2009 FIU Golden Panthers football team

2009 FIU Golden Panthers football
Conference Sun Belt Conference
Record 3–9 (3–5 SBC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Bill Legg (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Phil Galiano (3rd season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium FIU Stadium
2009 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Troy $   8 – 0     9 – 4  
Middle Tennessee   7 – 1     10 – 3  
Louisiana–Monroe   5 – 3     6 – 6  
Florida Atlantic   5 – 3     5 – 7  
Louisiana–Lafayette   4 – 4     6 – 6  
Arkansas State   3 – 5     4 – 8  
FIU   3 – 5     3 – 9  
North Texas   1 – 7     2 – 10  
Western Kentucky   0 – 8     0 – 12  
  • $ – Conference champion

The 2009 FIU Golden Panthers football team represented Florida International University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mario Cristobal and played their homes games at the on-campus FIU Stadium. The Golden Panthers finished the season 3–9 and 3–5 in the Sun Belt Conference.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 12 7:00 p.m. at No. 4 Alabama*
ESPN360 L 14–40 92,012
September 19 5:00 p.m. at Rutgers*
ESPN360 L 15–23 45,273
September 26 7:00 p.m. Toledo*
L 31–41 11,047
October 3 3:30 p.m. at Louisiana-Monroe
L 35–48 17,610
October 10 7:00 p.m. at Western Kentucky
W 37–20 13,574
October 17 7:00 p.m. Troy
  • FIU Stadium
  • Miami, FL
 L 33–42 10,142
October 24 7:00 p.m. at Arkansas State
L 10–27 18,779
October 31 12:00 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette
  • FIU Stadium
  • Miami, FL
 W 20–17 OT 8,593
November 7 4:30 p.m. at Middle Tennessee
L 21–48 17,808
November 14 7:00 p.m. North Texas
  • FIU Stadium
  • Miami, FL
 W 35–28 11,128
November 21 12:30 p.m. at No. 1 Florida*
L 3–62 90,473
December 5 7:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic
CSS L 21–28 10,108

Game summaries

Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total
FIU 7 7 0 0 14
Alabama 10 10 6 14 40

Rutgers

1 2 3 4 Total
FIU 0 0 0 15 15
Rutgers 3 10 0 10 23

Toledo

1 2 3 4 Total
Toledo 14 3 7 17 41
FIU 0 3 14 14 31

Louisiana-Monroe

1 2 3 4 Total
FIU 7 7 14 7 35
Louisiana-Monroe 0 24 14 10 48

Western Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
FIU 10 7 13 7 37
Western Kentucky 0 7 7 6 20

Troy

1 2 3 4 Total
Troy 7 21 14 0 42
FIU 0 20 0 13 33

Arkansas State

1 2 3 4 Total
FIU 0 0 3 7 10
Arkansas State 7 0 10 10 27

Louisiana-Lafayette

1 2 3 4 OT Total
Louisiana-Lafayette 7 7 0 3 0 17
FIU 7 3 0 7 3 20

Middle Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
FIU 0 7 14 0 21
Middle Tennessee 17 17 0 14 48

North Texas

1 2 3 4 Total
North Texas 14 14 0 0 28
FIU 14 0 7 14 35

Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
FIU 0 3 0 0 3
#1 Florida 14 21 14 13 62

Florida Atlantic

1 2 3 4 Total
FAU 7 7 0 14 28
FIU 0 7 7 7 21

Coaching staff

Name Current Title Years at
FIU		 Alma mater
Mario Cristobal Head Coach 2006 – Miami
Bill Legg Offensive Coordinator
Quarterbacks 		2008 – West Virginia
Phil Galiano Defensive Coordinator
Linebackers 		2007 – Shippensburg
Apollo Wright Special Teams Coordinator 2001 – Wagner College
Mike Cassano Assistant Head Coach
Running Backs/Recruiting		 2006 – New Hampshire
Cary Godette Assistant Head Coach
Defensive line 		2009 – East Carolina
Greg Laffere Assistant Head Coach
Offensive line 		2005 – Miami
Alex Mirabal Assistant Head Coach
Tight Ends 		2006 – FIU
Frank Ponce Assistant Head Coach
Wide Receivers 		2005 – FIU
Jeff Popovich Assistant Head Coach
Secondary 		2006 – Miami
Roderick Moore Strength &
Conditioning Coach		 – -
Chris Siegle Graduate Assistant Coach 2005 – -
Dennis Smith Graduate Assistant Coach 2006 – Miami