# 2009 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 2009 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first year head coach Paul Rhoads. They played their home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. The Cyclones finished the season 7–6, 3–5 in Big 12 play and beat Minnesota 14–13 in the Insight Bowl.

## Before the season
### Recruiting

College recruiting information (2009) :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | 40$^‡$ | Commit date |
| Joshua Bellamy WR | St. Petersburg, Florida | Butte College | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | 4.4 | Jan 11, 2009 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A |||||||
| Beau Blankenship RB | Norman, Oklahoma | Norman North H.S. (OK) | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | 207 lb (94 kg) | 4.47 | Jul 24, 2008 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 76 |||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 79 Rivals: 73 |||||||
| ‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Iowa State 2009 Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009. "2009 Iowa State Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009. "2009 Player Commitments – Iowa State". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009. "2009 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009. |||||||

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 7:00 p.m. | North Dakota State* | Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA | MC22 | W 34–17 | 48,831 |
| September 12 | 11:00 a.m. | Iowa* | Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy) | FSN | L 3–35 | 52,089 |
| September 19 | 6:00 p.m. | at Kent State* | Dix StadiumKent, OH | ESPN360 | W 34–14 | 15,808 |
| September 26 | 6:00 p.m. | Army* | Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA | CYtv | W 31–10 | 50,532 |
| October 3 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. Kansas State | Arrowhead StadiumKansas City, MO (Farmageddon) | FCS | L 23–24 | 40,851 |
| October 10 | 11:30 a.m. | at No. 15 Kansas | Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS | Versus | L 36–41 | 48,203 |
| October 17 | 6:00 p.m. | Baylor | Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA | | W 24–10 | 42,253 |
| October 24 | 11:30 a.m. | at Nebraska | Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE | FSN | W 9–7 | 85,938 |
| October 31 | 2:30 p.m. | at Texas A&M | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | | L 10–35 | 72,530 |
| November 7 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 19 Oklahoma State | Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA | ABC | L 8–34 | 40,540 |
| November 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Colorado | Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA | | W 17–10 | 43,208 |
| November 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Missouri | Faurot FieldColumbia, MO (Battle for the Telephone Trophy) | | L 24–34 | 55,573 |
| December 31 | 5:00 p.m. | vs. Minnesota* | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ (Insight Bowl) | NFLN | W 14–13 | 45,090 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Iowa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Hawkeyes | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| Cyclones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### At Nebraska

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Cyclones | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Cornhuskers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
The Cyclones entered Memorial Stadium without their leading quarterback and rushing threat and subsequently played an error-free game. The solid effort was enough to put up 9 points in the first half to lead Nebraska by 2, which concluded the game's scoring. The 9 points turned out to be sufficient to win against the poor Cornhusker offensive effort, which turned over the ball a school-record eight times (including four inside of Iowa State's five-yard line). The turnovers negated Nebraska's 362–239 edge in yards gained.
The Cyclones enjoyed their first win in Memorial Stadium since 1977. First-year Head coach Paul Rhoads said about the game, "When you don't win in a stadium on the road since 1977, it's big."

### Vs. Minnesota (Insight Bowl)
## Statistics
### Team

| | Team | Opp |
| Scoring | 185 | 151 |
| Points per Game | 26.4 | 21.6 |
| First Downs | 148 | 141 |
| Rushing | 74 | 55 |
| Passing | 69 | 78 |
| Penalty | 5 | 8 |
| Total Offense | 2862 | 2707 |
| Avg per Play | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| Avg per Game | 408.9 | 386.7 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 13-8 | 17-6 |
| Penalties-Yards | 36-354 | 42-341 |
| Avg per Game | 50.6 | 48.7 |
| | Team | Opp |
| Punts-Yards | 31-1348 | 43-1644 |
| Avg per Punt | 43.5 | 38.2 |
| Time of Possession/Game | 28:36 | 31:24 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 46/103 | 34/94 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 3/5 | 4/5 |
| Touchdowns Scored | 23 | 20 |
| Field Goals-Attempts-Long | 9-14 | 4-6 |
| PAT-Attempts | 18-21 | 19-20 |
| Attendance | 193705 | 64011 |
| Games/Avg per Game | 4/48426 | 2/32006 |

#### Scores by quarter

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Iowa State | 53 | 86 | 73 | 41 | 253 |
| Opponents | 70 | 58 | 56 | 87 | 271 |

### Offense
#### Rushing

| Name | GP-GS | Att | Gain | Loss | Net | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
| Robinson, Alexan | 7 | 130 | 755 | 18 | 737 | 5.7 | 6 | 68 | 105.3 |
| Arnaud, Austen | 7 | 90 | 457 | 23 | 434 | 4.8 | 7 | 22 | 62.0 |
| Schwartz, Jeremi | 7 | 49 | 223 | 9 | 214 | 4.4 | 0 | 23 | 30.6 |
| Total | 7 | 290 | 1560 | 63 | 1497 | 5.2 | 14 | 68 | 213.9 |

#### Passing

| Name | GP-GS | Effic | Att-Cmp-Int | Pct | Yds | TD | Lng | Avg/G |
| Arnaud, Austen | 7 | 123.98 | 105-185-5 | 56.8 | 1246 | 9 | 54 | 178.0 |
| Tiller, Jerome | 4 | 76.91 | 14-26-2 | 53.8 | 119 | 0 | 17 | 29.8 |
| Total | 7 | 117.07 | 119-213-7 | 55.9 | 1365 | 9 | 54 | 195.0 |

#### Receiving

| Name | GP-GS | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
| Hamilton, Marquis | 7 | 31 | 479 | 15.5 | 3 | 42 | 68.4 |
| Williams, Jake | 7 | 23 | 234 | 10.2 | 2 | 23 | 33.4 |
| Catlett, Derrick | 7 | 17 | 215 | 12.6 | 2 | 27 | 30.7 |
| Reynolds, Darius | 4 | 13 | 72 | 5.5 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| Lenz, Josh | 7 | 9 | 69 | 7.7 | 0 | 15 | 9.9 |
| Robinson, Alexander | 7 | 7 | 137 | 19.6 | 1 | 54 | 19.6 |
| Franklin, Collin | 7 | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 0 | 16 | 9.3 |
| Darks, Darius | 7 | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 1 | 18 | 6.9 |
| Johnson, Sedrick | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 7 | 0.7 |
| Schwartz, Jeremi | 7 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 30 | 4.3 |
| Zitek, Joel | 7 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 1.6 |
| Total | 7 | 119 | 1365 | 11.5 | 9 | 54 | 195.0 |

### Defense

| Name | GP | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Sacks | Pass Defense | Pass Defense | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Blkd Kick |
| Name | GP | Solo | Ast | Total | TFL-Yds | No-Yds | BrUp | QBH | No.-Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Rcv-Yds | FF | Blkd Kick |
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### Special teams

| Name | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Kickoffs | Kickoffs | Kickoffs | Kickoffs | Kickoffs |
| Name | No. | Yds | Avg | Long | TB | FC | I20 | Blkd | No. | Yds | Avg | TB | OB |
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| Name | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns |
| Name | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
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## After the season
### Awards
#### Big 12 player of the week

Alexander Robinson On September 28, Alexander Robinson was declared the Big 12 Co-Offensive player of the week after recording 178 yards of total offense and three touchdowns in Iowa State's win over Army. Robinson is the first Iowa State running back since Ennis Haywood in 2000 to record three consecutive 100- yard games.