "Penn State Commit List for 2009". Rivals.com. http://www.rivals.com/commitlist.asp?year=2009&school=61. Retrieved 2009-02-04. "Scout.com Football Recruiting: Penn State". Scout.com. http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=157&p=9&c=8&yr=2009. Retrieved 2009-02-04. "RecruitTracker 2009: Penn State". ESPN.com. http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/recruiting/tracker/school?schoolId=213&season=2009. Retrieved 2009-02-04. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=157&p=9&c=14&yr=2009. Retrieved 2009-02-04. "2009 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. http://www.rivals.com/TeamRank.asp?type=0&sort=0&year=2009. Retrieved 2009-02-04. [edit] Spring practice The annual Blue-White scrimmage at Beaver Stadium was held April 25. The White squad defeated the Blue 21-16 in front of a record crowd of 76,500. Senior quarterback Daryll Clark was 10 of 13 for 123 yards in limited duty for the Blue team against the first-team defense. True freshman Kevin Newsome led the White offense and finished 9 of 13 for 71 yards and one touchdown. In all, four quarterbacks on the two teams combined to complete 33 of 50 passes for 388 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. Sophomore running back Brandon Beachum gained a game-high 38 yards on 10 carries. Junior Evan Royster led the Blue with 21 yards on just three carries in limited action.[10][11] [edit] Pre-season awards Jeremy Boone Second-team Phil Steele pre-season All-Big Ten[12] Navorro Bowman Second-team Athlon Sports pre-season All-American[13] First-team Athlon Sports pre-season All-Big Ten[13] Third-team Phil Steele pre-season All-American[12] First-team Phil Steele pre-season All-Big Ten[12] Second-team Sporting News pre-season All-American[14] First-team Sporting News pre-season All-Big Ten[14] ESPN.com pre-season All-Big Ten[15] ESPN.com pre-season All-American[16] Daryll Clark First-team Athlon Sports pre-season All-Big Ten[13] Third-team Phil Steele pre-season All-Big Ten[12] ESPN.com pre-season All-Big Ten[15] Lou Eliades Third-team Phil Steele pre-season All-Big Ten[12] Stephfon Green Fourth-team Phil Steele pre-season All-Big Ten[12] Abe Koroma Fourth-team Phil Steele pre-season All-Big Ten[12] Dennis Landolt First-team Athlon Sports pre-season All-Big Ten[13] First-team Phil Steele pre-season All-Big Ten[12] Sean Lee Second-team Athlon Sports pre-season All-Big Ten[13] Second-team Phil Steele pre-season All-American[12] First-team Phil Steele pre-season All-Big Ten[12] Jared Odrick Third-team Athlon Sports pre-season All-American[13] First-team Athlon Sports pre-season All-Big Ten[13] Third-team Phil Steele pre-season All-American[12] First-team Phil Steele pre-season All-Big Ten[12] Third-team Sporting News pre-season All-American[14] First-team Sporting News pre-season All-Big Ten[14] ESPN.com pre-season All-Big Ten[15] Evan Royster Second-team Athlon Sports pre-season All-American[13] First-team Athlon Sports pre-season All-Big Ten[13] Second-team Phil Steele pre-season All-American[12] First-team Phil Steele pre-season All-Big Ten[12] Second-team Sporting News pre-season All-American[14] First-team Sporting News pre-season All-Big Ten[14] ESPN.com pre-season All-Big Ten[15] A.J. Wallace Fourth-team Phil Steele pre-season All-Big Ten[12] Stefen Wisniewski Third-team Athlon Sports pre-season All-American[13] First-team Athlon Sports pre-season All-Big Ten[13] First-team Phil Steele pre-season All-Big Ten[12] Second-team Sporting News pre-season All-American[14] First-team Sporting News pre-season All-Big Ten[14] ESPN.com pre-season All-Big Ten[15] [edit] Schedule Penn State does not play Big Ten teams Purdue and Wisconsin this year. Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance 09/05/2009* 12:00 p.m.[17] Akron[18] #8 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA BTN[17] W 31-7 104,968 09/12/2009* 12:00 p.m.[17] Syracuse #5 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA BTN[17] W 28-7 106,387 09/19/2009* 12:00 p.m.[17] Temple #5 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA BTN[17] W 31-6 105,514 09/26/2009 8:00 p.m.[19] Iowa #4 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ABC[19] 10/03/2009 3:30 p.m. at Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL ABC (ESPN in some markets) 10/10/2009* Eastern Illinois Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA 10/17/2009† 3:30 p.m.[20] Minnesota Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ABC[20] 10/24/2009 at Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI 10/31/2009 4:30 p.m.[19] at Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL ESPN or ESPN2[19] 11/07/2009 Ohio State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA 11/14/2009 Indiana Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA 11/21/2009 at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. [edit] Coaching staff Joe Paterno - Head Coach Dick Anderson - Offensive Line (Guards and Centers) Tom Bradley - Defensive Coordinator and Cornerbacks Kermit Buggs - Safeties Galen Hall - Offensive Coordinator and Running Backs Larry Johnson, Sr. - Defensive Line Bill Kenney - Offensive Tackles and Tight Ends Mike McQueary - Wide Receivers and Recruiting Coordinator Jay Paterno - Quarterbacks Ron Vanderlinden - Linebackers John Thomas - Strength and Conditioning [edit] Game notes [edit] September 5: Akron 1 2 3 4 Total Akron 0 0 7 0 7 #8 Penn State 14 17 0 0 31 See also: 2009 Akron Zips football team The Penn State defense did not give up a first down to the Zips in the first half as the Nittany Lions won 31-7. Tailback Evan Royster opened the scoring on a 5 yard run on Penn State's first drive of the game. Chaz Powell later extended Penn State's lead to 14-0 with an 8 yard reception, his first career touchdown reception. Derek Moye led all receivers with six receptions for 138 yards and a touchdown. Graham Zug also caught a touchdown, and the Nittany Lions rolled to a 31-0 halftime lead and still won comfortably despite not scoring in the second half for the first time since a 13-3 loss at Wisconsin in 2006. Akron finished the game with 8 first downs and one touchdown late in the third quarter. The Penn State offense lines up against the Akron defenseAkron got its only points on a 40 yard pass to Deryn Bowser in the third quarter. Defensively, Penn State allowed eight net yards in the first half and 186 yards for the game. The Nittany Lions recorded 13 tackles for loss including four sacks. Safety Andrew Dailey snagged his first career interception, and senior linebacker Sean Lee made seven tackles including two for negative yardage in his first action in 18 months. Junior linebacker Navorro Bowman left the game early with an injury, and his replacement, sophomore Nate Stupar made 12 tackles with a sack. Senior quarterback Daryll Clark set career highs, going 29 of 40 for 353 yards. His 254 yards passing in the first half were a school record.[21][22] For his efforts, Clark was named the Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week.[23] [edit] September 12: Syracuse 1 2 3 4 Total Syracuse 0 0 0 7 7 #5 Penn State 7 7 7 7 28 See also: 2009 Syracuse Orange football team Penn State won their second game of the year in a 28-7 win over Syracuse. Penn State scored early in the first quarter to go up 7-0 with a Daryll Clark pass to Evan Royster. Penn State nearly scored again early in the second quarter when faced with a 4th and 1, but Clark fumbled the snap to give Syracuse the ball near the goal line. Penn State would score on their next drive to go up 14-0 from a 12 yard run from Evan Royster, which would hold at halftime as Syracuse missed a long field goal. Penn State scored again late in the third quarter. Syracuse attempted to convert a 4th down with a pass, but it was dropped, preserving Penn State's 21-0 lead early in the 4th. Penn State scored once again midway through the 4th with a play action pass to Mickey Shuler to take a 28-0 lead. After getting the ball back, backup Kevin Newsome was subbed in along with other second string players, but a Newsome fumble gave Syracuse the ball with good field position, and they scored their only points against the Penn State second string defense in their only series of the game. Penn State recovered the onside kick attempt and ran out the clock with the backups still in. Matt McGloin also took a few snaps in his first college game, handing off to Brent Carter and Brandon Beachum. Daryll Clark passed for 240 yards in a heavily pass-oriented game as Penn State only had 78 yards on the ground, 41 of those from Royster. [edit] September 19: Temple 1 2 3 4 Total Temple 3 0 3 0 6 #5 Penn State 7 14 3 7 31 Despite several key players being sick with the flu, the Nittany Lions won convincingly over their in-state rivals, with the 25 point difference being their biggest of the season to this point. Temple became not only the first team to score twice on Penn State this season, but also the first team to not score a touchdown, continuing Penn State's streak of games versus Temple where the Owls scored no touchdowns dating back to 2003. Penn State managed a more balanced passing and running attack than in their previous two games. Temple out-passed Penn State 205-173, but the Nittany Lions' defense didn't give up any big plays. The defense allowed only 46 yards rushing while Penn State had 186—their highest so far this season. Penn State had a 7-3 lead after one quarter, but Temple recovered an onside kick, changing the momentum of the game momentarily. Penn State's defense forced a three-and-out and the Nittany Lions coasted to a 21-3 halftime lead. Both teams scored a field goal in the third quarter, and Penn State scored a touchdown to bring the final score to 31-6. [edit] September 26: Iowa 1 2 3 4 Total Iowa 0 5 5 Penn State 10 0 10 See also: 2009 Iowa Hawkeyes football team [edit] October 3: @ Illinois 1 2 3 4 Total Penn State 0 Illinois 0 See also: 2009 Illinois Fighting Illini football team [edit] October 10: Eastern Illinois 1 2 3 4 Total Eastern Illinois 0 Penn State 0 [edit] October 17: Minnesota 1 2 3 4 Total Minnesota 0 Penn State 0 See also: 2009 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and Governor's Victory Bell [edit] October 24: @ Michigan 1 2 3 4 Total Penn State 0 Michigan 0 See also: 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team [edit] October 31: @ Northwestern 1 2 3 4 Total Penn State 0 Northwestern 0 See also: 2009 Northwestern Wildcats football team [edit] November 7: Ohio State 1 2 3 4 Total Ohio State 0 Penn State 0 See also: 2009 Ohio State Buckeyes football team [edit] November 14: Indiana 1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 0 Penn State 0 See also: 2009 Indiana Hoosiers football team [edit] November 21: @ Michigan State 1 2 3 4 Total Penn State 0 Michigan State 0 See also: 2009 Michigan State Spartans football team and Land Grant Trophy [edit] Rankings See also: 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings Ranking Movement 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 9 7 5t 5 Coaches 8 5 5 4 Harris Not released Not released BCS Not released *Tied 5th with Ole Miss [edit] Awards [edit] Watchlists Navorro Bowman Lombardi Award watchlist[24] Bronko Nagurski Trophy watchlist[25] Bednarik Award watchlist[26] Butkus Award watchlist[27] Daryll Clark Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award candidate[28] Davey O'Brien Award watchlist[29] Walter Camp Award watchlist[30] Maxwell Award watchlist[26] Sean Lee Lott Trophy watchlist[31] Bronko Nagurski Trophy watchlist[25] Bednarik Award watchlist[26] Lombardi Award watchlist[24] Butkus Award watchlist[27] Jared Odrick Lombardi Award watchlist[24] Outland Trophy watchlist[32] Bronko Nagurski Trophy watchlist[25] Bednarik Award watchlist[26] Evan Royster Walter Camp Award watchlist[30] Maxwell Award watchlist[26] Doak Walker Award watchlist[33] Andrew Quarless John Mackey Award watchlist[34] Stefen Wisniewski Outland Trophy watchlist[32] Lombardi Award watchlist[24] [edit] Players Daryll Clark Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Sep. 5)[23] [edit] External links Official Penn State Athletics website Official Penn State Athletics football subsite Penn State Football website [edit] See also 2009 Big Ten Conference football season [edit] References ^ Rittenberg, Adam (2008-12-10). 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