2009 Syracuse Orange Football Team

The Orange were coached by Doug Marrone and played their home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. The Orange finished the season 4–8 and 1–6 in Big East play.

2009 Big East Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 8 Cincinnati $	7	–	0	12	–	1
No. 25 West Virginia	5	–	2	9	–	4
No. 15 Pittsburgh	5	–	2	10	–	3
Rutgers	3	–	4	9	–	4
Connecticut	3	–	4	8	–	5
South Florida	3	–	4	8	–	5
Louisville	1	–	6	4	–	8
Syracuse	1	–	6	4	–	8

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	12:00 pm	Minnesota*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN2	L 20–23 ^OT	48,617
September 12	12:00 pm	at No. 5 Penn State*	Beaver Stadium State College, PA (rivalry)	BTN	L 7–28	106,387
September 19	7:00 pm	Northwestern*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	TWCSN	W 37–34	40,251
September 26	7:00 pm	Maine*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	TWCSN	W 41–24	35,632
October 3	12:00 pm	South Florida	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	Big East Network	L 20–34	40,147
October 10	12:00 pm	West Virginia	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	Big East Network	L 13–34	40,144
October 24	3:30 pm	Akron*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	TWCSN	W 28–14	36,991
October 31	12:00 pm	No. 7 Cincinnati	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPNU	L 7–28	33,802
November 7	12:00 pm	at No. 14 Pittsburgh	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 10–37	46,885
November 14	12:00 pm	at Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	Big East Network	L 9–10	33,223
November 21	3:30 pm	No. 25 Rutgers	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN360	W 31–13	36,759
November 28	12:00 pm	at Connecticut	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT (rivalry)	Big East Network	L 31–56	40,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

2009 Syracuse Orange football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	Mike Williams	Sr
QB	`2`	Greg Paulus	Sr
RB	`3`	Delone Carter	Sr
QB	`12`	Ryan Nassib	Fr
G	`66`	Andrew Tiller	Jr
G	`68`	Justin Pugh	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`32`	Doug Hogue	Jr
DT	`97`	Arthur Jones	Sr
DE	`99`	Chandler Jones	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LS	`57`	Maximilian Leo	Sr

Head coach

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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