2009 Conference USA football season

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2009 Conference USA football season
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League NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport Football
DurationSeptember 4, 2009
through January 2, 2010
Number of teams12
TV partner(s) ESPN, CBS College Sports, CSS, ISP Sports, Bright House Sports Network
2010 NFL Draft
Top draft pickDT Torell Troup, UCF
Picked by Buffalo Bills, 41st overall
Regular Season
Season MVPQB Case Keenum, Houston
East champions East Carolina
West champions Houston & SMU (co-champions)
Championship Game
ChampionsEast Carolina
  Runners-upHouston
Finals MVPWR Dwayne Harris, ECU
Football seasons
←  2008
2010  →
2009 Conference USA football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
East Carolina x$  7 –1   9 –5  
UCF  6 –2   8 –5  
Southern Miss  5 –3   7 –6  
Marshall  4 –4   7 –6  
UAB  4 –4   5 –7  
Memphis  1 –7   2 –10  
West Division
Houston xy  6 –2   10 –4  
SMU x  6 –2   8 –5  
Tulsa  3 –5   5 –7  
UTEP  3 –5   4 –8  
Rice  2 –6   2 –10  
Tulane  1 –7   3 –9  
Championship: East Carolina 38, Houston 32
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Conference USA football season was the 15th season of the conference's existence.

Contents

Rankings

C-USA vs. BCS matchups

DateVisitorHomeWinner
September 6 Memphis Mississippi Ole Miss, 45–14
September 12 East Carolina West Virginia West Virginia, 35–20
September 12 Houston Oklahoma State Houston, 45–35
September 12 Marshall Virginia Tech Virginia Tech, 52–10
September 12 Rice Texas Tech Texas Tech, 55–10
September 12 Kansas UTEP Kansas, 34–7
September 19 East Carolina North Carolina North Carolina, 31–17
September 19 SMU Washington State Washington State, 30–27 (OT)
September 19 Virginia Southern Miss Southern Miss, 37–34
September 19 Rice Oklahoma State Oklahoma State, 41–24
September 19 Tulsa Oklahoma Oklahoma, 45–0
September 26 Texas Tech Houston Houston, 29–28
September 26 Southern Miss Kansas Kansas, 35–28
September 26 Vanderbilt Tulane Vanderbilt, 36–17
September 26 UAB Texas A&M Texas A&M, 56–19
September 26 UTEP Texas Texas, 64–7
October 10 Houston Mississippi State Houston, 31-24
October 17 Marshall West Virginia West Virginia, 24–7
October 17 UAB Mississippi Ole Miss, 48–13
October 17 Miami UCF Miami, 7–27
October 31 Tulane LSU LSU, 42-0
November 7 Memphis Tennessee Tennessee, 56-28
November 7 UCF Texas Texas, 35-3

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Conference USA member won
Conference USA member lost
Conference USA teams in bold

Week one

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 511 a.m.#1 (FCS) Appalachian State East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina MASN/WITN-TV W 29-2443,279
September 53:30 p.m. Southern Illinois Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia W 31-2824,012
September 56 p.m. Northwestern State Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas W 55-722,043
September 56:30 p.m. Samford UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida BHSN W 28-2434,486
September 56 p.m. Alcorn State Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi W 52-036,232
September 58 p.m. Buffalo UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas CBS CS L 23-1735,213
September 57 p.m. Stephen F. Austin SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, Texas W 31-2334.749
September 612 p.m.#8 Mississippi Memphis Liberty Bowl Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee ESPN L 45-1445,207

Week two

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1212:30 p.m.Marshall#14 Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia ESPN360 L 52-1066,233
September 122:30 p.m.East Carolina West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia ESPN360L 35-2059,216
September 122:30 p.m.Houston#5 Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma FSN W 45-3550,875
September 122:30 p.m.#9 BYU Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana ESPN2 L 54-326,224
September 126 p.m.Memphis Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee CSS L 31-1428,105
September 126 p.m.Rice Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, Texas L 55-1048,124
September 126:30 p.m.#24 Kansas UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas CBS CS L 34-731,885
September 127 p.m.Tulsa New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico The Mtn. W 44-1030,051

Week three

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1911 a.m.East Carolina#24 North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina ESPN2 L 31-1758,000
September 192:30 p.m. Virginia Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi CBS CS W 37-3431,170
September 192:30 p.m.Tulsa#12 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma FSN L 45-084,803
September 192:30 p.m.UAB Troy Movie Gallery Stadium • Troy, Alabama CSS/WABM L 27-1421,182
September 194 p.m.SMU Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington L 30-27 OT22,319
September 196 p.m. Bowling Green Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia WSAZ-TV W 17-1023,029
September 196 p.m.#16 Oklahoma State Rice Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma L 41-2451,803
September 196:30 p.m. Buffalo UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida BHSN W 23-1733,689
September 197 p.m.UTEP New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico ESPN360 W 38-1220,439
September 197:30 p.m. UT Martin Memphis Liberty Bowl Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee W 41-1421,428

Week four

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 2611:30 a.m.Southern Miss#20 Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas FSN L 35-2850,025
September 262:30 p.m. McNeese State Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana W 42-3229,028
September 262:30 p.m.UTEP#2 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas L 64-7101,144
September 266 p.m. Sam Houston State Tulsa Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma W 56-326,048
September 266 p.m.UAB Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, Texas L 56-1974,656
September 267 p.m. Vanderbilt Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas CSS L 36-1719,753
September 268:15 p.m. Texas Tech #17 Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas ESPN2 W 29-2832,114

Week five

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 311 a.m.Tulane Army Michie Stadium • West Point, New York CBS CS W 17-1626,076
October 37 p.m.SMU#11 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas The Mtn. L 39-1437,130

Week six

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 1011:30 a.m.Houston Mississippi State Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi ESPNU W 31-2448,019
October 102:30 p.m. Navy Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas CBS CS L 63-1415,096
October 106:30 p.m.Southern Miss Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky ESPNUL 25-2337,268

Week seven

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 172:30 p.m.Marshall West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia ESPN+ L 24-754,432
October 176 p.m.UAB Ole Miss Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi FSN L 48-1347,612
October 176 p.m.#9 Miami UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida CBS CS L 27-748,453
October 177 p.m. Navy SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, Texas L 38-35 OT22,203

Players of the week

WeekOffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
1 – Sep. 7 Joe Webb, QB UAB Rock Dennis, DB SMU Damaris Johnson, KR/PR Tulsa
2 – Sep. 14 Case Keenum, QB Houston Jamal Robinson, CBHouston Michael Such, PTulsa
3 – Sep. 21 Emmanuel Sanders, WRSMU Albert McClellan, DE Marshall Freddie Parham, WR/KR Southern Miss
4 – Sep. 28Case Keenum, QBHouston David Hunter, DTHouston Peter Boehme, PSouthern Miss
5 – Oct. 5 Donald Buckram, RB UTEP Hiram Atwater, SUAB Damaris Johnson, KR/PRTulsa
6 – Oct. 12 Curtis Steele, RB Memphis Brandon Brinkley, CBHouston Margus Hunt, DESMU
7 – Oct. 19Case Keenum, QBHouston DeAundre Brown, DBTulsa Dwayne Harris, KR East Carolina
8 – Oct. 26Donald Buckram, RBUTEP C.J. Cavness, LBHouston Tyron Carrier, KRHouston
9 – Nov. 2Case Keenum, QBHouston Bruce Miller, DE UCF Fendi Onobun, TEHouston

All-Conference players

Coaches All-Conference Selections [1]

References

  1. ↑ "Eighteen Southern Miss Football Players Honored by Conference USA" . Retrieved December 3, 2024.
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