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2009 Northern Arizona

5–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Big Sky).

Schedule and results

Northern Arizona in 2009, game by game: lost at Arizona 17–34; won vs. Southern Utah 42–39; lost vs. Montana 34–41; won vs. Northern Colorado 35–27; won at Montana State 23–10; won vs. Portland State 44–23; won vs. Idaho State 40–12; lost at Sacramento State 24–27; lost at Ole Miss 14–38; lost at Weber State 9–27; lost vs. Eastern Washington 45–49+28−24Lost 17–34 at Arizona-17ArizonaWon 42–39 vs. Southern Utah+3Southern UtahLost 34–41 vs. Montana-7MontanaWon 35–27 vs. Northern Colorado+8Northern Colora…Won 23–10 at Montana State+13Montana StateWon 44–23 vs. Portland State+21Portland StateWon 40–12 vs. Idaho State+28Idaho StateLost 24–27 at Sacramento State-3Sacramento StateLost 14–38 at Ole Miss-24Ole MissLost 9–27 at Weber State-18Weber StateLost 45–49 vs. Eastern Washington-4Eastern Washing…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12atArizonaL 17–⁠3411%
Sep 19vsSouthern UtahW 42–⁠3967%
Sep 26vsMontanaL 34–⁠4132%
Oct 3vsNorthern ColoradoW 35–⁠2774%
Oct 10atMontana StateW 23–⁠1034%
Oct 17vsPortland StateW 44–⁠2364%
Oct 24vsIdaho StateW 40–⁠1289%
Oct 31atSacramento StateL 24–⁠2761%
Nov 7atOle MissL 14–⁠3815%
Nov 14atWeber StateL 9–⁠2731%
Nov 21vsEastern WashingtonL 45–⁠4943%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Eastern Washington 49–⁠45; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Sky.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 72 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
327–⁠327
Coach
—
Elo
1311 +8 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−17.2 No. 23 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—

2009 Big Sky standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Montana8–⁠013–⁠0
Eastern Washington6–⁠28–⁠4
Weber State6–⁠27–⁠5
Montana State5–⁠37–⁠4
Northern Arizona4–⁠45–⁠6
Sacramento State4–⁠45–⁠6
Northern Colorado1–⁠73–⁠8
Portland State1–⁠72–⁠9
Idaho State1–⁠71–⁠10

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