2009 Sioux Falls Cougars football team

The 2009 Sioux Falls Cougars football team represented the University of Sioux Falls in the 2009 NAIA football season. The Cougars won the 2009 NAIA Football National Championship with a 25–22 victory over the third-ranked Lindenwood Lions. The team also won the Great Plains Athletic Conference championship with a perfect 10–0 record. This was the school's fourth NAIA national championship (1996, 2006, 2008) and third in four years. The team was coached by Kalen DeBoer.

2009 Sioux Falls Cougars football
NAIA national champion
GPAC champion
ConferenceGreat Plains Athletic Conference
Record15–0 (10–0 GPAC)
Head coach
2009 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Sioux Falls $^  10 –0   15 –0  
No. 5 Morningside ^  9 –1   10 –2  
No. 13 Hastings ^  8 –2   9 –3  
No. 25 Northwestern (IA)  7 –3   7 –3  
Midland Lutheran  6 –4   6 –5  
Nebraska Wesleyan  5 –5   5 –5  
Dakota Wesleyan  4 –6   4 –6  
Briar Cliff  4 –6   4 –7  
Doane  4 –6   4 –7  
Concordia (NE)  3 –7   3 –7  
Dordt  0 –10   1 –10  
Dana  0 –10   0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

Quarterback Lorenzo Brown was named the NAIA Player of the Year prior to the game.[1] Sioux Falls ended the season with a 29-game winning streak going back through the 2008 season. They extended this streak to 42 games, which tied an NAIA record before losing in the 2010 championship game[2] After the season, DeBoer left to take the offensive coordinator job at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He finished his tenure at Sioux Falls with a 67–3 record and three national titles.

Schedule
GameDateOpponentResultCougarsOpponentsRecord
19/5Nebraska WesleyanWin4431–0 (1–0)
29/12@ DanaWin7632–0 (2–0)
39/19#19 HastingsWin42193–0 (3–0)
49/26@ Concordia (NE)Win8004–0 (4–0)
510/3DoaneWin6405–0 (5–0)
610/8@ Briar CliffWin4186–0 (6–0)
710/17@ North Dakota (FCS)Win28137–0 (6–0)
810/24Dakota WesleyanWin5978–0 (7–0)
910/31@ #12NorthwesternWin49149–0 (8–0)
1011/7DordtWin58010–0 (9–0)
1111/14@ #4 MorningsideWin492111–0 (10–0)
1211/21#14 Minot State (NAIA First Round)Win632112–0 (10–0)
1311/28#7 Morningside (NAIA Quarterfinals)Win492113–0 (10–0)
1412/5#4 St. Xavier (NAIA Semifinals)Win48614–0 (10–0)
1512/19#3 Lindenwood (NAIA Championship)Win252215–0 (10–0)

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USF went wire-to-wire as the number one team in the nation.

References
  1. "RN-T.com - Sioux Falls Brown named NAIA player of the year". Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  2. "Carroll College halts Sioux Falls' 42-game win streak to take NAIA title - USATODAY.com". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  3. "USF Football Archives - 2009 Schedule". Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
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