2009 Conference USA football season

August 2023 2009 Conference USA football season #193980 #FFFFFF NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Football CUSAlogoPNG.png 250px September 4, 2009through January 2, 2010 12 ESPN, CBS College Sports, CSS, ISP Sports, Bright House Sports Network 2010 NFL Draft 2010 NFL Draft DT Torell Troup, UCF Buffalo Bills, 41st overall Regular Season Champions QB Case Keenum, Houston East East Carolina West Houston & SMU (co-champions) Championship Game 2009 Conference USA Football Championship Game East Carolina Houston WR Dwayne Harris, ECU Football 2008 2010 The 2009 Conference USA football season was the 15th season of the conference's existence. Rankings 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings C-USA vs. BCS matchups 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 Index to colors and formattingConference USA member wonConference USA member lostConference USA teams in bold Week one 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Coaches All-Conference Selectionshttps://conferenceusa.com/news/2009/12/8/Eighteen_Southern_Miss_Football_Players_Honored_by_Conference_USA.aspx Eighteen Southern Miss Football Players Honored by Conference USA 2024-12-03 Position Player Class Team First Team Offense (Coaches) QB Case Keenum JR Houston RB Curtis Steele SR Memphis RB Donald Buckman JR UTEP OL Sean Allen SR East Carolina OL Ryan Herbert SR Southern Miss OL Jake Seitz SR UAB OL Jah Reid JR UCF OL Mike Aguayo JR UTEP TE Cody Slate SR Marshall WR Dwayne Harris JR East Carolina WR James Cleveland JR Houston WR Emmanuel Sanders SR SMU First Team Defense (Coaches) DL Linval Joseph JR East Carolina DL C. J. Wilson SR East Carolina DL Jarvis Geathers SR UCF DL Bruce Miller JR UCF LB Mario Harvey SR Marshall LB Chase Kennemer SR SMU LB Cory Hogue SR UCF DB Emanuel Davis SO East Carolina DB Van Eskridge SR East Carolina DB Eddie Hicks SR Southern Miss DB Da'Mon Cromartie-Smith SR UTEP First Team Special Teams (Coaches) K Craig Ratanamorn SR Marshall P Matt Dodge SR East Carolina KR Tyron Carrier SO Houston PR Emmanuel Sanders SR SMU LS Sean McClellan SR Marshall Position Player Class Team Second Team Offense (Coaches) QB Joe Webb SR UAB RB Darius Marshall JR Marshall RB Damion Fletcher SR Southern Miss OL Terence Campbell SR East Carolina OL Jarve Dean JR Houston OL Daniel Baldridge SR Marshall OL Scott Mitchell JR Rice OL Kelvin Beachum SO SMU TE Leroy Banks SR Southern Miss WR Patrick Edwards SO Houston WR Duke Calhoun SR Memphis WR DeAndre Brown SO Southern Miss WR Damaris Johnson SO Tulsa Second Team Defense (Coaches) DL Tyrell Graham SR Houston DL Albert McClellan SR Marshall DL Scott Solomon JR Rice DL Torell Troup SR UCF LB Nick Johnson SR East Carolina LB Marcus McGraw SO Houston LB Korey Williams SO Southern Miss DB Brandon Brinkley SR Houston DB James Lockett SR Tulsa DB Hiram Atwater JR UAB DB Josh Robinson FR UCF Second Team Special Teams (Coaches) K Ben Hartman SR East Carolina P Matt Reagan SR Memphis KR Dwayne Harris JR East Carolina PR Damaris Johnson SO Tulsa LS Cody Tawater SR Southern Miss References