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American college football season
The 2009 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was VMI's 119th all-time football season which started in 1891. They competed in the Big South Conference, and they were led by 2nd year head coach Sparky Woods, who was appointed VMI's 30th head coach in 2008.[1] VMI played its home games at Alumni Memorial Field, as they still do ever since 1962.[2]
The Keydets kicked off the year by just defeating Robert Morris 14–13. Two losses followed to then-#6
VMI finished 2–9 overall and 1–5 in the Big South.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 1:30 pm | Robert Morris* | | W 14–13 | 6,084 |
September 19 | 6:00 pm | at No. 7 James Madison* | | L 44–16 | 15,951 |
September 26 | 3:30 pm | at No. 1 Richmond* | | L 38–28 | 7,554 |
October 3 | 1:30 pm | Gardner–Webb![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Alumni Memorial Field
- Lexington, VA
| L 27–23 | 5,846 |
October 10 | 7:00 pm | at Coastal Carolina | | L 20–6 | 6,506 |
October 17 | 1:30 pm | Stony Brook | - Alumni Memorial Field
- Lexington, VA
| L 27–20 | 7,112 |
October 24 | 2:00 pm | at Presbyterian | | W 31–20 | 3,483 |
October 31 | 1:30 pm | Charleston Southern | - Alumni Memorial Field
- Lexington, VA
| L 31–21 | 4,217 |
November 7 | 7:00 pm | at No. 16 Liberty | | L 54–14 | 15,208 |
November 14 | Noon | at Army* | | L 22–17 | 32,109 |
November 21 | 1:30 pm | Old Dominion* | - Alumni Memorial Field
- Lexington, VA
| L 42–35 | 8,132 |
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Team leaders
Rushing
Name
|
GP
|
Attempts
|
Net Yards
|
Avg.
|
TD
|
Avg/Game
|
Howard Abegesah |
11 |
171 |
964 |
5.6 |
6 |
87.6
|
Kyle Hughes |
11 |
136 |
642 |
4.7 |
7 |
58.4
|
Tim Maypray |
11 |
115 |
519 |
4.5 |
6 |
47.2
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Passing
Name
|
GP
|
Comp
|
Attempts
|
Int
|
TD
|
Yards
|
Avg/game
|
Kyle Hughes |
11 |
47 |
99 |
8 |
5 |
697 |
63.4
|
Cam Jones |
7 |
4 |
11 |
0 |
1 |
30 |
4.3
|
Tim Maypray |
11 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
1.0
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Receiving
Name
|
GP
|
Thrown to
|
Yards
|
Avg.
|
TD
|
Avg/Game
|
Mario Scott |
11 |
14 |
237 |
16.9 |
3 |
21.5
|
Tim Maypray |
11 |
12 |
152 |
12.7 |
3 |
13.8
|
Bryan Barnson |
11 |
11 |
183 |
16.6 |
0 |
16.6
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Punt returning
Name
|
Attempts
|
Yards
|
Avg.
|
TD
|
Long
|
Tim Maypray |
16 |
207 |
12.9 |
1 |
86
|
Jafri Taylor |
1 |
34 |
34.0 |
0 |
34
|
Greg Walker |
1 |
16 |
16.0 |
0 |
16
|
Interceptions
Name
|
Int
|
Yards
|
Avg.
|
TD
|
Juan Thrasher |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
0
|
Michael Johnson |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
Josh Sneed |
1 |
11 |
11.0 |
0
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Kick returning
Name
|
Attempts
|
Yards
|
Avg.
|
TD
|
Long
|
Tim Maypray |
46 |
972 |
21.1 |
0 |
47
|
Michael Rainey-Wiles |
3 |
46 |
15.3 |
0 |
22
|
Bryant Youngblood |
2 |
13 |
6.5 |
0 |
7
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