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2011 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK

WE PLAY FOR YOU EAST : East Carolina • Marshall • Memphis • Southern Miss • UAB • UCF WEST: Houston • Rice • SMU • Tulane • Tulsa • UTEP

CONTACT: Russell Anderson ([email protected]) | Jeremiah Ingram ([email protected]) Become A Fan: Conference USA WEEKLY NOTEBOOK | SEPTEMBER 5, 2011 Follow Us: Twitter.com/ConferenceUSA1 5201 N. O’Connor Blvd., Suite 300 • Irving, TX 75039 • P: (214) 774-1300 • www.ConferenceUSA.com E AST DIVISION S EASON STANDINGS W-L Pct. H A Div. Pts Opp W-L Pct.. H A Pts Opp UCF 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 62 0 SOUTHERN MISS 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 19 17 UAB 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - EAST CAROLINA 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 37 56 MARSHALL 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 13 34 MEMPHIS 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 0-1 .000 0-1 0-0 14 59

WEST DIVISION W-L Pct. H A Div. Pts Opp W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp HOUSTON 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 38 34 TULANE 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 47 33 UTEP 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 31 24 RICE 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 9 34 SMU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 14 46 TULSA 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 14 47 C ONFERENCE STANDINGS RECENT RESULTS Boston College at UCF (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. PLAYERS OF THE WEEK SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 (24) West Virginia 34, Marshall 13 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 OFFENSE (8) Texas A&M 46, SMU 14 Tulane at UAB 3:00 p.m. , HOUSTON UCF at International (ESPN3.com) 5:00 p.m. Senior, QB, Abilene, Texas In his fi rst game back since suffering a season-ending injury SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 Austin Peay at Memphis 6:00 p.m. a year ago, Keenum threw for 310 yards and two Houston 38, UCLA 34 Marshall at Ohio (ESPN3.com) 6:00 p.m. in Houston’s 38-34 victory over UCLA on Saturday. Keenum SE Louisiana at Southern Miss 6:00 p.m. completed 75 percent of his passes with 30 completions on Tulane 47, Southeastern Louisiana 33 40 attempts and committed no turnovers. Keenum, who added UCF 62, Charleston Southern 0 Houston at Louisiana Tech (ESPN3.com) 6:00 p.m. 30 yards on the ground, currently ranks ninth nationally in to- Southern Miss 19, Louisiana Tech 17 UTEP at New Mexico State 7:00 p.m. tal offense (340 yards). He orchestrated six scoring drives, all Northwestern State at SMU 7:00 p.m. covering more than 55 yards, while leading two drives before UTEP 31, Stony Brook 24 (ot) the half that covered 130 total yards in a combined 1:20. (12) So. Carolina 56, East Carolina 37 (Charlotte) (8) Oklahoma State at Tulsa (FSN) 9:00 p.m. (24) Texas 34, Rice 9 DEFENSE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 CORDARRO LAW, SOUTHERN MISS (1) Oklahoma 47, Tulsa 14 UCF at BYU (ESPN) 7:00 p.m. Senior, DL, Whitfi eld, Ala. Law tallied eight tackles (two solos) and added 2.0 sacks and THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 3.5 tackles for loss in Southern Miss’ win over Louisiana Tech SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 (20) Mississippi State 59, Memphis 14 as the Golden Eagles allowed just 244 yards of . SMU at Memphis (FSN) 11:00 a.m. Law, who ranks fi rst on the school charts in forced , registered one more in the contest to give him 11 for his career. UAB at East Carolina (WITN) 2:30 p.m. One of his sacks forced La. Tech to settle for a fi eld goal. UPCOMING GAMES (13) Virginia Tech at Marshall (CBSSN) 2:30 p.m. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Rice at Baylor (FSN) 6:00 p.m. SPECIAL TEAMS ROBERT KELLEY, TULANE Southern Miss at Marshall (CSS) 2:30 p.m. Georgia State at Houston (CSS) 7:00 p.m. Purdue at Rice (CBSSN) 2:30 p.m. Freshman, KR, New Orleans, La. Tulsa at (5) Boise State (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. Kelley set a Tulane single-game kickoff return yardage record Tulsa at Tulane (CST) 2:30 p.m. Southern Miss at Virginia TBA in his collegiate debut, tallying 213 yards on seven returns. Kelley returned the game’s opening kick-off 66 yards and then (11) Virginia Tech at East Carolina (FSN) 2:30 p.m. Tulane at Duke TBA Houston at North Texas (ESPN3.com) 6:00 p.m. posted returns of 27, 28 and 51 yards. On offense, Kelley UTEP at South Florida TBA was one of six players that reached the end zone when he Memphis at Arkansas State 6:00 p.m. scored his fi rst collegiate from 11-yards out in the fourth quarter. Kelley also ran twice for 12 yards on the day. UTEP at SMU (FSN) 6:00 p.m. Conference Games in Bold UAB at (18) Florida (FSN) 6:00 p.m. On the day , Kelley had touched the ball nine times for 225 All Times Central yards and ae touchdown. 2011 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 2 September 5, 2011 CONFERENCE USA QUICK HITTERS POLLING PLACE LAST WEEK’S STARS Here’s a look at the latest Associated Press and Here’s a look at some of the top performers in Conference Receiving Touchdowns ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Polls. USA games from Sept. 1 - 4: 2 Lance Lewis, ECU 2 Eric Tomlinson, UTEP Associated Press ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Rushing Attempts 1 - Oklahoma (32) 1 - Oklahoma (43) Tackles 2 - LSU (17) 2 - Alabama (9) 22 Zach Line, SMU (128 yds.) 3 - Alabama (9) 3 - LSU (7) 18 Reggie Bullock, ECU (67 yds.) 18 Curnelius Arnick, TLS 4 - Boise State (2) 4 - Florida State 17 Artaves Gibson, MEM (85 yds.) 16 Marcus McGraw, HOU 5 - Florida State 5 - Boise State 16 Trent Mackey, TLN 6 - Stanford 6 - Stanford Rushing Yards 15 Travaun Nixon, UTEP 7 - Texas A&M 7 - Oklahoma State 128 Zach Line, SMU (22 att.) 14 Daniel Drake, ECU 8 - Wisconsin 8 - Texas A&M 107 Ronnie Weaver, UCF (8 att.) 9 - Oklahoma State 9 - Wisconsin 13 Milton Howell, TLS 10 - Nebraska 10 - Nebraska 85 Artaves Gibson, MEM (17 att.) 13 Korey Williams, USM 11 - Virginia Tech 11 - Virginia Tech 12 - South Carolina 12 - South Carolina Rushing Touchdowns All-Purpose 13 - Oregon 13 - Arkansas 3 Jeff Godfrey, UCF 225 Robert Kelley, TLN (12 rush, 213 KR) 14 - Arkansas 14 - Oregon 2 Michael Hayes, HOU 180 Tyron Carrier, HOU (138 rec., 42 KR) 15 - Ohio State 15 - Ohio State 2 Latavius Murray, UCF 180 Andre Booker, MAR (87 PR, 93 KR) 16 - Mississippi State 16 - Michigan State 2 Kerlon Williams, UCF 17 - Michigan State 17 - Mississippi State 170 Tracy Lampley, USM (64 rush, 65 KR, 41 PR) 18 - Florida 18 - Florida Passing Completions 19 - West Virginia 19 - Missouri 20 - Baylor 20 - Penn State 37 Dominique Davis, ECU (56 att.) CASE’S CHASE 21 - Missouri 21 - Texas 30 Case Keenum, HOU (40 att.) Houston senior QB Case Keenum has moved into the 22 - South Florida 22 - Auburn 24 Nick Lamaison, UTEP (38 att.) top 10 of the all-time FBS leaders in total offense and 23 - Penn State 23 - Arizona State passing yards. He is on pace to become the all-time 23 Taylor Reed, MEM (35 att.) leader in both categories. Here’s a look at where he 24 - Texas 24 - West Virginia 21 Austin Davis, USM (37 att.) 25 - TCU 24 - TCU currently stands: 21 J.J. McDermott, SMU (34 att.) ARV: ARV: NCAA All-Time Total Offense (FBS) Yards 34 - Houston 31 - Houston Passing Yards 1. , 16,910 (2000-04) 40 - UCF 34 - UCF 365 Nick Lamaison, UTEP (24-of-38) 2. Dan LeFevour, Central Mich. 15,853 (2006-09) 46 - Southern Miss 40 - Southern Miss 310 Case Keenum, HOU (20-of-30) 3. , Texas Tech 15,599 (2005-08) 271 G.J. Kinne, TLS (18-of-33) 4. Colt McCoy, Texas 14,824 (2006-09) 5. Case Keenum, Houston 14,788 (2007-pres.) FOLLOW C-USA ON 267 Ryan Griffi n, TLN (14-of-24) 6. , Hawaii 14,740 (2005-07) 260 Dominique Davis, ECU (37-of-56) 7. , BYU 14,665 (1988-91) FACEBOOK & TWITTER! 254 J.J. McDermott, SMU (21-of-34) 8. , Houston 13,715 (2003-06) Conference USA continues to grow its social media 226 Austin Davis, USM (21-of-37) 9. Philip Rivers, NC State 13,582 (2000-03) network. The league has a Facebook page and a Twit- 10. Chase Daniel, Missouri 13,486 (2005-08) ter account as part of its continuous efforts to further engage and communicate with its fan base. The social Passing Touchdowns 4 Dominique Davis, ECU NCAA All-Time Passing (FBS) Yards media sites work in conjunction with ConferenceUSA. 1. Timmy Chang, Hawaii 17,072 (2000-04) com, the offi cial online source for C-USA athletics. 3 Ryan Griffi n, TLN 2. Graham Harrell, Texas Tech 15,793 (2005-08) 3 Nick Lamaison, UTEP 3. Ty Detmer, BYU 15,031 (1988-91) By becoming a fan of Conference USA on Facebook, 4. Colt Brennan, Hawaii 14,193 (2005-07) followers of C-USA teams will have the opportunity to 2 Case Keenum, HOU 2 G.J. Kinne, TLS 5. Case Keenum, Houston 13,896 (2007-pres.) receive score updates, event recaps and notices, video 6. Philip Rivers, NC State 13,484 (2000-03) features, photos, special announcements, news on pro- 7. Colt McCoy, Texas 13,253 (2006-09) motions and special ticket offers and much more. The Receptions 8. Kevin Kolb, Houston 12,950 (2003-06) Facebook page is available by searching for “Confer- 13 Lance Lewis, ECU (108 yds.) 9. Dan LeFevour, Central Mich. 12,905 (2006-09) ence USA” under “Pages” on the site. 11 Justin Hardy, ECU (95 yds.) 10. , Louisiana Tech 12,746 (1997-99) Twitter, one of the fastest growing phenomena on the 10 Tyron Carrier, HOU (138 yds.) internet, provides fans a means to receive a steady fl ow 7 Mike Edwards, UTEP (85 yds.) WEEKEND SCHEDULE of information on all facets of Conference USA athletics 7 Marcus Rucker, MEM (73 yds.) Conference play begins this Saturday with three league through instant messaging. games on the schedule. Southern Miss visits Marshall 7 Cole Beasley, SMU (56 yds.) in a East Division battle, while UTEP is at SMU and On-line social-networking utilities, growing increasingly Tulsa visits Tulane in a pair of West Division clashes. popular worldwide, allow users to connect and commu- Receiving Yards nicate information with others like friends, family and co- 138 Tyron Carrier, HOU (10 rec.) workers, immediately and unobtrusively. Facebook, with 135 Willie Carter, TLS (5 rec.) Non-conference games include two games against the ACC (Virginia Tech at East Carolina and Boston College over 150 million users worldwide, and Twitter, boasting 114 Donavon Kemp, UTEP (4 rec.) an increase of more than 1,400 percent in number of at UCF), one against the Big Ten (Purdue at Rice) and visits since 2008, enable C-USA to post updates about 108 Lance Lewis, ECU (13 rec.) one vs. the SEC (UAB at Florida). players and coaches for its 19 sports teams, as well as 97 Josh Reese, UCF (4 rec.) academic and community achievements. 91 Justin Hardy, ECU (11 rec.) All 12 teams will be in action and each of the nine 85 Mike Edwards, UTEP (7 rec.) games will be televised, including fi ve nationally. 85 Terrance Wilkerson, SMU (6 rec.) 83 Joe Kemp, TLN (4 rec.) 2011 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 3 September 5, 2011 CONFERENCE USA QUICK HITTERS RUN TO GLORY PEAK PERFORMERS UCF set a school record by rushing for eight touch- Check back here throughout the season to track some FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL Vinny Curry, Sr., Marshall downs in a 62-0 victory over Charleston Southern. of the top individual offensive performances in C-USA: DL Elliott Henigan, Sr., UAB DL Cordarro Law, Sr., Southern Miss Sophomore QB Jeff Godfrey fi nished with 46 rushing 300-YARD PASSERS yards and the three scores. UCF’s tailback trio proved DL Taylor Thompson, Sr., SMU 365 Nick Lamaison, UTEP vs. Stony Brook 9-3 LB Ja’Gared Davis, Jr., SMU effective all night as senior Ronnie Weaver, senior 310 Case Keenum, HOU vs. UCLA 9-3 LB Trent Mackey, Jr., Tulane Latavius Murray and junior Brynn Harvey split carries. LB Marcus McGraw, Sr., Houston 100-YARD RECEIVERS LB Korey Williams, Sr., Southern Miss Weaver, a senior who won the battle for the starting job, 138 Tyron Carrier, HOU vs. UCLA 9-3 DB Emanuel Davis, Sr., East Carolina went for 44 yards on the fi rst offensive play of the game DB Kemal Ishmael, Jr., UCF and fi nished with 107 yards and a score on just eight car- 135 Willie Carter, TLS at Oklahoma 9-3 114 Donavon Kemp, UTEP vs. Stony Brook 9-3 DB Marco Nelson, So., Tulsa ries. Murray, the Most Valuable Player of the C-USA title DB Josh Robinson, Jr., UCF game and last season, averaged six yards 108 Lance Lewis, ECU vs. So. Carolina 9-3 per carry and scored twice. Harvey, who missed all of FIRST TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS last season with a torn ligament in his left knee, played for 100-YARD RUSHERS K Danny Hrapmann, Sr., Southern Miss the fi rst time since 2009 and had 62 yards on 14 carries 128 Zach Line, SMU (22 att.) P Kyle Martens, Sr., Rice 107 Ronnie Weaver, UCF (8 att.) KR Quincy McDuffi e, Jr., UCF NICK OF TIME PR Patrick Edwards, Sr., Houston PR Damaris Johnson, Sr., Tulsa UTEP junior QB Nick Lamaison put up big numbers in TOUGH SCHEDULE TO OPEN his fi rst game in a Miners uniform, completing 24-of-38 Conference USA teams will certainly be challenged passes for 365 yards and three touchdowns vs. Stony in the fi rst month of the season. The league will play Brook, including a 25-yard game-winner to Eric Tomlin- 10 teams (11 games) against teams that are ranked in PRESEASON HONORS son in overtime. Lamaison’s 365 yards passing are the the preseason top 25 in September, including four top PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS most by a UTEP in an opener since Sam- 10 teams. Seven different C-USA schools will play a Athlon Sports my Garza’s 458 against Northern Michigan in 1986. ranked opponent in the fi rst month and league teams First Team will host four of these games. Here’s a look at those Damaris Johnson, AP, Tulsa RECORD-SETTING DEBUT matchups: Tulane freshman RB/KR Robert Kelley set a new Third Team (18) Mississippi State at Memphis Sept. 1 school single-game kickoff return yardage record in his Danny Hrapmann, K, Southern Miss Tulsa at (1) Oklahoma Sept. 3 Kyle Martens, P, Rice collegiate debut, tallying 213 yards on seven returns. East Carolina at (12) South Carolina Sept. 3 Kelley returned the game’s opening kick-off 66 yards Rice at (24) Texas Sept. 3 College Footballnews.Com and then the rookie posted returns of 27 yards and 28 Marshall at (24) West Virginia Sept. 4 Second Team yards in the fi rst half and added a 51-yard return in the SMU at (8) Texas A&M Sept. 4 Case Keenum, QB, Houston second half. Kelley surpassed the former mark of 171 (13) Virginia Tech at East Carolina Sept. 10 Honorable Mention established by Jeff Liggon on Oct. 26, 1996, against UAB at (23) Florida Sept. 10 Tyron Carrier, KR, Houston Southern Miss. (8) Oklahoma State at Tulsa Sept. 17 (13) Virginia Tech at Marshall Sept. 24 Nationalchamps.Net On offense, Kelley was one of six players that reached Tulsa at (5) Boise State Sept. 24 First Team the endzone when he scored his fi rst collegiate touch- Damaris Johnson, KR, Tulsa down from 11-yards out in the fourth quarter. Second Team PRESEASON ALL-C-USA Chris Thompson, OL, Houston By the time his fi rst collegiate game was in the books, SELECTIONS Vinny Curry, DL, Marshall Kelley had touched the ball nine times for 225 yards and Kyle Martens, P, Rice a touchdown. OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Case Keenum, Sr., QB, Houston Third Team CARRIER ON Patrick Edwards, WR, Houston Houston senior WR Tyron Carrier became the school’s DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Quincy McDuffi e, KR, UCF career leader in all-purpose yards during Saturday’s win Vinny Curry, Sr., DE, Marshall Patrick Edwards, PR, Houston Danny Hrapmann, K, Southern Miss over UCLA. Carrier fi nished the game with 5,941 career all purpose yards (315 rushing, 2,673 receiving, 2,803 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR Honorable Mention kick return, 150 punt return), a fi gure that currently Damaris Johnson, Sr., KR/PR, Tulsa G.J. Kinnie, QB, Tulsa ranks seventh in C-USA history. He broke the record Zach Line, RB, SMU previously held by Ketric Sanford (1996-99). FIRST TEAM OFFENSE Cole Beasley, WR, SMU QB Case Keenum, Sr., Houston Lance Lewis, WR, East Carolina Carrier, who has caught at least one pass in a nation- RB Bryce Beall, Sr., Houston Kelvin Beachum, OL, SMU leading 40 games, fi nished the day with 10 receptions RB Zach Line, Jr., SMU Marlon McClure, KR, UTEP for 138 yards and a touchdown. OL Clint Anderson, Sr., Tulsa OL Kelvin Beachum, Sr., SMU OL Matt McCants, Sr., UAB OL Nick Pieschel, Sr., UCF OL Chris Thompson, Sr., Houston WR Patrick Edwards, Sr., Houston WR Damaris Johnson, Sr., Tulsa WR Lance Lewis, Sr., East Carolina TE Adam Nissley, Sr., UCF 2011 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 4 September 5, 2011 CONFERENCE USA QUICK HITTERS Ja’Gared Davis, LB, SMU Marvin Burdette, Sr., UAB Marco Nelson, DB, Tulsa Top Defensive Backs Units Josh Robinson, DB, UCF 32- Marshall DAVEY O’BRIEN (Top Quarterback) Damaris Johnson, PR, Tulsa Austin Davis, Sr., Southern Miss 38- UCF Dominique Davis, Sr., East Carolina Josh Robinson, PR, UCF Jeff Godfrey, So., UCF Top Special Teams Units Case Keenum, Sr., Houston Phil Steele’s 5- UTEP Kyle Padron, Jr., SMU First Team 8- Rice G.J. Kinne, Sr., Tulsa Damaris Johnson, KR, Tulsa 9- Southern Miss Danny Hrapmann, K, Southern Miss DOAK WALKER (Top Running Back) 12- UCF Bryce Beall, Sr., Houston Second Team 22- Houston Orleans Darkwa, So., Tulane 25- Tulsa Zach Line, Jr., SMU Vinny Curry, DL, Marshall Sam McGuffi e, Jr., Rice Pat Shed, Sr., UAB Third Team SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN Deandre Brown, WR, Southern Miss Conference USA teams never shy away from playing LOU GROZA (Top Kicker) James Cleveland, WR, Houston challenging non-conference competition and this sea- Michael Barbour, Sr., East Carolina son is no exception. Among the teams on C-USA’s non- Danny Hrapmann, Sr., Southern Miss Fourth Team conference slate in 2011 are 41 different FBS schools, Case Keenum, QB, Houston MANNING (Top Quarterback) including: Boise State, Boston College, BYU, Florida, Austin Davis, Sr., Southern Miss Patrick Edwards, WR, Houston Dominique Davis, Sr., East Carolina Quincy McDuffi e, KR, UCF North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, South Carolina, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, UCLA, Virginia Tech Case Keenum, Sr., Houston Kyle Padron, Jr., SMU Lindy’s Sports and West Virginia. G.J. Kinne, Sr., Tulsa Second Team Danny Hrapmann, K, Southern Miss A total of 28 games are scheduled against teams that Vinny Curry, DL, Marshall played in a last season. Conference USA LOMBARDI (Top Down Lineman/TE/LB) Kelvin Beachum, Sr., OL, SMU will face at least one opponent from all 10 of the other Vinny Curry, Sr., DE, Marshall The Sporting News FBS conferences. Here’s a look at C-USA’s non-league Ja’Gared Davis, Jr., LB, SMU Second Team opponents by conference: Joe Duhon, Jr., G, Southern Miss Vinny Curry, DE, Marshall Trent Mackey, Jr., LB, Tulane Third Team Matt McCants, Sr., OT, UAB Quincy McDuffi e, KR, UCF ACC: Boston College, Duke, North Carolina, Marcus McGraw, Sr., LB, Houston Virginia, Virginia Tech (2) Taylor Reed, Jr., LB, SMU PRESEASON NATIONAL UNIT RANKINGS Big East: South Florida, Syracuse, West Virginia Chris Thompson, Sr., C, Houston Big 12: Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Taylor Thompson, Sr., DE, SMU Phil Steele’s Korey Williams, Sr., LB, Southern Miss Top Quarterback Units Texas, Texas A&M 4- Houston Big Ten: Northwestern, Purdue JOHN MACKEY (Top Tight End) 10- Tulsa MAC: Ohio Luke Wilson, Jr. Rice 16- SMU Mtn. West: Boise State, Colorado State, TCU 18- East Carolina MAXWELL (Top Player) Pac-12: UCLA Dominique Davis, Sr., QB, East Carolina 27- Southern Miss SEC: Florida, Mississippi State (2), Damaris Johnson, Sr., WR, Tulsa 28- UCF South Carolina Case Keenum, Sr., QB, Houston Sun Belt: Arkansas State, Florida Atlantic, Zach Line, Jr., RB, SMU Top Running Back Units Florida International, Middle Tennessee, 21- Houston NAGURSKI (Top Defensive Player) North Texas (2), Troy Vinny Curry, Sr., DE, Marshall 27- UCF Dontari Poe, Jr., DT, Memphis 30- Southern Miss WAC: Hawai’i, Louisiana Tech (2), New Mexico State Josh Robinson, Jr., CB, UCF Taylor Thompson, Sr., DE, SMU Top Receiving Units Independent: Army, BYU, Navy (3) Korey Williams, Sr., LB, Southern Miss 25- Houston OUTLAND (Top Interior Lineman) 30- Tulsa Kelvin Beachum, Sr., OT, SMU 38- East Carolina WATCH OUT Several C-USA players have been named to offi cial Dontari Poe, Jr., DT, Memphis award watch lists (as of Aug. 19): Chris Thompson, Sr., C, Houston

Top Offensive Line Units BEDNARIK (Top Defensive Player) PAUL HORNUNG (Most Versatile Player) 17- Tulsa Vinny Curry, Sr., DE, Marshall Tyron Carrier, Sr., WR/RS, Houston Korey Williams, Sr., LB, Southern Miss Troy Evans, Sr., WR/RS, Marshall 23- SMU Damaris Johnson, Sr., WR/RS, Tulsa 35- UAB BILETNIKOFF (Top ) Josh Robinson, Jr., DB/RS, UCF Cole Beasley, Sr., SMU Pat Shed, Sr., RB/RS, UAB Top Defensive Line Units Kelvin Bolden, Sr., Southern Miss 31- SMU Patrick Edwards, Sr., Houston PONY EXPRESS (Top Duo) 33- Southern Miss Ryan Grant, Jr., Tulane Margus Hunt, Jr., DE & Taylor Thompson, Sr., DE, SMU Damaris Johnson, Sr., Tulsa G.J. Kinne, Sr., QB, & Damaris Johnson, Sr., WR, Tulsa Darius Johnson, Jr., SMU Top Linebacker Units Lance Lewis, Sr., East Carolina RAY GUY (Top Punter) 26- Houston Kyle Martens, Sr., Rice 27- Tulsa BUTKUS (Top Linebacker) Jamie Collins, Jr., Southern Miss RIMINGTON (Top Center) Korey Williams, Sr., Southern Miss Eloy Atkinson, Jr., UTEP Trent Dupy, Jr., Tulsa Blake McJunkin, Sr., SMU Darion Smith, Sr., UAB 2011 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 5 September 5, 2011 CONFERENCE USA QUICK HITTERS

TED HENDRICKS (Top Defensive End) BOWL STREAK EAST VS. WEST Vinny Curry, Sr., DE, Marshall For the third consecutive season, C-USA sent six teams Conference USA split into two divisions when the league Cory Dorris, Jr., DE, Tulsa to bowl games. Southern Miss has played in more bowl began its realigned membership in 2005. Here’s a look Cordarro Law, Sr., DE, Southern Miss games than any other C-USA school after making its at how the cross-division games have fared in that time: Taylor Thompson, Sr., DE, SMU 20th bowl appearance last year. In addition, the Golden Eagles played in their ninth consecutive bowl. Below is THORPE (Top Defensive Back) 2010 East 10, West 9 a look at the current active consecutive bowl appear- 2009 East 13, West 6 Marco Nelson, So., FS, Tulsa ance streaks. Josh Robinson, Jr., CB, UCF 2008 West 10, East 9 2007 East 14, West 5 WALTER CAMP (Top Player) CONSECUTIVE BOWL GAMES PLAYED 2006 West 13, East 6 Case Keenum, Sr., QB, Houston 29 Florida State 2005 East 12, West 7 Damaris Johnson, Sr., WR, Tulsa 20 Florida 18 Virginia Tech Here’s a look at 2010’s East-West results: 14 Georgia, Georgia Tech UCF 17, SMU 7 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 12 Boston College, Oklahoma C-USA names Players of the Week each Monday dur- Rice 28, UAB 23 11 LSU, Ohio State, Texas Tech Marshall 38, Tulane 23 ing the season. The awards are voted on by a media 9 Southern Miss, Boise State, West Virginia, panel with one representative in each league city. Tulsa 56, Southern Miss 50 Wisconsin SMU 45, East Carolina 38 (ot) Offense 8 , Navy, Utah Southern Miss 59, Houston 41 S5 Case Keenum, QB, Houston 7 Alabama UCF 61, Tulane 14 S12 SMU 31, Marshall 17 S19 RECORDS SINCE 2005 Rice 62, East Carolina 38 S26 Here’s a look at each team’s record in Conference USA Southern Miss 46, Tulane 30 O3 play and overall since the league realigned for the 2005 UCF 40, Houston 33 O10 season: Houston 56, Memphis 17 O17 Marshall 16, UTEP 12 O24 School C-USA Overall UCF 41, Rice 14 O31 Tulsa 33-15 53-27 UAB 21, UTEP 6 N7 Houston 33-15 48-31 Tulsa 48, Memphis 7 N14 UCF 33-15 46-33 UTEP 16, Memphis 13 N21 East Carolina 33-15 44-35 SMU 28, UAB 7 N28 Southern Miss 30-18 46-33 East Carolina 51, Tulsa 49 Rice 22-26 27-46 Marshall 21-27 28-43 Defense UTEP 20-27 33-41 C-USA CHAMPIONS S5 Cordarro Law, DL, Southern Miss SMU 20-28 28-47 UCF and East Carolina have each won two Conference S12 Memphis 17-31 25-47 USA Championships in the past four years. UCF won S19 UAB 16-32 23-48 last year’s title and also won in 2007. In 2008-09, East S26 Tulane 10-38 19-53 Carolina became the fi rst team to win back-to-back O3 titles since Louisville in the 2000-01 regular seasons. O10 O17 WORKING OVERTIME Here’s a look at the league’s champions: O24 Here’s a look at C-USA overtime games in 2010 and O31 all-time: Year Champion (Record) N7 2010 UCF (7-1) N14 2011 C-USA Overtimes 2009 East Carolina (7-1) N21 S3 UTEP 31, Stony Brook 24 (OT) 2008 East Carolina (6-2) N28 2007 UCF (7-1) 2010 C-USA Overtimes 2006 Houston (7-1) Special Teams N26 SMU 45, East Carolina 38 (OT) 2005 Tulsa (6-2) S5 Robert Kelley, KR, Tulane O30 UAB 50, Southern Miss 49 (2OT) 2004 Louisville (8-0) S12 O16 East Carolina 33, NC State 27 (OT) 2003 Southern Miss (8-0) S25 Tennessee 32, UAB 29 (2OT) S19 2002 TCU (6-2) S26 S10 (22) West Virginia 24, Marshall 21 (OT) O3 Cincinnati (6-2) O10 Overtime Records - 1996-2008 2001 Louisville (6-1) O17 Teams All Games C-USA Games 2000 Louisville (6-1) O24 East Carolina 6-5 5-2 1999 Southern Miss (6-0) O31 Houston 4-5 4-3 1998 Tulane (6-0) N7 Marshall 2-2 1-2 1997 Southern Miss (6-0) N14 Memphis 1-5 1-5 1996 Houston (4-1) N21 Rice 4-3 1-0 Southern Miss (4-1) N28 SMU 2-9 1-4 Southern Miss 4-5 4-4 Tulane 3-2 2-1 Here’s a look at the previous championship results: Tulsa 3-3 2-1 2010 UCF 17, SMU 7 UAB 3-4 3-1 2009 East Carolina 38, Houston 32 UCF 0-6 0-1 2008 East Carolina 27, Tulsa 24 UTEP 5-4 3-2 2007 UCF 44, Tulsa 25 2006 Houston 34, Southern Miss 20 2005 Tulsa 44, UCF 27 2011 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 6 September 5, 2011 CONFERENCE USA QUICK HITTERS C-USA ON NATIONAL TV Conference USA will have nearly 70 football games to FOX SPORTS NET SCHEDULE CSS SCHEDULE be nationally or regionally televised during the 2011 sea- son. National games will be televised on CBS Sports Thu., Sept. 1 Mississippi St. 59, Memphis 14 Sat., Sept. 10 Southern Miss at Marshall 2:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 3 Houston 38, UCLA 34 Network, Fox Sports Net, FX, ABC, ESPN, ESPN 2, Sat., Sept. 24 Georgia St. at Houston 7:00 p.m. Sat., Sept. 3 South Carolina 56, East Carolina 37 ESPN U, CSS and others. Included are a number of Sat., Oct. 1 Rice at Southern Miss 6:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 3 Southern Miss 19, Louisiana Tech 17 Sat., Oct. 8 Memphis at Rice 11:30 a.m. unopposed windows that provide tremendous exposure Sun., Sept. 4 Texas A&M 46, SMU 14 Thu., Oct. 20 UCF at UAB 7:00 p.m. to C-USA, as well as several exciting league match- Sat., Sept. 10 Virginia Tech at ECU 2:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 22 Marshall at Houston 3:30 p.m. ups, and many challenging non-conference contests. Sat., Sept. 10 UTEP at SMU 6:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 29 UAB at Marshall 11:00 a.m. Sat., Sept. 10 UAB at Florida 6:00 p.m. Sat., Nov. 5 Southern Miss at ECU 3:00 p.m. This season marks the seventh year of C-USA’s part- Sat., Sept. 17 Oklahoma St. at Tulsa 9:00 p.m. Sat., Nov. 12 UAB at Memphis 3:15 p.m. nership with CBS College Sports that includes signifi - Sat., Sept. 24 SMU at Memphis 11:00 a.m. Sat., Nov. 26 Memphis at Southern Miss 3:00 p.m. cant national and regional exposure for football, men’s Sat., Sept. 24 Rice at Baylor 6:00 p.m. and women’s and other C-USA sports. CBS Sat., Oct. 8 Mississippi St. at UAB 11:00 a.m. BHSN SCHEDULE (FLORIDA) Sports Network is the original 24-hour sports channel Sat., Oct. 15 UCF at SMU TBA dedicated to covering college sports. Available to 95 Sat., Oct. 22 Tulsa at Rice TBA Sat., Sept. 3 UCF 62, Charleston Southern 0 million homes nationwide, CBS Sports Network pro- Thu., Oct. 27 Rice at Houston 7:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 8 Marshall at UCF 3:00 p.m. vides comprehensive college sports coverage, includ- Sat., Oct. 29 SMU at Tulsa 2:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 29 Memphis at UCF 3:00 p.m. ing 25 men’s and women’s sports, hundreds of live Sat., Nov. 5 UTEP at Rice TBA games annually, as well as in-depth studio and original Sat., Nov. 12 Marshall at Tulsa TBA CST SCHEDULE (LOUISIANA) programming. Sat., Nov. 12 Navy at SMU TBA Thu., Nov. 17 Marshall at Memphis 7:00 p.m. Sat., Sept. 10 Tulsa at Tulane 2:30 p.m. The 2011 football season marks the beginning of a new Sat., Nov. 19 SMU at Houston TBA Sat. Oct. 8 Syracuse at Tulane 7:00 p.m. Sat., Nov. 19 UCF at East Carolina TBA long-term agreement between Conference USA and Fri., Nov. 25 Houston at Tulsa 11:00 a.m. TIME-WARNER EL PASO SCHEDULE (TEXAS) Fox Sports Media Group for national television rights Sat., Nov. 26 Rice at SMU TBA to a variety of marquee Conference USA events, includ- Sat., Sept. 3 UTEP 31, Stony Brook 24 (ot) ing a minimum of 20 regular-season football games. FX SCHEDULE Sat., Sept. 10 UTEP at SMU 6:00 p.m. Through two dozen owned and affi liated networks, FOX Sat., Oct. 22 Colorado State at UTEP 7:05 p.m. Sports Networks (FSN) programming reaches more Sat., Sept. 3 Oklahoma 47, Tulsa 14 Sat., Nov. 12 East Carolina at UTEP 7:05 p.m. than 85 million homes across the country. Conference Sat., Nov. 19 Tulsa at UTEP 2:05 p.m. USA joins Fox’s impressive roster of other conference ABC SCHEDULE partners that includes the Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, ACC, and SEC. Sat., Dec. 31 AutoZone Liberty Bowl 2:30 p.m. LOCAL BROADCASTS

Additional Conference USA football television expo- ESPN SCHEDULE WITN SCHEDULE (EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA) sures remain a possibility and will be released as soon Sun., Sept. 4 West Virginia 34, Marshall 13. as they are fi nalized. Sat., Sept. 24 UAB at East Carolina 2:30 p.m. Fri., Sept. 23 UCF at BYU 7:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 15 East Carolina at Memphis 6:00 p.m. Sat, Dec. 17 New Orleans Bowl 8:00 p.m. Listed below is a complete schedule of C-USA games to Sat., Oct. 29 Tulane at East Carolina 2:30 p.m. be aired on national television: Tue., Dec. 20 Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl 7:00 p.m. Sat., Dec. 24 Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl 7:00 p.m. Thu., Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl 11:00 a.m. NATIONAL BROADCASTS *All Game Times Central* CBS SPORTS NETWORK SCHEDULE ESPN 2 SCHEDULE Sat., Sept. 10 Purdue at Rice 2:30 p.m. Sat., Dec. 3 C-USA Championship Game 11 a.m. Sat., Sept. 10 Boston College at UCF 7:00 p.m. Sat., Sept. 24 Virginia Tech at Marshall 2:30 p.m. ESPN U SCHEDULE Sat., Sept. 24 Tulsa at Boise State 7:00 p.m. Thu., Sept. 29 Houston at UTEP 7:00 p.m. Mon., Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl 11:00 a.m. Sat., Oct. 1 Tulane at Army` 11:00 a.m. Sat., Oct. 1 SMU at TCU 2:30 p.m. ESPN3.COM SCHEDULE Sat., Oct. 1 North Carolina at ECU 7:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 8 Southern Miss at Navy 2:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 10 Houston at North Texas 6:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 8 East Carolina at Houston 6:00 p.m. Sat., Sept. 10 Memphis at Arkansas St. 6:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 15 UAB at Tulsa 7:00 p.m. Sat., Sept. 17 UCF at Fla. International 5:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 22 East Carolina at Navy 2:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 17 Marshall at Ohio 6:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 22 SMU at Southern Miss 7:00 p.m. Sat., Sept. 17 Houston at Louisiana Tech 6:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 29 Southern Miss at UTEP 7:00 p.m. Sat. Oct. 1 Memphis at Middle Tenn. 6:00 p.m. Thu., Nov. 3 Tulsa at UCF 7:00 p.m. Sat., Nov. 5 Houston at UAB 6:00 p.m. SCHEDULE Thu., Nov. 10 Houston at Tulane 7:00 p.m. Sat., Nov. 12 UCF at Southern Miss 7:00 p.m. Thu., Nov. 17 Southern Miss at UAB 7:00 p.m. Sat., Sept. 3 Texas 34, Rice 9 Fri., Nov. 25 UTEP at UCF 6:00 p.m. Sat., Nov. 26 East Carolina at Marshall 2:30 p.m. 2011 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 7 September 5, 2011 C-USA EXTRA POINTS EAST CAROLINA PIRATES SOUTHERN MISS GOLDEN EAGLES The Pirates jumped out to a 17-0 lead over No. 12 South Carolina before eventually The Golden Eagles opened the 2011 season with a 19-17 win over Louisiana Tech in falling, 56-37. Senior QB Dominique Davis was 37-of-56 for 260 yards and four a game that was played in a driving rain storm due to tropical storm Lee. Senior QB touchdowns. With one rushing score, he accounted for all fi ve of the team’s offensive Austin Davis accounted for 277 total offensive yards, including 51 yards rushing on touchdowns. For his career, he has now been responsible for 51 of the team’s 65 nine carries and 226 yards passing on 21-of-37 passing. Davis established a school- offensive TDs (78.5 percent). Davis completed 30 or more passes (37) for the fi fth record for most 200-plus yard passing games with 23 and he now is just 74 yards time in the last seven games and in his career he has completed 25 or more passes shy of passing (1987-90) as the school’s all-time passing yards leader. 11 times. He ended the 2010 season leading all FBS in completions The team played stingy on defense, limiting Louisiana Tech to just 244 total offensive per game (30.2). Senior WR Lance Lewis hauled in 13 receptions, just one shy of yards, while collecting 12 tackles for loss and three sacks. The two TDs the Golden the school record. He had 101 receiving yards and caught two scores. In Lewis’ last Eagles surrendered in the game were on kickoff return and a one-yard rush that cul- seven games Lewis has made 65 receptions for 769 yards (109.9 ypg) and nine minated a three-yard drive after a Southern Miss fumbled punt. touchdowns Freshman WR Justin Hardy added 11 catches for 91 yards and a TD. TULANE GREEN WAVE The Green Wave opened the season with a 47-33 win over Southeastern Louisiana. The Cougars opened the season with a 38-34 win over UCLA on Saturday. Senior Junior QB Ryan Griffi n threw touchdown passes to three different receivers, includ- QB Case Keenum returned to action and was 30-of-40 for 310 yards and two touch- ing one to preseason All-C-USA LB Trent Mackey. Griffi n completed fi ve passes of downs, leading six Houston scoring drives. With 340 yards of total offense, he moved 24 yards or longer, fi nishing the game 14-of-24 for 267 yards. Three different Tulane up two spots on the NCAA’s all-time total offense list to No. 5 with 14,886 yards. players ran for touchdowns, including sophomore RB Albert Williams, who carried Senior WR Tyron Carrier enjoyed a big day, catching 10 passes for 138 yards and 12 times for 72 yards. While the offense rolled up 393 yards (126 rushing, 267 pass- a touchdown. With 140 all-purpose yards, he became the school’s all-time leader ing), the Green Wave defense posted seven sacks among eight tackles for loss, broke in that category, passing Ketric Sanford (1996-99). Senior RB Bryce Beall carries up eight passes and picked off another thanks to a Derrick Stozier INT late in the 11 times for 69 yards and a touchdown, while senior RB Michael Hayes ran for two fi rst half. On special teams, Tulane also added a pair of blocked punts – one each by scores. Senior LB Marcus McGraw led the defense with 16 tackles. Mackey and freshman linebacker Matthew Bailey – and a safety. MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE The Thundering Herd dropped its season opener at in-state rival West Virginia on The Golden Hurricane lost at No.1-ranked Oklahoma on Saturday, 47-14. Senior QB G.J. Sunday, 34-13, in a game that was delayed three times by lightning before being can- Kinne threw a pair of touchdown passes and fi nished 18-of-33 for 271 yards. Junior WR celled prior to the game’s completion. Junior WR Andre Booker opened the game’s Bryan Burnham scored his fi rst career touchdown on his third career catch on a 56-yard scoring with an 87-yard punt return for a touchdown. True freshman QB Rakeem reception from Kinne with 2:54 to play in the second quarter. Burnham ended the game Cato started behind center for Marshall and completed 15-of-21 passes for 115 yards. with a career high 68 yards receiving. Junior H-B Willie Carter grabbed fi ve passes for 135 Sophomore RB Tron Martinez gained a game-high 76 yards on just 10 carries. Ef- yards. Senior LB Curnelius Arnick registered 18 tackles. The last time a TU player had 18 fective against the run, the Herd fi nished with nine tackles for loss, pushing the Moun- tackles in a game was DeAundre Brown on Oct. 14, 2009 against Boise State. taineers back for a total of 32 yards. Sophomore DE Trevor Black accounted for 2.5 tackles for loss and senior DB Rashad Jackson was also responsible for 2.0 TFL’s. UAB BLAZERS The Blazers were the only C-USA team that was not be in action opening weekend. UAB MEMPHIS TIGERS will begin play on Saturday at No. 22 Florida (6 p.m. CDT on FSN). Senior QB Bryan Ellis The Tigers fell to No. 20 Mississippi State on Thursday, 59-14. True freshman QB became the starting quarterback the fourth game of the 2010 season after coming off the Taylor Reed replaced an injured Andy Summerlin early in the second quarter and bench and leading the Blazers to a last-second win over Troy a week earlier. Ellis, who fi nished 23-of-35 for 149 yards and one touchdown. Junior WR Marcus Rucker had battled injuries his fi rst three years at UAB, fi nished with 2,940 passing yards and 25 caught a team-high seven passes for 73 yards, including an 11-yard TD reception. touchdown passes. Ellis connected on 56.2 percent of his passes and his passing total is He has caught at least one pass in 13 straight games and has scored a TD in his last the fi fth-highest mark in a season by a Blazer QB. His 25 TD passes is second-best by a three outings. True freshman RB Artaves Gibson carried 17 times for a team-high 85 UAB signal-caller. Senior RB Pat Shed enjoyed an outstanding season in 2010 in his fi rst yards, all in the second half. action at UAB as he fi nished third in the country in all-purpose yards per game at 177.1. Shed rushed for 847 yards and caught a team-high 47 passes for 471 yards. RICE OWLS The Owls fell at No. 24 Texas on Saturday, 34-9, trailling by just four points late in the UCF KNIGHTS third quarter before the Longhorns pulled away. Sophomore QB Taylor McHargue com- The Knights set a school record by rushing for eight touchdowns in a 62-0 win over pleted 14-of-29 passes for 79 yards. He established new career highs for both comple- Charleston Southern. The 62 point margin of victory was the second largest in school his- tions and attempts, breaking former marks of 13 and 22 set in last season’s fi nal game tory and tied for the most in the FBS on opening weekend. UCF totaled 316 rushing yards against UAB. Led by senior RB Tyler Smith’s 67 yards on 10 carries, Rice had fi ve on 48 attempts, the fourth-highest rushing total among all FBS teams. In 10 offensive pos- sessions vs. Charleston Southern, UCF found the endzone eight times, and it was 8-for-8 running backs carry the ball against Texas. Sophomore K Chris Boswell hit three fi eld in redzone opportunities. Sophomore QB Jeff Godfrey was on the fi eld for six of UCF’s goals (26, 42 and 49 yards), the most since he had four at North Texas in the second 10 offensive drives and fi nished 6-for-10 for 100 yards passing, and the Knights recorded a game of last season. touchdown on all six of those drives. Senior RB Ronnie Weaver gained 107 yards on just eight attempts, while junior RB Latavius Murray scored two touchdowns. SMU MUSTANGS The Mustangs lost at No. 8 Texas A&M on Sunday night, 46-14. Senior RB Zach Line UTEP MINERS carried 22 times for 128 yards and a touchdown. He has topped the 100-yard mark The Miners defeated Stony Brook on Saturday, 31-24 in overtime. Junior QB Nick in four of his last fi ve outings. Senior QB J.J. McDermott replaced Kyle Padron on Lamaison put up big numbers in his fi rst game in a Miners uniform, completing 24- the third series of the game and went on to establish new career highs for completions of-38 passes for 365 yards and three touchdowns Stony Brook, including a 25-yard (21), attempts (34) and yards (254), while tossing a 27-yard TD pass to sophomore game-winner to senior WR Donovan Kemp in overtime. Kemp had four catches for WR Keenan Holman. Junior DE Margus Hunt blocked two PATs in the game, giving a career-high 104 yards, becoming the fi rst Miners 100-yard receiver on opening day him 12 blocked kicks in his career. The 12 blocks extends his SMU record and moves since 1993. Freshman TE Eric Tomlinson scored twice on teh night, the fi rst time that has happened in the Mike Price era. him into fourth place in NCAA history. 2011 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 8 September 5, 2011 C-USA BOWL PARTNERS C-USA BOWL SYNOPSIS C-USA AND THE BCS C-USA IN THE LIBERTY BOWL Conference USA has guaranteed spots in six games The Conference USA champion (along with the cham- 2010 UCF 10, Georgia 6 pions of the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain 2009 Arkansas 20, East Carolina 17 (ot) during the 2011 season and serves as a primary back- 2008 Kentucky 25, East Carolina 19 up for a possible seventh game. The AutoZone Liberty West Conference, the , and the 2007 Mississippi State 10, UCF 3 Bowl has the top selection of C-USA teams and the Western Athletic Conference) will have an automatic 2006 South Carolina 44, Houston 36 league will also send teams to the Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl berth in one of the fi ve bowls if, and only if: 2005 Tulsa 31, Fresno State 24 St. Petersburg, Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, R+L 2004 (7) Louisville 44, Boise State 40 *It is a Conference Champion; and Either: 2003 (25) Utah 17, Southern Miss 0 Carriers New Orleans Bowl, Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl and 2002 TCU 17, (21) Colorado State 3 TicketCity Bowl this season. 2001 (22) Louisville 28, (17) BTU 10 *It is ranked in the top 12 of the BCS Standings on Bowl 2000 (23) Colorado State, (22) Louisville 17 The conference also has an agreement with the Military Selection Sunday; 1999 Southern Miss 23, Colorado State 17 Bowl to participate in that game should be the ACC or 1998 Tulane 41, Brigham Young 27 *It is ranked in the top 16 of the BCS Standings on Bowl 1997 Southern Miss 41, Pittsburgh 7 Navy be unable to provide a team for that bowl. 1996 Syracuse 30, Houston 17 Selection Sunday, and its ranking in the BCS Standings 1995 East Carolina 19, Stanford 13 2011 C-USA BOWL PARTNERS is better than that of a champion of a Conference that 1994 Illinois 30, East Carolina 0 Dec. 17 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl has an annual automatic berth in one of the BCS bowl 1993 Louisville 18, Michigan State 7 Dec. 20 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl games. 1979 Penn State 9, Tulane 6 1970 Tulane 17, Colorado 3 Dec. 24 Sheraton Dec. 28 (secondary) AUTO ZONE LIBERTY BOWL Now in its 53rd year, SHERATON HAWAI’I BOWL Dec. 30 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl the AutoZone Liberty The Sheraton Hawai’i Dec. 31 AutoZone Liberty Bowl Bowl is ’s Bowl celebrates itss Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl seventh-oldest bowl 10th Year Anniversaryy game….Conference with this year’s gamee USA has sent seven dif- on Christmas Eve....Thisis ABOUT THE BCS ferent representatives year will mark the eighthth The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is a fi ve-game to the game over the time that C-USA will bebe arrangement for post-season college football that is de- past nine years, with last a part of the game….. signed to match the two top-rated teams in a national year’s champion, UCF, and In its fi rst nine years, the Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl has championship game and to create exciting and com- East Carolina each appearingaring twicetwice in gained a reputation for offensive shootouts, with the win- petitive matchups between eight other highly regarded the past four years….C-USA teams have an all-time ning team topping the 40-point mark in each of the last teams in four other games. The bowl games participat- record of 11-9 in the game….The game has drawn eight years, while the losing team has scored 35 or more ing are the , Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl and a crowd of more than 50,000 in each of the last 12 points fi ve times….Last year, Tulsa closed out its season . In addition, a BCS National Championship years, including a bowl-record crowd of 63,816 for the with a seventh straight victory, defeating home-standing Game will be played at one of the bowl sites. 2007 UCF-Mississippi State’s matchup and 62,742 for and 25th-ranked Hawai’i, 62-35….In 2009, the 2009 ECU-Arkansas clash….In 2011, C-USA will and his SMU Mustangs capped off the nation’s largest BCS RANKINGS face a team from the SEC in the game for the sixth turnaround by defeating Nevada, 45-10….East Carolina The BCS Standings, have been compiled by the Nation- straight year….There is a possibility that the Big East won the 2007 game, as current star al Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame since Conference could also participate in the game be- RB Chris Johnson led the Pirates to a 41-38 win over No. the beginning of the 2000 regular season. The BCS tween 2011-2013….Over the years the Liberty Bowl 22 Boise State ….UCF and UAB each made their fi rst Standings determine which teams play in the National has seen legendary coaches such as Paul “Bear” Bry- bowl appearances in school history in the Hawai’i Bowl in Championship game, and which are included in the ant, Lou Holtz, Johnny Majors and Joe Paterno coach 2005 and 2004, respectively. In 2003, Hawai’i prevailed, pool of eligible teams available for at-large selection. in the game, while outstanding players such as Ernie 54-48, in triple overtime over Houston….In 2002, Tulane The BCS Standings include the Harris Poll, the USA To- Davis, , Bo Jackson, and represented C-USA in the inaugural Hawai’i Bowl, de- day Coaches Poll and an average of six computer polls. Randy White have participated in the bowl. feating Hawai’i, 36-28. Each component will count for one-third of a team’s AUTO ZONE LIBERTY BOWL FACTS overall BCS score in the BCS Standings. Website: www.libertybowl.org SHERATON HAWAI’I BOWL FACTS Memphis, Tennessee Website: www.sheratonhawaiibowl.com Date: December 31, 2011 Honolulu, Hawai’i Time: 2:30 p.m. CST Date: December 24, 2011 : Liberty Bowl Memorial (61,737) Time: 3 p.m. HST (8 p.m. EST) Network: ABC Stadium: (50,000) Opponent: SEC or Big East Selection Network: ESPN Executive Director: Steve Ehrhart Opponent: WAC Selection President: Patricia Shannon Executive Director: Dave Matlin Associate Executive Director: Harold Graeter Assoc. Executive Director: Daryl Garvin Chief Financial Offi cer: Perry Winstead Director of Ticketing and Operations: Brad Motooka Phone: 901-795-7700 Media Relations Director: Derek Inouchi FAX: 901-795-7826 Phone: 808-983-1124 Mailing Address: 3767 New Getwell Road FAX: 808-955-0505 Memphis, TN 38118 2011 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 9 September 5, 2011 C-USA BOWL PARTNERS C-USA IN THE HAWAI’I BOWL C-USA IN THE ARMED FORCES BOWL BEEF ‘O’ BRADY’S ST. PETERS- 2010 Tulsa 62, Hawai’i 35 2010 Army 16, SMU 14 BURG BOWL 2009 SMU 45, Nevada 10 2009 Air Force 47, Houston 20 Family-oriented sports 2007 East Carolina 41, Boise State 38 2008 Houston 34, Air Force 28 restaurant chain Beef 2005 Nevada 49, UCF 48 2006 Utah 25, Tulsa 13 2004 Hawaii 59, UAB 40 2005 Kansas 42, Houston 13 O’Brady’s continues its 2003 Hawaii 54, Houston 48 (3ot) 2004 Cincinnati 32, Marshall 14 title sponsorship of 2002 Tulane 36, Hawai’i 28 2003 Boise State 34, TCU 31 the fourth annual Beef O’Brady’s Bowl St. Pe- BELL HELICOPTER ARMED tersburg Bowl this December….Conference USA has R+L CARRIERS NEW ORLEANS BOWL participated in each of the fi rst three St. Petersburg FORCES BOWL ConferenceC USA is Bowls. Last season, former C-USA member Louis- Conference USA has been scheduleds be a part ville knocked off Southern Miss, 31-28. In 2009, UCF a part of the Bell Helicopters ofo the R+L Carriers brought more than 20,000 fans to watch the Knights Armed Forces Bowl in all NewN Orleans Bowl play Rutgers. Memphis faced South Florida in the in- but one year of the bowl’s forf the ninth time in augural game in 2008….This season, the C-USA rep- eight-year existence…The thet bowl’s 11 years, resentative will once again play an opponent from the C-USA representative will facingf the champion Big East Conference at Tropicana Field in downtown St. face Brigham Young Univer-er- ofo the Sun Belt Conference on the opening day of the Petersburg. The 2011 Beef O’Brady’s Bowl St. Peters- sity in this year’s game, whichch will burg Bowl will be played on Tuesday, December 20 and 2011-122 bowl season….Southern Miss appeared in again be played at SMU’s Gerald J. Ford Stadium. In the will be televised in prime-time by ESPN, beginning at the New Orleans Bowl in 2008 and 2009, defeating event that BYU is not available for the game, the bowl will 8 p.m. EST….The Beef O’Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg Troy, 30-27 in the fi rst overtime game in the bowl’s have an at-large selection….Last season, Army held off Bowl is one of six postseason games that take place in history in 2008, before falling to Middle Tennessee SMU, 16-14 as the Mustangs made back-to-back bowl the Sunshine State….The bowl is owned and operated the next season. The Golden Eagles also captured appearances for the fi rst time since 1983-84…During the by ESPN. 2008 and 2009 seasons, Houston faced Air Force in the back-to-back games in 2005 and 2004, defeating SBC Champions Arkansas State and North Texas, respec- BEEF ‘O’ BRADY’S ST. PETERSBURG BOWL FACTS Fort Worth Texas game twice, with each school winning Website: www.StPetersburgBowl.com once….Conference USA was a part of the fi rst four Armed tively….In 2007, Memphis made its fourth bowl ap- pearance in fi ve years when it fell to Florida Atlantic…. St. Petersburg, Fla. Forces Bowls (known as the Fort Worth Bowl during its Date: December 20, 2011 Rice represented C-USA in the 2006 game, ending a fi rst three years)….Tulsa appeared in the 2006 game, Time: 8 p.m. EST losing to Utah….Houston also represented C-USA in 45-year bowl drought, losing to Troy… In 2003, Mem- Stadium: Tropicana Field (43,000) the 2005 game, falling to Big 12 foe Kansas….The 2004 phis, armed with over 10,000 of its fans, made its fi rst Network: ESPN game featured a matchup of current and future C-USA bowl appearance since 1971….The Tigers defeated Opponent: Big East Selection members as Cincinnati posted a 32-14 win over Marshall North Texas, 27-17, to cap off their fi rst nine-win sea- Executive Director: Brett Dulaney in what proved to be the fi nal game for Thundering Herd son since 1963….In 2002, C-USA co-champion Cin- Assistant Executive Director: Nikki Godfrey head coach Bob Pruett, who retired several weeks after cinnati battled North Texas, dropping a 24-19 decision Manager, Event Sponsorship & Marketing: Carlos the game….The inaugural game in 2003 featured a battle to the Mean Green….The New Orleans Bowl is played Padilla II of Top 20 Teams when No. 19 TCU battled No. 16 Boise at the Louisiana Superdome, home of Tulane Univer- Media Relations Director: John Gerdes State. The Broncos won the game, 34-31, in one of the sity and site of six Super Bowl games. Mailing Address: 100 Second Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL highest scoring games of the 2003-2004 bowl season. R+L CARRIERS NEW ORLEANS BOWL FACTS BELL HELICOPTER ARMED FORCES BOWL FACTS Website: www.neworleansbowl.org C-USA IN THE ST. PETERSBURG BOWL Website: www.armedforcesbowl.com 2010 Louisville 31, Southern Miss 28 New Orleans, La. 2009 Rutgers 45, UCF 24 Fort Worth, Texas (game played in Dallas, Texas) Date: December 17, 2011 2008 South Florida 41, Memphis 14 Date: December 30, 2011 Time: 8:00 p.m. CST Time: 11:00 a.m. CST Stadium: Louisiana Superdome (69,767) Stadium: Gerald J. Ford Stadium (32,000) Network: ESPN Network: ESPN Opponent: Sun Belt Conference Champion Opponent: Selection President/CEO: Jay Cicero Executive Director: Brant Ringler Executive Director: Billy Ferrante Sales and Marketing: Hope Lockett Media Relations Director: Sam Joffray Operations and Events: Anne Rector Ticket Operations: Trisha Branch Operations Director: Alison Comeaux Phone: 817-810-0012 Phone: 504-525-5678 FAX: 817-810-0252 FAX: 504-529-1622 Mailing Address: 505 Main Street, Suite 270 Mailing Address: 2020 St. Charles Avenue, 4th Floor Fort Worth, TX 76102 New Orleans, LA 70130 Media Relations Director: Tim Simmons C-USA IN THE NEW ORLEANS BOWL Phone: 303/678-8484 2009 Middle Tennessee 42, Southern Miss 32 2008 Southern Miss 30, Troy 27 (ot) 2007 Florida Atlantic 44, Memphis 27 2006 Troy 41, Rice 17 2005 Southern Miss 31, Arkansas St. 19 (Lafayette, La.) 2004 Southern Miss 31, North Texas 10 2003 Memphis 27, North Texas 17 2002 North Texas 24, Cincinnati 19 2011 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 10 September 5, 2011 C-USA CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION Director of Operations: Katrina Brandle C-USA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME MILITARY BOWL Director of Corporate Sales: John Delley Conference USA will host its seventh football champi- Conference USA has a secondaryaryary Phone:P 972-444-2550 onship game in 2011. agreement to be a part of thee MailingM Address: 222 W. Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 1702 presented The event is slated for Saturday, December 3, and will by Northop Grumann in Wash- Irving, TX 75039 be televised by ESPN 2 at Noon EST. The team with the ington, D.C….C-USA will send highest league winning percentage will serve as host a representative to the game INSTANTIN REPLAY site for the game. provided it has a seventh bowl- ConferenceC USA uses the instant replay program imple- mentedm in 2005. For 2011, C-USA will use the model ad- eligible team and either the At- The title game will feature champions from the East and optedop by all FBS conferences which relies on a replay lantic Coast Conference or Navyy West divisions of the league. UCF, Houston, Tulsa and offi cial (RO) to both call for the instant replay and have is unable to fi ll its spot in the fourthrtth East Carolina have hosted the fi rst six championship theth fi nal decision upon review. annual game….Last season, Eastst CarolinaCarolina representedrepresented games, with UCF hosting the event three times. C-USA in the game and brought a strong contingent of fans to Washington, D.C. to face Maryland….In 2009, The RO will have access to the referee through a vi- Tulsa claimed the C-USA inaugural crown in 2005. In UCLA defeated a Temple team that was making its fi rst brating pager. When the RO feels there is a call that 2007, UCF hosted the game for the second time in bowl appearance since 1979, 30-21….In 2008, Wake warrants a review and the play is reviewable, he will three seasons and earned its fi rst championship. Hous- Forest defeated Navy, 29-19 in the inaugural EagleBank page the referee. ton claimed the championship game title in 2006. East Bowl….The bowl is played at historic RFK Stadium, the former home of the Washington Redskins. The referee will kill the clock and announce that a ruling Carolina won back-to-back titles, defeating Houston at on the fi eld is being reviewed. The RO will then review home in 2009 after winning at Tulsa in 2008. UCF took MILITARY BOWL FACTS all aspects of the play and can change the original call its second title last season at Bright House Networks Website: www.MilitaryBowl.com or allow it to stand. The RO, as well as the communica- Stadium, defeating SMU. Washington, D.C. tor (CO), and technician (at a minimum), will be utilized Date: December 28, 2011 to insure that all plays are reviewed in an effi cient and C-USA TIEBREAKER Time: 4:30 p.m. EST timely manner. Home fi eld for the C-USA Championship Game will Stadium: RFK Stadium (52,000) be awarded to the team that posts the highest regular Network: ESPN In addition to the RO having the ability to change a call season winning percentage against conference oppo- Executive Director: Steve Beck rather than the referee, the other signifi cant difference sition. The fi rst tiebreaker is the winner of a head-to- Director of Teams and Events: Marie Rudolph to the Conference USA instant replay policy relates to a head match-up. If the two teams did not play during the Media Relations Director: Teri Washington coaches challenge. regular season, the team with the highest BCS ranking Phone: 202-785-BOWL would receive the nod. Mailing Address: 1629 K St. NW Coaches will be allowed to challenge an on-fi eld ruling Suite 700 once per game. A coach may initiate a challenge by MEDIA CREDENTIALS Washington, DC 20006 calling a time out (if he has a time out available) and Members of the media that wish to cover the C-USA informing the referee prior to the ball being put back in Championship game will be required to request creden- TICKET CITY BOWL play. If the on-fi eld ruling is reversed, that team’s time tials through the league’s online credential application out will not be charged. system available at conferenceusa.com/Media Center. After a one-year absence college football postseason There will be no clock adjustments unless there is Details about the C-USA Championship Game will be action returned to the historic a replay reversal on a play that ran time off the clock available throughout the season on conferenceusa. Cotton Bowl in Dallas on and, upon further review, the clock would have been com. For additional information, please contact C-USA stopped. The referee and RO will confi rm the correct Media Relations at 214/774-1300. New Year’s Day 2011 when time and communicate it to the timer. Texas Tech battled Northwest-t- C-USA STADIUMS ern in the inaugural TicketCity Instant replay is a very unique situation and there are East Carolina Dowdy-Ficklen (50,000) Bowl….Conference USA has a primary agreement to be many aspects to it. C-USA replay offi cials, referees and Houston Robertson (32,000) part of their game this season to face an opponent from communicators were provided with intensive training at Marshall Joan C. Edwards (38,019) a clinic prior to the start of the season. the . C-USA and the Big Ten have Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial (61,737) Rice Rice (47,000) never met each other in a bowl game….Conference USA C-USA FALL CHAMPIONSHIPS SMU Gerald J. Ford (32,000) also has an agreement to be a secondary partner for the Here is a look at the dates and sites for Conference Southern Miss M.M. Roberts (36,000) TicketCity Bowl in 2012 and a primary partner in 2013.... USA’s fall championships: Tulane Louisiana Superdome (69,703) Texas Tech defeated Northwestern, 45-38, in in the Tulsa H.A. Chapman (30,000) Men’s and Women’s Cross Country UAB Legion Field (72,000) inaugural TicketCity Bowl. Date: Oct. 29 Location: Houston, Texas UCF Bright House Networks (45,323) Host: Rice UTEP Sun Bowl (51,500) TICKET CITY BOWL FACTS Website: www.DallasFootballClassic.com Women’s Soccer Dallas, Texas Date: Nov. 2-6 Location: Memphis, Tenn. Date: January 2, 2012 Host: Memphis Time: 11:00 a.m. CST Stadium: Cotton Bowl (92,158) Men’s Soccer Date: Nov. 9-13 Network: ESPN U Location: Tulsa, Okla. President/CEO: Tom Starr Host: Tulsa 2011 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 11 September 5, 2011 MEDIA INFORMATION COACHES’ TELECONFERENCE C-USA AUDIO UPDATES C-USA FOOTBALL SID CONTACTS All 12 Conference USA head football coaches will be Conference USA produces a weekly audio football Here is the essential information for each Conference featured on a teleconference beginning at 2:00 p.m. show entitled “Talking Conference USA Football,” that is USA football SID: EDT/1:00 p.m. CDT on select Mondays during the 2011 syndicated throughout Conference USA markets. The season. The fi rst call is scheduled for August 29 and league also produces a daily audio update entitled “To- East Carolina Tom McClellan day in Conference USA” that focuses on football as well Offi ce Phone: ...... (252) 328-4552 can be accessed by calling (719) 325-2191. as all C-USA sports. Bill Hazen serves as the host and Cell Phone: ...... (252) 414-0990 producer of both programs. Both of these shows are E-Mail: ...... [email protected] A playback of the teleconference is available beginning available for download on C-USA’s podcast channel: Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] at 5:00 p.m. CDT each Monday by dailing 402-220- 1009 with a replay passcode of 6171048. The playback http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/podcasts/c-usa-pod- Houston Cassie Arner will run until the following week’s teleconference. casts.html Offi ce Phone: ...... (713) 743-9409 Cell Phone: ...... (217) 390-6564 Calls will be held on the following Mondays during the E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] 2011 season: Aug. 29, Sept. 12 and Sept. 26. FLAGSHIP RADIO STATIONS Below is the fl agship radio station for each Conference Marshall Jason Corriher SCHEDULE USA football school: Offi ce Phone: ...... (304) 696-4660 2:00 EDT/1:00 p.m. CDT Players of the Week/Notes Cell Phone: ...... (740) 331-1497 2:05 EDT/1:05 p.m. CDT Ruffi n McNeill, ECU School Station Signal PxP E-Mail: ...... [email protected] 2:12 EDT/1:12 p.m. CDT Doc Holliday, Marshall East Carolina WNCT-FM 107.9 Jeff Charles Memphis Jennifer Rodrigues 2:19 EDT/1:19 p.m. CDT Larry Porter, Memphis Houston KBME-AM 790 Tom Franklin 2:26 EDT/1:26 p.m. CDT , Southern Miss Offi ce Phone: ...... (901) 678-2397 Marshall WDGG-FM 93.7 Steve Cotton Cell Phone: ...... (901) 734-9951 2:33 EDT/1:33 p.m. CDT Kevin Sumlin, Houston Memphis WREC-AM 600 Dave Woloshin E-Mail: ...... [email protected] 2:40 EDT/1:40 p.m. CDT David Baliff, Rice Rice KGOW-FM 1560 David Saltzman Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] 2:47 EDT/1:47 p.m. CDT June Jones, SMU SMU KTCK-AM 1310 Rich Phillips 2:54 EDT/1:54 p.m. CDT Bob Toledo, Tulane Rice Chuck Pool 3:01 EDT/2:01 p.m. CDT Neil Callaway, UAB Southern Miss WXRR-FM 104.5 John Cox Offi ce Phone: ...... (713) 358-5775 3:08 EDT/2:08 p.m. CDT Mike Price, UTEP Tulane WIST-AM 690 Todd Graffagnini Cell Phone: ...... (832) 244-6476 3:15 EDT/2:15 p.m. CDT Bill Blankenship, Tulsa Tulsa KRMG-AM 740 Bruce Howard E-Mail: ...... [email protected] 3:22 EDT/2:22 p.m. CDT George O’Leary, UCF UAB WUHT-FM 107.7 David Crane Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] UCF WQTM-AM 740 Marc Daniels SMU Brad Sutton WEEKLY FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS UTEP KOFX-FM 92.3 Jon Teicher Offi ce Phone: ...... (214) 768-1651 C-USA will once again team with DragonFly Athletics to MARIA-AM 1650 Omar Ropele Cell Phone: ...... (214) 914-8705 provide C-USA football highlights this fall. E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] INSTRUCTIONS: C-USA WEBSITES 1. Locate the school/C-USA folder in the Folders col- Here are the offi cial websites for each Conference USA Southern Miss Jack Duggan umn school: Offi ce Phone: ...... (601) 266-6240 2. Click on arrow drop down button to see sport fold- Cell Phone: ...... (601) 596-5637 ers and subfolders (if applicable) to see available video East Carolina www.ECUPirates.com E-Mail: ...... [email protected] content. Available video fi les Houston www.UHCougars.com Secondary email: ...... [email protected] will appear in the Folders Content tab under the Files in Marshall www.HerdZone.com (Folder Name) column. Tulane Roger Dunaway 3. Select the video fi le you would like and then select Memphis www.GoTigersGo.com Offi ce Phone: ...... (504) 862-8240 Download Rice www.RiceOwls.com Cell Phone: ...... (504) 452-2906 3. Monitor the status of the downloading fi le by selecting SMU www.SMUMustangs.com E-Mail: ...... [email protected] the Transfers tab. The fi le will appear in the Downloads Southern Miss www.SouthernMiss.com Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] tab when download is complete. 4. Select Save to...under the downloaded fi le in the Tulane www.TulaneGreenWave.com Tulsa Don Tomkalski Downloads tab. Save fi le to your computer. Note: You Tulsa www.TulsaHurricane.com Offi ce Phone: ...... (918) 631-3200 will have to type the name that you want to save the fi le UAB www.UABSports.com Cell Phone: ...... (918) 640-0683 as (or re-type the actual fi le name), but the fi le exten- UCF www.UCFAthletics.com E-Mail: ...... [email protected] sion is remembered when you download a fi le. It will UTEP www.UTEPAthletics.com keep the same extension as the original fi le. UAB Norm Reilly Offi ce Phone: ...... (205) 934-0722 If you have technical questions, please contact Dragon- E-MAIL DISTRIBUTION Cell Phone: ...... (205) 936-1793 fl y Tech service at: 256-270-1163. Media may contact the Conference USA offi ce by phone E-Mail: ...... [email protected] (214-774-1300) or e-mail to be included on the league’s Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] e-mail lists for releases and information. Please contact UCF Brian Ormiston Russell Anderson ([email protected]) in the con- Offi ce Phone: ...... (407) 823-2409 Collegepressbox.com is the offi cial media website for Con- ference offi ce with requests or questions. Cell Phone: ...... (407) 920-1233 E-Mail: ...... [email protected] ference USA football. Access and download weekly game Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] notes, quotes, statistics, media guides and more for the conference and each of its 12 member schools throughout UTEP Angela Olivas the season. Login information will be distributed to accred- Offi ce Phone: ...... (915) 747-6652 Cell Phone: ...... (915) 204-0642 ited media or you can apply for a password by sending an E-Mail: ...... [email protected] e-mail to: [email protected] Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] 2011 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 12 September 5, 2011 C-USA EAST SCHEDULES/RESULTS

E AST CAROLINA S OUTHERN MISS (0-1, 0-0 C-USA) (1-0, 0-0 C-USA)

S3 vs. (12) South Carolina (Charlotte, N.C.) (FSN) L 37-56 0-1 S3 LOUISIANA TECH (FSN) W 19-17 1-0 S10 (11) VIRGINIA TECH (FSN) 3:30 p.m. S10 at Marshall (CSS) 2:30 p.m. S24 UAB 3:30 p.m. S17 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 6:00 p.m. O1 NORTH CAROLINA (CBSSN) 8:00 p.m. S24 at Virginia TBA O8 at Houston (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. O1 RICE (CSS) 6:30 p.m. O15 at Memphis 7:00 p.m. O8 at Navy (CBSSN) 2:30 p.m. O22 at Navy (CBSSN) 3:30 p.m. O22 SMU (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. O29 TULANE 3:30 p.m. O29 at UTEP (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. N5 SOUTHERN MISS (CSS) 4:00 p.m. N5 at East Carolina (CSS) 3:00 p.m. N12 at UTEP (TW El Paso) 8:05 p.m. N12 UCF (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. N19 UCF (FSN) TBA N17 at UAB (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. N26 at Marshall (CBSSN) 3:30 p.m. N26 MEMPHIS (CSS) 3:00 p.m. All times Central All times Eastern. C

M ARSHALL UAB (0-1, 0-0 C-USA) (0-0, 0-0 C-USA)

S4 at (24) West Virginia (ESPN) L 13-34 0-1 S10 at (18) Florida (FSN) 6:00 p.m. S10 SOUTHERN MISS (CSS) 3:30 p.m. S17 TULANE 3:00 p.m. S17 at Ohio (ESPN3.com) 7:00 p.m. S24 at East Carolina 2:30 p.m. S24 VIRGINIA TECH (CBSSN) 3:30 p.m. O1 at Troy TBA O1 at Louisville 3:30 p.m. O8 MISSISSIPPI STATE (FSN) 11:00 a.m. O8 at UCF (BHSN) 7:00 p.m. O15 at Tulsa (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. O15 RICE TBA O20 UCF (CSS) 7:00 p.m. O22 at Houston (CSS) 4:30 p.m. O29 at Marshall (CSS) 11:00 a.m. O29 UAB (CSS) Noon N5 HOUSTON (CBSSN) 6:00 p.m. N12 at Tulsa (FSN) TBA N12 at Memphis (CSS) 3:15 p.m. N17 at Memphis (FSN) 7:00 p.m. N17 SOUTHERN MISS (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. N26 EAST CAROLINA (CBSSN) 3:30 p.m. N26 at Florida Atlantic TBA All times Central All times Eastern

M EMPHIS UCF (0-1, 0-0 C-USA) (1-0, 0-0 C-USA)

S1 (20) MISSISSIPPI STATE (FSN) L 14-59 0-1 S3 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (BHSN) W 62-0 1-0 S10 at Arkansas State (ESPN3.com) 6:00 p.m. S10 BOSTON COLLEGE (CBSSN) 8:00 p.m. S17 AUSTIN PEAY 6:00 p.m. S17 at Florida International (ESPN3.com) 6:00 p.m. S24 SMU (FSN) 11:00 a.m. S23 at BYU (ESPN) 8:00 p.m. O1 at Middle Tennessee (ESPN3.com) 6:00 p.m. O8 MARSHALL (BHSN) 7:00 p.m. O8 at Rice (CSS) 11:30 a.m. O15 at SMU (FSN) TBA O15 EAST CAROLINA 6:00 p.m. O20 at UAB (CSS) 8:00 p.m. O22 at Tulane 2:30 p.m. O29 MEMPHIS (BHSN) 4:00 p.m. O29 at UCF (BHSN) 3:00 p.m. N3 TULSA (CBSSN) 8:00 p.m. N12 UAB (CSS) 3:15 p.m. N12 at Southern Miss (CBSSN) 8:00 p.m. N17 MARSHALL (FSN) 7:00 p.m. N19 at East Carolina (FSN) TBA N26 at Southern Miss (CSS) 3:00 p.m. N25 UTEP (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. All times Central All times Eastern 2011 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 13 September 5, 2011 C-USA WEST SCHEDULES/RESULTS

H OUSTON T ULANE (1-0, 0-0 C-USA) (1-0, 0-0 C-USA)

S3 UCLA (FSN) W 38-34 1-0 S3 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA W 47-33 1-0 S10 at North Texas (ESPN3.com) 6:00 p.m. S10 TULSA (CST) 2:30 p.m. S17 at Louisiana Tech (ESPN3.com) 6:00 p.m. S17 at UAB 3:00 p.m. S24 GEORGIA STATE (CSS) 7:00 p.m. S24 at Duke TBA S29 at UTEP (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. O1 at Army (CBSSN) 11:00 a.m. O8 EAST CAROLINA (CBSSN) 6:00 p.m. O8 SYRACUSE (CST) 7:00 p.m. O22 MARSHALL (CSS) 3:30 p.m. O15 UTEP 2:30 p.m. O27 RICE (FSN) 7:00 p.m. O22 MEMPHIS 2:30 p.m. N5 at UAB (CBSSN) 6:00 p.m. O29 at East Carolina 2:30 p.m. N10 at Tulane (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. N5 at SMU 2:00 p.m. N19 SMU (FSN) TBA N10 HOUSTON (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. N25 at Tulsa (FSN) 11:00 a.m. N19 at Rice 2:30 p.m. All times Central N26 at Hawai’i 10:00 p.m. All times Central

R ICE T ULSA (0-1, 0-0 C-USA) (0-1, 0-0 C-USA)

S3 at (24) Texas (Longhorn Network) L 9-34 0-1 S3 at (1) Oklahoma (FX) L 14-47 0-1 S10 PURDUE (CBSSN) 2:30 p.m. S10 at Tulane (CST) 2:30 p.m. S24 at Baylor (FSNSW) 6:00 p.m. S17 OKLAHOMA STATE (FSN) 9:00 p.m. O1 at Southern Miss (CSS) 6:30 p.m. S24 at Boise State (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. O8 MEMPHIS (CSS) 11:30 p.m. O1 NORTH TEXAS 6:00 p.m. O15 at Marshall TBA O15 UAB (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. O22 TULSA (FSN) TBA O22 at Rice (FSN) TBA O27 at Houston (FSN) 7:00 p.m. O29 SMU (FSN) 2:30 p.m. N5 UTEP (FSN) TBA N3 at UCF (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. N12 at Northwestern TBA N12 MARSHALL (FSN) TBA N19 TULANE 2:30 p.m. N19 at UTEP (TW El Paso) 7:05 p.m. N26 at SMU (FSN) TBA N25 HOUSTON (FSN) 11:00 a.m. All times Central All times Central

SMU UTEP (0-1, 0-0 C-USA) (1-0, 0-0 C-USA)

S4 at (8) Texas A&M (FSN) L 14-46 0-1 S3 STONY BROOK (TW El Paso) W 31-24 (ot) 1-0 S10 UTEP (FSN) 6:00 p.m. S10 at SMU (FSN) 5:00 p.m. S17 NORTHWESTERN STATE 7:00 p.m. S17 at New Mexico State 6:00 p.m. S24 at Memphis (FSN) 11:00 a.m. S24 at South Florida TBA O1 at TCU (CBSSN) 2:30 p.m. S29 HOUSTON (CBSSN) 6:00 p.m. O15 UCF (FSN) TBA O15 at Tulane 1:30 p.m. O22 at Southern Miss (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. O22 COLORADO STATE (TW El Paso) 7:05 p.m. O29 at Tulsa (FSN) 2:30 p.m. O29 SOUTHERN MISS (CBSSN) 6:00 p.m. N5 TULANE 2:00 p.m. N5 at Rice (FSN) TBA N12 NAVY (FSN) TBA N12 EAST CAROLINA (TW El Paso) 6:05 p.m. N19 at Houston (FSN) TBA N19 TULSA (TW El Paso) 6:05 p.m. N26 RICE (FSN) TBA N25 at UCF (CBSSN) 5:00 p.m. All times Central All times Mountain

2011 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 14 September 5, 2011 C-USA COMPOSITE SCHEDULE/RESULTS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 (20) Mississippi State 59, Memphis 14 Houston at UTEP (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. Tulsa at UCF (FSN) 7:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Houston 38, UCLA 34 Tulane at Army (CBSSN) 11:00 a.m. Tulane at SMU 2:00 p.m. Tulane 47, Southeastern Louisiana 33 Marshall at Louisville 2:30 p.m. Southern Miss at East Carolina (CSS) 3:00 p.m. UCF 62, Charleston Southern 0 SMU at TCU (CBSSN) 2:30 p.m. Houston at UAB (CBSSN) 6:00 p.m. Southern Miss 19, Louisiana Tech 17 Memphis at Middle Tennessee (ESPN3.com) 6:00 p.m. UTEP at Rice (FSN) TBA UTEP 31, Stony Brook 24 (ot) North Texas at Tulsa 6:00 p.m. (12) So. Carolina 56, East Carolina 37 (Charlotte) Rice at Southern Miss (CSS) 6:30 p.m. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 (24) Texas 34, Rice 9 North Carolina at East Carolina (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. Houston at Tulane (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. (1) Oklahoma 47, Tulsa 14 UAB at Troy TBA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 UAB at Memphis (CSS) 3:15 p.m. (24) West Virginia 34, Marshall 13 Mississippi State at UAB (FSN) 11:00 a.m. UCF at Southern Miss (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. (8) Texas A&M 46, SMU 14 Memphis at Rice (CSS) 11:30 p.m. East Carolina at UTEP (TW El Paso) 8:05 p.m. Southern Miss at Navy (CBSSN) 2:30 p.m. Marshall at Tulsa (TBA) TBA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Marshall at UCF (BHSN) 6:00 p.m. Rice at Northwestern TBA Southern Miss at Marshall (CSS) 2:30 p.m. East Carolina at Houston (CBSSN) 6:00 p.m. Navy at SMU (FSN) TBA Purdue at Rice (CBSSN) 2:30 p.m. Syracuse at Tulane (CST) 7:00 p.m. Tulsa at Tulane (CST) 2:30 p.m. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 (11) Virginia Tech at East Carolina (FSN) 2:30 p.m. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 Marshall at Memphis (FSN) 7:00 p.m. Houston at North Texas (ESPN3.com) 6:00 p.m. UTEP at Tulane 2:30 p.m. Southern Miss at UAB (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. Memphis at Arkansas State 6:00 p.m. East Carolina at Memphis (WITN) 6:00 p.m. UTEP at SMU (FSN) 6:00 p.m. UAB at Tulsa (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 UAB at (18) Florida (FSN) 6:00 p.m. Rice at Marshall TBA Tulsa at UTEP (TW El Paso) 2:05 p.m. Boston College at UCF (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. UCF at SMU (FSN) TBA Tulane at Rice 2:30 p.m. UCF at East Carolina (FSN) TBA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 SMU at Houston (FSN) TBA Tulane at UAB 3:00 p.m. UCF at UAB (CSS) 7:00 p.m. UCF at Florida International (ESPN3.com) 5:00 p.m. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Austin Peay at Memphis 6:00 p.m. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 Houston at Tulsa (FSN) 11:00 a.m. Marshall at Ohio (ESPN3.com) 6:00 p.m. East Carolina at Navy (CBSSN) 2:30 p.m. UTEP at UCF (CBSSN) 6:00 p.m. SE Louisiana at Southern Miss 6:00 p.m. Memphis at Tulane 2:30 p.m. Houston at Louisiana Tech (ESPN3.com) 6:00 p.m. Marshall at Houston (CSS) 3:30 p.m. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26 UTEP at New Mexico State 7:00 p.m. SMU at Southern Miss (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. East Carolina at Marshall (CBSSN) 2:30 p.m. Northwestern State at SMU 7:00 p.m. Colorado State at UTEP (TW El Paso) 8:05 p.m. Memphis at Southern Miss (CSS) 3:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Tulsa (FSN) 9:00 p.m. Tulsa at Rice (FSN) TBA Tulane at Hawai’i 10:00 p.m. Rice at SMU (FSN) TBA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27 UAB at Florida Atlantic TBA UCF at BYU (ESPN) 7:00 p.m. Rice at Houston (FSN) 7:00 p.m. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 C-USA Championship Game (ESPN 2) 11:00 a.m. SMU at Memphis (FSN) 11:00 a.m. UAB at Marshall (CSS) 11:00 a.m. UAB at East Carolina (WITN) 2:30 p.m. Tulane at East Carolina (WITN) 2:30 p.m. Virginia Tech at Marshall (CBSSN) 2:30 p.m. SMU at Tulsa (FSN) 2:30 p.m. Rice at Baylor (FSN) 6:00 p.m. Memphis at UCF (BHSN) 3:00 p.m. Conference games in bold. Georgia State at Houston (CSS) 7:00 p.m. Southern Miss at UTEP (TW El Paso) 7:00 p.m. All games and dates subject to change. Tulsa at Boise State (CBSSN) 7:00 p.m. All times Central. Southern Miss at Virginia TBA Tulane at Duke TBA UTEP at South Florida TBA