2009 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

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2009 Western Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Boise State $%		8	–	0					14	–	0
Nevada		7	–	1					8	–	5
Fresno State		6	–	2					8	–	5
Idaho		4	–	4					8	–	5
Hawaii		3	–	5					6	–	7
Louisiana Tech		3	–	5					4	–	8
Utah State		3	–	5					4	–	8
New Mexico State		1	–	7					3	–	10
San Jose State		1	–	7					2	–	10
% – BCS at-large representative $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Fresno State football team (variously "Fresno State" or "the 'Dogs") represent California State University, Fresno and the Central Valley in the 2009 college football season. The team is coached by 13th-year head coach Pat Hill. This season is the Bulldogs' 29th in their current home of Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California. This season, Fresno State will only play 5 home games.

Before the season

Pre-season outlook

See also: 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings § Preseason polls

Schedule

September 57:00 pmUC Davis*

• Bulldog Stadium
• Fresno, CA

W 51–037,267 September 129:00 a.m.at Wisconsin*

• Camp Randall Stadium
• Madison, WI

ESPNL 34-31 ^2OT80,353 September 186:00 p.m.No. 10 Boise State

• Bulldog Stadium
• Fresno, CA (Battle for the Milk Can)

ESPN – September 269:00 a.m.at Cincinnati*

• Nippert Stadium
• Cincinnati, OH

– October 108:05 p.m.at Hawaiʻi

• Aloha Stadium
• Honolulu, HI

– October 177:00 p.m.San Jose State

• Bulldog Stadium
• Fresno, CA (Fresno State-San José State Rivalry)

– October 245:00 p.m.at New Mexico State

• Aggie Memorial Stadium
• Las Cruces, New Mexico

– October 312:00 p.m.Utah State

• Bulldog Stadium
• Fresno, Ca

– November 72:00 p.m.at Idaho

• Kibbie Dome
• Moscow, ID

– November 141:00 p.m.at Nevada

• Mackay Stadium
• Reno, NV

– November 282:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech

• Bulldog Stadium
• Fresno, CA (Battle for the Bone)

– December 59:30 a.m.at Illinois*

• Memorial Stadium
• Champaign, Illinois

BTN –

Game notes

UC Davis

See also: 2009 UC Davis Aggies football team

Ryan Colburn wins the starter role at Quarterback after a long offseason battle with Ebahn Feathers and Derek Carr.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	0	0	0	0
Bulldogs	14	21	14	2	51

Wisconsin

See also: 2009 Wisconsin Badgers football team

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Bulldogs	7	14	0	3	7	31
Badgers	0	17	0	7	10	34

Boise State

See also: 2009 Boise State Broncos football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Broncos	10	14			24
Bulldogs	0	17			17

Cincinnati

See also: 2009 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs					0
Bearcats					0

Hawaiʻi

See also: 2009 Hawaii Warriors football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs					0
Warriors					0

San José State

See also: 2009 San Jose State Spartans football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans					0
Bulldogs					0

New Mexico State

See also: 2009 New Mexico State Aggies football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs					0
Aggies					0

Utah State

See also: 2009 Utah State Aggies football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies					0
Bulldogs					0

Idaho

See also: 2009 Idaho Vandals football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs					0
Vandals					0

Nevada

See also: 2009 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs					0
Wolf Pack					0

Louisiana Tech

See also: 2009 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team and Battle for the Bone

	1	2	3	4	Total
LT Bulldogs					0
FS Bulldogs					0

Illinois

See also: 2009 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs					0
Fighting Illini					0