2009 Colorado State Rams football team

The 2009 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University as member of the Mountain West Conference in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado and were led by second-year coach Steve Fairchild. The Rams finished the season 3–9 overall and 0–8 in Mountain West play place last out of nine teams.

2009 Colorado State Rams football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	3–9 (0–8 MW)
Head coach	Steve Fairchild (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Peterson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Larry Kerr (12th season)
Home stadium	Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium
Seasons ← 2008 2010 →

2009 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 TCU $		8	–	0					12	–	1
No. 12 BYU		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 18 Utah		6	–	2					10	–	3
Air Force		5	–	3					8	–	5
Wyoming		4	–	4					7	–	6
UNLV		3	–	5					5	–	7
San Diego State		2	–	6					4	–	8
New Mexico		1	–	7					1	–	11
Colorado State		0	–	8					3	–	9
$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	5:00 p.m.	at Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	FSN	W 23–17	53,168[1]
September 12	3:00 p.m.	Weber State*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO		W 24–23	23,417[2]
September 19	3:00 p.m.	Nevada*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO		W 35–20	24,967[3]
September 26	4:00 p.m.	at No. 19 BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	The Mtn.	L 23–42	64,091[4]
October 3	8:30 p.m.	at Idaho*	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	Altitude2/ESPNU	L 29–31	16,000[5]
October 10	4:00 p.m.	Utah	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	The Mtn.	L 17–24	30,499[6]
October 17	2:00 p.m.	at No. 12 TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	Versus	L 6–44	31,156[7]
October 24	2:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	The Mtn.	L 28–42	20,631[8]
October 31	2:00 p.m.	Air Force	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	The Mtn.	L 16–34	22,025[9]
November 7	8:00 p.m.	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	The Mtn.	L 16–35	15,902[10]
November 21	4:00 p.m.	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	The Mtn.	L 27–29	21,751[11]
November 27	12:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO (The Border War)	The Mtn.	L 16–17	20,317[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time