2009 FIU Golden Panthers football team

2009 FIU Golden Panthers football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	3–9 (3–5 SBC)
Head coach	Mario Cristobal (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Legg (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Phil Galiano (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	FIU Stadium

2009 Sun Belt Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Troy $		8	–	0					9	–	4
Middle Tennessee		7	–	1					10	–	3
Louisiana–Monroe		5	–	3					6	–	6
Florida Atlantic		5	–	3					5	–	7
Louisiana–Lafayette		4	–	4					6	–	6
Arkansas State		3	–	5					4	–	8
FIU		3	–	5					3	–	9
North Texas		1	–	7					2	–	10
Western Kentucky		0	–	8					0	–	12
$ – Conference champion

The 2009 FIU Golden Panthers football team represented Florida International University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mario Cristobal and played their homes games at the on-campus FIU Stadium. The Golden Panthers finished the season 3–9 and 3–5 in the Sun Belt Conference.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	7:00 p.m.	at No. 4 Alabama*	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN360	L 14–40	92,012
September 19	5:00 p.m.	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ESPN360	L 15–23	45,273
September 26	7:00 p.m.	Toledo*	FIU Stadium Miami, FL		L 31–41	11,047
October 3	3:30 p.m.	at Louisiana-Monroe	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA		L 35–48	17,610
October 10	7:00 p.m.	at Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY		W 37–20	13,574
October 17	7:00 p.m.	Troy	FIU Stadium Miami, FL		L 33–42	10,142
October 24	7:00 p.m.	at Arkansas State	ASU Stadium Jonesboro, AR		L 10–27	18,779
October 31	12:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette	FIU Stadium Miami, FL		W 20–17 OT	8,593
November 7	4:30 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		L 21–48	17,808
November 14	7:00 p.m.	North Texas	FIU Stadium Miami, FL		W 35–28	11,128
November 21	12:30 p.m.	at No. 1 Florida*	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL		L 3–62	90,473
December 5	7:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	FIU Stadium Miami, FL (Shula Bowl)	CSS	L 21–28	10,108
*Non-conference game Rankings from Associated Press All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
FIU	7	7	0	0	14
Alabama	10	10	6	14	40

Rutgers

	1	2	3	4	Total
FIU	0	0	0	15	15
Rutgers	3	10	0	10	23

Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toledo	14	3	7	17	41
FIU	0	3	14	14	31

Louisiana-Monroe

	1	2	3	4	Total
FIU	7	7	14	7	35
Louisiana-Monroe	0	24	14	10	48

Western Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
FIU	10	7	13	7	37
Western Kentucky	0	7	7	6	20

Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Troy	7	21	14	0	42
FIU	0	20	0	13	33

Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
FIU	0	0	3	7	10
Arkansas State	7	0	10	10	27

Louisiana-Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Louisiana-Lafayette	7	7	0	3	0	17
FIU	7	3	0	7	3	20

Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
FIU	0	7	14	0	21
Middle Tennessee	17	17	0	14	48

North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	14	14	0	0	28
FIU	14	0	7	14	35

Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
FIU	0	3	0	0	3
#1 Florida	14	21	14	13	62

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
FAU	7	7	0	14	28
FIU	0	7	7	7	21

Coaching staff

Name	Current Title	Years at FIU	Alma mater
Mario Cristobal	Head Coach	2006 –	Miami
Bill Legg	Offensive Coordinator Quarterbacks	2008 –	West Virginia
Phil Galiano	Defensive Coordinator Linebackers	2007 –	Shippensburg
Apollo Wright	Special Teams Coordinator	2001 –	Wagner College
Mike Cassano	Assistant Head Coach Running Backs/Recruiting	2006 –	New Hampshire
Cary Godette	Assistant Head Coach Defensive line	2009 –	East Carolina
Greg Laffere	Assistant Head Coach Offensive line	2005 –	Miami
Alex Mirabal	Assistant Head Coach Tight Ends	2006 –	FIU
Frank Ponce	Assistant Head Coach Wide Receivers	2005 –	FIU
Jeff Popovich	Assistant Head Coach Secondary	2006 –	Miami
Roderick Moore	Strength & Conditioning Coach	–	-
Chris Siegle	Graduate Assistant Coach	2005 –	-
Dennis Smith	Graduate Assistant Coach	2006 –	Miami