The 2009 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented

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during the

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. Mississippi State has been a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) since the league's inception in 1932, and has participated in that conference's Western Division since 1992. The Bulldogs played their home games in 2009 at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field in

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, which has been MSU football's home stadium since 1914. Head coach

Sylvester Croom Sylvester Croom Jr. (born September 25, 1954) is a retired American football coach. He was the head coach at Mississippi State University from 2004 to 2008, and the first African American head football coach in the Southeastern Conference. His ...

resigned at the end of the 2008 season. The position was filled by former Florida

offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator is a member of the coaching staff of an American football or Canadian football team who is in charge of the team's offense. Generally, along with the defensive coordinator and the special teams coordinator, this coach re ...

Dan Mullen, making this Mullen's first stint as a head coach. The Bulldogs finished the season 5–7 (3–5 SEC). The NCAA rated MSU's 2009 schedule as the toughest in the country and the 2nd toughest in the past 10 years. On November 30, 2009, Mississippi State running back Anthony Dixon was awarded the Conerly Trophy as the best college football player in the State of Mississippi. He joined previous MSU

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winners J.J. Johnson and

Jerious Norwood Jerious Montreal Norwood (born July 29, 1983) is a former American football running back. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Mississippi State and is the schools second all ...

Schedule

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Depth chart

Game summaries

Statistics

Team

Scores by quarter

Offense

Rushing

Passing

Receiving

Defense

Special teams

Coaching staff

* Dan Mullen, head coach *

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, passing game coordinator *

John Hevesy John Hevesy (born May 2, 1971) is an American football coach and former player. A Dan Mullen protégé, he had been a coach under him and with him since 2001. He was most recently the running game coordinator at Florida. Playing career Hevesy ...

, run game coordinator/offensive line coach * Tony Hughes, assistant head coach, defensive backs coach *

Greg Knox Greg Knox (born September 10, 1963) is an American college football coach. He is a senior offensive analyst at Mississippi State University. Knox served as interim head football coach at Mississippi State for the final game of the 2017 and at the ...

, running backs coach * Les Koenning, offensive coordinator * Melvin Smith *

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, defensive coordinator * David Turner * Matt Balis, head strength coach

References

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