2009 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

The 2009 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Central Michigan competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) West Division. The team was coached by Butch Jones and played their home games in Kelly/Shorts Stadium. The Chippewas finished the regular season 10–2 and 8–0 in conference play, beat Ohio in the 2009 MAC Championship Game to win the MAC title and were invited to the GMAC Bowl where they defeated Sun Belt Champion Troy 44–41 in double overtime.

At the end of the season, Jones departed Central Michigan to become the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati. Steve Stripling, the defensive ends coach, became interim head coach and coached the GMAC bowl.

Arizona
Scoring summary

1st quarter
 * 07:17 ARIZ Zendejas 36-yard field goal 3-0 ARIZ
 * 00:00 ARIZ Zendejas 37-yard field goal 6-0 ARIZ

2nd quarter
 * 08:20 ARIZ Grigsby 3-yard run (Zendejas kick) 13-0 ARIZ

3rd quarter
 * 00:38 ARIZ Zendejas 37-yard field goal 16-0 ARIZ

4th quarter
 * 12:21 CMU LeFevour 5-yard run (LeFevour rush failed) 16-6 ARIZ
 * 08:45 ARIZ Zendejas 35-yard field goal 19-6 ARIZ

Michigan State
Scoring summary

1st quarter
 * 13:00	MSU Ray 1 Yd Run (Swenson Kick) 7-0 MSU
 * 09:24	CMU Aguila 49 Yd field goal 7-3 MSU
 * 03:13	MSU Swenson 39 Yd field goal 10-3 MSU

2nd quarter
 * 13:16	CMU Aguila 31 Yd field goal 10-6 MSU
 * 05:49	CMU Brown 6 Yd Pass From LeFevour (Aguila Kick) 13-10 CMU
 * 04:16	MSU Gantt 16 Yd Pass From Nichol (Swenson Kick) 17-13 MSU

3rd quarter
 * 02:33	MSU Swenson 32 Yd field goal 20-13 MSU

4th quarter
 * 14:24	CMU Poblah 12 Yd Pass From LeFevour (Aguila Kick) 20-20
 * 07:33	MSU Cunningham 7 Yd Pass From Cousins (Swenson Kick) 27-20 MSU
 * 00:32	CMU Cotton 11 Yd Pass From LeFevour (Two-Point Conversion Failed) 27-26 MSU
 * 00:03	CMU Aguila 42 Yd field goal 29-27 CMU

Alcorn State
Scoring summary

1st quarter
 * 07:36 CMU Aguila 23-yard field goal CMU 3-0
 * 05:56 CMU Brown 55-yard punt return (Aguila kick) CMU 10-0

2nd quarter
 * 14:51 CMU LeFevour 10-yard run (Aguila kick) CMU 17-0
 * 11:54 CMU Phillips 2-yard run (Aguila kick) CMU 24-0
 * 09:12 CMU LeFevour 1-yard run (Aguila kick) CMU 31-0
 * 05:06 CMU Aguila 32-yard field goal CMU 34-0

3rd quarter
 * 14:00 CMU Volny 5-yard run (Aguila kick) CMU 41-0
 * 00:59 CMU Volny 2-yard run (Hartmann kick) CMU 48-0

4th quarter

Akron
Scoring summary

1st quarter
 * 7:11 CMU Wilson 27-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 0-7 CMU
 * 5:21 CMU Poblah 4-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick failed) 0-13 CMU

2nd quarter
 * 14:39 CMU LeFevour 1-yard run (Aguila kick) 0-20 CMU
 * 9:59 AKRON Rodgers 10-yard run (Iveljic kick) 7-20 CMU
 * 6:47 CMU LeFevour 2-yard run (Aguila kick) 7-27 CMU
 * 1:02 CMU Brown 9-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 7-34 CMU

3rd quarter
 * 8:42 AKRON Rodgers 1-yard run (Iveljic kick) 14-34 CMU
 * 3:40 CMU Brown 13-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 14-41 CMU

4th quarter
 * 9:42 CMU Cotton 3-yard run (Aguila kick) 14-48 CMU
 * 6:19 AKRON Tuzze 9-yard run (Iveljic kick) 21-48 CMU

Eastern Michigan
Scoring summary

1st quarter
 * 08:51 CMU Brown 70-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 0-7 CMU
 * 03:58 CMU LeFevour 1-yard run (Aguila kick) 0-14 CMU

2nd quarter
 * 12:33 CMU LeFevour 1-yard run (Aguila kick) 0-21 CMU
 * 02:51 CMU Brown 75-yard punt return (Aguila kick) 0-28 CMU
 * 00:18 CMU Schroeder 11-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 0-35 CMU

3rd quarter
 * 12:50 CMU Poblah 25-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 0-42 CMU
 * 01:57 CMU LeFevour 5-yard run (Aguila kick) 0-49 CMU

4th quarter
 * 11:25 EMU Welch 1-yard run (Gillett rush) 8-49 CMU
 * 07:36 CMU Volny 3-yard run (Aguila kick) 8-56 CMU

Bowling Green
Scoring summary

1st quarter
 * 11:04 CMU Brown 4-yard run (Aguila kick) 7-0 CMU

2nd quarter
 * 11:26 BGSU Barnes 24-yard pass from Sheehan (Norsic kick) 7-7
 * 9:16 CMU Brown 29-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 14-7 CMU
 * 0:06 BGSU Norsic 40-yard field goal 14-10 CMU

3rd quarter
 * 11:34 CMU Aguila 38-yard field goal 17-10 CMU

4th quarter
 * 10:02 CMU Anderson 9-yard pass from LeFevour (Aguila kick) 24-10 CMU

Boston College
Scoring summary

2nd quarter
 * 6:09 CMU Aguila 34-yard field goal 3-0 CMU
 * 0:50 BC Harris 3-yard run (Aponavicius kick) 3-7 BC

3rd quarter
 * 12:03 BC Gunnell 41-yard pass from Shinskie (Aponavicius kick) 3-14 BC
 * 6:35 BC Harris 3-yard run (Aponavicius kick) 3-21 BC
 * 1:44 BC Aponavicius 18-yard field goal 3-24 BC

4th quarter
 * 5:00 BC Kuechly 28-yard interception return (Aponavicius kick) 3-31 BC
 * 0:35 CMU Radcliff 11-yard run (Aguila kick) 10-31 BC

Troy
This was the first ever meeting between these two teams. 