 After dropping to 0–7, the RiverRats got their first win of the season on a last second field goal by Joe Lindway.The RiverRats ended up finishing with a 3-11 record, and missing the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.On September 8, 2009 the RiverRats announced that Liotta would return to Erie as the head coach for the 2010 season.