| Sport: | football |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Team: | Minnesota Golden Gophers |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Record: | 6–7 |
| Conf Record: | 3–5 |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Codef Coach1: | Kevin Cosgrove |
| Codc1 Year: | 1st |
| Codef Coach2: | Ronnie Lee |
| Codc2 Year: | 1st |
| Bowl Result: | L 13–14 vs. Iowa State |
The 2009 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was the third under head coach Tim Brewster. They began play on September 5, 2009, at Syracuse, a member of the Big East Conference. On September 12, the Minnesota opened the new TCF Bank Stadium with a 20–13 win against Air Force, moving from the Metrodome, which had been their home stadium since 1982. The Golden Gophers finished the season 6–7 and 3–5 in Big Ten play and lost 13–14 to Iowa State in the Insight Bowl. Despite the worse overall record, the Golden Gophers only suffered two blowout losses in the 2009 season (20-0 to Penn State and 38–7 to Ohio State), compared to 3 in 2008 (55–0 to Iowa, 42–21 to Kansas, 29–6 to a 3–9 Michigan team, and one could possibly also include a 34–21 loss to Ohio State that was 34–6 until the Buckeye reserves came in).
The Golden Gophers came off a 7–6 season after starting 7–1, capped by an appearance in the 2008 Insight Bowl. On January 6, offensive coordinator Mike Dunbar resigned and defensive coordinator Ted Roof left Minnesota for Auburn.[1] On January 9, former Nebraska defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove was hired as the co-defensive coordinator, a position he will share with Ronnie Lee.[2] On January 21, Jedd Fisch was named the offensive coordinator.[3] He had previously been the wide receivers coach for the Denver Broncos.[3]
See also: 2009 Syracuse Orange football team.
See also: 2009 California Golden Bears football team.
See also: 2009 Northwestern Wildcats football team.
See also: 2009 Wisconsin Badgers football team and Paul Bunyan's Axe.
See also: 2009 Purdue Boilermakers football team.
See also: 2009 Penn State Nittany Lions football team and Governor's Victory Bell.
See also: 2009 Ohio State Buckeyes football team.
See also: 2009 Michigan State Spartans football team.
See also: 2009 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.
See also: 2009 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Floyd of Rosedale.
See also: 2009 Iowa State Cyclones football team and 2009 Insight Bowl.