page_title: Ricky Dobbs
section_title: 2009 season
hierarchical_section_title: Ricky Dobbs / College football career / 2009 season
caption_attribution_description: English: ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Oct. 3, 2009) U.S. Naval Academy quarterback Ricky Dobbs (#4) scores a touchdown in the first quarter during a college football game against the U. S. Air Force Academy. (U.S. Navy photo by Oscar Sosa/Released)
context_page_description: Ricky Dobbs is a United States Navy officer and former college football quarterback for the United States Naval Academy. During the 2009 season he broke the single season college football record for most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with 27.
context_section_description: During his first full year as a starter, Dobbs rushed for more than 1,000 yards and had 1031 passing yards and six  passing touchdowns. The team had the second best rushing offense in terms of yards.
  Dobbs missed one game and most of another with a broken bone in his knee. Navy beat Notre Dame, but lost to Hawaii.
  Dobbs tied Tim Tebow's record 23 rushing touchdowns for a quarterback on November 27.
  On December 12 against arch rival Army, Dobbs ran for his 24th rushing touchdown on the season, making him at the time the record holder for most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in a single season.
  Navy played in the Texas Bowl on December 31 against Missouri, their seventh straight bowl game. Dobbs ran for 166 yards and three touchdowns in the game and completed 9 of 14 passes for 130 yards and a fourth touchdown in a 35–13 victory. Dobbs finished with the NCAA record of 27 single-season rushing touchdowns and was named the game's MVP.
  His final collegiate game was the 2011 East–West Shrine Game.
  Since his graduation, TV announcers have gotten Dobbs to be a special guest caller while onboard his current ship during a few of the televised Navy Midshipmen's football games in 2012 and 2013, giving the viewers an update on his career.
caption: Dobbs (no. 4) scores a touchdown on October 3 against Air Force.
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