# 2009 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

The 2009 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Sun Devils were coached by third-year coach Dennis Erickson and played their home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The Sun Devils finished the season 4–8 (2–7 Pac-10).

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 7:00 pm | Idaho State* | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, Arizona | FSAZ | W 50–3 | 42,588 |
| September 19 | 7:00 pm | Louisiana-Monroe* | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, Arizona | FSAZ | W 38–14 | 43,780 |
| September 26 | 4:00 pm | at No. 21 Georgia* | Sanford StadiumAthens, Georgia | ESPNU | L 17–20 | 92,746 |
| October 3 | 4:00 pm | Oregon State | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, Arizona | Versus | L 17–28 | 45,373 |
| October 10 | 2:00 pm | at Washington State | Martin StadiumPullman, Washington | | W 27–14 | 26,010 |
| October 17 | 7:15 pm | Washington | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, Arizona | FSN | W 24–17 | 53,219 |
| October 24 | 7:15 pm | at Stanford | Stanford StadiumStanford, California | FSN | L 14–33 | 33,090 |
| October 31 | 12:30 pm | No. 24 California | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, Arizona | ABC | L 21–23 | 43,659 |
| November 7 | 5:00 pm | No. 12 USC | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, Arizona | ABC | L 9–14 | 55,282 |
| November 14 | 8:20 pm | at No. 13 Oregon | Autzen StadiumEugene, Oregon | ESPN | L 21–44 | 58,475 |
| November 21 | 2:00 pm | at UCLA | Rose BowlPasadena, California | FSN | L 13–23 | 46,151 |
| November 28 | 1:30 pm | Arizona | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, Arizona (Territorial Cup) | ABC | L 17–20 | 55,989 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll and BCS Rankings after October 18 released prior to gameAll times are in Mountain time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Idaho State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Idaho State | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ASU | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 50 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Broadcast: FSN Arizona.
Junior placekicker Thomas Weber ties school record for 5 made field goals in a game and Senior Linebacker Mike Nixon earned Pac-10 Conference Defensive Player of Week for his 3 interceptions one of which returned for a touchdown and blocked punt.

### Louisiana-Monroe

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Louisiana-Monroe | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| ASU | 14 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 38 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Broadcast: FSN Arizona.

### Georgia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ASU | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Georgia | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
at Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia Broadcast: ESPNU

### Oregon State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Beavers | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| ASU | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Broadcast: Versus

### Washington State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ASU | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 |
| Cougars | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
at Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington

### Washington

Broadcast: FSN
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Washington | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| ASU | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Though it appeared the game would be heading into overtime, ASU quarterback Danny Sullivan threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to receiver Chris McGaha in the last five seconds of the game to give ASU the win.

### Stanford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ASU | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Cardinal | 10 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 33 |
at Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California Broadcast: FSN

### California

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cal | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| ASU | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Both teams were 2-2 in the conference. The Bears fumbled in their first possession, but scored in the second possession on a Kevin Riley pass to Jahvid Best for 11 yards for a touchdown. Another touchdown pass, from Riley to Marvin Jones, gave Cal a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. For the Sun Devils, Samson Szakacsy, in his first collegiate snap, completed a touchdown pass to Jovon Williams (3 yards) and Danny Sullivan passed to Kyle Williams (80 yards) for touchdowns to tie the game in the second quarter. Then Giorgio Tavecchio kicked a 25-yard field goal for Cal before the half.
In the third quarter, Giorgio Tavecchio kicked a 51-yard field goal to increase Cal's lead to 6. But Arizona State answered in the fourth quarter with a Cameron Marshall rush touchdown for 6 yards. Giorgio Tavecchio missed a 39-yard field goal with 5:46 left in the game, but kicked a 24-yard field goal to win the game.

### USC

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| USC | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| ASU | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

### Oregon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ASU | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Oregon | 14 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 44 |
at Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon

### UCLA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ASU | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| UCLA | 7 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
at Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, California

### Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Arizona | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| ASU | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona