2009 Nevada Wolf Pack football team


The 2009 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Nevada competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The Wolf Pack were led by Chris Ault in his 25th overall and 6th straight season since taking over as head coach for the third time in 2004. They played their home games at Mackay Stadium. The Wolf Pack finished the regular season 8–4 and 7–1 in the WAC, good enough for second place in the conference behind Boise State. They lost to SMU in the Hawaii Bowl.

Previous season

The Wolf Pack finished the 2008 season 7–6 and 5–3 in WAC play to finish in a three–way tie in second place and lost the Humanitarian Bowl to Maryland by 35 to 42.

Schedule

Game summaries

at Notre Dame

at Colorado State

1–82006NEV, 28–10

Missouri

0–12008MIZZ, 69–17

UNLV

20–142008NEV, 49–27

Louisiana Tech

5–42008NEV, 35–31

at Utah State

15–42008NEV, 44–17

Idaho

17–92008NEV, 49–14

Hawaii

6–72008HAW, 38–31

at San Jose State

13–8–22008NEV, 41–17

Fresno State

15–24–12008NEV, 41–28

at New Mexico State

10–22008NMSU, 48–45

at Boise State

12–232008BSU, 41–34

vs. SMU

3–22004SMU, 38–20