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FOOTBALL 2020 SEASON  Media Release (October 19, 2020) Contact: Russell Anderson  [email protected]  214.774.1300 STANDINGS East Division W-L Pct. H A Div. Pts. Opp. W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp. Marshall 2-0 1.000 0-0 2-0 1-0 73 31 4-0 1.000 2-0 2-0 149 38 Atlantic 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 1-0 21 17 1-0 .000 1-0 0-0 21 17 Charlotte 1-1 .500 0-0 1-1 0-1 66 42 1-2 .333 0-0 1-2 86 77 WKU 1-2 .333 0-1 1-1 1-1 48 92 1-4 .200 0-2 1-2 93 157 Middle 1-3 .250 0-2 1-1 1-1 118 137 1-5 .167 0-3 1-2 132 226 FIU 0-1 .000 0-1 0-0 0-1 28 31 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 62 67

West Division W-L Pct. H A Div. Pts. Opp. W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp. UAB 2-0 1.000 2-0 0-0 1-0 58 27 4-1 .800 3-0 1-1 159 103 Louisiana 2-1 .667 1-1 1-0 2-0 69 82 3-2 .600 2-1 1-1 149 165 UTSA 1-1 .500 0-0 0-1 0-1 50 56 3-3 .500 2-1 1-2 161 169 Southern Miss 1-1 .500 0-1 1-0 1-1 71 62 1-3 .250 0-3 1-0 116 160 North 1-2 .333 0-2 1-0 0-1 104 125 2-3 .400 1-3 1-0 196 221 Rice 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - UTEP 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 0-1 17 21 3-2 .600 2-0 1-2 92 113

RECENT RESULTS UPCOMING GAMES PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 OFFENSE UAB 37, WKU 14 Jacksonville State at FIU (ESPN3) 6 pm JASON BEAN, North Texas 52, Middle Tennessee 35 Louisiana-Lafayette at UAB (CBSSN) 7 pm R-Sophomore, QB, Mansfi eld, Texas Marshall 35, Louisiana Tech 17 Bean entered the game at Middle Tennessee with the Mean Green down 21-7 early in the second quarter and Army 28, UTSA 16 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 postponed accountied for 350 total yards and fi ve touchdowns in Southern Miss at UTEP UTEP at Charlotte (ESPN+) 11 am a little under three quarters, leading North Texas to FIU at Charlotte postponed Southern Miss at Liberty (ESPN3) 12 pm a 52-35 win. Bean completed 12-of-17 passes for 181 Florida Atlantic at (22) Marshall () 1:30 pm yards and a pair of touchdowns with no interceptions, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 Middle Tennessee at Rice (ESPN3) 2:30 pm while rushing 10 times for a career-high 169 yards and Middle Tennessee 31, FIU 28 Chattanooga at WKU (ESPN3) 3 pm three scores as the Mean Green outscored the Blue Louisiana Tech 21, UTEP 17 Louisiana Tech at UTSA (ESPNU) 7 pm Raiders 45-14 with Bean in the game. The 350 yards Marshall 38, WKU 14 accounted for 46% of North Texas’ total of 768 yards, Charlotte 49, North Texas 21 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 a new program record, and also the second-highest off ensive output in this season. (15) BYU 27, UTSA 20 Marshall at FIU (CBSSN) 6 pm Florida Atlantic at Southern Miss postponed DEFENSE UAB at Rice postponed SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 ELI NEAL, MARSHALL UTSA at Florida Atlantic (Stadium) 11 am Sophomore, LB, Memphis, Tennessee SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 North Texas at UTEP (CBSSN) 1 pm Neal was huge for the Thundering Herd in a 35-17 win UAB 21, UTSA 13 Rice at Southern Miss (ESPN3) 2 pm at Louisiana Tech Saturday, as he helped pace a de- Florida Atlantic 21, Charlotte 17 UAB at Louisiana Tech (Stadium) 2:30 pm fensive eff ort that limited the Bulldogs to just seven WKU 20, Middle Tennessee 17 Charlotte at Duke (ACC RSN) 6 pm yards rushing on 24 carries to go with a 1-for-10 clip Southern Miss 41, North Texas 31 WKU at BYU (ESPN) 9:15 pm on third down attempts. He recorded seven tackles Rice at Marshall postponed (three solo) with his fi rst interception and a tackle for loss. The interception came on Tech’s fi rst play from SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 scrimmage and his 11-yard return set up the Herd’s FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 Massachusetts at Marshall (TBA) 1:30 pm fi rst touchdown. He also combined with Jamare Ed- (22) BYU 45, Louisiana Tech 14 North Alabama at Southern Miss (ESPN3/+) 2 pm wards to stuff LA Tech RB Justin Henderson on the Charlotte at Middle Tenn. (ESPN3/+) 2:30 pm goal line as time expired to end the fi rst half. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 UTSA at Rice (ESPN3/+) 2:30 pm UTEP 31, Louisiana-Monroe 6 FIU at UTEP (ESPN3/+) 3:00 pm SPECIAL TEAMS Louisiana Tech 66, Baptist 38 WKU at Florida Atlantic (Stadium) 5:00 pm NIKIA EASON, JR., UAB R-Sophomore, OLB, Bessemer, Alabama Liberty 36, FIU 34 (CBSSN) LA Tech at North Texas 6:00 pm With UAB leading 24-14 early in the third quarter, Ea- Tulane 66, Southern Miss 24 son Jr. blocked a WKU punt which WR Ryan Davis Georgia State at Charlotte postponed returned 37 yards a touchdown to give the Blazers a South Florida at Florida Atlantic postponed Conference Games in Bold 31-14 advantage. The blocked punt busted the game North Texas at Houston canceled All Times Central wide open and it marked UAB’s fi rst blocked punt for a TD since 2018. He also had a sack and two tackles on defense. FOOTBALL 2020 SEASON  Media Release (October 19, 2020) Contact: Russell Anderson  [email protected]  214.774.1300 QUICK HITTERS A LOOK AT WEEK EIGHT KNOX’S NUMBERS passes for 204 yards and a TD. Darden’s 10 catches A pair of Friday night non-conference games and a Marshall junior RB Brenden Knox, the 2019 C-USA puts him at 202 for his career and into second place slate of six Saturday matchups makes up this week’s Most Valuable Player, continues his strong start in on the program’s all-time receptions list. schedule in C-USA. Four of the six Saturday games 2020. In Saturday’s 35-17 win at LA Tech, he ran 32 are league contests, including the season-opener for times for 125 yards and two touchdowns. Knox has IN A RUSH Rice. Games are spread throughout the day with the now topped 100 yards in 13 of his 22 career games. UTSA sophomore RB Sincere McCormick ran for fi rst kickoff at Noon CT and the fi nal one at 7 pm CT. In helping the Thundering Herd improve to 4-0, he 133 yards vs. Army on Saturday, his third 100-yard is averaging 113.9 yards per game with seven TDs. rushing game of the season. He continues to lead the FIU (0-2, 0-1 in C-USA) welcomes Jacksonville State With 2,420 yards in less than two full seasons he has FBS in rushing yards this season with 702 yards. to town for the fi rst of three Friday night home games moved into eighth place on MU’s all-time list. on the Panthers schedule (6 pm CT on ESPN3). FIU C-USA has four of the top 13 rushers in the country, has the top-ranked rushing off ense in the league, av- MARSHALL DEFENSE LOCKS DOWN as UAB senior RB Spencer Brown is 10th with 472 eraging 229.0 yards per game on the ground. Marshall ranks in the top fi ve nationally in scoring yards, Marshall r-junior RB Brenden Knox is 11th with defense (third-9.5 ppg), rushing defense (third-68.5 455 and North Texas senior RB DeAndre Torrey is UAB (4-1, 2-0 in C-USA) steps out of league play for ypg), and total defense (fi fth-272.8 ypg). The 13th with 444. a matchup with a Louisiana-Lafayette team (3-1, 2-1 Thundering Herd helped LA Tech to 1-of-10 on GETTING HIS KICKS in Sun Belt) that spent a month ranked in the Top 25 third-down conversions last Saturday and are now UTSA senior K made his only (7 pm CT on CBS Sports Network). The Blazers have ranked third nationally in that category, allowing just Hunter Duplessis fi eld goal attempt last Saturday vs. Army to extend won three in a row, allowing a total of just 37 points 10 conversions in 47 attempts (21.3%) this season. his nation-leading streak of consecutive fi eld goals over that span. Marshall has forced seven turnovers in four games. made to 21. Duplessis leads the FBS with 12 fi eld Both Charlotte (1-2, 1-1 in C-USA) and UTEP (3-2, WHAT BROWN HAS DONE AT UAB goals made on the season. 0-1 in C-USA) enter this week’s game following un- Senior RB Spencer Brown has increased his school- Consecutive Field Goals Made (active) expected off weekends due to COVID-19 postpone- record career total to 3,594 rushing yards, second Hunter Duplessis, UTSA 21 ments (11 am CT on ESPN+). This will be the home among all active rushers in the FBS (behind Clem- Blake Haubell, State 10 opener for the 49ers, while the Miners will play their son’s Travis Etienne), and he has moved into the top Quinn Nordin, 10 third straight road game. 15 in C-USA history at No. 14. Brown is also UAB’s ca- reer leader in rushing touchdowns with 37. In 2020, UTEP D MUCH IMPROVED Southern Miss (1-3, 1-1 in C-USA) has seen back-to- Brown’s 472 total rushing yards rank 10th among all Improvement on defense has been a big key for back games postponed due to COVID- 19-related is- FBS players. sues, but are ready to get in action at Liberty (5-0) UTEP this season. The Miners are third in C-USA and on Saturday (12 pm CT on ESPN3). The Golden Ea- BLAZERS DEFENSE ON FIRE 16th nationally in total defense, allowing 326.0 yards gles are second in C-USA in passing, averaging 278.0 per game. That fi gure is down from an average of UAB has won three straight games and have yielded yards per game, but will be challenged by a Liberty 430.8 yaqrds per game in 2019. UTEP is allowing 22.6 just 37 total points during that span. The Blazers lead team that ranks sixth in the FBS against the pass. points per game this season, which is down from C-USA and rank fi fth nationally in pass defense, al- 35.6 last season. if you remove the one-sided loss at lowing 154.2 yards through the air per game. UAB Conference USA’s two unbeaten teams will square Texas (59-3), that fi gure drops to 13.5 per game. held WKU to just 1-of-12 on third down last Saturday off when Florida Atlantic (1-0, 1-0 in C-USA) makes and has held its opponents to just 6-of-37 (16.2%) in the trip to No. 22 Marshall (4-0, 2-0 in C-USA) in THE PRICE IS RIGHT that category over the last three games. The Blazers Huntington, (1:30 pm CT on Stadium). FIU senior RB D’vonte Price has topped the 100-yard are 10th nationally in opponent 3rd down conversion The last time the Owls lost a game was last October mark in each of the fi rst two games of the season, percentage at 28.4. when the Thundering Herd came to Boca Raton and marking his fi rst career back-to-back 100-yard left with a 36-31 victory. Both teams are averaging eff orts. He followed up a career-high 148 yards in the more than 210 yards per game on the ground. MEAN GREEN MOVING IT opener at Liberty with 112 yards on 13 carries on Oct. In last week’s 52-35 win at Middle Tennessee, North 10 vs. Middle Tennessee along with a touchdown. Rice is set to gets its season underway when it meets Texas fi nished the game with a program-record 768 In two games he has 26 carries for 260 yards (10.0 Middle Tennessee (1-5, 1-3 in C-USA) for the fi rst time total yards, producing 407 yards in the fi rst half yards per carry) and three scores. (2:30 pm CT on ESPN3). This will be the fi rst meet- alone. It was the second time this season the Mean ing between the schools in Houston. The Owls look Green have set this mark (721 in the season-opening WINNING IN PARADISE to build on the three-game winning streak they had win over Houston Baptist). The Mean Green rushed Florida Atlantic scored 21 straight points in the third to close out the 2020 season, while the Blue Raiders for 462 yards and threw for 306, marking the sec- quarter to post a 21-17 win over Charlotte in the Owls’ seek a return to the win column for the second time ond time ever they have rushed and passed for 300 season opener on Oct. 3. FAU has now won eight in three weeks. yards in a game, matching the eff ort from the Hous- consecutive games and has the third-longest active ton Baptist win on Sept. 5. The 768 yards were the winning streak in the FBS. Only Notre Dame (10) and WKU (1-4, 1-2 in C-USA) will look to get back on track third-highest total in C-USA history and moed North Air Force (9) have a longer active win streak. when the Hilltoppers’ face Chattanooga (0-0) in the Teexas to second in the FBS in total off ense with an Mocs only game of the fall (3 pm CT on ESPN3). average of 593.2 yards per game. RIMINGTON TROPHY CANDIDATES A pair of teams coming off tough losses last week UNT had three 100-yard rushers against Middle Ten- Conference USA is represented by eight standouts meet in when West Division rivals Loui- nessee in redshirt sophomore QB Jason Bean (169), for the Rimington Trophy, given to the nation’s top siana Tech (3-2, 2-1 in C-USA) and UTSA (3-3, 1-1 in senior RB Deandre Torrey (143) and redshirt junior center: C-USA) renew acquaintances for the ninth straight RB Tre Siggers (101). Bean’s 169 yards were the fi fth- season (7 pm CT on ESPNU). most by a QB in C-USA history. Jaelin Fisher, R-Sr., Charlotte Shane McGough, R-Sr., FIU CHECKING THE POLLS DYNAMIC DARDEN Nick Weber, R-Jr., Florida Atlantic Marshall (4-0) returned to the top 25 in both polls North Texas senior WR Jaelon Darden currently Kody Russey, R-Sr., Louisiana Tech following the win at Louisiana Tech. The Thunder- leads the FBS in receptions (46), receiving yards Andrew Smith, Jr., R-Sr., UAB ing Herd are No. 22 in the Associated Press poll and (489) and receiving touchdowns (10). In the win at Andrew Meyer, R-So., UTEP No. 25 in the Amway Coaches rankings. UAB (4-1) is Middle Tennessee last Saturday, he posted his second Ahofi tu Maka, Jr., UTSA receiving votes in each poll. straight 200+-yard receiving game, grabbing 10 Seth Joest, R-Sr., WKU FOOTBALL 2020 SEASON  Media Release (October 19, 2020) Contact: Russell Anderson  [email protected]  214.774.1300 QUICK HITTERS

C-USA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME O5 Leighton McCarthy, LB, Florida Atlantic FIRST TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS O12 Tavante Beckett, LB, Marshall CHANGES DATE K Ethan Mooney, Jr., North Texas O19 Eli Neal, LB, Marshall The date of the 2020 Ryan C-USA Football Cham- P John Haggerty, r-Sr., WKU O26 pionship has been changed to Friday, December 18. KR Deion Hair-Griffi n, R-Jr., North Texas N2 Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT and the PR Talik Keaton, R-So., Marshall N9 game will be televised by CBS Sports Network. LS Reeves Blankenship, Jr., Louisiana Tech N16 N23 The shift of the Championship Game from its origi- UAB’S HOME COOKING N30 nally scheduled December 5th date will create two UAB defeated WKU, 37-14 on Oct. 17 to extend its additional weeks to schedule games that were post- Conference USA-record home winning streak to SPECIAL TEAMS poned due to COVID-19-related issues. Dates and 21 games (the old record was 18). Now tied for the S7 Matt Quinn, K, UAB matchups for those re-scheduled games will be an- third-longest active streak in the FBS, the Blazers S14 Hunter Duplessis, K, UTSA nounced at a later date. have not lost at since the program S21 Jacob Barnes, K, Louisiana Tech resumed action in 2017. UAB’s next home game S28 Lexington Joseph, KR, FIU CAMPBELL TROPHY SEMIFINALISTS is scheduled for Oct. 23 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette. O5 Brayden Narveson, K, WKU O12 Duron Lowe, KR, UTEP Conference USA is represented by eight standouts LONGEST CURRENT FBS HOME WIN STREAKS O19 Nikia Eason Jr., OLB, UAB from eight diff erent schools as the semifi nalists for 25 Clemson O26 the 2020 William V. Campbell Trophy: 22 Notre Dame N2 21 UAB N9 Tyriq Harris, Sr., DE, Charlotte 20 Ohio State N16 John Mitchell, Sr., WR, Florida Atlantic 16 N23 Jordan Young, Sr., LB, Old Dominion N30 Blaze Alldredge, Sr., LB, Rice Jack Abraham, Sr., QB, Southern Miss MU’S BECKETT NATIONAL POW WORKING OVERTIME Jacob Fuqua, Sr., LS, UAB After registering 16 tackles, forcing a fumble and leading a defense that held No. 23 Appalachian State Here’s a look at C-USA overtime games in 2020 and Hunter Duplessis, Sr., K, UTSA all-time. Steven Witchoskey, TE, WKU to its lowest rushing total in six years during a 17-7 win over the Mountaineers, Marshall redshirt senior 2020 C-USA Overtimes PRESEASON ALL-C-USA LB Tavante Beckett earned the Bronko Nagurski Na- S12 UTSA 51, at Texas State 48 (2ot) tional Defensive Player of the Week honor for games SELECTIONS during the weekend of Sept. 19. Overtime Records - 1996-2020 (as selected by the league’s head coaches) Teams All Games C-USA Games Charlotte 1-3 1-1 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR TWO C-USA BOWLS POSTPONED Brenden Knox, R-Jr., RB, Marshall ESPN Events announced on Oct. 2 that it will can- FIU 4-5 0-1 cel two of its 17 postseason college football bowl Florida Atlantic 2-5 0-1 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR games for the 2020 season. The and Louisiana Tech 3-8 1-2 DeAngelo Malone, Sr., DE, WKU the , which were both set to be played in Marshall 7-5 5-4 December, have been cancelled due to the current Middle Tennessee 5-5 3-2 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR health pandemic and travel restrictions. C-USA was North Texas 2-2 1-0 John Haggerty, Sr., P, WKU scheduled to partcipate in each game this season, Old Dominion 1-0 1-0 but will be a part of other ESPN Events bowl games Rice 6-6 3-2 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE as part of the league’s seven guaranteed bowl selec- Southern Miss 5-7 4-7 QB Jack Abraham, R-Sr., Southern Miss tions in 2020. UAB 4-7 4-3 RB Justin Henderson, Sr., Louisiana Tech UTEP 7-5 4-2 RB Brenden Knox, Jr., Marshall PLAYERS OF THE WEEK UTSA 3-2 1-1 OL D’Antne Demery, Sr., FIU WKU 7-3 3-1 OL Desmond Noel, R-Sr., Florida Atlantic C-USA names Players of the Week each Monday dur- OL Kody Russey, Sr., Louisiana Tech ing the season. The awards are voted on by a media OL Cain Madden, R-Sr., Marshall panel with one representative in each league city. EAST VS. WEST OL Jordan Meredith, Sr., WKU OFFENSE Here’s a look at how the cross-division games have TE Jason Pirtle, R-Sr., North Texas S7 Grant Wells, QB, Marshall fared since C-USA went to two divisons in 2005: WR Jaelon Darden, Sr., North Texas S14 Sincere McCormick, RB, UTSA WR Tim Jones, Sr., Southern Miss S21 Frank Harris, QB, UTSA 2020: West 3, East 2 WR Austin Watkins Jr., R-Sr., UAB S28 Luke Anthony, QB, Louisiana Tech 2019: East 10, West 5 O5 Tyrrell Pigrome, QB, WKU 2018: East 9, West 6 FIRST TEAM DEFENSE O12 Aaron McAllister, RB, Charlotte 2017: East 9, West 6 DL Markees Watts, Jr., Charlotte O19 Jason Bean, QB, North Texas 2016: East 10, West 7 DL Willie Baker, R-Sr., Louisiana Tech O26 2015: East 9, West 8 DL Dion Novil, Sr., North Texas N2 2014: West 9, East 8 DL Jordan Smith, R-Jr., UAB N9 2013: West 10, East 5 DL DeAngelo Malone, Sr., WKU N16 2012: West 10, East 9 LB Tavante Beckett, R-Sr., Marshall N23 2011: West 11, East 8 LB Blaze Alldredge, Sr., Rice N30 2010 East 10, West 9 LB Kristopher Moll, Sr., UAB DEFENSE 2009 East 13, West 6 DB Ben DeLuca, Sr., Charlotte S7 KD Davis, LB, North Texas 2008 West 10, East 9 DB Nazeeh Johnson, R-Sr., Marshall S14 Tyler Murray, LB, Charlotte 2007 East 14, West 5 DB Reed Blankenship, Sr., Middle Tennessee S21 Tavante Beckett, LB, Marshall 2006 West 13, East 6 DB Ky’el Hemby, R-Sr., Southern Miss S28 Jamal Ligon, LB, UTSA 2005 East 12, West 7 FOOTBALL 2020 SEASON  Media Release (October 19, 2020) Contact: Russell Anderson  [email protected]  214.774.1300 QUICK HITTERS/BROADCAST INFORMATION/CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION MANNING AWARD STARS OF THE tional linear television or via streaming. WEEK C-USA games will be available this fall via CBS Sports Here’s a look at the C-USA quarterbacks that have Network, Stadium, and ESPN Networks. The majority been named Manning Award Stars of the Week this of these exposures will take place on Saturday, with season: select Thursday and Friday night telecasts also being S8 Grant Wells, Marshall featured. S8 Jason Bean, North Texas S8 Tyler Johnston III, UAB Some non-conference C-USA games will also be S8 Gavin Hardison, UTEP made available as part of other conferences televi- S14 Frank Harris, UTSA sion agreements. Those games will continue to be S21 Luke Anthony, Louisiana Tech added to the schedule this fall as part of those agree- S28 Bryson Lucero, UAB O12 Asher O’Hara, Middle Tennessee ments. O19 Jason Bean, North Texas The 2020 C-USA Championship game, slated for De- cember, will air on CBS Sports Network. Kickoff time DAVEY O’BRIEN AWARD GREAT 8 will be announced at a later date. Here are the C-USA QB’s named to the Davey O‘Brien Award Great 8 list this season: Additional Conference USA football broadcast exposures will be released as soon as they are S14 Frank Harris, UTSA fi nalized. Please note that all dates and times are 2020 RYAN CONFERENCE USA S28 Luke Anthony, Louisiana Tech subject to change. FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME O19 Jason Bean, North Texas Conference USA will host its 16th annual football ABOUT CBS SPORTS NETWORK CBS Sports Network, the 24-hour home of CBS championship game in 2020. LOU GROZA AWARD STARS OF Sports, is available through all major cable, satellite THE WEEK and telco distributors as well as via OTT streaming The event will be played in December and will be C-USA kickers that have been named Lou Groza service providers YouTube TV, fuboTV, DirecTV and televised by CBS Sports Network. The team with the Award Stars of the Week this season: . Additionally, a live CBS Sports Network stream highest league winning percentage will serve as host is available through CBSSports.com and the CBS site for the game. O19 Matt Quinn, UAB Sports App with select providers. For more informa- tion, including a full programming schedule, go to The title game will feature champions from the MACKEY AWARD TIGHT END OF www.cbssportsnetwork.com. East and West divisions of the league. Ten diff er- THE WEEK ent schools have hosted the fi rst 15 championship C-USA tight ends that have been named the Mackey ABOUT STADIUM games. Award Tight End of the Week this season: Stadium is the original multi-platform sports net- work featuring exclusive live and on-demand games Year Champion (C-USA Record) and events, extensive highlights, classic games, 2019 Florida Atlantic (7-1) RAY GUY AWARD NATIONAL original programming, and daily live studio program- 2018 UAB (7-1) PUNTER OF THE WEEK ming. Stadium includes a 24/7 linear feed distrib- 2017 Florida Atlantic (8-0) uted across both digital and broadcast platforms, as 2016 WKU (7-1) C-USA punters that have been named the Ray Guy well as a comprehensive array of on-demand (VOD) 2015 WKU (8-0) Award Tight End of the Week this season: digital content including additional live games and events. To learn more, visit: http://watchstadium. 2014 Marshall (7-1) S15 John Haggerty, WKU 2013 Rice (7-1) O6 Lucas Dean, UTSA com/ 2012 Tulsa (7-1) 2011 Southern Miss (7-1) HORNUNG AWARD HONOR ROLL ABOUT ESPN+ 2010 UCF (7-1) C-USA two-way performers that have been named ESPN+ is the industry-leading sports streaming ser- 2009 East Carolina (6-2) to the Hornung Award honor roll this season: vice from Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer and Interna- 2008 East Carolina (6-2) tional (DTCI) segment and ESPN. Launched in April 2007 UCF (7-1) 2018, ESPN+ has grown to 8.5 million subscribers, of- 2006 Houston (7-1) ATHLON’S WEEKLY AWARDS fering fans in the U.S. thousands of live sports events, 2005 Tulsa (6-2) C-USA players and coaches honored by Athlon’s original programming not available on ESPN’s linear Sports this season: TV or digital networks, as well as premium editorial content. C-USA TIEBREAKER FRESHMAN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Home fi eld for the Ryan C-USA Championship Game S21 Tyler Grubbs, LB, Louisiana Tech S28 Jamal Ligon, LB, UTSA Fans subscribe to ESPN+ for just $5.99 a month (or will be awarded to the team that posts the highest $49.99 per year) at ESPNplus.com, ESPN.com or on regular season winning percentage against confer- DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR the ESPN App (mobile and connected devices). It is ence opposition. The fi rst tiebreaker is the winner of S21 Brad Lambert, Marshall also available as part of The Disney Bundle off er that a head-to-head match-up. Additional tie-breakers gives subscribers access to Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu are in place if the teams did not meet. (ad-supported) — all for just $12.99/month. C-USA BROADCAST INFORMATION Conference USA has announced its initial broadcast schedule for the 2020 football season. The current confi rmed schedule features games to air nationally by the league’s primary partners and every C-USA football game is expected to be available on tradi- FOOTBALL 2020 SEASON  Media Release (October 19, 2020) Contact: Russell Anderson  [email protected]  214.774.1300 CONFERENCE USA BOWL PARTNERS C-USA BOWL SYNOPSIS Remaining selections (either 4 or 5 per sea- C-USA and the Conference USA has announced the league’s son) from this group: bowl lineup that will span the six-year cycle As a member of the College Football Playoff , from 2020-25. Lockheed Martin Conference USA will be a part of one of the (Fort Worth, Texas) CFP bowls if it produces the highest rated The conference is guaranteed seven bowl ap- www.armedforcesbowl.com champion from among the American Athletic, C-USA, Mid-American, Mountain West and Sun pearances in each year of the new cycle and TicketSmarter will have associations with up to 16 diff erent (Birmingham, Alabama) Belt Conferences. bowls. ticketsmarterbirminghambowl.com The Playoff During the 2014-15 season, college football As part of the new bowl cycle, C-USA will annu- (Boca Raton, Florida) ally send teams to the Bahamas Bowl against thebocaratonbowl.com entered a new era when postseason playoff s a Mid-American Conference opponent, and to began. The format is simple: top four teams, the R+L Carriers Bowl, against a Camellia Bowl two semifi nals played in bowl games, and a (Montgomery, Alabama) national championship game played in a diff er- school. The league has camelliabowl.com participated in all six Bahamas Bowls and has ent city each year. Each semifi nal will be played placed a team in the 14 during the New Year’s holiday with the national times in its fi rst 18 years. (Orlando, Florida) championship game in prime time on a Mon- curebowl.com day night at least a week later.

As previously announced, the league will The Selection Committee continue its relationship with the Radiance (, Massachusetts) mlb.com/redsox/fenway-bowl A selection committee will choose the four Technologies . C-USA is teams for the playoff based on their perfor- guaranteed to send a team to the Shreveport, SERVPRO mance during the regular season, including, Louisiana-based bowl in 2021 and 2025, while (, Texas) fi rstresponderbowl.com strength of schedule, head-to-head results, holding a secondary agreement with the bowl championships won, and other factors. The in the other years of the cycle. Tropical Smoothie Cafe teams will be seeded so that No. 1 will play No. (Frisco, Texas) 4 in one semifi nal and No. 2 will meet No. 3 in C-USA will also continue its long-standing thefriscobowl.com the other, with the two winners advancing to relationship with the SoFi Hawai’i Bowl. The the national championship game. league is set to participate in the - (Tampa, Florida) based game in 2020, 2022 and 2024. gasparillabowl.com The Rotation The semifi nals will rotate among six diff erent The conference’s remaining guaranteed selec- LendingTree Bowl (Mobile, Alabama) bowls, extending the experience to more fans. tions in the cycle (either four or fi ve per sea- lendingtreebowl.com In the years when the bowls are not hosting son) will include the LendingTree Bowl (Mobile, semifi nals, the bowls will feature eight other Alabama) or from among 11 games which are teams in four compelling matchups. owned and operated by ESPN Events. (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) myrtlebeachbowlgame.com For the 2020-21 season, the Goodyear Cotton Bowl (Dec. 30), Chick-fi l-A (Jan. Guaranteed selections each season: (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1), PlayStation (Jan. 2) and Capital Bahamas Bowl newmexicobowl.com One (Jan. 2), will host its regular (Nassau, Bahamas) There is no set selection order among C-USA’s bowl games, while the Rose pre- www.bahamasbowl.com bowl partners. sented by Northwestern Mutual (Jan. 1) and Allstate (Jan. 1) will host semifi nals. R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl The College Football Championship will be (New Orleans, Louisiana) held on Monday, Jan. 11 in , Florida. www.neworleansbowl.org

Guaranteed selections selected seasons: SoFi Hawai’i Bowl (Honolulu, Hawai’i) - 2020, 2022, 2024 www.thehawaiibowl.com

Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl (Shreveport, Louisiana) – 2021, 2025 www.radiancetechnologiesindependencebowl. com

(NOTE: On Oct.2, ESPN Events announced that the Bahamas Bowl and the Hawaii Bowl, which were both set to be played in December, have been can- celled due to the current health pandemic and travel restrictions). FOOTBALL 2020 SEASON  Media Release (October 19, 2020) Contact: Russell Anderson  [email protected]  214.774.1300 MEDIA INFORMATION C-USA FOOTBALL SID CONTACTS WEEKLY FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS RADIO STATIONS Here is the information for each C-USA football SID: Video highlights from all 14 Conference USA Foot- Below is the fl agship radio station for each Confer- ball teams will be available this season through ence USA football school: Charlotte Tom Whitestone Box, a video exchange service. Each school will Offi ce Phone: ...... (704) 687-1022 update 5 minutes of footage per week by late School Station Signal PxP Cell Phone: ...... (980) 253-4951 Monday morning for media outlets to download Charlotte ESPN Radio AM 730 Matt Swierad E-Mail: ...... [email protected] and use. Schools may also post additional footage ESPN Radio FM 97.5 Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] FIU WAXY-AM 790 AJ Ricketts at times during the week. FIU Tyson Rodgers Florida Atlantic 640 Ken LaVicka Offi ce Phone: ...... (305) 348-2084 Please contact the C-USA media relations depart- Louisiana Tech KXKZ-FM 107.5 Dave Nitz Cell Phone: ...... (662) 418-2982 ment for more information. Marshall WDGG-FM 93.7 Steve Cotton E-Mail: ...... tyson.rodgers@fi u.edu Middle Tenn. WPRT-FM 102.5 Chip Walters North Texas KHYI-FM 95.3 Florida Atlantic Katrina McCormack KGAF-AM 1580 Offi ce Phone: ...... (561) 297-3161 COACHES’ TELECONFERENCE Rice Sports Map-FM 94.1 J.P. Heath Cell Phone: ...... (561) 251-5588 The only scheduled C-USA Coaches teleconfer- Southern Miss WXRR-FM 104.5 John Cox E-Mail: ...... [email protected] ence during the 2020 season will be held on Tues- UAB WJOX-FM 94.5 David Crane Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] day, December 1 and will feature the head coaches UTEP ESPN Radio 600 Jon Teicher Louisiana Tech Ashley Springer of the two teams participating in the 2020 C-USA UTSA KTKR-AM 760 Andy Everett KBUC-FM 92.5/93.3 (alternate) Offi ce Phone: ...... (318) 257-5071 Football Championship Game. WKU WKLX-FM 100.7 Randy Lee Cell Phone: ...... (318) 265-1472 WWKU-AM 1450 E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Most Conference USA schools will be making Marshall Jason Corriher their weekly press conferences available to me- Offi ce Phone: ...... (304) 696-4660 dia members via video calls. Please contact each C-USA WEBSITES Cell Phone: ...... (740) 331-1497 E-Mail: ...... [email protected] individual school for links and more information. Here are the offi cial websites for each C-USA school:

Middle Tennessee Mark Owens Charlotte www.Charlotte49ers.com Offi ce Phone: (615) 898-2450 E-MAIL DISTRIBUTION FIU www.FIUSports.com Cell Phone: ...... (615) 631-9520 Florida Atlantic www.FAUSports.com E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Media may contact the Conference USA offi ce by Louisiana Tech www.LATechSports.com phone (214-774-1300) or e-mail to be included on North Texas Jordan Stepp Marshall www.HerdZone.com the league’s e-mail lists for releases and informa- Offi ce Phone: (940) 369-8329 Middle Tennessee www.GoBlueRaiders.com Cell Phone: ...... (805) 551-8648 tion. North Texas www.MeanGreenSports.com E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Old Dominion www.ODUSports.com Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Statistics are updated on Sundays, weekly releas- Rice www.RiceOwls.com es on Mondays, game previews on Tuesdays and Old Dominion Eric Bohannon Southern Miss www.SouthernMiss.com Offi ce Phone: ...... (757) 683-3374 press conference quotes on Mondays and Tues- UAB www.UABSports.com Cell Phone: ...... (757) 375-0244 days. UTEP www.UTEPAthletics.com E-Mail: ...... [email protected] UTSA www.GoUTSA.com Please contact Russell Anderson (rdanderson@c- WKU www.WKUSports.com Rice Chuck Pool Offi ce Phone: ...... (713) 358-5775 usa.org) in the conference offi ce with requests or Cell Phone: ...... (832) 244-6476 questions. E-Mail: ...... [email protected] C-USA FEEDS Secondary Email: ...... [email protected] Here are the Twitter feeds for each C-USA school: Southern Miss Jack Duggan COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM Offi ce Phone: ...... (601) 266-6240 Charlotte @CharlotteFTBL Cell Phone: ...... (601) 596-5637 Collegepressbox.com is the offi cial media website for FIU @FIUFootball E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Conference USA football. Access and download weekly Florida Atlantic @FAU_Football Secondary Email: ...... [email protected] game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides and more Louisiana Tech @LATechFB Marshall @HerdFB UAB Ted Feeley for the conference and each of its 14 member schools Offi ce Phone: ...... (205) 934-0730 Middle Tennessee @MT_FB throughout the season. Login information will be dis- Cell Phone: ...... (205) 704-4147 North Texas @MeanGreenFB E-Mail: ...... [email protected] tributed to accredited media or you can apply for a Old Dominion @ODUFootball password by sending an e-mail to: password@colleg- Rice @RiceFootball UTEP Anna Claire Thomas epressbox.com. Southern Miss @SouthernMissFB Offi ce Phone: ...... (915) 747-6653 Cell Phone: ...... (318) 331-3813 UAB @UAB_FB E-Mail: ...... [email protected] UTEP @UTEPFB Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] UTSA @UTSAFTBL WKU @WKUFootball UTSA Kyle Stephens Offi ce Phone: ...... (210) 458-4551 Cell Phone: ...... (210) 887-3636 E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected]

WKU Bryan Fyalkowski Offi ce Phone: ...... (270) 745-5388 Cell Phone: ...... (412) 335-2675 E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] FOOTBALL 2020 SEASON  Media Release (October 19, 2020) Contact: Russell Anderson  [email protected]  214.774.1300 WEST DIVISION SCHEDULES/RESULTS

LOUISIANA TECH (3-2, 2-1 C-USA) UAB (4-1, 2-0 C-USA)

DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME S12 at Baylor (FOX) (postponed) S3 (Thu.) CENTRAL ARKANSAS (ESPN3) W 45-35 1-0 S19 at Southern Miss (ESPN2) W 31-30 1-0 S10 (Thu.) at Miami (ACC Network) L 14-31 1-1 S26 HOUSTON BAPTIST (ESPN3) W 66-38 2-0 S24 (Thu.) at South Alabama (ESPN) W 42-10 2-1 O2 (Fri.) at (22) BYU (ESPN2) L 14-45 2-1 O3 UTSA (Stadium) W 21-13 3-1 O10 UTEP (ESPN2) W 21-17 3-1 O10 at Rice (postponed) O17 MARSHALL (CBSSN) L 17-35 3-2 O17 WKU (Stadium) W 37-14 4-1 O24 at UTSA (ESPNU) 7:00p O23 (Fri.) LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE (CBSSN) 7:00p O31 UAB (Stadium) 2:30p O31 at Louisiana Tech (Stadium) 2:30p N7 at North Texas (CBSSN) 6:00p N14 NORTH TEXAS (Stadium) 2:00p N14 RICE (ESPN3/+) 2:30p N21 at UTEP (ESPN3/+) 3:00p N21 vs. ULM (in Shreveport) (Stadium) 3:00p N27 (Fri.) SOUTHERN MISS (CBSSN) 11:30a N28 at FIU (ESPN3/+) 11:00a All times are Central and subject to change All times are Central and subject to change

UTEP (3-2, 0-1 C-USA) NORTH TEXAS (2-3, 1-2 C-USA) DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME S5 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (ESPN3) W 24-14 1-0 S5 HOUSTON BAPTIST (ESPN3) W 57-31 1-0 S12 at (14) Texas (LHN) L 3-59 1-1 S19 SMU (CBSSN) L 35-65 1-1 S19 ABILENE CHRISTIAN (ESPN3) W 17-13 2-1 S26 at Houston (ESPN+) (canceled) S26 at ULM (ESPN2) W 31-6 3-1 O3 SOUTHERN MISS (Stadium) L 31-41 1-2 O10 at Louisiana Tech (ESPN2) L 17-21 3-2 O10 CHARLOTTE (ESPNU) L 21-49 1-3 O17 SOUTHERN MISS (ESPN2) 5:30p O17 at Middle Tennessee (Stadium) W 52-35 2-3 O24 at Charlotte (ESPN+) 10:00a O31 at UTEP (CBSSN) 1:00p O31 NORTH TEXAS (CBSSN) 2:00p N7 LOUISIANA TECH (CBSSN) 6:00p N7 FIU (ESPN3/+) 2:00p N14 at UAB (Stadium) 2:00p N14 at UTSA (ESPN3/+) 1:00p N21 RICE (ESPN3/+) 1:00p N21 UAB (ESPN3/+) 2:00p N28 at UTSA (Stadium) 2:00p N28 at Rice (ESPN3/+) 11:00a All times are Central and subject to change All times are Mountain and subject to change

RICE (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) UTSA (3-3, 1-1 C-USA)

DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME O3 at Marshall (postponed) S12 at Texas State (ESPN2) W 51-48 (2ot) 1-0 O10 UAB (postponed) S19 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (ESPN2) W 24-10 2-0 O24 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (ESPN3) 2:30p S25 (Fri.) MIDDLE TENNESSEE (CBSSN) W 37-35 3-0 O31 at Southern Miss (ESPN3) 2:00p O3 at UAB (Stadium) L 13-21 3-1 N7 UTSA (ESPN3/+) 2:30p O10 at (15) BYU (ESPN2) L 20-27 3-2 N14 at Louisiana Tech (ESPN3/+) 2:30p O17 ARMY (CBSSN) L 16-28 3-3 N21 at North Texas (ESPN3/+) 1:00p O24 LOUISIANA TECH (ESPNU) 7:00p N28 UTEP (ESPN3/+) 12:00p O31 at Florida Atlantic (Stadium) 12:00p N7 at Rice (ESPN3/+) 2:30p All times are Central and subject to change N14 UTEP (ESPN3/+) 2:00p N21 at Southern Miss (ESPN3/+) 2:00p N28 NORTH TEXAS (Stadium) 2:00p SOUTHERN MISS (1-3, 1-1 C-USA) All times are Central and subject to change

DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME S3 (Thu.) SOUTH ALABAMA (CBSSN) L 21-32 0-1 S19 LOUISIANA TECH (ESPN2) L 30-31 0-2 S26 TULANE (Stadium) L 24-66 0-3 O3 at North Texas (Stadium) W 41-31 1-3 O10 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (Stadium) (postponed) O17 at UTEP (ESPN2) 6:30p O24 at Liberty (ESPN3) 12:00p O31 RICE (ESPN3) 2:00p N7 NORTH ALABAMA (ESPN3/+) 2:00p N14 at WKU (CBSSN) 2:30p N21 UTSA (ESPN3/+) 2:00p N27 (Fri.) at UAB (CBSSN) 11:30a All times are Central and subject to change FOOTBALL 2020 SEASON  Media Release (October 19, 2020) Contact: Russell Anderson  [email protected]  214.774.1300 EAST DIVISION SCHEDULES/RESULTS

CHARLOTTE (1-2, 1-1 C-USA) MIDDLE TENNESSEE (1-5, 1-3 C-USA)

DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME S12 at Appalachian State (ESPN2) L 20-35 0-1 S5 at Army (CBSSN) L 0-42 0-1 S19 at (11) (ACC RSN) (canceled) S19 TROY (ESPN) L 14-47 0-2 S26 GEORGIA STATE (ESPNU) (postponed) S25 (Fri.) at UTSA (CBSSN) L 35-37 0-3 O3 at Florida Atlantic (ESPNU) L 27-21 0-2 O3 WKU (ESPN3) L 17-20 0-4 O10 at North Texas (ESPNU) W 49-21 1-2 O10 at FIU (ESPNU) W 31-28 1-4 O17 FIU (ESPNU) (postponed) O17 NORTH TEXAS (Stadium) L 35-52 1-5 O24 UTEP (ESPN+) 12:00p O24 at Rice (ESPN3) 2:30p O31 at Duke (ACC RSN) 7:00p N7 CHARLOTTE (ESPN3/+) 2:30p N7 at Middle Tennessee (ESPN3/+) 3:30p N14 at Marshall (CBSSN) 11:00a N21 at Marshall (Stadium) 12:30p N21 at Troy (TBD) 2:30p N28 WKU (CBSSN) 7:00p N28 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (CBSSN) 2:30p All times are Eastern and subject to change All times are Central and subject to change

FIU (0-2, 0-1 C-USA) OLD DOMINION (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) \ DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME S26 at Liberty (ESPNU) L 34-36 0-1 Old Dominion announced on August 11 that it would not participate in O10 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (ESPNU) L 28-31 0-2 the 2020 football season. O17 at Charlotte (ESPNU) (postponed) O23 (Fri.) JACKSONVILLE ST. (ESPN3) 6:00p O30 (Fri.) MARSHALL (CBSSN) 7:00p N7 at UTEP (ESPN3/+) 4:00p N13 (Fri.) FLORIDA ATLANTIC (CBSSN) 7:00p WKU (1-4, 1-2 C-USA) N21 at WKU (ESPN3/+) 2:00p N28 LOUISIANA TECH (ESPN3/+) 12:00p DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME All times are Eastern and subject to change S12 at Louisville (ACC Network) L 21-35 0-1 S19 LIBERTY (ESPNU) L 24-30 0-2 O3 at Middle Tennessee (ESPN3) W 20-17 1-2 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (1-0, 1-0 C-USA) O10 MARSHALL (Stadium) L 14-38 1-3 O17 at UAB (Stadium) L 14-37 1-4 O24 CHATTANOOGA (ESPN3) 3:00p DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME O31 at BYU (ESPN) 9:15p S19 at Georgia Southern (ESPN) (postponed) N7 at Florida Atlantic (Stadium) 5:00p S26 SOUTH FLORIDA (CBSSN) (postponed) N14 SOUTHERN MISS (CBSSN) 2:30p O3 CHARLOTTE (ESPNU) W 21-17 1-0 N21 FIU (ESPN3/+) 1:00p O10 at Southern Miss (Stadium) (postponed) N28 at Charlotte (CBSSN) 6:00p O24 at (22) Marshall (Stadium) 2:30p O31 UTSA (Stadium) 12:00p All times are Central and subject to change N7 WKU (Stadium) 6:00p N13 (Fri.) at FIU (CBSSN) 7:00p N28 at Middle Tennessee (CBSSN) 3:30p All times are Eastern and subject to change

MARSHALL (4-0, 2-0 C-USA)

DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME S5 EASTERN (ESPN) W 59-0 1-0 S19 (23) APPALACHIAN STATE (CBS) W 17-7 2-0 O3 RICE (postponed) O10 at WKU (Stadium) W 38-14 3-0 O17 at Louisiana Tech (CBSSN) W 35-17 4-0 O24 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (Stadium) 2:30p O30 (Fri.) at FIU (CBSSN) 7:00p N7 MASSACHUSETTS 2:30p N14 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (CBSSN) 12:00p N21 CHARLOTTE (Stadium) 12:30p TBD at East Carolina (TBD) TBA All times are Eastern and subject to change FOOTBALL 2020 SEASON  Media Release (October 19, 2020) Contact: Russell Anderson  [email protected]  214.774.1300 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 UAB 45, Central Arkansas 35 Middle Tennessee 31, FIU 28 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 South Alabama 32, Southern Miss 21 Louisiana Tech 21, UTEP 17 Charlotte at Marshall (TBD) 11:30 am Marshall 38, WKU 14 Rice at North Texas (ESPN3/+) 1 pm SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Charlotte 49, North Texas 21 UTSA at Southern Miss (ESPN3/+) 2 pm Marshall 59, Eastern Kentucky 0 (15) BYU 27, UTSA 20 UAB at UTEP (ESPN3/+) 3 pm North Texas 57, Houston Baptist 31 Florida Atlantic at Southern Miss postponed FIU at WKU (ESPN3/+) 1 pm UTEP 24, Stephen F. Austin 14 UAB at Rice postponed LA Tech vs. ULM (Shreveport) (Stadium) 3 pm Army 42, Middle Tennessee 0 Middle Tennessee at Troy (TBD) TBA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 UAB 37, WKU 14 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Miami 31, UAB 14 North Texas 52, Middle Tennessee 35 Southern Miss at UAB (CBSSN) 11:30 am Marshall 35, Louisiana Tech 17 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Army 28, UTSA 16 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28 UTSA 51, Texas State 48 (2ot) Southern Miss at UTEP postponed Louisiana Tech at FIU (ESPN3/+) 11 am Appalachian State 35, Charlotte 20 FIU at Charlotte postponed UTEP at Rice (ESPN3/+) 12 pm Louisville 35, WKU 21 North Texas at UTSA (Stadium) 2 pm (14) Texas 59, UTEP 3 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 Fla. Atlantic at Middle Tenn. (CBSSN) 2:30 pm Louisiana Tech at Baylor Postponed Jacksonville State at FIU (ESPN3) 6 pm WKU at Charlotte (CBSSN) 6 pm Marshall at East Carolina Postponed Louisiana-Lafayette at UAB (CBSSN) 7 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 Louisiana Tech 31, Southern Miss 30 UTEP at Charlotte (ESPN+) 11 am Ryan C-USA Championship Game Marshall 17, (23) Appalachian State 7 Southern Miss at Liberty (ESPN3) 12 pm (CBS Sports Network) 6 pm UTSA 24, Stephen F. Austin 10 Florida Atlantic at (22) Marshall (Stadium) 1:30 pm UTEP 17, Abilene Christian 13 Middle Tennessee at Rice (ESPN3) 2:30 pm Troy 47, Middle Tennessee 14 Chattanooga at WKU (ESPN3) 3 pm Conference games in bold. SMU 65, North Texas 35 Louisiana Tech at UTSA (ESPNU) 7 pm All times Central. Liberty 30, WKU 24 Charlotte at (11) North Carolina canceled FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 Florida Atlantic at Ga. Southern postponed Marshall at FIU (CBSSN) 6 pm

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 UAB 42, South Alabama 10 UTSA at Florida Atlantic (Stadium) 11 am North Texas at UTEP (CBSSN) 1 pm FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Rice at Southern Miss (ESPN3) 2 pm UTSA 37, Middle Tennessee 35 UAB at Louisiana Tech (Stadium) 2:30 pm Charlotte at Duke (ACC RSN) 6 pm SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 WKU at BYU (ESPN) 9:15 pm UTEP 31, Louisiana-Monroe 6 Louisiana Tech 66, Houston Baptist 38 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Liberty 36, FIU 34 Massachusetts at Marshall (TBA) 1:30 pm Tulane 66, Southern Miss 24 North Alabama at Southern Miss (ESPN3/+) 2 pm Georgia State at Charlotte postponed Charlotte at Middle Tenn. (ESPN3/+) 2:30 pm South Florida at Florida Atlantic postponed UTSA at Rice (ESPN3/+) 2:30 pm North Texas at Houston canceled FIU at UTEP (ESPN3/+) 3:00 pm WKU at Florida Atlantic (Stadium) 5:00 pm FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 LA Tech at North Texas (CBSSN) 6:00 pm (22) BYU 45, Louisiana Tech 14 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 Florida Atlantic at FIU (CBSSN) 6 pm UAB 21, UTSA 13 Florida Atlantic 21, Charlotte 17 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 WKU 20, Middle Tennessee 17 Middle Tennessee at Marshall (CBSSN) 11 am Southern Miss 41, North Texas 31 UTEP at UTSA (ESPN3/+) 2 pm Rice at Marshall postponed Rice at Louisiana Tech (ESPN3/+) 2:30 pm Southern Miss at WKU (CBSSN) 2:30 pm North Texas at UAB (Stadium) TBA