| Year: | 2009 |
| Team: | SMU Mustangs |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Short Conf: | C-USA |
| Division: | West |
| Record: | 8–5 |
| Conf Record: | 6–2 |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Off Coach: | Dan Morrison (2nd season) |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Stadium: | Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Capacity: 32,000) |
| Champion: | C-USA West Division co-champion Hawaii Bowl champion |
| Uniform: | File:C-USA-Uniform-SMU-2009.png |
The 2009 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mustangs, led by second-year head coach June Jones, played their home games at Gerald J. Ford Stadium and competed in Conference USA.
The 2009 Mustangs played in a bowl game for the first time since the program's 1989 emergence from its 1987 shutdown due to massive NCAA rule violations. SMU was invited to the Hawaii Bowl, where they played Nevada. The Mustangs won, 45–10, to finish the season 8–5.
The 2008 team finished with an overall record of 1–11 with a conference record of 0–8, finishing in last place in the Conference USA West Division. The team's lone win was a 47–36 victory over FCS Texas State.
See also: 2009 UAB Blazers football team.
See also: 2009 Washington State Cougars football team.
See also: 2009 TCU Horned Frogs football team.
See also: 2009 East Carolina Pirates football team.
See also: 2009 Navy Midshipmen football team.
See also: 2009 Houston Cougars football team.
See also: 2009 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team.
See also: 2009 Rice Owls football team.
See also: 2009 UTEP Miners football team.
See also: 2009 Marshall Thundering Herd football team.
See also: 2009 Tulane Green Wave football team.
See main article: 2009 Hawaii Bowl.
See also: 2009 Nevada Wolf Pack football team.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club | |
| Wide receiver | 3 | 82 | Pittsburgh Steelers |