2009 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2009

| team = Stony Brook Seawolves

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Big South Conference

| short_conf = Big South

| record = 6–5

| conf_record = 5–1

| head_coach = Chuck Priore

| hc_year = 4th

| off_coach = Jeff Behrman

| oc_year = 4th

| off_scheme =

| def_coach = Jim Gush

| dc_year = 1st

| def_scheme =

| captain =

| stadium = Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium

| champion = Big South co-champion

}}

{{2009 Big South Conference football standings}}

The 2009 Stony Brook Seawolves football team represented Stony Brook University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Chuck Priore and played it home games at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium at Stony Brook, New York. The Seawolves compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 5–1 in conference place, sharing the Big South title with Liberty. This was Stony Brook's first Big South championship.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 2009

| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS

| poll = The Sports Network

| timezone = Eastern

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 5

| time = 7:00 pm

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Hofstra

| site_stadium = James M. Shuart Stadium

| site_cityst = Hempstead, NY

| tv = FiOS1 / Big South Net

| score = 10–17

| attend = 7,160

| source = {{Cite news |last=Marcus |first=Steven |date=September 6, 2009 |title=Bonus' work ethic pays off for Hofstra |pages=62 |work=Newsday (Nassau Edition) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-nassau-edition-bonus-work-eth/134873806/ |access-date=November 8, 2023}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 12

| time = 7:00 pm

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Colgate

| site_stadium = Andy Kerr Stadium

| site_cityst = Hamilton, NY

| tv = Big South Net

| score = 13–23

| attend = 3,122

| source = {{cite news |title=Colgate's Night Owl: Sullivan Beats Stony Brook with His Arm, Legs |date=September 13, 2009 |page=C8 |newspaper=The Post-Standard |location=Syracuse, N.Y. |via=NewsBank}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 19

| time = 6:00 pm

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Brown

| site_stadium = Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium

| site_cityst = Stony Brook, NY

| tv = Big South Net

| score = 21–20

| attend = 5,709

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 26

| time = 6:00 pm

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = UMass

| site_stadium = Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium

| site_cityst = Hadley, MA

| tv = Big South Net

| score = 17–44

| attend = 16,122

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 3

| time = 3:00 pm

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| opponent = Presbyterian

| site_stadium = Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium

| site_cityst = Stony Brook, NY

| tv = Big South Net

| score = 52–14

| attend = 6,243

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 10

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2009|team=North Dakota Fighting Sioux|title=North Dakota}}

| site_stadium = Alerus Center

| site_cityst = Grand Forks, ND

| tv = Big South Net

| score = 41–21

| attend = 8,494

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 17

| time = 1:30 pm

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = VMI

| site_stadium = Alumni Memorial Field

| site_cityst = Lexington, VA

| tv = Big South Net

| score = 27–20

| attend = 7,112

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 24

| time = 3:30 pm

| w/l = w

| opponent = Coastal Carolina

| site_stadium = Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium

| site_cityst = Stony Brook, NY

| tv = MASN / Big South Net

| score = 16–10

| attend = 3,292

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 31

| time = 1:30 pm

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Gardner–Webb

| site_stadium = Ernest W. Spangler Stadium

| site_cityst = Boiling Springs, NC

| tv = Big South Net

| score = 24–14

| attend = 5,430

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 14

| time = 1:30 pm

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Charleston Southern

| site_stadium = Buccaneer Field

| site_cityst = Charleston, SC

| tv = Big South Net

| score = 27–30

| overtime = OT

| attend = 2,954

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 21

| time = 1:00 pm

| w/l = w

| opponent = Liberty

| opprank = 16

| site_stadium = Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium

| site_cityst = Stony Brook, NY

| tv = Big South Net

| score = 36–33

| attend = 3,964

}}

}}

References

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{{Stony Brook Seawolves football navbox}}

{{Big South Conference football champions}}

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