2009 Coastal Carolina

4–⁠6 (2–⁠3 Big South). The season’s Wikipedia article records 5–⁠6, over 11 games to the 10 on file here.

Schedule and results

Coastal Carolina in 2009, game by game: lost at Kent State 0–18; won vs. Monmouth 24–17; lost at Towson 17–21; won vs. North Carolina A&T 28–7; won vs. VMI 20–6; lost at Liberty 13–58; lost at Stony Brook 10–16; lost at Clemson 3–49; won vs. Gardner-Webb 26–21; lost at Charleston Southern 23–30+21−46Lost 0–18 at Kent State-18Kent StateWon 24–17 vs. Monmouth+7MonmouthLost 17–21 at Towson-4TowsonWon 28–7 vs. North Carolina A&T+21North Carolina …Won 20–6 vs. VMI+14VMILost 13–58 at Liberty-45LibertyLost 10–16 at Stony Brook-6Stony BrookLost 3–49 at Clemson-46ClemsonWon 26–21 vs. Gardner-Webb+5Gardner-WebbLost 23–30 at Charleston Southern-7Charleston Sout…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Charleston Southern 30–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big South.

In program history: The worst season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 24 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Coastal Carolina’s 2009 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Nov 14vsPresbyterianW 41–⁠37Presbyterian’s article
Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠3 5th in Big South
AP final
Unranked
Points
164–⁠243
Coach
—
Elo
1270 −21 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−30.1 No. 66 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Kevin Brown
Defensive coordinator
Curtis Walker
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Player leaders are hidden for this season: our source’s player stats for Coastal Carolina are missing players (they add up to less than 85% of the team’s passing or rushing yards).

2009 Big South standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stony Brook5–⁠06–⁠4
Liberty4–⁠17–⁠3
Gardner-Webb3–⁠26–⁠4
Charleston Southern3–⁠25–⁠5
Coastal Carolina2–⁠34–⁠6
VMI1–⁠52–⁠9
Presbyterian0–⁠50–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.