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C-USA FOOTBALL EAST : FIU • Florida Atlantic • Marshall • Middle Tennessee • Old Dominion • UAB • WKU NOTEBOOK WEST: Louisiana Tech • North Texas • Rice • Southern Miss • UTEP • UTSA CONTACT: Russell Anderson ([email protected]) | Tim McNamara ([email protected]) Conference USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK | OCTOBER 20, 2014 @CUSAFB, @Conference_USA 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 MARSHALL 3-0 1.000 1-0 2-0 3-0 150 51 7-0 1.000 3-0 4-0 332 116 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 4-1 .800 3-0 1-1 3-1 186 177 5-3 .625 4-0 1-3 288 255 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 2-1 .666 2-0 0-1 1-1 96 113 3-4 .429 3-0 0-4 172 250 FIU 2-2 .500 1-1 1-1 2-1 98 91 3-5 .375 2-4 1-1 172 184 UAB 2-2 .500 1-1 1-1 1-2 140 128 4-3 .571 3-1 1-2 263 199 OLD DOMINION 1-3 .250 0-2 1-1 0-2 122 181 3-4 .429 2-2 1-2 214 258 WKU 0-3 .000 0-1 0-2 0-3 124 137 2-4 .333 1-1 1-3 253 237

WEST DIVISION W-L Pct. H A Div. Pts Opp W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp LOUISIANA TECH 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 3-0 124 44 4-3 .571 2-1 2-2 232 187 RICE 1-1 .500 0-1 1-0 1-0 83 68 3-3 .500 1-1 2-2 179 189 UTEP 1-1 .500 1-0 0-1 0-1 45 90 3-3 .500 2-1 1-2 172 226 SOUTHERN MISS 1-2 .333 0-1 1-1 1-1 84 98 3-4 .429 2-1 1-3 143 239 UTSA 1-2 .333 1-0 0-2 0-1 73 81 2-5 .286 1-2 1-3 145 178 NORTH TEXAS 0-3 .000 0-2 0-1 0-2 62 128 2-5 .286 2-2 0-3 213 224 C ONFERENCE STANDINGS

RECENT RESULTS UPCOMING GAMES PLAYERS OF THE WEEK SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 The conference offi ce also will produce a weekly SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 football release Mondays during the season. It will be (24) Marshall 45 at FIU 13 North Texas at Rice (FSN) 11:00a distributed directly to members of the media upon at Florida Atlantic 45, WKU 38 UAB at Arkansas (SEC Network) 11:00a request and available at ConferenceUSA.com. at Louisiana Tech 27, UTSA 20 Florida Atlantic at (22) Marshall (FS1)2:30p at Middle Tennessee 34, UAB 22 LA Tech at Southern Miss (ASN) 2:30p Southern Miss 30 at North Texas 20 Old Dominion at WKU 3:00p UTEP at UTSA (ASN) 6:00p SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 at Marshall 49, Middle Tennessee 24 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 at UAB 56, North Texas 21 Rice at FIU (ASN) 11:00a at UTSA 16, FIU 13 BYU at Middle Tennessee (CBSSN) 2:30p UTEP 42, Old Dominion 35 UAB at Florida Atlantic (ASN) 6:00p Rice 41, at Army 21 Southern Miss at UTEP (FCS) 7:00p WKU at Louisiana Tech (FS1/FSN) TBA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 Old Dominion at Vanderbilt TBA Marshall 56, at Old Dominion 14 at Middle Tennessee 37, Southern Miss 31 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 at Louisiana Tech 55, UTEP 3 Louisiana Tech at UAB (ASN) 11:00a UAB 42, at WKU 39 FIU at Old Dominion (ASN) 2:30p at Rice 28, Hawai’i 14 UTEP at WKU 3:00p at Indiana 49, North Texas 24 Florida Atlantic at North Texas (FCS) 6:00p New Mexico 21, at UTSA 9 Marshall at Southern Miss (ASN) 6:00p UTSA at Rice (FS1/FSN) TBA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2 FIU 38, Florida Atlantic 10 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Southern Miss at UTSA (CBSSN) 7:00p

C-USA Games in Bold All Times Central 2014 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 2 Oct. 20, 2014 CONFERENCE USA QUICK HITTERS POLLING PLACE UAB (2-2, 4-3) will play its fi nal non-conference TWO OF FIVE TOP OFFENSES Here’s a look at the Oct. 19 Associated Press and game when they visit Arkansas. Blazers RB Jordan Marshall is second the nation in total off ense at 579.4 ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Polls. Howard is third in C-USA in rushing, averaging 107 yards per game. The Thundering Herd has run for yards per game. 1,993 yards and thrown for 2,031. That’s a very bal- Associated Press USA Today Coaches’ anced attack that features 49.6% rushing and 50.4% 1 - Mississippi St. (43) 1 - Mississippi State (36) THIS WEEK’S TOP PERFORMERS passing. 2 - Florida State (14) 2 - Florida State (22) Here’s a look at the league’s 300-yard passers, 100- 3 - Mississippi (3) 3 - Mississippi (4) yard rushers and 100-yard receivers from Oct. 18: WKU is third in the FBS in total off ense at 547.5 yards 4 - Alabama 4 - Alabama per game, placing second in passing off ense at 416.7 5 - Auburn 5 - Michigan State yards per outing. 300-Yard Passing Performances 6 - Oregon 6 - Auburn 335 Brandon Doughty, WKU at Florida Atlantic 7 - Notre Dame 7 - Oregon CATO’S CORNER 8 - Michigan State 8 - Notre Dame 325 Jaquez Johnson, Florida Atlantic vs. WKU 305 Nick Mullens, Southern Miss at North Texas Marshall senior QB Rakeem Cato was 15-of-27 for 214 9 - Georgia 9 - Georgia yards passing and four touchdowns as the Thunder- 10 - TCU 10 - TCU ing Herd moved to 7-0 with a 45-13 East Division vic- 11 - Kansas State 11 - Kansas State 100-Yard Rushing Performances tory at FIU Saturday night. 12 - Baylor 12 - Ohio State x134 Devon Johnson, Marshall vs. Middle Tennessee 13 - Ohio State 13 - Baylor 121 Kenneth Dixon, LA Tech vs. UTSA Cato’s fi rst quarter TD pass allowed him to break the 14 - Arizona State 14 - Arizona State 121 Jordan Howard, UAB at Middle Tennessee FBS record for consecuitve games with a TD throw. 15 - Arizona 15 - Arizona 118 Greg Howell, Florida Atlantic vs. WKU He has thrown at least one in 39 straight games, 16 - Nebraska 16 - Nebraska 104 Alex Gardner, FIU vs. Marshall breaking the major college record of 38 set by Rus- 17 - Oklahoma 17 - East Carolina sell Wilson at NC State and Wisconsin from 2009-11. 18 - East Carolina 18 - Oklahoma 100 Reggie Whatley, Middle Tennessee vs. UAB 19 - Utah 19 - Utah Cato now has 1,005 career completions, just 21 shy 20 - USC 20 - Clemson 100-Yard Receiving Performances of Chad Pennington’s school record of 1,026. Cato 21 - Clemson 21 - USC 216 Carlos Harris, North Texas vs. Southern Miss and Pennington as the only Marshall passers with 22 - West Virginia 22 - Marshall 125 Lucky Whitehead, Florida Atlantic vs. WKU four seasons of at least 1,000 yards. In 2014, Cato has 23 - Marshall 23 - LSU passed for 1,912 yards and rushed for 223 (an average 24 - LSU 24 - Minnesota of 305.0 yards of total off ense). 25 - UCLA 25 - West Virginia SEASON TOP PERFORMERS Here’s a look at the 2014 league leaders in 300-yard ARV: ARV: passers, 100-yard rushers and 100-yard receivers: CATO AND HEINICKE Old Dominion senior Taylor Heinicke and Marshall 300-Yard Passing Performances senior Rakeem Cato are two of the most productive THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE 5 Brandon Doughty, WKU active quarterbacks in the FBS. Five C-USA games and one non-conference matchup 2 Rakeem Cato, Marshall comprise this week’s schedule. These two players have combined for 2,099 pass 2 Cody Clements, UAB completions for 25,386 yards and 230 touchdowns, 2 Taylor Heinicke, Old Dominion with Heinicke throwing 120 and Cato tossing 110 In-state rivals North Texas (0-3, 2-5) and Rice (1-1, 2 Jaquez Johnson, Florida Atlantic 3-3) meet in Houston to open the day’s action (11 scoring strikes. Here’s a look at the current FBS lead- 2 Nick Mullens, Southern Miss a.m. CT on FSN). The Mean Green were the only C- ers in career passing yards and TDs: USA team to defeat the Owls last season. 100-Yard Rushing Performances Career Passing Yardage No. 24 Marshall (3-0, 7-0) returns home to host Flori- 6 Devon Johnson, Marshall 13,298 Taylor Heinicke, Old Dominion da Atlantic (2-1, 3-4), a team that it defeated in the fi - 4 Aaron Jones, UTEP 12.088 Rakeem Cato, Marshall nal seconds last season in Boca Raton, on Fox Sports 4 Jordan Howard, UAB 12.012 Sean Mannion, Oregon State 1 at 3:30 p.m. EDT. Herd QB Rakeem Cato and Owls 3 Alex Gardner, FIU 10,775 Connor Halliday, Washington State QB Jaquez Johnson are both dual threat signal-call- 3 Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech ers leading off enses that have shown great balance. 3 Leon Allen, WKU Career Passing Touchdowns 120 Taylor Heinicke, Old Dominion Louisiana Tech (3-0, 4-3) and Southern Miss (1-2, 3-4) will renew one of the longest standing rival- 100-Yard Receiving Performances 110 Rakeem Cato, Marshall ries among C-USA schools. Behind Kenneth Dixon’s 2 Davonte Allen, Marshall 86 Connor Halliday, Washington State strong running, the Bulldogs sit atop the West Di- 2 Carlos Harris, North Texas vision standings at 3-0, but Golden Eagles QB Nick 2 Zach Pascal, Old Dominion Mullens has the Golden Eagles coming on strong, 2 J.J. Nelson, UAB DIXON FOR SIX having thrown for more than 700 yards in the last Louisiana Tech junior RB Kenneth Dixon has scored two games. at least one touchdown in six consecutive games en- HERD AMONG FOUR UNBEATENS tering this week’s contest at Southern Miss. He now With Marshall’s 45-13 win at FIU Saturday, the Thun- A couple of teams with record-setting quarterbacks has 40 career rushing TDs, which ranks third among dering Herd are now one of just three unbeaten and high-powered off enses meet when Old Domin- all active FBS players and second among all running teams in the FBS. Marshall is joined by Florida State, ion (0-3, 3-4) makes its fi rst visit to WKU (0-3, 2-4). backs. Mississippi, Mississippi State and Notre Dame in ODU’s Taylor Heinicke leads all active FBS players in posting an unblemished record. passing yards, while Hilltoppers QB Brandon Dough- PINSON’S PERFORMANCE ty has topped the 300-yard mark in fi ve of six out- In a 27-20 win over UTSA, Louisiana Tech senior LB ings this season. FAST STARTS LEAD TO 40+ Marshall remains the only FBS school that has scored Terrell Pinson registered seven total tackles with a 40 or more points in every game this season. Fast solo stop for a loss of two yards, two interceptions An emerging West Division rivalry will be renewed starts have helped that cause, as the Thundering returned for 34 yards, a fumble recovery returned for when UTEP (1-1, 3-3) visits UTSA (1-2, 2-5). The Min- Herd has outscored its opponents 187-37 in the fi rst a touchdown, two pass break-ups and a quarterback ers have been strong in running the ball and con- half this season. Marshall has held a lead of 25 points hurry. trolling the clock as they prepare for a Roadrunners or more in all seven outings. squad that is second in C-USA in rushing defense. 2014 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 3 Oct. 20, 2014 CONFERENCE USA QUICK HITTERS HARRIS CATCHES ON FBS LEADERS CURRENT HOME WINS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK North Texas junior WR Carlos Harris had the single- 13 Alabama C-USA names Players of the Week each Monday dur- best receiving day for any Conference USA player 13 Auburn ing the season. The awards are voted on by a media this season, catching 15 passes for 216 yards against 13 Baylor panel with one representative in each league city. Southern Miss. It was the most receptions by a North 11 Marshall Texas player since Casey Fitzgerald had 18 in 2007. It 11 Michigan State Off ense was the fourth-highest number of receptions for any 11 Florida State S1 Brandon Doughty, QB, WKU receiver in FBS this season and the eighth-highest 10 Boise State S8 Kenneth Dixon, RB, Louisiana Tech national total in receiving yards in 2014. S15 Brandon Doughty, QB, WKU MEAN GREEN SCORING MACHINE S22 Taylor Heinicke, QB, Old Dominion FIU’S SMITH NAMED A North Texas tied the Conference USA record for S29 Jaquez Johnson, QB, Florida Atlantic points in a game with 77 against Nicholls State on O6 Devon Johnson, RB, Marshall MIDSEASON ALL-AMERICAN Sept. 20. Two other schools set the mark during the O13 Rakeem Cato, QB, Marshall FIU sophomore TE Jonnu Smith has been named to 2008 season. It was the 11th time in C-USA history Cody Clements, QB, UAB the CBSSports.com’s 2014 Midseason All-America that a team topped the 70-point mark. O20 Team announced on October 15. Smith, who is on O27 the John Mackey Award Midseason Watch List, leads N3 MOST POINTS IN A GAME, C-USA HISTORY the Panthers with 42 catches for 485 yards and fi ve N10 touchdowns this season. 77 North Texas vs. Nicholls St. (3), 9-20-14 N17 77 Tulsa vs. UTEP (35), 10-18-08 N24 MACKEY MIDSEASON LIST 77 Rice vs. North Texas (20), 9-27-08 D1 73 Houston at Tulane (17), 11-10-11 The John Mackey Award has released its 2014 Mid- Defense season Watch List for the honor given annually to 73 Houston vs. Rice (34), 10-27-11 S1 Jens Jeters, LB, UTSA the most outstanding collegiate tight end. FIU soph- 73 Houston vs. Rice (14), 11-28-09 S8 Wonderful Terry, DB, WKU omore Jonnu Smith, UAB senior Kennard Backman, S15 D.J. Simon, LB, Old Dominion UTEP senior Eric Tomlinson and WKU senior Mitch- CATO ONE OF 15 UP FOR UNITAS S22 Dasman McCullum, DL, Southern Miss ell Henry are the Conference USA representatives S29 Richard Leonard, DB, FIU among the 33 midseason candidates. GOLDEN ARM AWARD O6 Richard Leonard, DB, FIU The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award reduced its O13 Robert Singletary, DE, UTSA C-USA HAS FIVE SEMIFINALISTS list of candidates to 15 on Oct. 2 and Conference USA O20 was represented on the list by Marshall senior QB Ra- O27 FOR THE CAMPBELL TROPHY keem Cato. The award has been presented at the end N3 The National Football Foundation & College Hall of of each season since 1987 to the nation’s top college N10 Fame (NFF) proudly has announced the semifi nal- quarterback, based on his accomplishments both on N17 ists for the 2014 William V. Campbell Trophy and and off the fi eld. N24 Conference USA has fi ve representatives among the D1 candidates for this prestigious award. Middle Tennes- WEEKLY MACKEY WINNERS see senior DE Leighton Gasque, Old Dominion senior Special Teams A pair of Conference USA players have picked up the S1 Richard Leonard, PR, FIU C Josh Mann, Rice senior DL Dylan Klare, Southern John Mackey National Tight End of the Week award. S8 Trevor Moore, K, North Texas Miss senior K Corey Acosta and UTSA senior C Nate FIU sophomore Jonnu Smith earned recognition on S15 Cody Clark, K, Middle Tennessee Leonard are the C-USA players listed among the 62 Sept. 8 following the Panthers win over Wagner. On candidates from FBS schools. S22 Darvin Kidsy, PR, North Texas Sept. 15, WKU senior TE Mitchell Henry gained the S29 Kevin Byard, S, Middle Tennessee honor after his performance at Middle Tennessee. O6 J.J. Nelson, KR, UAB THREE PLAYERS UP FOR SENIOR O13 Sean Ianno, K, UTSA CLASS AWARD LOU GROZA AWARD STARS OF O20 O27 Middle Tennessee senior DE Leighton Gasque, UTSA THE WEEK N3 senior OL Nate Leonard and WKU senior OL Cam Three Conference USA players have earned Lou N10 Clemmons have been announced as three of the Groza Award National Stars of the Week honors dur- 30 FBS candidates for the Senior CLASS Award, an ing the 2014 season. Southern Miss senior K Corey N17 honor given annually to student-athletes who have Acosta picked up the honor on Sept. 8, following the N24 notable achievements in four areas of excellence – Golden Eagles win over Alcorn State. Middle Ten- D1 community, classroom, character and competition. nessee sophomore K Cody Clark gained the honor An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achieve- Sept. 15 after the Blue Raiders beat WKU in triple-OT. EAST VS. WEST ment for Staying in School, the Senior CLASS Award WKU junior K Garrett Schwettman was recognized Here’s a look at how the cross-division games have focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages on Sept. 29 following the Hilltoppers win at Navy. fared since C-USA went to two divisons in 2005: students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. 100 TD TOSSES 2014: East 3, West 2 In a 44-14 win over Ohio on Sept. 13, Marshall joined 2013: West 10, East 5 HOME COOKING Hawai’i as the only schools in FBS history with two 2012: West 10, East 9 Marshall is just the fi fth C-USA school to win 11 100 TD passers. With four TD passes vs. Ohio, Cato 2011: West 11, East 8 straight home games in league history. The record hit 100 in his career (joining Houston’s Case Keenum 2010 East 10, West 9 is 18, held by Houston from 2007-10. Marshall’s next as the only C-USA QB’s with 100). Chad Pennington 2009 East 13, West 6 home game is Saturday vs. Florida Atlantic. threw 15 TD passes as a freshman in 1995 at the FCS 2008 West 10, East 9 level and threw an additional 100 in FBS play from 2007 East 14, West 5 CONSECUTIVE HOME WINS C-USA HISTORY 1997-99. Cato now has 101 TD passes. Hawai’i posted 2006 West 13, East 6 18 Houston (Oct. 13, 2007-Oct. 9, 2010) 117 TD passes from Timmy Chang in 2000-04, then 2005 East 12, West 7 13 TCU (Nov. 23, 2001- Dec. 23, 2003) had 131 from Colt Brennan in 2005-07. 11 Marshall (Nov. 3, 2012-present) 11 Southern Miss (Sept. 26, 1998-Oct. 7, 2000) 11 Southern Miss (Oct. 11, 2008-Oct. 9, 2010) 2014 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 4 Oct. 20, 2014 CONFERENCE USA QUICK HITTERS C-USA ON NATIONAL TV NATIONAL BROADCASTS Sat., Oct. 25 UTEP at UTSA 6:00 p.m. Sat., Nov. 1 Rice at FIU 11 a.m. Conference USA has announced its preliminary tele- Sat., Nov. 1 UAB at Florida Atlantic 6 p.m. vision schedule for the 2014 football season. CBS SPORTS NETWORK NATIONAL SCHEDULE Fri., Aug. 29 WKU 59, Bowling Green 31 Sat., Nov. 8 Louisiana Tech at UAB 11 a.m. Thu., Sept. 11 Louisiana Tech 42, North Texas 21 Sat., Nov. 8 FIU at Old Dominion 2:30 p.m. The current confi rmed schedule features more than Sat., Sept.13 Marshall 44, Ohio 14 Sat., Nov. 8 Marshall at Southern Miss 6 p.m. 80 games to air nationally or regionally, with addi- Sat., Sept. 27 WKU 36, Navy 27 Sat., Nov. 15 Middle Tennessee at FIU 2:30 p.m. tional games to be added prior to the beginning of Sat., Oct. 11 Rice 41, Army 21 Sat., Nov. 22 Marshall at UAB 11:00 a.m. the season. National games will be televised on FOX Sat., , Nov. 1 BYU at Middle Tennessee 2:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 22 FIU at North Texas 2:30 p.m. Sports 1, Fox Sports Net (FSN), FOX College Sports, Thur., Nov. 13 Southern Miss at UTSA 7:00 p.m. Sat., Nov. 22 FAU at Middle Tennessee 6 p.m. CBS Sports Network, ESPN, NBC and the new Ameri- Sat.,, Nov. 15 Army at WKU 11 a.m. Sat., Nov. 29 Old Dominion at FAU 11 a.m. Sat., Nov. 29 UAB at Southern Miss 2:30 p.m. can Sports Network (ASN). Included are several un- Sat.,, Nov., 29 Rice at Louisiana Tech 11 a.m. Sat., Nov. 29 Middle Tennessee at UTEP 6 p.m. opposed windows that provide tremendous expo- sure to C-USA as well as numerous exciting league FOX SPORTS 1 SCHEDULE Thu., Sept. 4 Arizona 26, UTSA 23 ESPN SCHEDULE match-ups and many challenging non-conference Sat., Sept. 6 Texas Tech 30, UTEP 26 Sat., Dec. 20 Gildan New Mexico Bowl 1:20 p.m. contests. Sat.,, Sept. 13 Pittsburgh 42, FIU 25 Tues., Dec. 23 Boca Raton Bowl 5 p.m. Sat., Sept. 20 Louisville 34, FIU 3 Wed., Dec. 24 Bahamas Bowl 11 a.m. The 2014 football season marks the fourth year of Fri., Sept. 26 Middle Tennessee 41, ODU 28 Wed., Dec. 24 Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl 7 p.m. a multi-platform media rights agreement between Sat., Oct. 25 Florida Atlantic at Marshall 2:30 p.m. Fri., Dec. 26 Heart of Dallas Bowl 12 p.m. Conference USA and FOX Sports to broadcast a min- Fri., Nov. 21 UTEP at Rice 7 p.m. imum of 30 games. Games appear on FOX Sports 1, Fri., Nov. 28 WKU at Marshall 11 a.m. ESPN 2 SCHEDULE Sat., Sept. 13 Alabama 52, Southern Miss 12 FOX’s new national cable sports network, as well as Sat., Sept. 13 Texas A&M 38, Rice 10 FOX Sports Networks owned and affi liated regional FOX SPORTS NET SCHEDULE Sat., Sept. 6 North Texas 43, SMU 6 networks, which reach more than 85 million homes, Sat., Sept. 6 Mississippi State 47, UAB 34 ESPN or ESPN 2 SCHEDULE and FOX College Sports. Sat., Sept. 13 Oklahoma State 43, UTSA 13 Sat., Dec. 6 C-USA Championship Game TBA Sat., Sept. 20 Old Dominion 45, Rice 42 This season marks the 10th year of C-USA’s part- Sat., Sept. 27 Kansas State 58, UTEP 28 ESPN U SCHEDULE nership with CBS Sports Network that includes sig- Thu., Oct. 2 FIU 38, Florida Atlantic 10 Fri., Aug. 29 UTSA 27, Houston 7 nifi cant national and regional exposure for football, Sat., Oct. 4 Marshall 56, Old Dominion 14 men’s and women’s basketball, and other C-USA Sat., Oct. 11 Marshall 49, Middle Tennessee 24 ESPN 3 SCHEDULE Sat., Aug. 30 Marshall 42, Miami (Ohio) 27 sports. CBS Sports Network is the 24-hour home of Sat., Oct. 18 Louisiana Tech 27, UTSA 20 Sat., Oct. 25 North Texas at Rice 11 a.m. Sat., Sept. 6 NC State 46, Old Dominion 34 CBS Sports and is available to more than 99 million Sat., Sept. 6 LA Tech 48, Louisiana-Lafayette 20 households across the country. FS1 OR FSN SCHEDULE Sat., Sept. 13 Marshall 48, Akron 17 Sat., Nov. 1 WKU at Louisiana Tech TBA Sat., Sept. 13 Memphis 36, Middle Tennessee 17 American Sports Network (ASN) is a collegiate Sat., Nov. 8 UTSA at Rice TBA sports initiative owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Sat., Nov. 15 Rice at Marshall TBA NBC SCHEDULE Inc. that will air 30 C-USA Football games this season Sat., Nov. 15 North Texas at UTEP TBA Sat., Aug. 30 Notre Dame 48, Rice 17 on television stations throughout the nation. Sinclair, Sat., Nov. 22 UTSA at WKU TBA the largest and one of the most diversifi ed television Sat., Nov. 29 North Texas at UTSA TBA BIG TEN NETWORK SCHEDULE Sat., Aug. 30 Nebraska 55, Florida Atlantic 7 broadcasters in the country, owns and operates, pro- Sat., Sept. 6 Illinois 42, WKU 34 grams and provides sales services to 162 television FOX COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK SCHEDULE Sat., Aug. 30 UAB 48, Troy 10 Sat., Sept. 6 Minnesota 35, Middle Tennessee 24 stations in 78 markets, reaching approximately 39% Sat., Sept. 13 Florida Atlantic 50, Tulsa 21 Sat., Oct. 4 Indiana 49, North Texas 24 of U.S. television households and is affi liated with all Sat., Sept. 27 Rice 41, Southern Miss 23 the major broadcast networks. Sat., Oct. 4 Louisiana Tech 55, UTEP 3 SEC NETWORK SCHEDULE Sat., Oct. 11 UTSA 16, FIU 13 Sat., Aug. 30 Mississippi State 49, Southern Miss 0 The 2014 C-USA Championship game Saturday, De- Sat., Oct. 18 Middle Tennessee 34, UAB 22 Sat. Sept. 6 Alabama 41, Florida Atlantic 0 cember 6 is scheduled to air on either ESPN or ESPN Sat., Nov. 1 Southern Miss at UTEP 7 p.m. Sat., Sept. 27 Auburn 45, Louisiana Tech 17 Sat., Oct. 25 UAB at Arkansas 11 a.m. 2. It marks the 10th straight year the C-USA Champi- Sat., Nov. 8 Florida Atlantic at North Texas 6 p.m. onship will air on the ESPN Family of Networks. Sat., Nov. 22 LA Tech at Old Dominion 12:00 p.m. LONGHORN NETWORK SCHEDULE AMERICAN SPORTS NETWORK (ASN) SCHEDULE Sat., Aug. 30 Texas 38, North Texas 7 Additional C-USA television exposures remain a pos- Sat., Aug. 30 Old Dominion 41, Hampton 28 sibility (including games that are guaranteed to be Sat., Aug. 30 Bethune Cookman 14, FIU 12 MOUNTAIN WEST NETWORK SCHEDULE televised as part of other conference’s television Sat., Sept. 6 Marshall 48, Rhode Island 7 Sat., Sept. 20 Wyoming 20, Florida Atlantic 19 packages), and will be released as soon as they are Sat., Sept. 13 UAB 41, Alabama A&M 14 fi nalized. The following is a complete schedule of C- Sat., Sept. 13 UTEP 42, New Mexico State 24 USA games to be aired on national television in 2013: Sat., Sept. 20 North Texas 77, Nicholls State 3 C-USA ON LOCAL TV Sat., Sept. 20 Southern Miss 21, App. St. 20 Sat., Sept. 27 FIU 34, UAB 20 WUXP SCHEDULE (Nashville, Tenn.) Sat., Oct. 4 Middle Tenn. 37, Southern Miss 31 Sat., Sept. 13 Middle Tennessee 50, WKU 47 (3ot) Sat., Oct. 4 New Mexico 21, UTSA 9 Sat., Oct. 4 Rice 28, Hawai’i 14 COX SPORTS SCHEDULE (Norfolk, Va.) Sat., Oct. 11 UAB 56, North Texas 21 Sat., Sept. 13 Old Dominion 17, Eastern Michigan 3 Sat., Oct. 11 UTEP 42, Old Dominion 35 Sat., Oct. 18 Florida Atlantic 45, WKU 38 KMYS (San Antonio)/ TW TEXAS SCHEDULE Sat., Oct. 18 Marshall 45, FIU 13 Sat., Sept. 27 Florida Atlantic 41, UTSA 37 Sat., Oct. 18 Souithern Miss 30, North Texas 20 Sat., Oct. 25 LA Tech at Southern Miss 2:30p.m. *All Game Times Central* 2014 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 5 Oct. 20, 2014 C-USA EXTRA POINTS FIU PANTHERS Doughty fi nished 28-of-44 for 335 yards and three touchdowns. Doughty has FIU trailed just 14-7 at halftime before falling to undefeated and No. 24 Marshall, thrown multiple TD passes in every game this season and in seven straight overall. 45-13. Freshman RB Alex Gardner fi nished with 104 yards on the ground, marking Junior RB Leon Allen had a 12 carries for 58 yards and 2 TDs. his third career 100-yard game. Freshman QB Alex McGough threw for 176 yards on 14 completions with a long of 46 yards senior Cory White, the longest catch of LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS White’s career. McGough also ran for a touchdown. Sophomore TE Jonnu Smith Louisiana Tech turned three third-quarter turnovers into 21 points as the Bulldogs paced the receiving corps with eight catches for a team-high 74 yards. held on for a 27-20 victory over UTSA. Junior RB Kenneth Dixon rushed a career- high 28 times for 121 yards. He is now the all-time LA Tech leader in career 100- FLORIDA ATLANTIC OWLS yard rushing games with 14. With a TD run, Dixon moved into sixth place all-time FAU rallied from a 24-point defi cit to defeat WKU, 45-28. Junior QB Jaquez in career scoring, passing Matt Stover (1986-89). He currently has 264 points. Johnson broke a school record with 12 consecutive second-half completions and Junior WR Sterling Griffi n recorded a game-high six receptions for 70 yards, fi nished the game 23-of-34 for 325 yards and three touchdowns through the air, including a 19-yard TD catch. LA Tech has recorded an interception in fi ve of the while also rushing for 95 yards and two scores. Freshman RB Greg Howell ran for seven games played this season, including three today. The Bulldogs defense has 118 yards on 21 attempts in his fi rst career game, and also scored a game-tying now scored 89 points this season off turnovers. TD late in the fourth quarter. Senior WR Lucky Whitehead rolled up 217 yards of all-purpose yardage, grabbing eight passes for a game-high 125 yards and 2 TDs, NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN while adding 92 yards on kick returns. FAU’s six 4th-down conversions in the The Mean Green fell to Southern Miss Saturday night, 30-20. Junior Andrew Mc- game were the most by any FBS team over the last two seasons. Nulty became the third diff erent North Texas player to start at QB this season and he fi nished the game 20-of-35 for 287 yards. Senior WR Carlos Harris had (22) MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD a career-high 15 receptions for a career-high 216 yards, the most receiving yards Marshall used a big second half to pull away and post a 45-13 win at FIU Saturday by a Mean Green player since Casey Fitzgerald’s 231-yard performance in 2008. night. The Herd had the ball for only 9:42 during the second half, but scored 31 His receptions and yards are the most by any C-USA player this season. Senior LB points. Senior QB Rakeem Cato set the FBS record for consecutive games with a Derek Akunne continued his strong play, following up his 17-tackle eff ort a week touchdown pass in the fi rst quarter and fi nished the night 15-of-27 for 214 yards ago by recording 14 stops against Southern Miss. and 4 TDs. Cato also moved into fi rst all-time at Marshall for touchdown respon- sibility with 120, surpassing Chad Pennington’s previous record of 119. Junior RB RICE OWLS Devon Johnson had 196 total yards (117 rush, 79 receiving) and two receving TDs. Rice registered its third straight victory with a 41-21 win at Army on Oct. 11. He has posted six 100-yard rushing days and his 13 total touchdowns rank fourth Sophomore RB Darik Dillard broke off a career-long 32-yard run early in the fi rst among all FBS players. The Herd fi nished with 26 rushes for 243 yards. The 9.3 quarter and fi nished with 73 yards on just nine carries. He added to his team lead yards per attempt is the fourth-best ever at Marshall. with his sixth rushing TD of the season and also hauled in his fi rst TD reception of the season and the second of his career. Dillard, senior WR Jordan Taylor (4 rec., MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS 73 yards) and senior WR Mario Hull caught TD passes from junior QB Driphus Middle Tennessee scored 13 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to secure a Jackson (15-of-21 for 209 yards. Jackson recorded his third-straight game with 34-22 win over UAB, improving the Blue Raiders to 4-0 at home this season. The at least two TD passes. MT defense had two key fourth-quarter interceptions, the fi rst by senior LB T.T. Barber to stall a drive. Then, trailing 22-21, junior S Kevin Byard came up with his SOUTHERN MISS GOLDEN EAGLES league-leading fi fth pick of the year (14th career INT) to set up the go-ahead TD. Southern Miss posted a 30-20 win at North Texas Saturday night. The Golden The Blue Raiders piled up 229 yards on the ground, with senior RB Reggie What- Eagles fi nished the game with 506 yards of total off ense, reaching the 500-yard ley leading the way with 100 yards on seven carries. His career-long 67-yard TD plateau for the second-straight game. Sophomore QB Nick Mullens threw for 305 run early in the fourth quarter proved to be the game-winner. Sophomore RB yards on 37-of-41 passing with two TD passes and he added 27 rushing yards on Jeremiah Bryson fi nished with a career-high 64 yards on nine carries and two fi ve carries. He threw a touchdown for the fourth consecutive game, and has two touchdowns. of more TD strikes in the last three contests. Sophomore RB George Payne had a rushing TD for the fourth straight game with a fi ve-yard scoring run. Junior RB OLD DOMINION MONARCHS Jalen Richard, in his fi rst game since the season opener, collected a career-best The Monarchs were idle last week and will make their fi rst visit to WKU on Sat- eight receptions for 71 yards. urday. Sophomore RB Ray Lowry has topped the 100-yard mark in his last two outings, running for 117 yards and two scores in the loss at UTEP on Oct. 11. Se- UTEP MINERS nior QB Taylor Heinicke was 13-of-25 for 196 yards and three touchdowns, giving The Miners picked up their fi rst C-USA win this season with a 42-35 victory over him 18 TD passes in seven games. Sophomore TE Zach Pascal, C-USA’s reception Old Dominion on Oct. 11, rolling up 334 yards on the ground. Senior RB Josh Bell leader among tight ends with 37, caught three passes for 49 yards, including a had a career day with 76 yards and three TDs on only 10 carries. Sophomore RB touchdown. It was Pascal’s 11th career TD catch. Aaron Jones went over the century mark for the fourth time in six outings with 18 rushes for 103 yards. Senior RB Nathan Jeff ery chipped in with 70 yards on 13 at- UAB BLAZERS tempts. With the second-ranked rushing off ense in C-USA, the Miners are second UAB dropped a 34-22 decision at Middle Tennessee. Sophomore RB Jordan How- in the FBS in time of possession, holding the ball an average of 35:51. ard posted his fourth 100-yard game of the season with 121 yards. Howard now has 1,633 yards in his fi rst 17 games at UAB (96.1 yards per game). Sophomore UTSA ROADRUNNERS WR Jamari Staples had his best game of the season, catching four passes for UTSA fell at Louisiana Tech, 27-20. Redshirt freshman QB Austin Robinson made 83 yards and a touchdown. Junior CB Rolan Milligan fi nished with fi ve tackles, his fi rst career start, the Roadrunners’ third diff erent starting QB in the last three including a pair of sacks on back-to-back plays in the fi rst half and added a quar- games. He scored his fi rst career touchdown on a 53-yard scramble late in the terback hurry. Senior K Ty Long is now No. 2 all-time at UAB in fi eld goals made fi rst half, the team’s longest rush of the year and also threw for 138 yards on 18- after kicking three Saturday. Long now has 53 career three-pointers, leaving him of-29 passing. Senior WR Kam Jones tossed his fi rst career TD pass on a trick four shy of the Blazers’ all-time record. play when he took a lateral from Robinson and found senior WR Kenny Harrison for a 35-yard connection in the fourth quarter. He became the fi rst Roadrunner WKU HILLTOPPERS to score a touchdown rushing, receiving and passing. Senior FS Triston Wade The Hilltoppers were unable to hold off Florida Atlantic’s second half rally and fell picked off his team-leading third pass of the season and has had a hand in 20 ca- to the Owls, 45-28. WKU extended its FBS-best streak of 34-point performances reer turnovers (11 INTs/nine fumbles). He fi nished with a team-high eight tackles. to eight games, dating back to Nov. 23, 2013. The Hilltoppers have also generated more than 400 yards of total off ense in those eight games. Senior QB Brandon 2014 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 6 Oct. 20, 2014 C-USA BOWL PARTNERS POPEYES BAHAMAS BOWL BOCA RATON BOWL FACTS Conference USA Boca Raton, Florida will be a part of the Date: Dec. 23, 2014 inaugural Popeyes Time: 6 p.m. EST Bahamas Bowl, Stadium: FAU Stadium (29,419) kicking off on the Network: ESPN afternoon of Dec. Opponent: Mid-American Selection 24, 2014 at the Phone: TBA Executive Director: C-USA BOWL SYNOPSIS Thomas A. Robin- son National Sta- Doug Mosley Conference USA has fi ve primary agreements and dium. Named for Mailing Address: one secondary agreement for the 2014 season. The the Olympic track TBA Bahamas, Boca Raton, Gildan New Mexico, Heart & fi eld star, the stadium currently has a capacity of Media Relations Director: of Dallas and Sheraton Hawai’i Bowls are primary 15,000 people, but has the ability to be expanded… TBA agreements. The Duck Commander Independence C-USA will face an opponent from the Mid-American Website: www.thebocaratonbowl.com Bowl is a secondary agreement. Conference this year, but the American, Mountain Facebook: TBA West and Sun Belt are also currently scheduled to Twitter: @BocaBowl Conference USA’s champion will select which bowl be a part of the game over the next six years… The it would like to attend and the remainder of the se- game is based in Nassau, the capital of the Baha- PREVIOUS RESULTS lections will follow after that, with no particular set mas, and the average high temperature in December First season order. C-USA teams with seven or more wins will be is 79 degrees… The 2014 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl is placed in bowls prior to 6-6 teams. the fi rst postseason FBS bowl game outside of either GILDAN NEW MEXICO BOWL the United States or Canada between two U.S. teams Conference USA C-USA and the College Football Playoff since the Jan. 1, 1937, Bacardi Bowl in Havana, Cuba, will enter its fi rst As a member of the College Football Playoff , Confer- a 7-7 tie between Auburn and Villanova. year as a prima- ence USA will be a part of one of the College Football ry partner with Playoff bowls if it has the highest rated champion POPEYES BAHAMAS BOWL FACTS the Gildan New from among the American, C-USA, Mid-American, Nassau, Bahamas Mexico Bowl and Mountain West and Sun Belt Conferences. Date: Dec. 24, 2014 is scheduled to Time: 12 p.m. EST send a team to The Playoff Stadium: Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium Albuquerque all Beginning with the 2014-15 season, college football (15,000) six seasons between 2014 and 2019. C-USA will face will enter a new era when a postseason playoff will Network: ESPN a representative from the Mountain West Conference begin. The format is simple: top four teams, two Opponent: Mid-American Selection each season at University Stadium on the campus of semifi nals played in bowl games, and a national Phone: 404-668-7485 the University of New Mexico… C-USA has participat- championship game played in a diff erent city each Executive Director: ed in the New Mexico Bowl once before, as UTEP met year. Each semifi nal will be played during the New Lea Miller its former conference rival BYU in 2010... This year’s Year’s holiday with the national championship game Mailing Address: game will mark the ninth in the bowl’s history, which in prime time on a Monday night at least a week later. 5201 N. O’Connor Blvd., Suite 300 has produced two of the highest scoring and most It will be the best of all worlds, and the biggest in- Irving, TX 75063 exciting comeback fi nishes among all bowl games in novation to the sport in decades. Director of Communications: each of the past two years… This bowl will once again Chris Pika be played on the opening day of the bowl season, The Selection Committee Website: www.popeyesbahamasbowl.com which it has several times during its existence. A selection committee will choose the four teams Facebook: PopeyesBahamasBowl for the playoff based on their performance during NEW MEXICO BOWL FACTS Twitter: @TheBahamasBowl the regular season, including, strength of schedule, Albuquerque, New Mexico head-to-head results, championships won, and other Date: Dec. 20, 2014 PREVIOUS RESULTS factors. The teams will be seeded so that No. 1 will Time: 12:20 p.m. MST First season play No. 4 in one semifi nal and No. 2 will meet No. 3 Stadium: University Stadium (37,792) in the other, with the winners advancing to the na- Network: ESPN tional championship game. Opponent: Mountain West Selection BOCA RATON BOWL Phone: 505-925-5999 Conference USA will The Rotation Executive Director: be a part of the in- The semifi nals will rotate among six diff erent bowls, Jeff Siembieda augural Boca Raton extending the experience to more fans. In the years Director of Operations: Bowl, which will when the bowls are not hosting semifi nals, the bowls Cary Colbert be played on Dec. will feature eight other teams in four compelling Chairman of the Board: 23… The game will matchups. Rudy Davalos be played at three- Media Relations Director: year old FAU Stadium, the home of C-USA member For the 2014-15 season, the Orange Bowl (Dec. 31), RaeAnn McKernan Florida Atlantic… C-USA will face an opponent from Peach Bowl (Dec. 31), Fiesta Bowl (Dec. 31) and Cot- Mailing Address: the Mid-American Conference in the inaugural game, ton Bowl (Jan. 1) will host its regular bowl games, 801 University SE Ste. 104 with the American Athletic Conference also sched- while the Rose Bowl (Jan. 1) and Sugar Bowl (Jan. 1) Albuquerque, NM 87106 uled to be a part of the game during the next six will host semifi nals. The College Football Champi- Website: www.gildannewmexicobowl.com years. onship will be held on Monday, Jan. 12 in Arlington, Facebook: NewMexicoBowl Texas. Twitter: @GildanNMBowl 2014 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 7 Oct. 20, 2014 C-USA BOWL PARTNERS PREVIOUS RESULTS PREVIOUS RESULTS Past Results: 2013 Colorado State 48, Washington State 45 2013 North Texas 36, UNLV 14 2013 Oregon State 38, Boise State 23 2012 Arizona 49, Nevada 48 2012 Oklahoma State 58, Purdue 14 2012 SMU 43, Fresno State 10 2011 Temple 37, Wyoming 15 2011 Houston 30, Penn State 14 2011 Southern Miss 24, Nevada 17 2010 BYU 52, UTEP 24 2010 Texas Tech 45, Northwestern 38 2010 Tulsa 62, Hawai’i 35 2009 Wyoming 35, Fresno State 28 (2OT) 2009 SMU 45, Nevada 10 2008 Colorado State 40, Fresno State 35 SHERATON HAWAI’I BOWL 2008 Notre Dame 49, Hawai’i 21 2007 New Mexico 23, Nevada 0 The Sheraton 2007 East Carolina 41, Boise State 38 2006 San Jose State 20, New Mexico 12 Hawai’i Bowl enters 2006 Hawai’i 41, Arizona State 24 its 13th year and 2005 Nevada 49, UCF 48 (OT) HEART OF DALLAS BOWL this will mark the 2004 Hawai’i 59, UAB 40 Conference USA is 10th time that C- 2003 Hawai’i 54, Houston 48 (3OT) slated to play an USA will be a part 2002 Tulane 36, Hawai’i 28 opponent from the of the Christmas Big Ten Conference Eve game… In its DUCK COMMANDER in the fi fth annual fi rst 12 years, the Heart of Dallas Bowl Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl has gained a reputation for INDEPENDENCE BOWL on December 26… off ensive shootouts, with the winning team topping Conference USA enters a new secondary partnership Last year, North the 40-point mark in nine of the fi rst 12 years, while with the Duck Com- Texas celebrated its the losing team has scored 35 or more points fi ve mander Indepen- return to postsea- times… In 2012, SMU posted its second convincing dence Bowl, played son play with a 36- Hawai’i Bowl victory in four years, defeating Fresno at Independence 14 win over UNLV in front of a partisan Mean Green State, 43-10...In 2011, C-USA Champion Southern Miss Stadium in Shreve- crowd at Cotton Bowl Stadium… In 2012, Oklahoma posted its school-record 12th victory with a 24-17 win port, La. C-USA will State defeated Purdue in the game, which was re- over Nevada… In 2010, Tulsa closed out its season provide a surplus named and re-branded to benefi t organizations with a seventh straight victory, defeating home- team to the bowl in working to eradicate homelessness in Dallas… Con- standing and 25th-ranked Hawai’i, 62-35… In 2009, the event the Southeastern Conference or Atlantic ference USA made its fi rst appearance in the bowl June Jones and his SMU Mustangs capped off the Coast Conference are unable to provide a team ….The on Jan. 1, 2012, when No. 17 Houston concluded a nation’s largest turnaround by defeating Nevada, game was established in 1976 and named the Inde- 13-1 season with a win over No. 22 Penn State in a 45-10… East Carolina won the 2007 game, as current pendence Bowl in honor of the nation’s Bicentennial matchup of nationally-ranked teams. It was one of Tennessee Titans star RB Chris Johnson led the Pi- year. It is the nation’s 11th-oldest game.Current C- just nine bowl games during the 2011-12 bowl season rates to a 41-38 win over No. 22 Boise State… UCF USA members Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss and that matched two top 25 teams… After a one-year and UAB each made their fi rst bowl appearances in UTEP have previously played in the Independence absence college football postseason action returned school history in the Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl, in 2005 Bowl. to the historic Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas on New and 2004, respectively… Hawai’i prevailed in 2003, Year’s Day 2011, when Texas Tech defeated North- 54-48, in triple overtime over Houston… In 2002, DUCK COMMANDER INDEPENDENCE BOWL FACTS western in the inaugural TicketCity Bowl. Tulane represented C-USA in the inaugural Hawai’i Shreveport, Louisiana Bowl, upsetting Hawai’i on its home fi eld, 36-28. Date: Dec. 27, 2014 HEART OF DALLAS BOWL FACTS Time: 3 p.m. CST Dallas, Texas HAWAI’I BOWL FACTS Stadium: Independence Stadium (48,975) Date: Dec. 26, 2014 Honolulu, Hawai’i Network: ESPN 2 Time: 12 p.m. CST Date: Dec. 24, 2014 Opponent: ACC or SEC Selection Stadium: Cotton Bowl Time: 3 p.m. HST (8 p.m. EST) Phone: 318-221-0712 Network: ESPN Stadium: Hawaiian Airlines Field at Aloha Stadium Executive Director: Opponent: Big Ten Selection (50,000) Missy Setters Phone: 214-389-4299 Network: ESPN Asst. Executive Director, Sales: Executive Director: Opponent: Mountain West Conference Selection Jeff Dittmer Brant Ringler Executive Director: Asst. Exec. Director, Ticket & Business Operations: Operations & Events: David A.K. Matlin John Cordaro Scott Pomeroy Assoc. Executive Director: Media Relations Director: Stefan Nolet Supervisor, Sales and Marketing: Daryl Garvin Mailing Address: Bryan Delgado Director of Ticketing and Operations: 401 Market St., Suite 120 Assoc. Manager of Events: Brad Motooka Shreveport, LA 71101 Monty Clegg Event Manager: Website: www.independencebowl.org Ticket Manager: Tamarah Tabor Facebook: independencebowl Trisha Branch Media Relations Director: Twitter: @DCIbowl Mailing Address: Derek Inouchi 2633 McKinney Ave. #130-341 Phone: 808-523-3688 PREVIOUS RESULTS INVOLVING C-USA SCHOOLS Dallas, Texas 75204 FAX: 808-523-3712 2008 Louisiana Tech 17, Northern Illinois 10 Media Operations Coordinator: Mailing Address: 1990 Louisiana Tech 34, Maryland 34 Tim Simmons 841 Bishop Street, Suite 2100 1988 Southern Miss 38, UTEP 18 Phone: 303-678-8484 Honolulu, HI 96813 1980 Southern Miss 16, McNeese State 14 Website: www.theheartofdallasbowl.com Website: www.sheratonhawaiibowl.com 1978 East Carolina 35, Louisiana Tech 13 Facebook: theheartofdallas Facebook: SheratonHawaiiBowl 1977 Louisiana Tech 24, Louisville 14 Twitter: @HODBowl Twitter: @HawaiiBowl 2014 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 8 Oct. 20, 2014 C-USA CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION C-USA BOWL OVERVIEW C-USA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 2014-2019 Saturday, Dec. 6 Conference USA will have 10 bowl affi liations through Time: TBA the 2019 season, securing a minimum of fi ve berths ESPN or ESPN 2 annually and off ering fans a number of great destina- tions between the Atlantic and the Pacifi c Oceans. EAST WEST FIU LOUISIANA TECH Conference USA has agreements with three new FLORIDA ATLANTIC NORTH TEXAS bowls: the Bahamas Bowl, Boca Raton Bowl and Mi- MARSHALL RICE ami Beach Bowl, along with a fi rst-time agreement MIDDLE TENNESSEE SOUTHERN MISS with the Gildan New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque. OLD DOMINION UTEP Additionally, C-USA maintains relationships with UAB UTSA three ESPN-owned bowls: Beef `O’ Brady’s Bowl in WKU St. Petersburg, Florida, Heart of Dallas Bowl, and the Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl in Honolulu, as well as the R+L 2014 C-USA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME C-USA TIEBREAKER Carriers New Orleans Bowl. Conference USA will host its 10th football champion- Home fi eld for the C-USA Championship Game will ship game in 2014. be awarded to the team that posts the highest regu- Conference USA has secondary agreements with lar season winning percentage against conference two bowls also located within the league’s footprint, The event is slated for Saturday, Dec. 6, and will be opposition. The fi rst tiebreaker is the winner of a giving teams the opportunities to participate in the televised by ESPN or ESPN 2. The team with the head-to-head match-up. Additional tie-breaker in- Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, highest league winning percentage will serve as host formation will be released at a later date. Texas and the Duck Commander Independence Bowl site for the game. in Shreveport, Louisiana. MEDIA CREDENTIALS The title game will feature champions from the Members of the media that wish to cover the C-USA In these bowls, Conference USA will have the oppor- East and West divisions of the league. Five diff er- Championship game will be required to request cre- tunity to face opponents from the American Athletic, ent schools have hosted the fi rst nine championship dentials through the league’s online credential appli- Big 12, Big Ten, Mid-American, Mountain West and games. cation system available at conferenceusa.com/Media Sun Belt Conferences. Center. Rice won its fi rst Conference USA Football Cham- WORKING OVERTIME pionship last season with a victory over Marshall at Details about the C-USA Championship Game will be Rice Stadium. Southern Miss won the 2011 C-USA available throughout the season on conferenceusa. Here’s a look at C-USA overtime games in 2014 and com. For additional information, please contact C- all-time: Championship, when the nationally-ranked Golden Eagles defeated previously undefeated Houston USA Media Relations at 214/774-1300. 2014 C-USA Overtimes on the Cougars home fi eld. Former members East S13 Middle Tennessee 50, WKU 47 (3ot) Carolina, Tulsa and UCF each won two championship C-USA STADIUMS games, while Houston claimed one crown. FIU FIU Stadium (20,000) Overtime Records - 1996-2014 Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium (29,419) Teams All Games C-USA Games Year Champion (C-USA Record) Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium (30,600) FIU 4-4 0-0 2013 Rice (7-1) Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium Florida Atlantic 2-3 0-1 2012 Tulsa (7-1) (38,019) Louisiana Tech 2-5 0-0 2011 Southern Miss (7-1) Middle Tennessee Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium Marshall 3-3 4-2 2010 UCF (7-1) (30,788) Middle Tennessee 4-3 2-0 2009 East Carolina (6-2) North Texas Apogee Stadium (30,850) North Texas 1-1 0-0 2008 East Carolina (6-2) Old Dominion S.B. Ballard Stadium (20,068) Old Dominion 0-0 0-0 2007 UCF (7-1) Rice Rice Stadium (47,000) Rice 6-3 3-0 Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium (36,000) Southern Miss 4-5 4-4 2006 Houston (7-1) UAB Legion Field (72,000) UAB 3-6 3-2 2005 Tulsa (6-2) UTEP Sun Bowl (51,500) UTEP 5-5 3-2 2004 Louisville (8-0) UTSA 1-1 0-0 2003 Southern Miss (8-0) UTSA Alamodome (65,000) WKU Houchens Industries/L.T. Smith Stadium WKU 4-2 0-1 2002 TCU (6-2) Cincinnati (6-2) (22.113) 2001 Louisville (6-1) 2000 Louisville (6-1) 1999 Southern Miss (6-0) 1998 Tulane (6-0) 1997 Southern Miss (6-0) 1996 Houston (4-1) Southern Miss (4-1) 2014 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 9 Oct. 20, 2014 INSTANT REPLAY/FUTURE MEMBER INSTANT REPLAY THE FUTURE OF C-USA COACHES’ TELECONFERENCE Conference USA uses the instant replay program The league will be a 13-team confi guration for the 2014 All 13 Conference USA head football coaches were implemented in 2005. For 2011, C-USA will use the season and a 14-team conference for the 2015 season. featured on a teleconference Monday, August 25. The model adopted by all FBS conferences which relies only other teleconference during the 2014 season on a replay offi cial (RO) to both call for the instant The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a char- will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 2 and will feature the head coaches of the two teams participating in the replay and have the fi nal decision upon review. ter member of C-USA in 1995, returned to the con- ference last fall in all sports but football. Charlotte 2014 C-USA Football Championship Game. 49ers football will join Conference USA for the 2015 The RO will have access to the referee through a vi- In lieu of a weekly teleconference, the C-USA offi ce football season. The 49ers football program com- brating pager. When the RO feels there is a call that provides coaches quotes each Monday and Tuesday warrants a review and the play is reviewable, he will pleted its inaugural season last fall, playing before during the season. Those quotes will be emailed to page the referee. sellout crowds in all its home games. Located a few media members and available on ConferenceUSA. miles north of downtown Charlotte, the school has com. The referee will kill the clock and announce that a an enrollment of 26,571 students and sponsors 17 ruling on the fi eld is being reviewed. The RO will then NCAA Division I sports. PRESEASON ALL-C-USA review all aspects of the play and can change the SELECTIONS (selected by league coaches) original call or allow it to stand. The RO, as well as the Charlotte’s football program will become a football- communicator (CO), and technician (at a minimum), playing member of C-USA for the 2015 season. OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR will be utilized to insure that all plays are reviewed in Rakeem Cato, Sr., QB, Marshall an effi cient and timely manner. 2015 MEMBERS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Charlotte James Rouse, Sr., DL, Marshall In addition to the RO having the ability to change a FIU SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR Florida Atlantic call rather than the referee, the other signifi cant dif- Parker Mullins, Sr., P, UAB Louisiana Tech ference to the Conference USA instant replay policy Marshall relates to a coaches challenge. FIRST TEAM OFFENSE Middle Tennessee QB Rakeem Cato, Sr., Marshall North Texas RB Kenneth Dixon, Jr., Louisiana Tech Coaches will be allowed to challenge an on-fi eld rul- Old Dominion RB Aaron Jones, So., UTEP ing once per game. A coach may initiate a challenge Rice OL Scott Inskeep, Sr., UTSA by calling a time out (if he has a time out available) Southern Miss OL Chris Jasperse, Sr., Marshall and informing the referee prior to the ball being put UAB OL Cyril Lemon, Sr., North Texas back in play. If the on-fi eld ruling is reversed, that UTEP OL Clint Van Horn, Jr., Marshall team’s time out will not be charged. UTSA OL Mason Y’Barbo, Sr., North Texas WKU WR Jamarcus Nelson, Sr., UAB There will be no clock adjustments unless there is a WR Tommy Shuler, Sr., Marshall replay reversal on a play that ran time off the clock WR Jordan Taylor., Sr., Rice and, upon further review, the clock would have been CHARLOTTE 49ERS TE Eric Tomlinson, Sr., UTEP stopped. The referee and RO will confi rm the correct Location: Charlotte, N.C. FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL Vernon Butler, Jr., Louisiana Tech time and communicate it to the timer. Founded: 1946 Enrollment: 25,063 DL Christian Covington, Jr., Rice DL Ra’Shawde Myers, Sr., Marshall Colors: Green and White Instant replay is a very unique situation and there are DL James Rouse, Sr., Marshall First Year of Football: 2013 many aspects to it. C-USA replay offi cials, referees LB T.T. Barber, Sr., Middle Tennessee and communicators were provided with intensive 2013 Record: 5-6 LB Evan McKelvey, Sr., Marshall training at a clinic prior to the start of the season. Coach: Brad Lambert LB Andrae Kirk, Jr., Florida Atlantic Athletics Director: Judy Rose DB Kevin Byard, Jr., Middle Tennessee Stadium Jerry Richardson Stadium (15,300) DB Bryce Callahan, Sr., Rice NO DOUGHT Surface: FieldTurf DB D’Joun Smith, Sr., Florida Atlantic Basic Off ense: Spread In his fi rst three games as a member of C-USA, WKU DB Triston Wade, Sr., UTSA Basic Defense: 3-4 senior QB Brandon Doughty tied the C-USA single FIRST TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS game record with six TD passes in his fi rst game K Sean Ianno, Sr., UTSA (vs. Bowling Green on Aug. 29), accomplished eight 2014 Schedule (3-4) P Hunter Mullins, Sr., UAB times previously, and broke the single-game passing DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME KR Autrey Golden, Jr., UTEP yardage record in his third game (at Middle Tennes- Aug. 28 (Thu.) at Campbell W, 33-9 PR Kenny Harrison, Sr., UTSA see on Sept. 13), after posting the fourth-highest to- Sept. 6 JOHNSON C. SMITH W, 56-0 LS Jesse Medrano, Sr., UTSA tal in his fi rst game. Sept. 13 at N.C. Central W, 40-28 PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH Sept. 20 at Elon L, 13-20 EAST DIVISION Pts MOST PASSING YARDS GAME Sept. 27 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN L, 41-47 (ot) 1. Marshall 91 593 Brandon Doughty, WKU at Middle Oct. 4 at Gardner-Webb L, 27-24 2. Middle Tennessee 73 Tennessee 9-13-14 (43 of 66) Oct. 11 at The Citadel L, 56-63 3. Florida Atlantic 60 4. WKU 57 592 Chris Redman, Louisville at East Carolina Oct. 25 JAMES MADISON 12:00p 11-14-98 (44 of 56) 5. Old Dominion 33 Nov. 8 COASTAL CAROLINA 12:00p 6. UAB 31 580 David Piland, Houston vs. Louisiana Tech Nov 15 WESLEY COLLEGE 12:00p 7. FIU 19 9-8-12 (53 of 77) Nov. 22 MOREHEAD STATE 12:00p 569 Brandon Doughty, WKU vs. Bowling WEST DIVISION Pts Green 8-29-31 (46 of 63) 1. North Texas 66 All times Eastern and subject to change 559 Case Keenum, Houston vs. Southern Miss 2. Rice 65 10-31-09 (44 of 54) 3. UTSA 62 4. Louisiana Tech 38 5. Southern Miss 24 6. UTEP 18 2014 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 10 Oct. 20, 2014 MEDIA INFORMATION WEEKLY FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS FLAGSHIP RADIO STATIONS C-USA FOOTBALL SID CONTACTS Video highlights from each Conference USA school Below is the fl agship radio station for each Confer- Here is the information for each C-USA football SID: will be available through XOS Video exchange during ence USA football school: the 2014 season. By Noon CDT Monday afternoons FIU Paul Dodson during the season each school will upload several School Station Signal PxP Offi ce Phone: ...... (305) 348-3164 minutes of footage to XOS for television stations to FIU FIUSports.com Pete Pelegrin Cell Phone: ...... (813) 545-2127 download and use. Schools may also post additional Florida Atlantic ESPN-FM 106.3 Ken LaVicka E-Mail: ...... pdodson@fi u.edu footage at times during the week. Louisiana Tech KXKZ-FM 107.5 Dave Nitz Marshall WDGG-FM 93.7 Steve Cotton Florida Atlantic Katrina McCormack Please contact the C-USA media relations depart- Middle Tenn. WPRT-FM 102.5 Chip Walters Offi ce Phone: ...... (561) 297-3161 ment for more information. North Texas KNTU-FM 88.1 George Dunham Cell Phone: ...... (561) 251-5588 KGAF-AM 1580 E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Old Dominion ESPN Radio 94.1 Ted Alexander Rice KGOW-FM 1560 J.P. Heath Louisiana Tech Patrick Walsh C-USA AUDIO UPDATES Southern Miss WXRR-FM 104.5 John Cox Offi ce Phone: ...... (318) 257-5305 Conference USA produces a weekly audio football UAB WUHT-FM 107.7 David Crane Cell Phone: ...... (318) 514-9203 show entitled “Talking Conference USA Football,” UTEP KOFX-FM 92.3 Jon Teicher E-Mail: ...... [email protected] that is syndicated throughout Conference USA mar- *ESPN Deportes 1650 Harry Ruiz kets. UTSA KTKR-AM 760 Andy Everett Marshall Jason Corriher KBUC-FM 92.5/93.3 (alternate) Offi ce Phone: ...... (304) 696-4660 The league also produces a daily audio update en- *K272EK 102.3 Jorge Rodriguez Cell Phone: ...... (740) 331-1497 titled “Today in Conference USA” that focuses on WKU WPTQ-FM 105.3 Randy Lee E-Mail: ...... [email protected] football as well as all C-USA sports. It also appears *Spanish station on the syndicated network. Middle Tennessee Mark Owens Offi ce Phone: (615) 898-2450 Bill Hazen serves as the host and producer of both C-USA WEBSITES Cell Phone: ...... (615) 631-9520 programs. Here are the offi cial websites for each C-USA school: E-Mail: ...... [email protected]

Both of these shows are available for download on FIU www.FIUSports.com North Texas Eric Capper C-USA’s podcast channel: Florida Atlantic www.FAUSports.com Offi ce Phone: (940) 565-2476 Louisiana Tech www.LATechSports.com Cell Phone: ...... (940) 367-0727 http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/podcasts/c-usa-pod- Marshall www.HerdZone.com E-Mail: ...... [email protected] casts.html Middle Tennessee www.GoBlueRaiders.com Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] North Texas www.MeanGreenSports.com Old Dominion Eric Bohannon Old Dominion www.ODUSports.com Offi ce Phone: ...... (757) 683-3374 E-MAIL DISTRIBUTION Rice www.RiceOwls.com Cell Phone: ...... (757) 375-0244 Media may contact the Conference USA offi ce by Southern Miss www.SouthernMiss.com E-Mail: ...... [email protected] phone (214-774-1300) or e-mail to be included on UAB www.UABSports.com the league’s e-mail lists for releases and information. UTEP www.UTEPAthletics.com Rice Chuck Pool UTSA www.GoUTSA.com Offi ce Phone: ...... (713) 358-5775 Statistics are updated on Sundays, weekly notes on WKU www.WKUSports.com Cell Phone: ...... (832) 244-6476 Mondays, game previews on Tuesdays and press E-Mail: ...... [email protected] conference quotes on Mondays and Tuesdays. C-USA TWITTER FEEDS Southern Miss Jack Duggan Here are the Twitter feeds for each C-USA school: Please contact Russell Anderson (rdanderson@c- Offi ce Phone: ...... (601) 266-6240 usa.org) in the conference offi ce with requests or Cell Phone: ...... (601) 596-5637 FIU @FIUFootball E-Mail: ...... [email protected] questions. Florida Atlantic @FAUOwlAthletics Secondary email: ... [email protected] Louisiana Tech @LATechFB Marshall @HerdFB UAB Norm Reilly COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM Middle Tennessee @MT_FB Offi ce Phone: ...... (205) 934-0722 North Texas @MeanGreenFB Cell Phone: ...... (205) 936-1793 Collegepressbox.com is the offi cial media website for Old Dominion @ODUFootball E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Conference USA football. Access and download weekly Rice @RiceFootball1 Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides and more Southern Miss @SouthernMissFB for the conference and each of its 13 member schools UAB @UAB_Football UTEP Denise Mata Offi ce Phone: ...... (915) 747-6653 throughout the season. Login information will be dis- UTEP @UTEPFootball Cell Phone: ...... (915) 820-2458 tributed to accredited media or you can apply for a UTSA @UTSAFTFB E-Mail: ...... [email protected] password by sending an e-mail to: password@colleg- WKU @WKUFootball Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] epressbox.com. UTSA Kyle Stephens Offi ce Phone: ...... (210) 458-4551 Cell Phone: ...... (210) 887-3636 E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected]

WKU Kyle Neaves Offi ce Phone: ...... (270) 745-3756 Cell Phone: ...... (228) 424-6921 E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Secondary E-Mail: ...... [email protected] 2014 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 11 Oct. 20, 2014 C-USA EAST SCHEDULES/RESULTS

FIU (3-5, 2-2 C-USA) O LD DOMINION (3-4, 1-3 C-USA)

DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME A30 BETHUNE-COOKMAN (ASN) L 12-14 0-1 A30 HAMPTON (ASN) W 41-28 1-0 S6 WAGNER W 34-3 1-1 S6 at NC State (ESPN3) L 34-46 1-1 S13 PITTSBURGH (FS1) L 25-42 1-2 S13 EASTERN MICHIGAN W 17-3 2-1 S20 LOUISVILLE (FS1) L 3-34 1-3 S20 at Rice (FSN) W 45-42 3-1 S27 at UAB (ASN) W 34-20 2-3 S26 (Fri.) MIDDLE TENNESSEE (FS1) L 28-41 3-2 O2 (Thu.) FLORIDA ATLANTIC (FSN) W 38-10 3-3 O4 MARSHALL (FSN) L 14-56 3-3 O11 at UTSA (FCS) L 13-16 3-4 O11 at UTEP L 35-42 3-4 O18 (24) MARSHALL (ASN) L 13-45 3-5 O25 at WKU 4:00p N1 RICE (ASN) 12:00p N1 at Vanderbilt (TBA) TBA N8 at Old Dominion (ASN) 3:30p N8 FIU (ASN) 3:30p N15 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (ASN) 3:30p N22 LOUISIANA TECH (FCS) 1:00p N22 at North Texas (ASN) 3:30p N29 at Florida Atlantic (ASN) 12:00p All times are Eastern and subject to change All times are Eastern and subject to change

F LORIDA ATLANTIC (3-4, 2-1 C-USA) UAB (4-3, 2-2 C-USA)

DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME A30 at (22) Nebraska (BTN) L 7-55 0-1 DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME S6 at Alabama (SEC Network) L 0-41 0-2 A30 TROY (FCS) W 48-10 1-0 S13 TULSA (FCS) W 50-21 1-2 S6 at Mississippi State (FSN) L 34-47 1-1 S20 at Wyoming (Mtn. West Net) L 19-20 1-3 S13 ALABAMA A&M (ASN) W 41-14 2-1 S27 UTSA W 41-37 2-3 S27 FIU (ASN) L 20-34 2-2 O2 (Thu.) at FIU (FSN) L 10-38 2-4 O4 at WKU W 42-39 3-2 O18 WKU (ASN) W 45-38 3-4 O11 NORTH TEXAS (ASN) W 56-21 4-2 O25 at (22) Marshall (FS1) 3:30p O18 at Middle Tennessee (FCS) L 22-34 4-3 N1 UAB (ASN) 7:00p O25 at Arkansas (SEC Network) 11:00a N8 at North Texas (FCS) 7:00p N1 at Florida Atlantic (ASN) 6:00p N22 at Middle Tennessee (ASN) 7:00p N8 LOUISIANA TECH (ASN) 11:00a N29 OLD DOMINION (ASN) 12:00p N22 MARSHALL (ASN) 11:00a N29 at Southern Miss (ASN) 2:30p All times are Eastern and subject to change All times are Central and subject to change

M ARSHALL (7-0, 3-0 C-USA) WKU (2-4, 0-3 C-USA) DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME A30 at Miami (Ohio) (ESPN3) W 42-27 1-0 S6 RHODE ISLAND (ASN) W 48-7 2-0 DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME S13 OHIO (CBSSN) W 44-14 3-0 A29 (Fri.) BOWLING GREEN (CBSSN) W 59-31 1-0 S20 at Akron (ESPN3) W 48-17 4-0 S6 at Illinois (Big Ten Network) L 34-42 1-1 O4 at Old Dominion (FSN) W 56-14 5-0 S13 at Middle Tennessee (WUXP) L 47-50 (3ot) 1-2 O11 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (FSN) W 49-24 6-0 S27 at Navy (CBSSN) W 36-27 2-2 O18 at FIU (ASN) W 45-13 7-0 O4 UAB L 39-42 2-3 O25 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (FS1) 3:30p O18 at Florida Atlantic (ASN) L 38-45 2-4 N8 at Southern Miss (ASN) 7:00p O25 OLD DOMINION 3:00p N15 RICE (FS1/FSN) TBA N1 at Louisiana Tech (FS1/FSN) TBA N22 at UAB (ASN) 11:00a N8 UTEP 3:00p N28 (Fri.) WKU (FS1) 12:00p N15 ARMY (CBSSN) 11:00a N22 UTSA (FS1/FSN) TBA All times are Eastern and subject to change N28 (Fri.) at Marshall (FS1) 11:00a All times are Central and subject to change M IDDLE TENNESSEE (5-3, 4-1 C-USA)

DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME A30 SAVANNAH STATE W 61-7 1-0 S6 at Minnesota (Big Ten Network) L 24-35 1-1 S13 WKU (WUXP) W 50-47 (3ot) 2-1 S20 at Memphis (ESPN3) L 17-36 2-2 S26 (Fri.) at Old Dominion (FS1) W 41-28 3-2 O4 SOUTHERN MISS (ASN) W 37-31 4-2 O11 at Marshall (FSN) L 24-49 4-3 O18 UAB (FCS) W 34-22 5-3 N1 BYU (CBSSN) 2:30p N15 at FIU (ASN) 3:30p N22 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (ASN) 6:00p N29 at UTEP (ASN) 6:00p All times are Central and subject to change 2014 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 12 Oct. 20, 2014 C-USA WEST SCHEDULES/RESULTS

L OUISIANA TECH (4-3, 3-0 C-USA) S OUTHERN MISS (3-4, 1-2 C-USA)

DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME A30 at (3) Oklahoma (FS Okla. PPV) L 16-48 0-1 A30 at Mississippi State (SEC Net) L 0-49 0-1 S6 at Louisiana-Lafayette (ESPN3) W 48-20 1-1 S6 ALCORN STATE W 26-20 1-1 S11 (Thu.) at North Texas (CBSSN) W 42-21 2-1 S13 at Alabama (ESPN 2) L 12-52 1-2 S20 NORTHWESTERN STATE L 27-30 2-2 S20 APPALACHIAN STATE (ASN) W 21-20 2-2 S27 at (5) Auburn (SEC Network) L 17-45 2-3 S27 RICE (FCS) L 23-41 2-3 O4 UTEP W 55-3 3-3 O4 at Middle Tennessee (ASN) L 31-37 2-4 O18 UTSA W 27-20 4-3 O18 at North Texas (ASN) W 30-20 3-4 O25 at Southern Miss (ASN) 2:30p O25 LOUISIANA TECH (ASN) 2:30p N1 WKU (FS1/FSN) TBA N1 at UTEP (FCS) 7:00p N8 at UAB (ASN) 11:00a N8 MARSHALL (ASN) 6:00p N22 at Old Dominion (FCS) 12:00p N13 (Thu.) at UTSA (CBSSN) 7:00p N29 RICE (CBSSN) 11:00a N29 UAB (ASN) 2:30p All times are Central and subject to change All times are Central and subject to change

N ORTH TEXAS (2-5, 0-3 C-USA) UTEP (3-3, 1-1 C-USA)

DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME A30 at (24) Texas (LHN) L 7-38 0-1 A30 at New Mexico W 31-24 1-0 S6 SMU (FSN) W 43-6 1-1 S6 TEXAS TECH (FS1) L 26-30 1-1 S11 (Thu.) LOUISIANA TECH (CBSSN) L 21-42 1-2 S13 NEW MEXICO STATE (ASN) W 42-24 2-1 S20 NICHOLLS STATE (ASN) W 77-3 2-2 S27 at (25) Kansas State (FSN) L 28-58 2-2 O4 at Indiana (BTN) L 24-49 2-3 O4 at Louisiana Tech (FCS) L 3-55 2-3 O11 at UAB (ASN) L 21-56 2-4 O11 OLD DOMINION (ASN) W 42-35 3-3 O18 SOUTHERN MISS (ASN) L 20-30 2-5 O25 at UTSA (ASN) 5:00p O25 at Rice (FSN) 11:00a N1 SOUTHERN MISS (FCS) 6:00p N8 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (FCS) 6:00p N8 at WKU 2:00p N15 at UTEP (FS1/FSN) TBA N15 NORTH TEXAS (FS1/FSN) TBA N22 FIU (ASN) 2:30p N21 (Fri.) at Rice (FS1) 6:00p N29 at UTSA (FS1/FSN) TBA N29 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (ASN) 5:00p All times are Central and subject to change All times are Mountain and subject to change

R ICE (3-3, 1-1 C-USA) UTSA (2-5, 1-2 C-USA)

DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME A30 at (17) Notre Dame (NBC) L 17-48 0-1 DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME S13 at (7) Texas A&M (ESPN2) L 10-38 0-2 A29 (Fri.) at Houston (ESPN U) W 27-7 1-0 S20 OLD DOMINION (FSN) L 42-45 0-3 S4 (Thu.) ARIZONA (FS1) L 23-26 1-1 S27 at Southern Miss (FCS) W 41-23 1-3 S13 at Oklahoma State (FSN) L 13-43 1-2 O4 HAWAI’I (ASN) W 28-14 2-3 S27 at Florida Atlantic (KMYS) L 37-41 1-3 O11 at Army (CBSSN) W 41-21 3-3 O4 NEW MEXICO (ASN) L 9-21 1-4 O25 NORTH TEXAS (FSN) 11:00a O11 FIU (FCS) W 16-13 2-4 N1 at FIU (ASN) 11:00a O18 at Louisiana Tech (FSN) L 20-27 2-5 N8 UTSA (FS1/FSN) TBA O25 UTEP (ASN) 6:00p N15 at Marshall (FS1/FSN) TBA N8 at Rice (FS1/FSN) TBA N21 (Fri.) UTEP (FS1) 7:00p N13 (Thu.) SOUTHERN MISS (CBSSN) 7:00p N29 at Louisiana Tech (CBSSN) 11:00a N22 at WKU (FS1/FSN) TBA N29 NORTH TEXAS (FS1/FSN) TBA All times are Central and subject to change All times are Central and subject to change 2014 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 13 Oct. 20, 2014 C-USA COMPOSITE SCHEDULE/RESULTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 WKU 59, Bowling Green 31 FIU 34 at UAB 20 Army at WKU (CBSSN) 11:00a UTSA 27, Houston 7 at Florida Atlantic 41, UTSA 37 Middle Tennessee at FIU (ASN) 2:30p Rice 41 at Southern Miss 23 North Texas at UTEP (FS1/FSN) TBA SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 WKU 36 at Navy 27 Rice at Marshall (FS1/FSN) TBA UAB 48, Troy 10 at (25) Kansas State 58, UTEP 28 Marshall 42, Miami (Ohio) 27 at (5) Auburn 45, Louisiana Tech 17 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Old Dominion 41, Hampton 28 UTEP at Rice (FS1) 7:00p Middle Tennessee 61, Savannah State 7 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2 UTEP 31, New Mexico 24 FIU 38, Florida Atlantic 10 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 (22) Nebraska 55, Florida Atlantic 7 Marshall at UAB (ASN) 11:00a (17) Notre Dame 48, Rice 17 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 LA Tech at Old Dominion (FCS) 12:00p (3) Oklahoma 48, Louisiana Tech 16 Marshall 56, Old Dominion 14 FIU at North Texas (ASN) 2:30p (24) Texas 38, North Texas 7 Middle Tenn. 37, Southern Miss 31 FAU at Middle Tennessee (ASN) 6:00p Mississippi State 49, Southern Miss 0 Louisiana Tech 55, UTEP 3 UTSA at WKU (FS1/FSN) TBA Bethune-Cookman 14, FIU 12 UAB 42, WKU 39 Rice 28, Hawai’i 14 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Indiana 49, North Texas 24 WKU at Marshall (FS1) 11:00a Arizona 26, UTSA 23 New Mexico 21, UTSA 9 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 Old Dominion at FAU (ASN) 11:00a North Texas 43, SMU 6 at Marshall 49, Middle Tennessee 24 Rice at Louisiana Tech (CBSSN) 11:00a FIU 34, Wagner 3 at UAB 56, North Texas 21 UAB at Southern Miss (ASN) 2:30p LA Tech 48, Louisiana-Lafayette 20 at UTSA 16, FIU 13 Middle Tennessee at UTEP (ASN) 6:00p Marshall 48, Rhode Island 7 UTEP 42, Old Dominion 35 North Texas at UTSA (FS1/FSN) TBA Southern Miss 26, Alcorn State 20 Rice 41, at Army 21 Alabama 41, Florida Atlantic 0 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6 Illinois 42, WKU 34 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 C-USA Championship Game Mississippi State 47, UAB 34 (24) Marshall 45 at FIU 13 Minnesota 35, Middle Tennessee 24 at Florida Atlantic 45, WKU 38 NC State 46, Old Dominion 34 at Louisiana Tech 27, UTSA 20 Conference games in bold. Texas Tech 30, UTEP 26 at Middle Tennessee 34, UAB 22 Southern Miss 30 at North Texas 20 All games and dates subject to change. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 All times Central. Louisiana Tech 42, North Texas 21 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 North Texas at Rice (FSN) 11:00a SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 UAB at Arkansas (SEC Network) 11:00a Middle Tennessee 50, WKU 47 Florida Atlantic at (22) Marshall (FS1)2:30p Florida Atlantic 50, Tulsa 21 LA Tech at Southern Miss (ASN) 2:30p Marshall 44, Ohio 14 Old Dominion at WKU 3:00p Old Dominion 17, Eastern Michigan 3 UTEP at UTSA (ASN) 6:00p UAB 41, Alabama A&M 14 UTEP 42, New Mexico St. 24 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Pittsburgh 42, FIU 25 Rice at FIU (ASN) 11:00a (2) Alabama 52, Southern Miss 12 BYU at Middle Tennessee (CBSSN) 2:30p Oklahoma State 43, UTSA 13 UAB at Florida Atlantic (ASN) 6:00p (7) Texas A&M 38, Rice 10 Southern Miss at UTEP (FCS) 7:00p WKU at Louisiana Tech (FS1/FSN) TBA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Old Dominion at Vanderbilt TBA Old Dominion 45, Rice 42 Marshall 48, Akron 17 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 North Texas 77, Nicholls St. 3 Louisiana Tech at UAB (ASN) 11:00a Southern Miss 21, Appalachian St. 20 FIU at Old Dominion (ASN) 2:30p Memphis 36, Middle Tennessee 17 UTEP at WKU 3:00p Louisville 34, FIU 3 Florida Atlantic at North Texas (FCS) 6:00p Wyoming 20, Florida Atlantic 19 Marshall at Southern Miss (ASN) 6:00p Northwestern State 30, Louisiana Tech 27 UTSA at Rice (FS1/FSN) TBA

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Middle Tennessee 41, Old Dominion 28 Southern Miss at UTSA (CBSSN) 7:00p