2009 North Alabama Lions football team

2009 North Alabama Lions football
ConferenceGulf South Conference
Record11–2 (7–1 Gulf South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAlan Arrington (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorKarl Morgan (5th season)
Home stadiumBraly Stadium
2009 Gulf South Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 6 North Alabama $^   7 1     11 2  
No. 18 Arkansas Tech ^   6 2     9 3  
No. 21 West Alabama ^   5 3     8 5  
Valdosta State   5 3     6 4  
Ouachita Baptist   4 4     6 4  
Delta State   4 4     5 5  
Arkansas–Monticello   4 4     5 6  
Harding   3 5     5 6  
Henderson State   3 5     3 7  
Southern Arkansas   2 6     3 7  
West Georgia   1 7     1 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA poll

The 2009 North Alabama Lions football team represented the University of North Alabama in the 2009 NCAA Division II football season.

The 2009 season was the team's first with Terry Bowden as the head coach. They won the Gulf South conference championship and entered the Division II football playoffs as the sixth-ranked team in Division II. They received a bye into the second round of the playoffs. They lost in the quarterfinals of the playoffs to the Carson-Newman Eagles, who they had beaten during the regular season.