2009 Jacksonville Jaguars season

15th season in franchise history

Jaguars players in a pregame military ceremony, November 15, 2009

The 2009 Jacksonville Jaguars season was the franchise's 15th season in the National Football League (NFL) and the 7th under head coach Jack Del Rio. This was the first season for new general manager Gene Smith, who hoped to usher in a "rebuilding" era for the Jaguars franchise.[1] The Jaguars improved upon their 5–11 record in 2008, however, they failed to qualify to play in the playoffs.

The team unveiled a new uniform design for the 2009 season.[2] Team owner Wayne Weaver reportedly wanted to "clean up" the look, feeling that the team had too many uniform styles.

Draft

2009 Jacksonville Jaguars draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 8 Eugene Monroe  Offensive tackle Virginia
2 39 Eben Britton  Offensive tackle Arizona
3 72 Terrance Knighton  Defensive tackle Temple
3 73 Derek Cox  Cornerback William & Mary
4 107 Mike Thomas  Wide receiver Arizona
5 144 Jarett Dillard  Wide receiver Rice
6 180 Zach Miller  Tight end Nebraska–Omaha
7 250 Rashad Jennings  Running back Liberty
7 253 Tiquan Underwood  Wide receiver Rutgers
      Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Staff

Jacksonville Jaguars 2009 staff
Front office
  • Chairman/CEO – Wayne Weaver
  • Senior vice president of football operations/general counsel – Paul Vance
  • General manager/senior vice president of player personnel – Gene Smith
  • Director of football administration – Tim Walsh
  • Director of player personnel – Terry McDonough
  • Assistant director of pro personnel – Louis Clark
  • Assistant director of college personnel – Tim Mingey

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Luke Richesson
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Jason George

Final roster

2009 Jacksonville Jaguars final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad


Rookies in italics
 53 active, 10 inactive, 7 practice squad

Local television blackouts

In 2009, the Jaguars had seven of their eight regular season home games blacked out on local TV. Due to an NFL rule, in order for a home game to be televised in a team's market, all non-premium tickets must be sold within 72 hours of kickoff. Many factors lead to a decrease in ticket sales for the Jaguars, including Jacksonville being a small market, a bad local economy, and low expectations for the team coming into the season. The Jaguars drew attendances under 50,000 in their first six home games. The only game that was televised in the Jacksonville market in 2009 was the final home game of the season when the Jaguars played the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday Night Football. Through the 2021 season, the Jaguars have not had any games blacked out since.

Schedule

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue
1 Monday, Aug. 17 at Miami Dolphins L 9–12 0–1 Land Shark Stadium
2 Saturday, Aug. 22 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 23–24 0–2 Jacksonville Municipal Stadium
3 Thursday, Aug. 27 at Philadelphia Eagles L 32–33 0–3 Lincoln Financial Field
4 Thursday, Sept. 3 Washington Redskins W 24–17 1–3 Jacksonville Municipal Stadium

Regular season

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 September 13 at Indianapolis Colts L 12–14 0–1 Lucas Oil Stadium Recap
2 September 20 Arizona Cardinals L 17–31 0–2 Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Recap
3 September 27 at Houston Texans W 31–24 1–2 Reliant Stadium Recap
4 October 4 Tennessee Titans W 37–17 2–2 Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Recap
5 October 11 at Seattle Seahawks L 0–41 2–3 Qwest Field Recap
6 October 18 St. Louis Rams W 23–20 (OT) 3–3 Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Recap
7 Bye
8 November 1 at Tennessee Titans L 13–30 3–4 LP Field Recap
9 November 8 Kansas City Chiefs W 24–21 4–4 Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Recap
10 November 15 at New York Jets W 24–22 5–4 Giants Stadium Recap
11 November 22 Buffalo Bills W 18–15 6–4 Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Recap
12 November 29 at San Francisco 49ers L 3–20 6–5 Candlestick Park Recap
13 December 6 Houston Texans W 23–18 7–5 Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Recap
14 December 13 Miami Dolphins L 10–14 7–6 Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Recap
15 December 17 Indianapolis Colts L 31–35 7–7 Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Recap
16 December 27 at New England Patriots L 7–35 7–8 Gillette Stadium Recap
17 January 3 at Cleveland Browns L 17–23 7–9 Cleveland Browns Stadium Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC South
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 W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(1) Indianapolis Colts 14 2 0 .875 6–0 10–2 416 307 L2
Houston Texans 9 7 0 .563 1–5 6–6 388 333 W4
Tennessee Titans 8 8 0 .500 2–4 4–8 354 402 W1
Jacksonville Jaguars 7 9 0 .438 3–3 6–6 290 380 L4

Game summaries

Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts

Period 1 2 34Total
Jaguars 0 6 0612
Colts 0 7 7014

at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana

Game information

First quarter

  • No scoring plays

Second quarter

  • JAC – Josh Scobee 24-yard field goal, Jaguars 3–0. Drive: 11 plays, 59 yards, 4:55.
  • IND – Joseph Addai 3-yard run (Adam Vinatieri kick), Colts 7–3. Drive: 11 plays, 78 yards, 5:19.
  • JAC – Josh Scobee 46-yard field goal, Colts 7–6. Drive: 8 plays, 41 yards, 2:40.

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

  • JAC – Maurice Jones-Drew 7-yard run (run failed), Colts 14–12. Drive: 11 plays, 58 yards, 5:30.

Top passers

Top rushers

Top receivers

Week 2: vs. Arizona Cardinals

Period 1 2 34Total
Cardinals 10 14 7031
Jaguars 3 0 7717

at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida

  • Date: September 20, 2009
  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C) (Mostly cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 46,520
  • Referee: Gene Steratore
  • TV announcers (Fox): Chris Myers & Trent Green (blacked out locally)
  • Game recap
Game information

First quarter

  • ARI – Tim Hightower 1-yard run (Neil Rackers kick), Cardinals 7–0. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 6:53.
  • JAC – Josh Scobee 30-yard field goal, Cardinals 7–3. Drive: 7 plays, 62 yards, 3:26.
  • ARI – Neil Rackers 45-yard field goal, Cardinals 10–3. Drive: 8 plays, 53 yards, 4:38.

Second quarter

  • ARI – Josh Scobee 46-yard field goal blocked by Calais Campbell; returned 83 yards by Antrel Rolle (Neil Rackers kick), Cardinals 17–3.
  • ARI – Jason Wright 5-yard pass from Kurt Warner (Neil Rackers kick), Cardinals 24–3. Drive: 7 plays, 68 yards, 1:18.

Third quarter

  • ARI – Larry Fitzgerald 22-yard pass from Kurt Warner (Neil Rackers kick), Cardinals 31–3. Drive: 4 plays, 38 yards, 2:04.
  • JAC – Marcedes Lewis 25-yard pass from David Garrard (Josh Scobee kick), Cardinals 31–10. Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 3:57.

Fourth quarter

  • JAC – Mike Sims-Walker 19-yard pass from David Garrard (Josh Scobee kick), Cardinals 31–17. Drive: 14 plays, 85 yards, 5:09.

Top passers

Top rushers

Top receivers

Week 3: at Houston Texans

Period 1 2 34Total
Jaguars 3 14 7731
Texans 7 14 3024

at Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas

Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

  • JAC – David Garrard 2-yard run (Josh Scobee kick), Jaguars 10–7. Drive: 10 plays, 69 yards, 5:40.
  • HOU – Kevin Walter 9-yard pass from Matt Schaub (Kris Brown kick), Texans 14–10. Drive: 5 plays, 49 yards, 2:29.
  • JAC – Maurice Jones-Drew 61-yard run (Josh Scobee kick), Jaguars 17–14. Drive: 4 plays, 76 yards, 1:46.
  • HOU – Owen Daniels 2-yard pass from Matt Schaub (Kris Brown kick), Texans 21–17. Drive: 10 plays, 66 yards, 3:28.

Third quarter

  • JAC – Maurice Jones-Drew 1-yard run (Josh Scobee kick), Jaguars 24–21. Drive: 10 plays, 83 yards, 4:50.
  • HOU – Kris Brown 27-yard field goal, Tied 24–24. Drive: 11 plays, 74 yards, 6:08.

Fourth quarter

  • JAC – Maurice Jones-Drew 8-yard run (Josh Scobee kick), Jaguars 31–24. Drive: 10 plays, 87 yards, 4:47.

Top passers

Top rushers

Top receivers

Week 4: vs. Tennessee Titans

Period 1 2 34Total
Titans 0 3 6817
Jaguars 10 17 3737

at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida

  • Date: October 4, 2009
  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C) (Mostly cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 49,014
  • Referee: Alberto Riveron
  • TV announcers (CBS): Dick Enberg & Dan Fouts (blacked out locally)
  • Game recap
Game information

First quarter

  • JAC – Josh Scobee 22-yard field goal, Jaguars 3–0. Drive: 8 plays, 60 yards, 3:57.
  • JAC – Maurice Jones-Drew 9-yard run (Josh Scobee kick), Jaguars 10–0. Drive: 3 plays, 35 yards, 1:23.

Second quarter

  • TEN – Rob Bironas 29-yard field goal, Jaguars 10–3. Drive: 14 plays, 78 yards, 7:23.
  • JAC – Mike Sims-Walker 9-yard pass from David Garrard (Josh Scobee kick), Jaguars 17–3. Drive: 3 plays, 46 yards, 1:36.
  • JAC – Josh Scobee 50-yard field goal, Jaguars 20–3. 10 plays, 44 yards, 3:08.
  • JAC – Mike Sims-Walker 15-yard pass from David Garrard (Josh Scobee kick), Jaguars 27–3. Drive: 6 plays, 41 yards, 2:08.

Third quarter

  • JAC – Josh Scobee 33-yard field goal, Jaguars 30–3. Drive: 10 plays, 51 yards, 4:55.
  • TEN – Nate Washington 14-yard pass from Kerry Collins (pass failed), Jaguars 30–9. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 1:37.

Fourth quarter

  • TEN – Kerry Collins 10-yard run (Chris Johnson run), Jaguars 30–17. Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards, 3:27.
  • JAC – Marcedes Lewis 33-yard pass from David Garrard (Josh Scobee kick), Jaguars 37–17. Drive: 3 plays, 40 yards, 0:26.

Top passers

Top rushers

  • TEN – Chris Johnson – 16 rushes, 83 yards
  • JAC – Rashad Jennings – 9 rushes, 53 yards

Top receivers

Week 5: at Seattle Seahawks

Period 1 2 34Total
Jaguars 0 0 000
Seahawks 3 17 14741

at Qwest Field, Seattle, Washington

  • Game time: 4:15 PM EDT
  • Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C) (Sunny)
  • Game attendance: 67,228
  • Referee: Scott Green
  • TV announcers (CBS): Kevin Harlan & Solomon Wilcots
  • Game recap
Game information

First quarter

  • SEA – Olindo Mare 47-yard field goal, Seahawks 3–0. Drive: 11 plays, 54 yards, 3:39.

Second quarter

  • SEA – Olindo Mare 27-yard field goal, Seahawks 6–0. Drive:11 plays, 48 yards, 5:08.
  • SEA – T. J. Houshmandzadeh 34-yard pass from Matt Hasselbeck (Olindo Mare kick), Seahawks 13–0. Drive: 4 plays, 48 yards, 1:32.
  • SEA – Nate Burleson 4-yard pass from Mat Hasselbeck (Olindo Mare kick), Seahawks 20–0. Drive: 3 plays, 61 yards, 0:58.

Third quarter

  • SEA – T. J. Houshmandzadeh 13-yard pass from Matt Hasselbeck (Olindo Mare kick), Seahawks 27–0. Drive: 4 plays, 32 yards, 1:12.
  • SEA – Nate Burleson 5-yard pass from Matt Hasselbeck (Olindo Mare kick), Seahawks 34–0. Drive: 8 plays, 48 yards, 3:04.

Fourth quarter

Top passers

Top rushers

Top receivers

Week 6: vs. St. Louis Rams

Period 1 2 34OTTotal
Rams 7 3 010020
Jaguars 6 0 014323

at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C) (Sunny)
  • Game attendance: 42,088
  • Referee: Jeff Triplette
  • TV announcers (Fox): Ron Pitts & John Lynch (blacked out locally)
Game information
First quarter
  • STL – Donnie Avery 17-yard pass from Marc Bulger (Josh Brown kick), Rams 7–0. Drive: 9 plays, 73 yards, 4:50.
  • JAC – Maurice Jones-Drew 4-yard run (Kick aborted), Rams 7–6. Drive: 5 plays, 58 yards, 2:27.

Second quarter

  • STL – Josh Brown 52-yard field goal, Rams 10–6. Drive: 4 plays, 51 yards, 6:24.

Third quarter

  • No scoring plays

Fourth quarter

  • JAC – Maurice Jones-Drew 1-yard run (Josh Scobee kick), Jaguars 13–10. Drive: 10 plays, 69 yards, 6:08.
  • STL – David Garrard intercepted by Leonard Little; returned 36 yards (Josh Brown kick), Rams 17–13.
  • JAC – Maurice Jones-Drew 3-yard run (Josh Scobee kick), Jaguars 20–17. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 2:43.
  • STL – Josh Brown 27-yard field goal, Tied 20–20. Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards, 1:49.
Overtime
  • JAC – Josh Scobee 36-yard field goal, Jaguars 23–20. Drive: 13 plays, 62 yards, 7:00.

Week 7: Bye week

Week 8: at Tennessee Titans

Period 1 2 34Total
Jaguars 0 7 6013
Titans 3 10 10730

at LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee

  • Game time: 4:05 PM EST
  • Game weather: 59 °F (15 °C) (Sunny)
  • Game attendance: 69,143
  • Referee: Pete Morelli
  • TV announcers (CBS): Gus Johnson & Steve Tasker

Week 9: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Period 1 2 34Total
Chiefs 3 3 01521
Jaguars 7 7 3724

at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida

Week 10: at New York Jets

Period 1 2 34Total
Jaguars 7 14 0324
Jets 10 3 0922

at The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Week 11: vs. Buffalo Bills

Period 1 2 34Total
Bills 6 3 6015
Jaguars 3 7 0818

at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather: 74 °F (23 °C) (Partly cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 47,757
  • Referee: Mike Carey
  • TV announcers (CBS): Bill Macatee & Steve Beuerlein (blacked out locally)

Week 12: at San Francisco 49ers

Period 1 2 34Total
Jaguars 0 3 003
49ers 3 14 3020

at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California

Week 13: vs. Houston Texans

Period 1 2 34Total
Texans 0 7 5618
Jaguars 3 17 3023

at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C) (Partly cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 42,709
  • Referee: Terry McAulay
  • TV announcers (CBS): Gus Johnson & Steve Tasker (blacked out locally)

Week 14: vs. Miami Dolphins

Period 1 2 34Total
Dolphins 7 7 0014
Jaguars 0 7 3010

at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida

Week 15: vs. Indianapolis Colts

Period 1 2 34Total
Colts 0 21 7735
Jaguars 3 14 14031

at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida

  • Game time: 8:20 PM EST
  • Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C) (Clear)
  • Game attendance: 63,753
  • Referee: Walt Anderson
  • TV announcers (NFLN): Bob Papa & Matt Millen

Week 16: at New England Patriots

Period 1 2 34Total
Jaguars 0 0 077
Patriots 7 21 0735

at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts

Week 17: at Cleveland Browns

Period 1 2 34Total
Jaguars 3 0 01417
Browns 3 10 7323

at Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Date: January 3, 2010
  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather: 16 °F (−9 °C) (Light snow)
  • Game attendance: 66,935
  • Referee: Pete Morelli
  • TV announcers (CBS): Gus Johnson & Steve Tasker
Game information
First quarter
  • CLE – Phil Dawson 27-yard field goal, Browns 3–0. Drive: 9 plays, 44 yards, 4:03.
  • JAC – Josh Scobee 47-yard field goal, Tied 3–3. Drive: 6 plays, 12 yards, 3:00.

Second quarter

  • CLE – Joshua Cribbs 14-yard run (Phil Dawson kick), Browns 10–3. Drive: 7 plays, 57 yards, 3:22.
  • CLE – Phil Dawson 21-yard field goal, Browns 13–3. Drive: 6 plays, 31 yards, 1:51.

Third quarter

  • CLE – Jerome Harrison 6-yard run (Phil Dawson kick), Browns 20–3. Drive: 10 plays, 67 yards, 5:53.

Fourth quarter

  • JAC – Zach Miller 6-yard pass from David Garrard (Josh Scobee kick), Browns 20–10. Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards, 3:48.
  • CLE – Phil Dawson 33-yard field goal, Browns 23–10. Drive: 14 plays, 60 yards, 8:13.
  • JAC – Zach Miller 15-yard pass from David Garrard (Josh Scobee kick), Browns 23–17. Drive: 16 plays, 95 yards, 2:17.

References

  1. ^ Frenette, Gene. "Jaguars GM Gene Smith provides hope for now and future". Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  2. ^ "Jaguars Unveil New Look" (PDF). 2009 Jacksonville Jaguars Media Guide. NFL Enterprises, LLC. June 21, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2019.

External links

  • Team schedule on NFL.com
  • 2009 Jacksonville Jaguars season at Pro Football Reference
  • 2009 Jacksonville Jaguars season at ESPN