2009 Big East Conference football season explained

2009 Big East Conference football season
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League:	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport:	football
Pixels:	250px
Duration:	September 3, 2009 through January 2, 2010
No Of Teams:	8
Tv:	ESPN-Big East Network
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Cincinnati
Season Champ Name:	Champion
Seasonslistnames:	Football
Prevseason Year:	2008
Nextseason Year:	2010

The 2009 Big East football season was an NCAA football season that was played from September 5, 2009, to January 2, 2010. The Big East Conference consists of 8 football members: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, Syracuse, and West Virginia. Cincinnati won the Big East Championship for the second consecutive year and was invited to the Allstate Sugar Bowl where they lost to Florida 51–24. Overall, the Big East went 4–2 in Bowl Games.

Previous season

Cincinnati (11–3) was the Big East champions and got the conference's automatic bid into the BCS and went to the FedEx Orange Bowl, losing to ACC champion Virginia Tech 20–7. Five other Big East teams went to bowl games in 2008, finishing bowl play with a record of 4–2 as a conference. Connecticut (8–5) beat Buffalo 38–20 in the International Bowl. Pittsburgh (9–4) lost to Oregon State 3–0 in the Brut Sun Bowl. Rutgers (8–5) beat North Carolina State 29–23 in the PapaJohns.com Bowl. South Florida (8–5) beat Memphis 41–14 in the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl. And West Virginia (9–4) beat North Carolina 31–30 in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. The only two teams not to go to a bowl game were Louisville (5–7) and Syracuse (3–9).

Preseason

Preseason poll

The 2009 Big East preseason poll was announced at the Big East Media Day in Newport, RI on August 4.^[1] Pittsburgh was chosen as the favorite to win the conference.

Big East Media Poll

1. Pittsburgh – 161 (8)
2. West Virginia – 151 (5)
3. Cincinnati – 144 (8)
4. South Florida – 130 (3)
5. Rutgers – 126
6. Connecticut – 74
7. Louisville – 51
8. Syracuse – 27

Award watch lists

Award	School	Player
Bronko Nagurski Trophy^[2]	South Florida	Jerome Murphy
	South Florida	George Selvie
	Syracuse	Arthur Jones
Dave Rimington Trophy^[3]	Rutgers	Ryan Blaszczyk
	Syracuse	Jim McKenzie
Lombardi Award^[4]	Pittsburgh	Nate Byham
	Rutgers	Anthony Davis
	South Florida	George Selvie
	Syracuse	Arthur Jones
	West Virginia	Scooter Berry
	West Virginia	Chris Neild
	West Virginia	J.T. Thomas
	West Virginia	Reed Williams
Manning Award^[5]	Cincinnati	Tony Pike
	South Florida	Matt Grothe
Maxwell Award^[6]	Cincinnati	Mardy Gilyard
	Cincinnati	Tony Pike
	South Florida	Matt Grothe
	West Virginia	Noel Devine
Lou Groza Award^[7]	Cincinnati	Jake Rogers
	UConn	Dave Teggart
Outland Trophy^[8]	Rutgers	Anthony Davis
	Syracuse	Arthur Jones
Fred Biletnikoff Award^[9]	Cincinnati	Mardy Gilyard
	Louisville	Doug Beaumont
Walter Camp Award^[10]	Cincinnati	Mardy Gilyard
	South Florida	George Selvie
Jim Thorpe Award^[11]	Pittsburgh	Aaron Berry
Bednarik Award	Uconn	Scott Lutrus
	Pittsburgh	Greg Romeus
	Rutgers	Ryan D'Imperio
	South Florida	George Selvie
	Syracuse	Arthur Jones
	West Virginia	Reed Williams
Doak Walker Award^[12]	UConn	Andre Dixon
	Uconn	Jordan Todman
	West Virginia	Noel Devine
Davey O'Brien Award^[13]	West Virginia	Jarrett Brown
	South Florida	Matt Grothe
	Cincinnati	Tony Pike

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Big East member won
Big East member lost
Big East teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll for that week until week eight when the BCS rankings will be used.

Week One

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	12:00 p.m.	Minnesota	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPN2	L 23–20 in OT	48,617
September 5	12:00 p.m.	Liberty	West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV		W 33–20	57,950
September 5	1:00 p.m.		Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA		W 38–3	48,497
September 5	7:00 p.m.	UConn	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH		W 23–16	24,617
September 5	7:00 p.m.	Wofford	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL		W 40–7	40,360
September 5	7:30 p.m.		Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY		W 30–10	39,344
September 7	1:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN	CIN 47–15	53,737

Players of the week:^[14]

Week Two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	12:00 p.m.	19 North Carolina	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ESPNU	L 12–10	38,087
September 12	12:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh	Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium • Amherst, NY	ESPN2	W 54–27	21,870
September 12	12:00 p.m.	Syracuse	5 Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	Big Ten Network	L 28–7	106,387
September 12	3:30 p.m.		Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ		W 45–7	43,722
September 12	3:30 p.m.	East Carolina	West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV		W 35–20	59,216
September 12	7:30 p.m.	Southeast Missouri State	23 Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH		W 70–3	30,421
September 12	7:30 p.m.	South Florida	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY		W 35–13	20,568

Players of the week:^[15]

Week Three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	12:00 p.m.	Louisville	Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY	ESPNU	L 31–27	70,988
September 19	5:00 p.m.	UConn	Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX		W 30–22	40,147
September 19	5:00 p.m.		Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ		W 23–15	45,273
September 19	6:00 p.m.	Navy	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA		W 27–14	55,064
September 19	6:45 p.m.	21 Cincinnati	24 Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	FSN	W 28–18	41,909
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Charleston Southern	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL		W 59–0	38,798
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Northwestern	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY		W 37–34	40,251
September 19	7:45 p.m.	West Virginia	Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	ESPN2	L 41–30	87,451

Players of the week:^[16]

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 26	12:00 p.m.	Fresno State	15 Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH		W 28–20	32,910
September 26	12:00 p.m.	Rhode Island	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT		W 52–10	38,620
September 26	12:00 p.m.	South Florida	25 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ESPNU	W 17–7	83,542
September 26	3:30 p.m.	Rutgers	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD		W 34–13	43,848
September 26	3:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh	North Carolina State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ESPNU	L 38–31	57,583
September 26	7:00 p.m.	Maine	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY		W 41–24	35,632
September 26	7:30 p.m.	Louisville	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	CBS College Sports	L 30–14	45,588

Players of the week:^[17]

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 1	7:30 p.m.	Colorado	West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPN	W 35–24	60,055
October 2	8:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN2	PITT 35–10	39,948
October 3	12:00 p.m.	23 South Florida	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	Big East Network	USF 34–20	40,147
October 3	1:00 p.m.	11 Cincinnati	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH		W 37–13	23,493

Players of the week:^[18]

Week Six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 10	12:00 p.m.	West Virginia	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	Big East Network	WVU 34–13	40,144
October 10	3:30 p.m.	UConn	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ABC	PITT 24–21	44,839
October 10	3:30 p.m.	Texas Southern	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ		W 42–0	50,169
October 10	7:30 p.m.	Southern Mississippi	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPNU	W 25–23	37,268

Players of the week:^[19]

Week Seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 15	7:30 p.m.	9 Cincinnati	21 South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN	CIN 34–17	63,976
October 16	8:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN	PITT 24–17	50,296
October 17	12:00 p.m.	Louisville	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	Big East Network	UCONN 38–25	40,000
October 17	3:30 p.m.	Marshall	West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	Big East Network	W 24–7	54,432

On October 18, UConn cornerback Jasper Howard was stabbed to death during a fight at an on campus dance.^[20] Howard had a career-high 11 tackles and forced a 3rd-quarter fumble to earn the game ball just hours before his death.

Players of the week:^[19]

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 23	8:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	ESPN2	W 27–10	24,098
October 24	12:00 p.m.	UConn	23 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPNU	WVU 28–24	58,106
October 24	12:00 p.m.	South Florida	20 Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	Big East Network	PITT 41–14	50,019
October 24	3:30 p.m.	Louisville	5 Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPNU	CIN 41–10	35,099
October 24	3:30 p.m.	Akron	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY		W 28–14	36,991

Players of the week:^[21]

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 30	8:00 p.m.	21 West Virginia	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN2	USF 30–19	56,328
October 31	12:00 p.m.	8 Cincinnati	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPNU	CIN 28–7	33,802
October 31	12:00 p.m.	Rutgers	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	Big East Network	RUTG 28–24	37,045
October 31	3:30 p.m.	Arkansas State	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY		W 21–13	21,497

Players of the week:^[22]

Week Ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 7	12:00 p.m.	Louisville	West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	Big East Network	WVU 17–9	55,334
November 7	12:00 p.m.	Syracuse	13 Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPNU	PITT 37–10	46,855
November 7	8:00 p.m.	UConn	5 Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ABC	CIN 47–45	35,100

Players of the week:^[23]

Week Eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 12	7:30 p.m.	24 South Florida	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN	RUTG 31–0	48,057
November 13	8:00 p.m.	25 West Virginia	5 Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN2	CIN 24–21	35,105
November 14	12:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	Big East Network	LOU 10–9	33,223
November 14	8:00 p.m.	Notre Dame	12 Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ABC	W 27–22	65,374

Players of the week:^[24]

Week Twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 21	12:00 p.m.	Louisville	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	Big East Network	USF 34–22	49,388
November 21	2:30 p.m.	UConn	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	W 33–30 in 2OT	80,795
November 21	3:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY		SYR 31–13	36,759

Players of the week:^[25]

Week Thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 27	11:00 a.m.	Rutgers	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN2	RUTG 34–14	23,422
November 27	12:00 p.m.	Illinois	5 Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ABC	W 49–36	35,106
November 27	7:00 p.m.	9 Pittsburgh	West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPN2	WVU 19–16	56,123
November 28	12:00 p.m.	Syracuse	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	Big East Network	UCONN 56–31	40,000
November 28	3:30 p.m.	17 Miami	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ABC	L 31–10	66,469

Players of the week:^[26]

Week Fourteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 5	12:00 p.m.	5 Cincinnati	15 Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ABC	CIN 45–44	63,387
December 5	12:00 p.m.	23 West Virginia	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN	WVU 24–21	52,534
December 5	8:00 p.m.	South Florida	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ESPN2	UCONN 29–27	35,624

Players of the week:^[27]

Rankings

See also: 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings.

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
align=center style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;"		RV	Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Ranking Movement

	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
Cincinnati	AP	RV	23	17	14	10	8	8	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	8
	C	RV	23	21	15	11	10	9	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	4	9
	BCS	Not released	5	8	5	5	5	5	5	3
Connecticut	AP																RV
	C																RV
	BCS	Not released
Louisville	AP
	C
	BCS	Not released
Pittsburgh	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	20	16	14	8	8	8	15	17	15
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	19	17	14	9	9	9	14	16	15
	BCS	Not released	20	15	13	12	9	9	15	17
Rutgers	AP	RV								RV	RV	RV	25		RV
	C	RV									RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released
South Florida	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	21	RV		RV	23
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	21	RV		RV	24		RV
	BCS	Not released			25	24
Syracuse	AP
	C
	BCS	Not released
West Virginia	AP	RV	RV	RV			RV	RV	22	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	18	25
	C	RV	RV	RV			RV	RV	22	20	RV	23	RV	RV	23	17	22
	BCS	Not released	23	21		25			23	16

Records against other conferences

As of games through week 13

Conference	Wins	Losses
ACC	2	3
Big 12	2	0
Big Ten	2	2
CUSA	3	0
Independents	4	0
MAC	4	0
Mountain West	0	1
Pac-10	1	0
SEC	0	2
Sun Belt	3	0
WAC	1	0
All FCS	10	0
Overall	32	8

Bowl games

Bowl Game	Date	Stadium	City	Television	Matchups/Results	Attendance	Payout (US$)
St. Petersburg Bowl	December 19, 2009	Tropicana Field	St. Petersburg, FL	ESPN	Rutgers 45, UCF 24	29,763	$1,000,000
Meineke Car Care Bowl	December 26, 2009	Bank of America Stadium	Charlotte, NC	ESPN	Pittsburgh 19, North Carolina 17	50,389	$1,000,000
Konica Minolta Gator Bowl	January 1, 2010	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium	Jacksonville, FL	CBS	Florida State 33, West Virginia 21	84,129	$2,500,000
Sugar Bowl	January 1, 2010	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana	FOX	Florida 51, Cincinnati 24	65,207	$18,000,000
International Bowl	January 2, 2010	Rogers Centre	Toronto, ON	ESPN2	South Florida 27, Northern Illinois 3	22,185	$750,000
PapaJohns.com Bowl	January 2, 2010	Legion Field	Birmingham, AL	ESPN	UConn 20, South Carolina 7	45,254	$900,000

Attendance

Team	Stadium (Capacity)	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium (35,098)	30,421	32,910	35,099	35,100	35,105	35,106			203,651	33,942	96.7
Connecticut	Rentschler Field (40,000)	38,087	38,620	40,000	37,045	40,000	35,624			229,376	38,229	95.6
Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium (42,000)	39,344	39,948	37,268	21,497	33,223	23,422			194702	32,450	77.3
Pittsburgh	Heinz Field (65,050)	48,497	55,064	44,839	50,019	46,855	65,374	63,387		374,035	53,434	82.1
Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium (52,454)	53,737	43,722	45,273	50,169	50,296	48,057	52,534		343,788	49,113	93.6
South Florida	Raymond James Stadium (65,857)	40,360	38,798	63,976	56,328	49,388	66,469			315,319	52,553	79.8
Syracuse	Carrier Dome (49,250)	48,617	40,251	35,632	40,147	40,144	36,991	33,802	36,759	312,343	39,043	79.3
West Virginia	Mountaineer Field (60,000)	57,950	59,216	60,055	54,432	58,106	55,334	56,123		401,216	57,316	95.5

Awards and honors

Big East Conference Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Big East Conference football coaches.

2009 Big East Football Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year	Dion Lewis, RB, PITTSBURGH
Defensive Player of the Year	Greg Romeus, DE, PITTSBURGH Mick Williams, DL, PITTSBURGH
Special Teams Player of the Year	Mardy Gilyard, KR, CINCINNATI
Rookie of the Year	Dion Lewis, RB, PITTSBURGH
Coach of the Year	Brian Kelly, CINCINNATI

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pittsburgh Chosen As 2009 BIG EAST Football Favorite. August 4, 2009. October 21, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091003185055/http://www.bigeast.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=92485&SPID=11215&DB_OEM_ID=19400&ATCLID=204767345. October 3, 2009. dead. mdy-all.
2. Web site: The Bronko Nagurski Charlotte Touchdown Club. https://web.archive.org/web/20081205010320/http://www.touchdownclub.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=show_page&page_id=5. 2008-12-05. October 2, 2009. live.
3. Web site: Rimington Trophy. November 24, 2017.
4. Web site: The Rotary Lombardi Award Website – 2009 Contenders. Hugo Aguilar. https://web.archive.org/web/20091214132054/http://www.rotarylombardiaward.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=95&Itemid=56. December 14, 2009. dead. October 2, 2009.
5. News: Allstate Sugar Bowl Announces Manning Award Watch List. October 21, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20110930144506/http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/site.php?pageID=19&newsID=61. September 30, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
6. Web site: College Player Watch List. August 20, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080828171839/http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/watch_list_full.htm. 2008-08-28. dead.
7. Web site: Lou Groza Award. November 24, 2017.
8. 2009 Outland Trophy Watch List Announced. August 11, 2009. November 24, 2017.
9. Web site: The Biletnikoff Award. November 24, 2017.
10. Walter Camp Announces 2009 Player of the Year Watch List. Walter Camp. August 7, 2009. October 21, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728171308/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/news/522/. 2011-07-28. live.
11. Web site: Jim Thorpe Association and Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame Museum . 2009-10-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120219183540/http://www.jimthorpeassoc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=193:2009-watch-list&catid=5:news&Itemid=4 . 2012-02-19 . dead .
12. News: 2009 Doak Walker Award Candidates Announced. August 4, 2009. October 21, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091222012347/http://smu.edu/athleticforum/news/2009CandidatesRelease.pdf. 2009-12-22. dead.
13. Web site: 2009 O’Brien Quarterback Award Watch List Announced. August 3, 2009. October 21, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090809110934/http://blog.daveyobrien.org/2009/08/03/2009-o%E2%80%99brien-quarterback-award-watch-list-announced/. 2009-08-09. dead.
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19. Web site: Devine, Vaughn, Hutchins Earn Weekly Football Honors – BIG EAST Conference Athletics . December 27, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091015115020/http://www.bigeast.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=92485&SPID=11215&DB_OEM_ID=19400&ATCLID=204812077. October 15, 2009. dead. mdy-all.
20. News: Howard dies after stabbing. Associated Press. ESPN. October 19, 2009. November 24, 2017.
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