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2009 Jacksonville State

6–⁠2 (4–⁠0 Ohio Valley Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 8–⁠3, over 11 games to the eight on file here.

Schedule and results

Jacksonville State in 2009, game by game: lost at No. 15 Georgia Tech 17–37; lost at Florida State 9–19; won at Alabama A&M 45–13; won at Nicholls 60–10; won vs. UT Martin 52–7; won at Murray State 41–7; won vs. Tennessee Tech 55–28; won vs. Eastern Kentucky 34–26+50−20Lost 17–37 at No. 15 Georgia Tech-20No. 15 Georgia TechLost 9–19 at Florida State-10Florida StateWon 45–13 at Alabama A&M+32Alabama A&MWon 60–10 at Nicholls+50NichollsWon 52–7 vs. UT Martin+45UT MartinWon 41–7 at Murray State+34Murray StateWon 55–28 vs. Tennessee Tech+27Tennessee TechWon 34–26 vs. Eastern Kentucky+8Eastern Kentucky
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5at15Georgia TechL 17–⁠3721%
Sep 12atFlorida StateL 9–⁠1918%
Sep 19atAlabama A&MW 45–⁠1348%
Sep 26atNichollsW 60–⁠1059%
Oct 3vsUT MartinW 52–⁠770%
Oct 10atMurray StateW 41–⁠773%
Nov 14vsTennessee TechW 55–⁠2884%
Nov 21vsEastern KentuckyW 34–⁠2678%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Eastern Kentucky 34–⁠26; unranked in the final AP poll; first in the Ohio Valley Conference.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 46 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list three games of Jacksonville State’s 2009 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 24vsEastern IllinoisL 20–⁠28Jacksonville State’s article, Eastern Illinois’s article
Oct 31atAustin PeayW 28–⁠10Austin Peay’s article, Jacksonville State’s article
Nov 7atSoutheast Missouri StateW 24–⁠3Southeast Missouri State’s article, Jacksonville State’s article
Record
6–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠0 first in Ohio Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
313–⁠147
Coach
—
Elo
1483 +106 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−10.9 No. 12 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ronnie Letson
Defensive coordinator
Greg Stewart

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

2009 Ohio Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Jacksonville State4–⁠06–⁠2
Tennessee State3–⁠14–⁠4
Eastern Illinois3–⁠25–⁠4
Tennessee Tech3–⁠24–⁠4
Eastern Kentucky3–⁠23–⁠5
UT Martin2–⁠33–⁠5
Austin Peay2–⁠33–⁠5
Southeast Missouri State1–⁠42–⁠6
Murray State0–⁠41–⁠6

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