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2009 Conference USA football season

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

2009 Conference USA football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
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 byBuffalo Bills, 41st overall
Regular Season
Season MVPQB Case Keenum, Houston
East championsEast Carolina
West championsHouston & 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

Previous season

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East Carolina won the conference championship.

Rankings

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See also: 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

C-USA vs. BCS matchups

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Date Visitor Home Winner
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

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

Week one

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 11 a.m. #1 (FCS) Appalachian State East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina MASN/WITN-TV W 29-24 43,279
September 5 3:30 p.m. Southern Illinois Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia W 31-28 24,012
September 5 6 p.m. Northwestern State Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas W 55-7 22,043
September 5 6:30 p.m. Samford UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida BHSN W 28-24 34,486
September 5 6 p.m. Alcorn State Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi W 52-0 36,232
September 5 8 p.m. Buffalo UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas CBS CS L 23-17 35,213
September 5 7 p.m. Stephen F. Austin SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, Texas W 31-23 34.749
September 6 12 p.m. #8 Mississippi Memphis Liberty Bowl Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee ESPN L 45-14 45,207

Week two

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 12 12:30 p.m. Marshall #14 Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia ESPN360 L 52-10 66,233
September 12 2:30 p.m. East Carolina West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia ESPN360 L 35-20 59,216
September 12 2:30 p.m. Houston #5 Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma FSN W 45-35 50,875
September 12 2:30 p.m. #9 BYU Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana ESPN2 L 54-3 26,224
September 12 6 p.m. Memphis Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee CSS L 31-14 28,105
September 12 6 p.m. Rice Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, Texas L 55-10 48,124
September 12 6:30 p.m. #24 Kansas UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas CBS CS L 34-7 31,885
September 12 7 p.m. Tulsa New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico The Mtn. W 44-10 30,051

Week three

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 19 11 a.m. East Carolina #24 North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina ESPN2 L 31-17 58,000
September 19 2:30 p.m. Virginia Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi CBS CS W 37-34 31,170
September 19 2:30 p.m. Tulsa #12 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma FSN L 45-0 84,803
September 19 2:30 p.m. UAB Troy Movie Gallery Stadium • Troy, Alabama CSS/WABM L 27-14 21,182
September 19 4 p.m. SMU Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington L 30-27 OT 22,319
September 19 6 p.m. Bowling Green Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia WSAZ-TV W 17-10 23,029
September 19 6 p.m. #16 Oklahoma State Rice Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma L 41-24 51,803
September 19 6:30 p.m. Buffalo UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida BHSN W 23-17 33,689
September 19 7 p.m. UTEP New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico ESPN360 W 38-12 20,439
September 19 7:30 p.m. UT Martin Memphis Liberty Bowl Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee W 41-14 21,428

Week four

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 26 11:30 a.m. Southern Miss #20 Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas FSN L 35-28 50,025
September 26 2:30 p.m. McNeese State Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana W 42-32 29,028
September 26 2:30 p.m. UTEP #2 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas L 64-7 101,144
September 26 6 p.m. Sam Houston State Tulsa Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma W 56-3 26,048
September 26 6 p.m. UAB Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, Texas L 56-19 74,656
September 26 7 p.m. Vanderbilt Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas CSS L 36-17 19,753
September 26 8:15 p.m. Texas Tech #17 Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas ESPN2 W 29-28 32,114

Week five

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 3 11 a.m. Tulane Army Michie Stadium • West Point, New York CBS CS W 17-16 26,076
October 3 7 p.m. SMU #11 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas The Mtn. L 39-14 37,130

Week six

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 10 11:30 a.m. Houston Mississippi State Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi ESPNU W 31-24 48,019
October 10 2:30 p.m. Navy Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas CBS CS L 63-14 15,096
October 10 6:30 p.m. Southern Miss Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky ESPNU L 25-23 37,268

Week seven

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 17 2:30 p.m. Marshall West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia ESPN L 24-7 54,432
October 17 6 p.m. UAB Ole Miss Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi FSN L 48-13 47,612
October 17 6 p.m. #9 Miami UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida CBS CS L 27-7 48,453
October 17 7 p.m. Navy SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, Texas L 38-35 OT 22,203

Players of the week

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Week Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
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, CB Houston Michael Such, P Tulsa
3 – Sep. 21 Emmanuel Sanders, WR SMU Albert McClellan, DE Marshall Freddie Parham, WR/KR Southern Miss
4 – Sep. 28 Case Keenum, QB Houston David Hunter, DT Houston Peter Boehme, P Southern Miss
5 – Oct. 5 Donald Buckram, RB UTEP Hiram Atwater, S UAB Damaris Johnson, KR/PR Tulsa
6 – Oct. 12 Curtis Steele, RB Memphis Brandon Brinkley, CB Houston Margus Hunt, DE SMU
7 – Oct. 19 Case Keenum, QB Houston DeAundre Brown, DB Tulsa Dwayne Harris, KR East Carolina
8 – Oct. 26 Donald Buckram, RB UTEP C.J. Cavness, LB Houston Tyron Carrier, KR Houston
9 – Nov. 2 Case Keenum, QB Houston Bruce Miller, DE UCF Fendi Onobun, TE Houston

All-Conference players

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Coaches All-Conference Selections[1]

References

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