2009 Howard Bison football team

2009 Howard Bison football
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	2–9 (0–8 MEAC)
Head coach	Carey Bailey (3rd season)
Home stadium	William H. Greene Stadium

2009 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 8 South Carolina State $^		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 23 Florida A&M		6	–	2					8	–	3
Norfolk State		5	–	3					7	–	4
Morgan State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Bethune–Cookman		4	–	4					5	–	6
Delaware State		3	–	4					4	–	6
Hampton		3	–	5					5	–	6
North Carolina A&T		2	–	5					4	–	6
Howard		0	–	8					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2009 Howard Bison football team represented Howard University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Carey Bailey, the Bison compiled an overall record of 2–9, with a conference record of 0–8, and finished ninth in the MEAC.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 7–45	43,722
September 17	at Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 10–48	7,668
September 26	at Georgetown*	Multi-Sport Field Washington, DC	W 14–11	2,630
October 3	Winston-Salem State*	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, DC	W 7–3	2,883
October 10	at Hampton	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA (rivalry)	L 0–37
October 15	at Morgan State	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	L 7–14
October 24	North Carolina A&T	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, DC	L 19–30	7,086
October 31	at Norfolk State	William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA	L 6–41	15,832
November 7	No. 10 South Carolina State	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, DC	L 13–43
November 14	Bethune–Cookman	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, DC	L 10–21	541
November 21	at Delaware State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	L 20–30	2,731
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game