2010 Conference USA football season

August 2023 2010 Conference USA football season #193980 #FFFFFF NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Football CUSAlogoPNG.png 250px September 2, 2010through December 31, 2010 12 ESPN, CBS College Sports, CSS, Bright House Sports Network, CST, MASN, ISP Sports 2011 NFL Draft 2011 NFL Draft OT Jah Reid, UCF Baltimore Ravens, 85th overall Regular Season Champions WR/KR Dwayne Harris, ECU East UCF West SMU & Tulsa (co-champions) Championship Game 2010 Conference USA Football Championship Game UCF SMU RB Latavius Murray, UCF Football 2009 2011 The 2010 Conference USA football season was an NCAA football season played from September 2, 2010, through December 31, 2010. Conference USA consists of 12 football members separated into 2 divisions: East Carolina, Marshall, Memphis, Southern Miss, UAB, and UCF make up the eastern division, while Houston, Rice, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, and UTEP comprise the western division.Conference USA Member Schools This was the 15th football season and 16th overall for Conference USA. Although C-USA was founded in 1995, it did not start football competition until 1996.http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/ot/about-c-usa.html About Conference USA 2011-01-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20120206031306/http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/ot/about-c-usa.html 2012-02-06 dead Preseason Coaching changes Ruffin McNeil replaced Skip Holtz at East Carolina.East Carolina introduces Ruffin McNeill as new coach: 'Not a stepping-stone hop' - ESPN Doc Holliday replaced Mark Snyder at Marshall.Marshall to hire Doc Holliday as new coach - ESPN Preseason polls No Conference USA teams were ranked though both SMU and UCF each received one vote. Houston received 66 points in the AP Poll, and 76 points in the Coaches' Poll. Regular season Index to colors and formattingConference USA member wonConference USA member lostConference USA teams in boldRankings from Coaches' Poll Week One Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 2 6:30 p.m. Southern Miss South Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina ESPN L 41-13 70,438 September 2 7:00 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans – W 27-21 20,258 September 2 7:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama ESPN L 32-31 25,885 September 2 7:30 p.m. Marshall #2 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio BTN L 45-7 105,040 September 4 2:30 p.m. #4 Texas Rice Reliant Stadium • Houston, Texas ESPN L 34-17 70,445 September 4 6:00 p.m. Memphis Mississippi State Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi - L 49-7 56,032 September 4 6:00 p.m. 2010 South Dakota Coyotes South Dakota UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida - W 38-7 34,373 September 4 7:00 p.m. Texas State Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston - W 68-28 32,119 September 4 7:00 p.m. Arkansas Pine Bluff UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas – W 32-10 30,029 September 5 2:00 p.m. Tulsa East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina ESPN2 ECU 51-49 50,010 September 5 3:30 p.m. SMU Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, Texas ESPN L 35-27 57,528 Week Two Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 10 7:00 p.m. #22 West Virginia Marshall Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia ESPN L 24-21 OT 41,382 September 10 10:15 p.m. UTEP Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston ESPN HOU 54-24 32,119 September 11 12:00 p.m. Memphis East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina ECU 49-27 48,123 September 11 7:00 p.m. Bowling Green Tulsa Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma W 33-20 19,565 September 11 7:00 p.m. Rice North Texas Fouts Field • Denton, Texas W 32-31 23,743 September 11 7:00 p.m. Prairie View A&M Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi W 34-7 27,316 September 11 7:30 p.m. NC State UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida CBS CS L 28-21 43,020 September 11 8:00 p.m. UAB SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, Texas SMU 28-7 16,612 September 11 9:00 p.m. Mississippi Tulane Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana ESPN2 L 27-13 36,389 Week Three Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 17 8:00 p.m. Kansas Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi ESPN W 31-16 30,211 September 18 1:30 p.m. East Carolina Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia L 49-27 66,233 September 18 3:30 p.m. Washington State SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, Texas W 35-21 18,184 September 18 3:30 p.m. Troy UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama W 34-33 23,681 September 18 7:00 p.m. Marshall Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio L 44-28 20,515 September 18 7:00 p.m. Tulsa Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma L 65-28 51,778 September 18 7:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee W 24-17 27,965 September 18 7:00 p.m. Northwestern Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas L 30-13 15,562 September 18 7:00 p.m. UCF Buffalo University at Buffalo Stadium • Amherst, New York W 24-10 14,312 September 18 9:05 p.m. New Mexico State UTEP Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico W 42-10 39,214 September 18 10:30 p.m. #23 Houston UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California L 31-13 54,407 Week Four Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 24 8:00 p.m. #5 TCU SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas ESPN L 41-24 35,481 September 25 12:21 p.m. UAB Tennessee Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee SEC Network L 32-29 95,183 September 25 12:30 p.m. UCF Kansas State Bill Snyder Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas FSN L 17-13 50,586 September 25 3:30 p.m. Tulane Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston HOU 42-23 32,007 September 25 7:00 p.m. Central Arkansas Tulsa Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma W 41-14 21,928 September 25 7:00 p.m. Ohio Marshall Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia W 24-23 28,143 September 25 7:00 p.m. Southern Miss Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana W 13-12 22,344 September 25 8:00 p.m. Baylor Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas CBS CS L 30-13 23,395 September 25 9:05 p.m. Memphis UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas UTEP 16-13 29,765 Week Five Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 2 2:00 p.m. Tulane Rutgers Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, New Jersey W 17-14 47,963 October 2 3:30 p.m. East Carolina North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina L 42-17 60,000 October 2 6:00 p.m. UTEP New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico W 38-20 22,511 October 2 7:00 p.m. Tulsa Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee TLSA 48-7 22,231 October 2 7:00 p.m. SMU Rice Rice Stadium • Houston SMU 42-31 14,981 October 2 8:00 p.m. Marshall Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi CBS CS SM 41-16 27,518 Week Six Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 6 8:00 p.m. UAB UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida ESPN UCF 42-7 40,281 October 9 2:00 p.m. Memphis Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky L 56-0 48,427 October 9 3:30 p.m. Army Tulane Superdome • New Orleans L 41-23 28,756 October 9 7:30 p.m. East Carolina Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi CSS ECU 44-43 32,334 October 9 8:00 p.m. Mississippi State Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas CBS CS L 47-24 32,067 October 9 8:00 p.m. Tulsa SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas SMU 21-18 19,329 October 9 9:05 p.m. Rice UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas UTEP 44-24 28,955 Week Seven Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 13 8:00 p.m. UCF Marshall Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia ESPN UCF 35-14 23,601 October 16 12:00 p.m. NC State East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina W 33-27 OT 50,410 October 16 12:00 p.m. Southern Miss Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee SM 41-19 18,848 October 16 3:30 p.m. Houston Rice Rice Stadium • Houston RICE 34-31 26,342 October 16 3:30 p.m. SMU Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland L 28-21 33,924 October 16 4:00 p.m. UTEP UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama UAB 21-6 11,756 October 16 7:00 p.m. Tulane Tulsa Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma TLSA 52-24 23,295 Week Eight Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 23 3:30 p.m. Rice UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida UCF 41-14 38,151 October 23 3:30 p.m. Houston SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas CBSCS HOU 45-20 20,741 October 23 4:15 p.m. Marshall East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina CSS ECU 37-10 50,145 October 23 7:00 p.m. UAB #24 Mississippi State Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi ESPNU L 29-24 56,423 October 23 9:05 p.m. Tulane UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas TULN 34-24 25,007 Week Nine Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 30 12:00 p.m. UAB Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi CSS UAB 50-49 26,415 October 30 2:30 p.m. Tulsa Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana NBC W 28-27 80,795 October 30 3:00 p.m. UTEP Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia MRSH 16-12 24,740 October 30 3:30 p.m. East Carolina UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida MASN UCF 49-35 40,073 October 30 3:30 p.m. SMU Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans SMU 31-17 18,636 October 30 7:00 p.m. Houston Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee CSS HOU 56-17 19,731 Week Ten Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 5 8:00 p.m. UCF Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston ESPN2 UCF 40-33 32,008 November 6 2:00 p.m. Rice Tulsa Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma TLSA 64-27 19,036 November 6 3:30 p.m. Navy East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina MASN L 76-35 50,191 November 6 3:30 p.m. Southern Miss Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans SM 46-30 22,737 November 6 4:15 p.m. Marshall UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama CSS MRSH 31-17 17,860 November 6 8:00 p.m. Tennessee Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee CBSCS L 50-14 39,742 November 6 9:05 p.m. SMU UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas UTEP 28-14 23,127 Week Eleven Date Time (EST) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 11 8:00 p.m. East Carolina UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama CBSCS ECU 54-42 14,083 November 13 12:00 p.m. Southern Miss #23 UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida CBSCS SM 31-21 40,358 November 13 3:00 p.m. Memphis Marshall Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia MRSH 28-13 25,108 November 13 3:30 p.m. Rice Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans TULN 54-49 16,698 November 13 7:00 p.m. UTEP #14 Arkansas Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas ESPNU L 58-21 67,330 November 13 8:00 p.m. Tulsa Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston CBSCS TLSA 28-25 30,046 Week Twelve Date Time (EST) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 20 1:00 p.m. East Carolina Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas CSS RICE 62-38 15,262 November 20 2:00 p.m. UTEP Tulsa Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma TLSA 31-28 16,547 November 20 3:00 p.m. Marshall SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas SMU 31-17 17,513 November 20 3:30 p.m. UCF Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans UCF 61-14 19,069 November 20 4:00 p.m. Memphis UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama UAB 31-15 16,177 November 20 6:00 p.m. Houston Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi SM 59-41 32,606 Week Thirteen Date Time (EST) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 26 2:00 p.m. SMU East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina CBSCS SMU 45-38 49,108 November 26 6:30 p.m. Southern Miss Tulsa Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma CBSCS TLSA 56-50 21,901 November 27 12:00 p.m. UCF Memphis Liberty Bowl Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee CSS UCF 37-10 14,992 November 27 12:00 p.m. Tulane Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia CBSCS MRSH 38-23 19,302 November 27 3:30 p.m. UAB Rice Rice Stadium • Houston CSS RICE 28-23 13,007 November 27 8:00 p.m. Houston Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, Texas FSS L 35-20 53,461 Week Fourteen- C-USA Championship Game 2010 Conference USA Football Championship Game Date Time (EST) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance December 4 12:00 p.m. SMU #25 UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida ESPN2 UCF 17-7 41,045 Players of the week Week Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team 1 – Sep. 6 Dominique Davis, QB East Carolina Trent Mackey, LB Tulane Matt Szymanski, P SMU 2 – Sep. 13 Bryce Beall, RB Houston Vinny Curry, DE Marshall Kevin Fitzpatrick, K Tulsa 3 – Sep. 20 Bryan Ellis, QB UAB Darius Nall, DE UCF Tom Hornsey, PDeron Wilson, DB MemphisSouthern Miss 4 – Sep. 27 Bryan Ellis, QB UAB Loyce Means, DB Houston Dakota Warren, K UTEP 5 – Oct. 4 Kyle Padron, QB SMU Dezman Moses, DE Tulane Jonathan Ginsburgh, P Tulane 6 – Oct. 11 Kris Adams, WR UTEP Kemal Ishmael, S UCF Danny Hrapmann, K Southern Miss 7 – Oct. 18 Dominique Davis, QB East Carolina Jamon Hughes, LB Memphis Kyle Martens, P Rice 8 – Oct. 25 Casey Robottom, WR Tulane Sammy Brown, LBDarius Nall, DE HoustonUCF Tyron Carrier, KR Houston 9 – Nov. 1 Pat Shed, RBRonnie Weaver, RB UABUCF Shawn Jackson, LB Tulsa Damaris Johnson, PR Tulsa 10 – Nov. 8 Jeffrey Godfrey, QB UCF Josh Linam, LB UCF Damaris Johnson, KR Tulsa 11 – Nov. 15 G.J. Kinne, QB Tulsa Marco Nelson, DB Tulsa Charles Ross, KR Rice 12 – Nov. 22 Austin Davis, QB Southern Miss Richard Crawford, DB SMU Quincy McDuffie, KR UCF Rankings 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings + Legend     Improvement in ranking   Drop in ranking   Not ranked previous week RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll + Ranking Movement2010 NCAA College Football Polls and Rankings - ESPN  Pre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 FinalEast CarolinaPirates AP - RV RV - - - - RV RV - - - - - - -C - - RV - - - - RV RV - - - - - - -HARNot released - RV RV - - - - - -BCS Not released RV RV - - - - - -HoustonCougars AP RV RV 23 RV RV - - - - - - - - - - -C RV RV 23 RV RV RV - - - - - - - - - -HARNot released - - - - - - - - -BCS Not released - - - - - - - -MarshallThundering Herd AP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -HARNot released - - - - - - - - -BCS Not released - - - - - - - -MemphisTigers AP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -HARNot released - - - - - - - - -BCS Not released - - - - - - - -RiceOwls AP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -HARNot released - - - - - - - - -BCS Not released - - - - - - - -Southern MissGolden Eagles AP - - - - - - - - - - - - RV - - -C - - - - - - - - - - RV RV RV - - -HARNot released - RV - - - RV RV - -BCS Not released RV RV - RV RV RV - -SMUMustangs AP RV - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -C RV - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -HARNot released - - - - - - - - -BCS Not released - - - - - - - -TulaneGreen Wave AP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -HARNot released - - - - - - - - -BCS Not released - - - - - - - -TulsaGolden Hurricane AP - - - - - - - - - - - RV RV RV RV 24C - - - - - - - - - - - - RV RV RV RVHARNot released - - - - RV RV RV RV RVBCS Not released - - - RV RV RV RV RVUABBlazers AP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -HARNot released - - - - - - - - -BCS Not released - - - - - - - -UCFKnights AP RV - - - - - - - - RV 25 - RV RV RV 21C - - - - - - - - RV RV 23 RV RV 25 24 20HARNot released - - RV RV 25 RV RV RV 25BCS Not released - RV RV RV RV RV RV 25UTEPMiners AP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -HARNot released RV - - - - - - - -BCS Not released - - - - - - - - Records against other conferences Conference Wins Losses ACC 1 3 Big 12 1 6 Big East 1 2 Big Ten 0 2 Independents 1 3 MAC 3 1 Mountain West 1 1 Pac-10 1 1 SEC 0 8 Sun Belt 3 1 WAC 2 0 All FCS 6 0 Overall 20 28 Bowl games Bowl eligibility Bowl eligible (6) UCF (9–3) became bowl eligible on October 30 after defeating East Carolina. Southern Miss (8–4) became bowl eligible on November 6 after defeating Tulane. Tulsa (9–3) became bowl eligible on November 6 after defeating Rice. East Carolina (6–6) became bowl eligible on November 11 after defeating UAB. UTEP (6–6) became bowl eligible on November 13 after defeating SMU. SMU (7–5) became bowl eligible on November 20 after defeating Marshall. Bowl ineligible (6) Memphis (1–11) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 30 after losing to Houston. Rice (4–8) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 6 after losing to Tulsa. UAB (4–8) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 11 after losing to East Carolina. Marshall (5–7) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 20 after losing to SMU. Tulane (4–8) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 20 after losing to UCF. Houston (5–7) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 27 after losing to Texas Tech. Bowl games Bowl GameDateStadiumCityTelevisionMatchups/ResultsAttendancePayout (US$)New Mexico BowlDecember 18, 2010University StadiumAlbuquerque, New MexicoESPNBYU 52, UTEP 24 32,424$750,000Beef 'O' Brady's BowlDecember 21, 2010Tropicana FieldSt. Petersburg, FloridaESPNLouisville 31, Southern Miss 2820,017$1,000,000Hawai'i BowlDecember 24, 2010Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HIESPNTulsa 62, #25 Hawaii 3543,673$750,000Military BowlDecember 29, 2010RFK StadiumWashington, D.C.ESPNMaryland 51, East Carolina 2038,062$1,000,000Armed Forces BowlDecember 30, 2010Gerald J. Ford StadiumDallasESPNArmy 16, SMU 1436,742$750,000Liberty BowlDecember 31, 2010Liberty BowlMemphis, TennesseeESPN#24 UCF 10, Georgia 651,231$1,350,000 All-Conference players Coaches All-Conference Selectionshttps://conferenceusa.com/news/2010/12/7/C_USA_Announces_Football_All_Conference_Teams.aspx? C-USA Announces Football All-Conference Teams 2024-12-03 Position Player Class Team First Team Offense (Coaches) QB G. J. Kinne JR Tulsa RB Bryce Beall JR Houston RB Zach Line SO SMU OL Kelvin Beachum JR SMU OL Matt McCants JR UAB OL Jah Reid SR UCF OL Willie Smith SR East Carolina OL Chris Thompson JR Houston OL Cameron Zipp SR Southern Miss TE Johdrick Morris SR Southern Miss WR Dwayne Harris SR East Carolina WR Patrick Edwards JR Houston WR Aldrick Robinson SR SMU First Team Defense (Coaches) DL Vinny Curry JR Marshall DL Bruce Miller SR UCF DL Cheta Ozougwu SR Rice DL Taylor Thompson JR SMU LB Ja'Gared Davis SO SMU LB Mario Harvey SR Marshall LB Jamon Hughes SR Memphis DB Philip Davis SR Tulane DB Kemal Ishmael SO UCF DB Marco Nelson FR Tulsa DB Josh Robinson SO UCF First Team Special Teams (Coaches) K Daniel Hrapmann JR Southern Miss P Kyle Martens JR Rice KR Quincy McDuffie SO UCF PR Dwayne Harris SR East Carolina PR Damaris Johnson JR Tulsa LS Brandon Long SR Rice Position Player Class Team Second Team Offense (Coaches) QB Austin Davis JR Southern Miss RB Orleans Darkwa FR Tulane RB Ronnie Weaver JR UCF OL Clint Anderson JR Tulsa OL Rod Huntley SR UTEP OL Dominik Riley SR Memphis OL Chad Schofield SR Marshall OL Isaiah Thompson SR Houston TE Lee Smith SR Marshall WR Cole Beasley JR SMU WR Lance Lewis JR East Carolina WR Damaris Johnson JR Tulsa Second Team Defense (Coaches) DL Anthony Gray SR Southern Miss DL Elliott Henigan JR UAB DL Cordarro Law JR Southern Miss DL Darius Nall JR UCF LB Trent Mackey SO Tulane LB Marcus McGraw JR Houston LB Youri Yenga SR SMU DB Travis Bradshaw JR Rice DB Emanuel Davis JR East Carolina DB Chris Banjo JR SMU DB Justin Wilson SR Southern Miss DB Travaun Nixon JR UTEP Second Team Special Teams (Coaches) K Michael Barbour JR East Carolina P Michael Such SR Tulsa KR Damaris Johnson JR Tulsa PR Patrick Edwards JR Houston LS Charley Hughlett JR UCF Attendance TeamStadiumCapacityGm 1Gm 2Gm 3Gm 4Gm 5Gm 6Gm 7Total Average% of CapacityEast CarolinaDowdy–Ficklen Stadium 50,000 50,010 48,123 50,410 50,145 50,191 49,108 — 297,987 49,664 99.3%HoustonRobertson Stadium 32,000 32,119 32,119 32,007 32,067 32,008 30,046 — 188,366 31,394 98.1%MarshallJoan C. Edwards Stadium 38,019 41,382 28,143 23,601 24,740 25,108 19,302 — 162,276 27,046 71.1%MemphisLiberty Bowl Memorial Stadium 62,380 27,965 22,231 18,848 19,731 39,742 14,992 — 143,149 23,858 38.2%RiceRice Stadium 47,000 15,562 23,395 14,981 26,342 15,262 13,007 — 108,549 18,091 38.5%Southern MissM. M. Roberts Stadium 36,000 27,316 30,211 27,518 32,334 26,415 32,606 — 176,400 29,400 81.6%SMUGerald J. Ford Stadium 32,000 16,612 18,184 35,481 19,329 20,741 17,513 — 127,860 21,310 66.6%TulaneLouisiana Superdome 72,968 20,258 36,389 28,756 18,636 22,737 16,698 19,069 162,543 23,220 31.8%TulsaH. A. Chapman Stadium 30,000 19,565 21,928 23,295 19,036 16,547 21,901 — 122,272 20,378 67.9%UABLegion Field 71,594 25,885 23,681 11,756 17,860 14,083 16,177 — 109,442 18,240 25.4%UCFBright House Networks Stadium 45,301 34,373 43,020 40,281 38,151 40,073 40,358 41,045 277,301 39,614 87.4%UTEPSun Bowl Stadium 51,500 30,029 39,214 29,765 28,955 25,007 23,127 — 176,097 29,349 56.9% References