2009 Conference USA Football Championship Game

College football game

2009 Conference USA Football Championship Game

Conference Championship
| Houston Cougars | East Carolina Pirates

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(10–2) | (8–4)
32 | 38
Head coach:
Kevin Sumlin | Head coach:
Skip Holtz
| AP| Coaches| BCS

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18| 18| 21
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Houston | 7| 12| 0| 13 | 32
East Carolina | 7| 7| 10| 14 | 38
Date| December 5, 2009
Season| 2009
Stadium| Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
Location| Greenville, North Carolina
MVP| Dwayne Harris (WR, East Carolina)
Favorite| Houston by 2
Referee| R.G. Detillier
Attendance| 33,048
United States TV coverage
Network| ESPN2
Announcers| Ron Franklin (play-by-play), Ed Cunningham (analyst)
|  Conference USA Football Championship Game

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2009 Conference USA football standings

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| Conf. |  |  | Overall

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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 Championship Game was played on December 5, 2009, between the East Carolina Pirates, the champion of Conference USA's East Division, and the West Division champion Houston Cougars at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina. The game kicked off at 12:00 pm EST and was televised by ESPN2. The Pirates were looking to be the first team in C-USA history to win back to back conference championships, while the Cougars led by Case Keenum looked to win their 2nd.

## Game summary

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Under conference rules, the game is held at the home field of the team with the best record in conference play; since East Carolina finished C-USA play at 7–1, better than Houston's 6–2, the game was held at the Pirates' home field, Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina.

## Scoring summary

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Scoring summary

| Quarter  | Time  | Drive | Team  | Scoring information  | Score

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Plays | Yards  | TOP | Houston  | East Carolina
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | 32  | 38

## References

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* Citrus Bowl (2005)
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