2009_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season

2009 ACC football season
2009 ACC football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	football
Duration	September 3, 2009 – January 5, 2010
Number of teams	12
Regular season
Season MVP	C. J. Spiller
Atlantic champions	Clemson
Coastal champions	Georgia Tech
ACC Championship Game
Champions	Georgia Tech
Runners-up	Clemson
ACC seasons
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2009 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

Sports season

The 2009 ACC football season was an NCAA football season that was played from September 3, 2009, to January 5, 2010. The Atlantic Coast Conference consists of 12 members in two divisions. The Atlantic division consists of Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Maryland, North Carolina State and Wake Forest. The Coastal division consists of Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. The division champions met in the 2009 ACC Championship Game, where Georgia Tech defeated Clemson by a score of 39–34. Georgia Tech represented the ACC in the BCS, being invited to the FedEx Orange Bowl where they lost to Iowa. The ACC had a total of seven teams play in a bowl game and finished the bowl season with a record of 3–4.

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Award	School	Player
Bronko Nagurski Trophy^[3]	Duke	Vince Oghobaase
	Georgia Tech	Morgan Burnett
	Maryland	Alex Wujciak
	North Carolina	Quan Sturdivant
	North Carolina	Deunta Williams
	NC State	Willie Young
	Virginia	Ras-I Dowling
	Virginia Tech	Kam Chancellor
	Wake Forest	Boo Robinson
Dave Rimington Trophy^[4]	Boston College	Matt Tennant
	Duke	Bryan Morgan
	Florida State	Ryan McMahon
	North Carolina	Lowell Dyer
	NC State	Ted Larsen
Lombardi Award^[5]	Boston College	Anthony Castonzo
	Boston College	Matt Tennant
	Duke	Vince Oghobaase
	Florida State	Rodney Hudson
	Florida State	Dekoda Watson
	Georgia Tech	Derrick Morgan
	Maryland	Alex Wujciak
	Miami	Jason Curtis Fox
	North Carolina	Marvin Austin
	North Carolina	Quan Sturdivant
	Virginia Tech	Greg Boone
	Virginia Tech	Sergio Render
	Virginia Tech	Jason Worilds
	Wake Forest	Boo Robinson
Manning Award^[6]	Duke	Thaddeus Lewis
	North Carolina	Landen Edwards
	NC State	Russell Wilson
	Wake Forest	Riley Skinner
Maxwell Award^[7]	Clemson	C. J. Spiller
	Georgia Tech	Jonathan Dwyer
	Maryland	Da'Rel Scott
	NC State	Russell Wilson
	Virginia Tech	Darren Evans
	Virginia Tech	Tyrod Taylor
Lou Groza Award^[8]	Duke	Nick Maggio
	Miami	Matt Bosher
	NC State	Josh Czajkowski
Outland Trophy^[9]	Boston College	Matt Tennant
	Duke	Vince Oghobaase
	Virginia Tech	Sergio Render
	Wake Forest	Boo Robinson
Fred Biletnikoff Award^[10]	Clemson	Jacoby Ford
Walter Camp Award^[11]	Clemson	C. J. Spiller
Walter Camp Award^[11]	Georgia Tech	Jonathan Dwyer
Jim Thorpe Award^[12]	Clemson	Crezdon Butler
	Clemson	Chris Chancellor
	Georgia Tech	Morgan Burnett
	North Carolina	Kendric Burey
	North Carolina	Deunta Williams
	Virginia	Ras-I Dowling]
	Virginia Tech	Kam Chancellor
	Virginia Tech	Stephen Virgil
Bednarik Award^[7]	Duke	Vince Oghobaase
	Georgia Tech	Morgan Burnett
	Maryland	Alex Wujciak
	North Carolina	Marvin Austin
	North Carolina	Quan Sturdivant
	NC State	Willie Young
	Virginia Tech	Jason Worilds
Doak Walker Award^[13]	Clemson	C. J. Spiller
	Georgia Tech	Jonathan Dwyer
	Maryland	Da'Rel Scott
	North Carolina	Shaun Draughn
	NC State	Jamelle Eugene
	Virginia Tech	Darren Evans
Davey O'Brien Award^[14]	Georgia Tech	Josh Nesbitt
	NC State	Russell Wilson
	Virginia Tech	Tyrod Taylor
	Wake Forest	Riley Skinner

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 p.m.	South Carolina	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPN	L 7–3	57,583
September 5	12:00 p.m.	Baylor	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	ABC	L 24–21	27,905
September 5	1:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State	#15 Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta		W 37–17	46,131
September 5	2:00 p.m.	Northeastern Huskies football	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts		W 54–0	33,262
September 5	6:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee State	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina		W 37–14	75,000
September 5	6:00 p.m.	William & Mary	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia		L 26–14	54,587
September 5	6:00 p.m.	The Citadel	#20 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina		V 40–6 (vacated)	58,500
September 5	7:00 p.m.	Richmond	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina		L 24–16	33,011
September 5	8:00 p.m.	#5 Alabama	#7 Virginia Tech	Georgia Dome neutral site • Atlanta	ABC	L 34–24	74,954
September 5	10:00 p.m.	Maryland	#12 California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California	ESPN2	L 52–13	62,367
September 7	8:00 p.m.	Miami	#19 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida		MIA 38–34	81,077

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	7:30 p.m.	Clemson	#14 Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta	ESPN	GT 30–27	52,029
September 12	12:00 p.m.	Duke	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, New York	CBS College Sports	W 35–19	25,698
September 12	12:00 p.m.	#19 North Carolina	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut	ESPNU	V 12–10 (vacated)	38,087
September 12	12:00 p.m.	Stanford	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina		W 24–17	30,002
September 12	1:30 p.m.	Marshall	#15 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia		W 52–10	66,233
September 12	2:00 p.m.	Kent State	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts		W 34–7	25,165
September 12	3:30 p.m.	#16 Texas Christian	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia	ESPNU	L 30–14	48,336
September 12	6:00 p.m.	James Madison	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland		W 38–35 OT	46,485
September 12	6:00 p.m.	Murray State	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina		W 65–7	55,510
September 12	6:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida		W 19–9	71,420

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 17	7:30 p.m.	#14 Georgia Tech	#20 Miami	Land Shark Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida	ESPN	MIA 33–17	45,329
September 19	12:00 p.m.	Boston College	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina		CLEM 25–7	77,000
September 19	12:00 p.m.	Duke	#23 Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas	Versus	L 44–16	50,101
September 19	12:00 p.m.	East Carolina	#19 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ESPN2	V 31–17 (vacated)	58,000
September 19	12:00 p.m.	Elon	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina		W 35–7	31,451
September 19	3:30 p.m.	Middle Tennessee State	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland		L 32–31	43,167
September 19	3:30 p.m.	Virginia	Southern Mississippi	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi	CBS College Sports	L 38–34	31,170
September 19	3:30 p.m.	Nebraska	#14 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	ABC	W 16–15	66,233
September 19	6:00 p.m.	Gardner–Webb	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina		W 45–14	53,452
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Florida State	#7 Brigham Young	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah	Versus	W 54–28	64,209

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 26	12:00 p.m.	South Florida	#18 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida	ESPNU	L 17–7	83,524
September 26	12:00 p.m.	#18 North Carolina	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta		GT 24–7	50,114
September 26	2:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts		BC 27–24 OT	40,892
September 26	3:30 p.m.	#14 Texas Christian	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina		L 14–10	70,000
September 26	3:30 p.m.	Rutgers	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland		L 34–13	43,848
September 26	3:30 p.m.	#9 Miami	#12 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	ABC	VT 31–7	66,233
September 26	3:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPNU	W 38–31	57,583
September 26	7:00 p.m.	NC Central	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina		W 49–14	26,390

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Offense

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Award watch lists

Regular season

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

Week Eleven

Week Twelve

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Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 24 Clemson x	6	–	2	9	–	5
Boston College	5	–	3	8	–	5
Florida State	4	–	4	7	–	6
Wake Forest	3	–	5	5	–	7
NC State	2	–	6	5	–	7
Maryland	1	–	7	2	–	10
Coastal Division
No. 13 Georgia Tech * x$	7	–	1	11	–	3
No. 10 Virginia Tech	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 19 Miami (FL)	5	–	3	9	–	4
North Carolina *	0	–	4	0	–	5
Duke	3	–	5	5	–	7
Virginia	2	–	6	3	–	9
Championship: Georgia Tech 39, Clemson 34
$ – BCS representative as conference champion North Carolina vacated 8 wins, including 4 ACC wins. Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 3	12:00 p.m.	Clemson	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	ESPNU	MARY 24–21	46,243
October 3	12:00 p.m.	#6 Virginia Tech	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina		VT 34–13	26,211
October 3	12:00 p.m.	Virginia	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina		UVA 16–3	57,800
October 3	3:30 p.m.	NC State	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	ESPNU	WAKE 30–24	33,921
October 3	3:30 p.m.	Florida State	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ABC	BC 28–21	40,029
October 3	7:30 p.m.	#25 Georgia Tech	Mississippi	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi		W 42–31	50,035
October 3	8:00 p.m.	#8 Oklahoma	#21 Miami	Land Shark Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida	ABC	W 21–20	61,790

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 10	12:00 p.m.	Boston College	#5 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia		VT 48–14	66,233
October 10	3:30 p.m.	Indiana	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia		W 47–7	45,371
October 10	4:00 p.m.	Duke	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPNU	DUKE 49–28	56,452
October 10	6:30 p.m.	Maryland	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina		WAKE 42–32	32,780
October 10	7:00 p.m.	Florida A&M	#11 Miami	Land Shark Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida		W 48–16	47,859
October 10	8:00 p.m.	#23 Georgia Tech	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN2	GT 49–44	76,292
October 10	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Southern	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ABC	V 42–14 (vacated)	47,000

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 17	12:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina		CLEM 38–3	72,000
October 17	3:30 p.m.	NC State	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ABC	BC 52–20	35,261
October 17	4:00 p.m.	Virginia	Maryland	Bryd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	ESPNU	UVA 20–9	44,864
October 17	6:00 p.m.	#4 Virginia Tech	#20 Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta	ESPN2	GT 28–23	54,405
October 17	7:30 p.m.	#11 Miami	Central Florida	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	CBS College Sports	W 27–7	48,453

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 22	8:00 p.m.	Florida State	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ESPN	FSU 30–27	58,000
October 24	12:00 p.m.	#12 Georgia Tech	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia		GT 34–9	43,016
October 24	1:30 p.m.	Maryland	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina		DUKE 17–13	24,650
October 24	3:30 p.m.	Boston College	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBC	L 20–16	80,795
October 24	3:30 p.m.	Clemson	#10 Miami	Land Shark Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida	ABC	CLEM 40–37 in OT	43,778
October 24	3:30 p.m.	Wake Forest	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland	CBS College Sports	L 13–10	31,907

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 29	7:30 p.m.	North Carolina	#13 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	ESPN	V UNC 20–17 (vacated)	66,233
October 31	12:00 p.m.	NC State	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida		FSU 45–42	67,712
October 31	1:30 p.m.	Coastal Carolina	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina		W 49–3	71,500
October 31	3:30 p.m.	Central Michigan	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ESPNU	W 31–10	34,128
October 31	3:30 p.m.	#19 Miami	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	ABC	MIA 28–27	30,011
October 31	3:30 p.m.	Duke	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia		DUKE 28–17	41,713
October 31	7:30 p.m.	#11 Georgia Tech	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee		W 56–31	30,262

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 5	7:30 p.m.	#23 Virginia Tech	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina	ESPN	W 16–3	43,569
November 7	12:00 p.m.	Virginia	#17 Miami	Land Shark Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida		MIA 52–17	48,350
November 7	1:00 p.m.	Maryland	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina		NCST 38–31	55,631
November 7	3:30 p.m.	Duke	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ESPNU	V UNC 16–9 (vacated)	59,750
November 7	3:30 p.m.	Wake Forest	#10 Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, Georgia	ABC	GT 30–27 in OT	51,415
November 7	7:45 p.m.	Florida State	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina	ESPN	CLEM 40–24	77,000

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 14	12:00 p.m.	Clemson	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina		CLEM 43–23	57,583
November 14	12:00 p.m	#7 Georgia Tech	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	ESPN2	GT 49–10	25,899
November 14	12:00 p.m.	Florida State	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	ESPNU	FSU 41–28	33,411
November 14	1:00 p.m.	#21 Virginia Tech	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland		VT 36–9	51,514
November 14	3:30 p.m.	Boston College	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia		BC 14–10	44,324
November 14	3:30 p.m.	#14 Miami	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ABC	V UNC 33–24 (vacated)	57,500

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 21	12:00 p.m.	North Carolina	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ESPN2	V UNC 31–13 (vacated)	41,272
November 21	12:00 p.m.	Duke	#20 Miami	Land Shark Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida	ESPNU	MIA 34–16	38,200
November 21	12:00 p.m.	Maryland	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida		FSU 29–26	66,042
November 21	3:30 p.m.	Virginia	#23 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina	ABC	CLEM 34–21	77,000
November 21	3:30 p.m.	NC State	#15 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	ESPNU	VT 38–10	66,233

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 28	12:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina		WAKE 45–34	21,420
November 28	12:00 p.m.	#18 Clemson	South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina	ESPN	L 34–17	80,574
November 28	12:00 p.m.	#24 North Carolina	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPN2	NCST 28–27	57,583
November 28	3:30 p.m.	#17 Miami	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida	ABC	W 31–10	66,469
November 28	3:30 p.m.	Florida State	#1 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida	CBS	L 37–10	90,907
November 28	3:30 p.m.	Boston College	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	ESPNU	BC 19–17	35,042
November 28	3:30 p.m.	#14 Virginia Tech	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia	ESPN	VT 42–13	58,555
November 28	8:00 p.m.	Georgia	#7 Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, Georgia	ABC/ESPN2	L 30–24	55,407

Offensive back		Offensive lineman		Defensive lineman		Defensive back		Specialist		Rookie
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Christian Ponder	Florida State	Andrew Datko	Florida State	Vincent Rey/Nate Collins	Duke/Virginia	DeAndre McDaniel	Clemson	C. J. Spiller	Clemson	Kyle Parker	Clemson

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
Boston College	AP	RV	RV	RV			RV		RV		RV		RV
	C	RV	RV				RV		RV		RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released
Clemson	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV					RV	RV	24	18	15	25	RV	24
	C	RV	RV							RV	RV	RV	19	16	RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released											23	18
Duke	AP
	C										RV
	BCS	Not released
Florida State	AP	18	RV	RV	18												RV
	C	19	RV	RV	25	RV											RV
	BCS	Not released
Georgia Tech	AP	15	15	14	RV	25	22	19	11	11	10	7	7	7	12	9	13
	C	15	13	13	RV	RV	23	20	13	11	11	7	7	7	11	10	13
	BCS	Not released							12	11	10	7	7	7	10	9
Maryland	AP
	C	RV
	BCS	Not released
Miami	AP	RV	20	20	9	17	11	9	8	18	16	12	21	19	17	14	19
	C	RV	22	22	13	21	11	11	9	18	17	15	24	21	17	15	19
	BCS	Not released							10	19	17	14	20	17	17	15
North Carolina	AP	21	19	24	22	RV							RV	23	RV	RV
	C	20	19	19	18	RV		RV	RV		RV	RV	25	24	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released												24
NC State	AP	RV
	C	RV				RV
	BCS	Not released
Virginia	AP
	C
	BCS	Not released
Virginia Tech	AP	7	14	13	11	6	5	4	15	14	22	20	16	14	11	12	10
	C	7	15	14	12	6	5	4	15	14	24	21	16	14	11	12	10
	BCS	Not released							14	13	23	21	15	14	12	11
Wake Forest	AP
	C	RV
	BCS	Not released

Bowl Game	Date	Stadium	City	Television	Matchup/Results	Attendance	Payout (US$)
Meineke Car Care Bowl	December 26, 2009	Bank of America Stadium	Charlotte, North Carolina	ESPN	Pittsburgh 19, North Carolina 17	50,389	$1,000,000
Emerald Bowl	December 26, 2009	AT&T Park	San Francisco	ESPN	USC 24, Boston College 13	40,121	$750,000
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl	December 27, 2009	LP Field	Nashville, Tennessee	ESPN	Clemson 21, Kentucky 13	57,280	$1,700,000
Champs Sports Bowl	December 29, 2009	Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium	Orlando, Florida	ESPN	Wisconsin 20, Miami 14	56,747	$2,250,000
Chick-fil-A Bowl	December 31, 2009	Georgia Dome	Atlanta	ESPN	Virginia Tech 37, Tennessee 14	73,777	$3,250,000
Konica Minolta Gator Bowl	January 1, 2009	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium	Jacksonville, Florida	CBS	Florida State 33, West Virginia 21	84,129	$2,500,000
FedEx Orange Bowl	January 5, 2009	Land Shark Stadium	Miami Gardens, Florida	Fox	Iowa 24, Georgia Tech 14	66,131	$17,500,000

Team	Stadium (Capacity)	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Boston College	Alumni Stadium (44,500)	33,262	25,165	40,892	40,029	35,261	34,128	41,272		250,009	35,715	80.3
Clemson	Memorial Stadium (80,301)	75,000	77,000	70,000	72,000	71,500	77,000	77,000		519,500	74,214	92.4
Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium (33,941)	33,011	26,390	26,211	24,650	25,899	21,420			157,581	26,264	77.4
Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium (82,300)	81,077	71,420	83,524	76,292	67,712	66,042			446,067	74,345	90.3
Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium (55,000)	46,131	52,029	50,114	54,405	51,415	55,407			309,501	51,584	93.8
Maryland	Byrd Stadium (54,000)	46,485	43,167	43,848	46,243	44,864	51,514	35,042		311,163	44,452	82.3
Miami	Land Shark Stadium (76,500)	45,329	61,790	47,859	43,778	48,350	38,200			285,306	47,551	62.1
North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium (60,000)	58,500	58,000	57,800	47,000	58,000	59,750	57,500		396,550	56,650	94.4
NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium (57,583)	57,583	55,510	53,452	57,583	56,452	55,631	57,583	57,583	451,377	56,422	98.0
Virginia	Scott Stadium (61,500)	54,587	48,336	45,371	43,016	41,713	44,324	58,555		335,902	47,986	78.0
Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium (66,233)	66,233	66,233	66,233	66,233	66,233	66,233			397,398	66,233	100
Wake Forest	BB&T Field (31,500)	27,905	30,002	31,451	33,921	32,780	30,011	33,411		216,581	31,359	99.6