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2009 Savannah State Tigers football team

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Conference
  
Independent

Head coach
  
Robby Wells (2nd year)

2009 record
  
2–8

Offensive scheme
  
Multiple

Offensive coordinator
  
Eddie Johnson (1st year)

Defensive coordinator
  
Julius Dixon (2nd year)

The 2009 Savannah State Tigers football team represented Savannah State University in American football. The Tigers were members of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision as an independent. This was the second season under the guidance of head coach Robby Wells.

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The Tigers entered the 2009 season seeking its first winning season since joining Division I-AA in 2000, but ended the season with a 2–8 record. The team compiled a 5–7 record in 2008, the most wins since 1999, when the Tigers finished with a 5–6 as a member of the NCAA Division II. The Tigers last winning season was in 1998.

Awards

  • Senior wide receiver Deleon Hollinger was listed as an honorable mention on the 2009 All-HBCU Football Team presented by Consensus Draft Services.
  • Kurvin Curry and Derek Williams were named to the Phil Steele College Football Preview's 2009 pre-season All-Independent Team. Curry was named as quarterback of the First Team Offense while Williams was named as a punter and placekicker for the First Team Special Team.

    • Statistics

    Current as of November 24, 2009 (2009-11-24) – All Games

    References

    2009 Savannah State Tigers football team Wikipedia
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