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 Championship (1996, 2006, 2008) and third in four years. The team was coached by Kalen DeBoer.

2009 Sioux Falls Cougars football
NAIA champion
GPAC champion
ConferenceGreat Plains Athletic Conference
2009 record15–0 (10–0 GPAC)
Head coach
2009 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
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

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.

Notes

1. Quarterback Lorenzo Brown was named the NAIA Player of the Year prior to the game.[2]

2. USF ended the season with a 29 game win streak going back through the 2008 season. They would extend this streak to 42 games, which tied an NAIA record before losing in the 2010 championship game[3]

3. After the season, head coach Kalen DeBoer would leave USF to take the offensive coordinator job at Southern Illinois. He finished his USF coaching career with a 67-3 record and 3 national titles.[4]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-07-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2010-12-18-carroll-sioux-falls-naia_N.htm
  4. http://siusalukis.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/deboer_kalen00.html
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