The 2009 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the

University of Nevada, Reno The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR) is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada. It is the state's flagship public university and primary land grant institution. It was founded on October 12 ...

in the

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. Nevada competed as a member of the

Western Athletic Conference The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Texas. Due to mos ...

(WAC). The Wolf Pack were led by

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in his 25th overall and 6th straight season since taking over as head coach for the third time in 2004. They played their home games at

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. The Wolf Pack finished the regular season 8–4 and 7–1 in the WAC, good enough for second place in the conference behind Boise State. They lost to SMU in the

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Schedule

Game summaries

at Notre Dame

at Colorado State

Missouri

UNLV

Louisiana Tech

at Utah State

Idaho

Hawaii

at San Jose State

Fresno State

at New Mexico State

at Boise State

vs. SMU

References

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Nevada Wolf Pack football seasons

Nevada Wolf Pack football The Nevada Wolf Pack football program represents the University of Nevada, Reno (commonly referred to as "Nevada" in athletics) in college football. The Wolf Pack competes in the Mountain West Conference at the Football Bowl Subdivision level of ...