2009 Ole Miss Rebels football team

2009 Ole Miss Rebels football

Cotton Bowl Classic Champions
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 21–7 vs. #21 Oklahoma State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 20
2009 record	9–4 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach	Houston Nutt (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Kent Austin (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	Multiple; Pro Style, WildRebel
Defensive coordinator	Tyrone Nix (2nd year)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Capacity: 60,580)

2009 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#3 Florida x%		8	–	0		13	–	1
Georgia		4	–	4		8	–	5
Tennessee		4	–	4		7	–	6
Kentucky		3	–	5		7	–	6
South Carolina		3	–	5		7	–	6
Vanderbilt		0	–	8		2	–	10
Western Division
#1 Alabama x$#		8	–	0		14	–	0
#17 LSU		5	–	3		9	–	4
#20 Ole Miss		4	–	4		9	–	4
Arkansas		3	–	5		8	–	5
Auburn		3	–	5		8	–	5
Mississippi State		3	–	5		5	–	7
Championship: Alabama 32, Florida 13
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 2009 college football season. The team was led by Houston Nutt, who was in his second season as the Rebels' head coach. Ole Miss has been a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) since the league's inception in 1932, and has participated in that conference's Western Division since its formation in 1992. The Rebels played their seven home games in 2009 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, which has been Ole Miss football's home since 1915. The Rebels finished the season 9–4, 4–4 in SEC play and won their second straight Cotton Bowl Classic 21–7 against Oklahoma State.

Previous season

First year head coach Houston Nutt led the team from four straight losing seasons to a 9–4 record and a 5–3 mark in conference play. The improvement from 2007–2008 was the best single-season improvement for an Ole Miss team since 1947, when Johnny Vaught debuted as coach. The Rebels' second- place finish in the SEC Western Division was their second best finish in the division since its inception in 1992. The 2008 squad concluded the season by defeating Texas Tech 47–34 in the 2009 Cotton Bowl.

Key losses from the 2008 season team

Michael Oher – graduated; drafted in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens
Peria Jerry – graduated; drafted in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons
Mike Wallace – graduated; drafted in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Jamarca Sanford – graduated; drafted in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings
Tony Fein – graduated; signed as a free agent with the Seattle Seahawks and later was signed by the Baltimore Ravens before being cut

Rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
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	#8	#6	#5t*	#4	#21	#20	--	--	#24	--	--	--	#20	--	--	--	#20
Coaches	#10	#8	#6	#5	#18	#16	–	#25	#22	--	--	--	#25	--	--	--	#21
Harris	Not released				#18	#18	–	–	#23	--	--	--	#25	--	--	--
BCS	Not released							–	#25	--	--	--	#25	--	--	--

*Tied 5th with Penn State.

Ranking sources:

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	2:30 p.m.	at Memphis*	No. 8	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN	W 45–14	45,207^[1]
September 19	6:30 p.m.	Southeastern Louisiana*	No. 5	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	CSS	W 52–6	58,119^[2]
September 24	6:30 p.m.	at South Carolina	No. 4	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPN	L 10–16	74,724^[3]
October 3	6:00 p.m.	at Vanderbilt	No. 21	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	ESPNU	W 23–7	39,625^[4]
October 10	2:30 p.m.	No. 3 Alabama	No. 20	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry)	CBS	L 3–22	62,657^[5]
October 17	6:00 p.m.	UAB*		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	SECRN	W 48–13	47,612^[6]
October 24	11:21 a.m.	Arkansas		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry)	SECN	W 30–17	60,622^[7]
October 31	11:21 a.m.	at Auburn	No. 24	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	SECN	L 20–33	84,756^[8]
November 7	6:30 p.m.	Northern Arizona*		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	CSS	W 38–14	38,184^[9]
November 14	11:00 a.m.	Tennessee		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	CBS	W 42–17	61,422^[10]
November 21	2:30 p.m.	No. 10 LSU		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Magnolia Bowl)	CBS	W 25–23	61,752^[11]
November 28	11:21 a.m.	at Mississippi State	No. 20	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)	SECN	L 27–41	55,365^[12]
January 2	1:00 p.m.	vs. No. 21 Oklahoma State*		Cowboys Stadium • Arlington, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	W 21–7	77,928^[13]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Schedule source: OleMissSports.com

Schedule notes

The 2009 Ole Miss Football Schedule was officially released on March 17, 2009.^[14]
ESPN.com tabbed Ole Miss' 2009 non-conference schedule as the 3rd softest in the country.^[15]
The week one game against Memphis was played on Sunday, September 6 and was nationally televised on ESPN.^[16]
The week four game against South Carolina was played on Thursday, September 24, as part of the ESPN College Football Thursday Primetime package.^[17]
The 2009 season marked the first time Ole Miss has ever played Southeastern Louisiana, UAB and Northern Arizona in football.^[14]

2009 season highlights

On July 7, 2009, the Ole Miss athletic department announced that the 2009 training camp and team would be the subject of a reality television show called Gridiron U, which will air on TruTV (formerly known as Court TV). Filming was scheduled to begin in early August and end September 6. The camera crew came in June to interview players and coaches as well as to film key locations on campus.^[18]^[19] However, head coach Houston Nutt canceled the team's participation in the new show.^[20]

Ole Miss was on the cover of Sports Illustrated for the August 17, 2009 issue. SI's preseason rankings has the Rebels ranked at #6.^[21]^[22]

In late August 2009, the Ole Miss Athletic Department announced that season tickets were sold out for what is believed to be the first time in school history.^[23]

In the third week of the season, on September 20, 2009, Ole Miss was ranked #4 in the AP poll and #5 in the Coaches Poll, the highest the Rebels have been ranked since the Archie Manning-lead, and John Vaught-coached, team of 1970 which also made it to #4. Ole Miss' highest ranking ever was #1 in 1964.^[24]

Ole Miss set a school record with four straight games, going back to the 2008 season, of scoring forty or more points after defeating Southeastern Louisiana 52–6 on September 19, 2009. Also as of the Southeastern Louisiana win, the Rebels had the second longest winning streak in the nation, having won eight straight games dating back to the 2008 season. The national champion Florida team had the first longest winning streak after Utah lost.^[25]

Ole Miss' defeat of Tennessee on November 14, 2009 was the first time Tennessee had ever lost in Ole Miss' home stadium. Tennessee now holds a 5–1 mark against Ole Miss in Ole Miss' home stadium.

Ole Miss' defeat of LSU on November 21, 2009 was the Rebels first win at home against LSU since 1998.

Game notes

Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #8 Ole Miss	10	7	0	28	45
Memphis	0	7	0	7	14

Location: Memphis, TN
Game start: 2:36 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:23
Game attendance: 45,207
Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 82, Wind: S @ 6 mph
Referee: Marc Curles
Television network: ESPN

Southeastern Louisiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
S'eastern Louisiana	0	0	3	3	6
• #5t Ole Miss	7	17	14	14	52

Location: Oxford, MS
Game start: 6:36 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:12
Game attendance: 58,119
Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 77, Wind: E @ 3 mph
Referee: Matt Moore
Television network: CSS

South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Ole Miss	3	0	0	7	10
• South Carolina	0	6	10	0	16

Location: Columbia, SC
Game start: 7:45 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:23
Game attendance: 74,724
Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 87, Wind: S @ 3 mph
Referee: Hubert Owens
TV announcers (ESPN): Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Craig James and Jesse Palmer (color), Erin Andrews (sideline)

Vanderbilt

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #21 Ole Miss	3	14	6	0	23
Vanderbilt	0	0	7	0	7

Location: Nashville, TN
Game start: 6:06 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:14
Game attendance: 39,625
Game weather: Fair, 67, Wind: WSW @ 11 mph
Referee: Steve Shaw
Television network: ESPNU

Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 Alabama	3	13	3	3	22
#20 Ole Miss	0	0	3	0	3

Location: Oxford, MS
Game start: 2:30 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:27
Game attendance:
62,657 (record set)
Game weather: Cloudy, 54, Wind: S @ 6 mph
Referee: Tom Ritter
TV announcers (CBS): Craig Bolerjack (play-by-play), Steve Beuerlein (color)

UAB

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	0	0	13	13
• Ole Miss	7	20	14	7	48

Location: Oxford, MS
Game start: 6:00 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:07
Game attendance: 47,612
Game weather: Cloudy, 52, Wind: N @ 6 mph
Referee: Ken Williamson
Television network: FSN

Arkansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arkansas	0	7	10	0	17
• Ole Miss	14	3	7	6	30

Location: Oxford, MS
Game start: 11:21 a.m.
Elapsed time: 3:11
Game attendance: 60,622
Game weather: Fair, 52, Wind: NW @ 8 mph
Referee: Matt Moore
TV announcers (SEC Network): Dave Neal (play-by-play), Andre Ware (color), Cara Capuano (sideline)

Auburn

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Ole Miss	7	0	13	0	20
• Auburn	3	7	23	0	33

Location: Auburn, AL
Game start: 11:21 a.m.
Elapsed time: 3:35
Game attendance: 84,756
Game weather: Cloudy, 57, Wind: NW @ 10mph
Referee: Penn Wagers
TV announcers (SEC Network): Dave Neal (play-by-play), Andre Ware (color), Cara Capuano (sideline)

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
N Arizona	0	14	0	0	14
• Ole Miss	7	24	7	0	38

Location: Oxford, MS
Game start: 6:36 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:10
Game attendance: 38,184
Game weather: Clear, 61, Wind: calm
Referee: Jeff Hilyer
Television network: CSS

Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tennessee	7	7	3	0	17
• Ole Miss	14	7	7	14	42

Location: Oxford, MS
Game start: 11:11 a.m.
Elapsed time: 3:23
Game attendance: 61,422
Game weather: Fair, 61, Wind: SW @ 7 mph
Referee: Steve Shaw
TV announcers (CBS): Craig Bolerjack (play-by-play), Steve Beuerlein (color)

Louisiana State

Magnolia Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 LSU	14	3	0	6	23
• Ole Miss	6	9	0	10	25

Location: Oxford, MS
Game start: 2:36 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:36
Game attendance: 61,752
Game weather: Fair, 63 , Wind: SW @ 5 mph
Referee: Matt Austin
TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color), Tracy Wolfson (sideline)

Mississippi State

Egg Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Ole Miss	3	10	0	14	27
• MSU	0	10	17	14	41

Location: Starkville, MS
Game start: 11:21 a.m.
Elapsed time: 3:09
Game attendance: 55,365
Game weather: Sunny and Clear, 51 , Wind: WNW @ 5 mph
Referee: Hubert Owens
TV announcers (SEC Network): Dave Neal (play-by-play), Andre Ware (color), Cara Capuano (sideline)

Oklahoma State

2010 Cotton Bowl Classic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma State	0	0	7	0	7
• Ole Miss	0	7	0	14	21

Location: Arlington, TX
Game start: 1:15 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:32
Game attendance: 77,928
Game weather: Indoor game
Referee: Jack Childress (ACC)
TV announcers (FOX): Pat Summerall (play-by-play), Daryl Johnston – (analyst), Krista Voda – (host), Shepard Smith – (sideline reporter)

Coaching staff

Name	Responsibility	Position Group	Year	Alma Mater
Houston Nutt	Head Coach		2nd	Oklahoma State University (1981)
Kent Austin	Offensive Coordinator	Quarterbacks	2nd	University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) (1986)
Tyrone Nix	Defensive Coordinator	Linebackers	2nd	University of Southern Mississippi (1995)
Kim Dameron		Safeties	2nd	University of Arkansas (1983)
Ron Dickerson Jr.		Wide Receivers	2nd	University of Arkansas (1996)
Mike Markuson	Running Game Coordinator	Offensive line	2nd	Hamline University (1983)
Derrick Nix		Running Backs	2nd	University of Southern Mississippi (2002)
Terry Price		Defensive line	1st	Texas A&M University (1992)
James Shibest	Special Teams Coordinator	Tight Ends	2nd	University of Arkansas (1988)
Chris Vaughn	Recruiting Coordinator	Cornerbacks	2nd	Murray State University (1998)
Andy Commer	Coordinator of Video Services		2nd	Arkansas State University (1987)
Mike Beaumont	Assistant Athletics Director for Football Operations		2nd	Arkansas State University (1992)
Don Decker	Head Football Strength Coach		2nd	Evangel College (1988)
Tim Mullins	Head Athletic Trainer		12th	University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) (1991)
Clifton Ealy	Assistant Athletics Director for Community Relations		2nd	University of Central Arkansas (1982)
Danny Nutt	Assistant Athletics Director for Player Development		2nd	University of Arkansas (1985)
Ken Crain	Head Equipment Manager		11th	University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) (1996)
Lanier Goethie	Graduate Assistant Coach		1st	University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) (2003)

^[26]

Staff notes

On January 16, Terry Price began his second stint with the Ole Miss Rebels football staff. He coached defensive ends for the Rebels from 1995–98. He then went on to be the defensive line coach at Auburn from 1999 to 2008.^[27]
On January 20, former Rebel football player Lanier Goethie signed on as a graduate assistant. In his four years playing Linebacker for Ole Miss (1999 to 2002), he had a total of 178 tackles and served as a team co-captain as a senior. He was also the 2002 Chucky Mullins Courage Award recipient.^[28]

NFL prospects

Twelve Ole Miss players who ended their career at Ole Miss this year were either taken in the 2010 NFL Draft or signed free-agent contracts with NFL teams. Dexter McCluster (Kansas City Chiefs; 2nd round; 36th overall pick), OL John Jerry (Miami Dolphins; 3rd round; 73rd overall pick), S Kendrick Lewis (Kansas City Chiefs; 5th round; 136th overall pick) and DE Greg Hardy (Carolina Panthers; 6th round; 175th overall pick) were drafted while QB Jevan Snead (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), RB Cordera Eason (Cincinnati Bengals), TE Gerald Harris (Tennessee Titans), LB Patrick Trahan (Tennessee Titans), WR Shay Hodge (San Francisco 49ers), CB Marshay Green (Arizona Cardinals), CB Cassius Vaughn (Denver Broncos) and DE Emmanuel Stephens (Atlanta Falcons) signed free agent contracts.^[29]^[30]

References

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↑ "Southeastern Louisiana Lions vs. Mississippi Rebels Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
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Ole Miss Rebels football

Venues	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (1915–present) Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1941–96)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Arkansas LSU: Magnolia Bowl Memphis Mississippi State: Egg Bowl (Golden Egg) Tulane Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	Colonel Reb Rebel Black Bear "Forward Rebels" The Pride of the South The Grove

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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