ACC Atlantic Division champion Music City Bowl champion
ACC Championship Game, L 34–39 vs. Georgia Tech
Music City Bowl, W 21–13 vs. Kentucky
Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
Division
Atlantic Division
Ranking
AP
No. 24
Record
9–5 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach
Dabo Swinney (1st full, 2nd overall season)
Offensive coordinator
Billy Napier (1st season)
Offensive scheme
Multiple
Defensive coordinator
Kevin Steele (1st season)
Base defense
4–3
Home stadium
Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 81,500, grass)
Seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Atlantic Division
No. 24 Clemson x
6
–
2
9
–
5
Boston College
5
–
3
8
–
5
Florida State
4
–
4
7
–
6
Wake Forest
3
–
5
5
–
7
NC State
2
–
6
5
–
7
Maryland
1
–
7
2
–
10
Coastal Division
No. 13 Georgia Tech * x$
7
–
1
11
–
3
No. 10 Virginia Tech
6
–
2
10
–
3
No. 19 Miami (FL)
5
–
3
9
–
4
North Carolina *
0
–
4
0
–
5
Duke
3
–
5
5
–
7
Virginia
2
–
6
3
–
9
Championship: Georgia Tech 39, Clemson 34
$ – BCS representative as conference champion
North Carolina vacated 8 wins, including 4 ACC wins.
Rankings from AP Poll
The 2009 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Dabo Swinney, who was in his first full season as head coach. The Tigers played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Tigers won the ACC Atlantic Division, but after securing the title lost to in–state rival South Carolina in the Palmetto Bowl 34–17,[1] before losing for the second time in the season to Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship Game.[2] Clemson closed the season with a win over Kentucky in the Music City Bowl.
In the Tigers' 40–24 victory over the Florida State Seminoles on November 7, 2009, running back C. J. Spiller and wide receiver Jacoby Ford became the leading all-purpose yardage duo in NCAA history (a record previously held by Marshall Faulk and Darnay Scott of San Diego State).
C. J. Spiller was named as one of the three finalists for the 2009 Doak Walker Award. Spiller, along with Mark Ingram II of Alabama and Toby Gerhart of Stanford, was selected by a vote of the 130–member Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee. On December 2, 2009, Spiller was voted the 2009 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year. The all-purpose threat was named as the league's top player following a vote of 40 members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. Spiller received 29 votes to outdistance Georgia Tech quarterback Josh Nesbitt, who had eight. Virginia Tech running back Ryan Williams, the league's rookie of the year, had two votes and Yellow Jackets defensive end Derrick Morgan had one. Spiller was the nation's only player this season to account for touchdowns five different ways – rushing, passing, receiving, and on kick and punt returns – and had passing, rushing and receiving TDs in one game, a victory against North Carolina State. He returned four kickoffs and a punt for scores this year and has eight total returns for TDs during his career. He scored at least once in every game this season while leading Clemson to the Atlantic Division title and a spot in the league title game against Georgia Tech. Spiller led the ACC with an average of nearly 184 all-purpose yards and was the league's fourth-leading rusher, averaging 76 yards. Spiller is the seventh Tiger to be named player of the year and the first since Michael Dean Perry in 1987.[3]
^South Carolina Dominates Clemson, 34–17
^Yellow Jackets' late touchdown sinks Tigers for ACC crown
^"C. J. Spiller Named 2009 ACC Player of the Year". Atlantic Coast Conference. December 2, 2009. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
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