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Sports season
2009 Big East Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sportfootball
DurationSeptember 3, 2009
through January 2, 2010
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)ESPN-Big East Network
Regular season
ChampionCincinnati
Football seasons
← 20082010 →
2009 Big East Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 8 Cincinnati $   7 – 0     12 – 1  
No. 25 West Virginia   5 – 2     9 – 4  
No. 15 Pittsburgh   5 – 2     10 – 3  
Rutgers   3 – 4     9 – 4  
Connecticut   3 – 4     8 – 5  
South Florida   3 – 4     8 – 5  
Louisville   1 – 6     4 – 8  
Syracuse   1 – 6     4 – 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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. 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 South Florida Jerome Murphy
South Florida George Selvie
Syracuse Arthur Jones
Dave Rimington Trophy Rutgers Ryan Blaszczyk
Syracuse Jim McKenzie
Lombardi Award 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 Cincinnati Tony Pike
South Florida Matt Grothe
Maxwell Award Cincinnati Mardy Gilyard
Cincinnati Tony Pike
South Florida Matt Grothe
West Virginia Noel Devine
Lou Groza Award Cincinnati Jake Rogers
UConn Dave Teggart
Outland Trophy Rutgers Anthony Davis
Syracuse Arthur Jones
Fred Biletnikoff Award Cincinnati Mardy Gilyard
Louisville Doug Beaumont
Walter Camp Award Cincinnati Mardy Gilyard
South Florida George Selvie
Jim Thorpe Award 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 UConn Andre Dixon
Uconn Jordan Todman
West Virginia Noel Devine
Davey O'Brien Award 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. Youngstown State 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. Indiana State 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:

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Tony Pike Cincinnati Lindsey Witten UConn Tyler Bitancurt West Virginia

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. Howard 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 FSN-Ohio 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:

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Jarrett Brown West Virginia Adam Gunn Pittsburgh Mardy Gilyard Cincinnati

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. Florida International 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:

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Mike Williams Syracuse Dan Mason Pittsburgh Ryan Lichtenstein Syracuse

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:

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Mardy Gilyard Cincinnati Jason Pierre-Paul South Florida Teddy Dellaganna Rutgers

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:

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Bill Stull Pittsburgh Nate Allen South Florida Scott Kozlowski West Virginia

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:

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Noel Devine West Virginia Robert Vaughn UConn Dan Hutchins Pittsburgh

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. 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:

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Dion Lewis Pittsburgh Lawrence Wilson UConn Jacob Rogers Cincinnati

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:

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Noel Devine West Virginia Dom DeCicco Pittsburgh Tavon Austin West Virginia

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:

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Tim Brown Rutgers Kion Wilson South Florida Devin McCourty Rutgers

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:

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Zach Collaros Cincinnati Julian Miller West Virginia Jacob Rogers Cincinnati

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:

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Jonathan Baldwin Pittsburgh Chris Campa Louisville Devin McCourty Rutgers

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:

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
B.J. Daniels South Florida Doug Hogue Syracuse Jordan Todman UConn

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:

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Tony Pike Cincinnati Robert Sands West Virginia Tyler Bitancurt West Virginia

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:

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Tony Pike Cincinnati Reed Williams West Virginia Mardy Gilyard Cincinnati

Rankings

See also: 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
Ranking Movement
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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
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Louisville AP
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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
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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
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Syracuse AP
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West Virginia AP RV RV RV RV RV 22 20 RV RV RV RV 24 18 25
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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

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