2019 Conference USA football season

2019 Conference USA Football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 29, 2019 to January 2020
Number of teams	14
2020 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	OLB Alex Highsmith, Charlotte
Picked by	Pittsburgh Steelers, 102nd overall
Regular season
East champions	FAU Owls
East runners-up	Marshall Thundering Herd
West champions	UAB Blazers
West runners-up	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Conference USA Championship Game
Champions	Florida Atlantic
Runners-up	UAB
Finals MVP	Deangelo Antoine, Florida Atlantic
Seasons
← 2018 2020 →

2019 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Florida Atlantic xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
Marshall		6	–	2					8	–	5
Western Kentucky		6	–	2					9	–	4
Charlotte		5	–	3					7	–	6
Middle Tennessee		3	–	5					4	–	8
FIU		3	–	5					6	–	7
Old Dominion		0	–	8					1	–	11
West Division
UAB xy		6	–	2					9	–	5
Louisiana Tech x		6	–	2					10	–	3
Southern Miss		5	–	3					7	–	6
North Texas		3	–	5					4	–	8
UTSA		3	–	5					4	–	8
Rice		3	–	5					3	–	9
UTEP		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Florida Atlantic 49, UAB 6
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

The 2019 Conference USA football season was the 24th season of College Football play for Conference USA (C-USA). It was played from August 29, 2019 until January 2020. Conference USA consisted of 14 members in two divisions. It was part of the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

The conference consists of 14 members. The Conference USA Football Championship game was played on December 7.^[1]

The conference preseason awards were released On July 15.^[2]

• Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Mason Fine, Senior, QB, North Texas
• Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Sage Lewis Sr, Senior, LB, FIU
• Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year: Jonathan Cruz, Sophomore, Kicker, Charlotte

Offense

Position	Player	Class	Team
QB	Mason Fine	Senior	North Texas
RB	Spencer Brown	Junior	UAB
RB	Benny LeMay	Senior	Charlotte
OL	Levi Brown	Senior	Marshall
OL	Josh Dunlap	Senior	UTSA
OL	Derron Gatewood	Senior	UTEP
OL	Sosaia Mose	Senior	North Texas
OL	Miles Pate	Senior	WKU
TE	Harrison Bryant	Senior	Florida Atlantic
WR	Rico Bussey Jr.	Senior	North Texas
WR	Adrian Hardy	Junior	Louisiana Tech
WR	Quez Watkins	Junior	Southern Miss

Defense

Position	Player	Class	Team
DL	Channing Hames	Senior	Marshall
DL	LaDarius Hamilton	Senior	North Texas
DL	Alex Highsmith	Senior	Charlotte
DL	Garrett Marino	Senior	UAB
DL	DeMarrio Smith	Senior	Southern Miss
DL	Jacques Turner	Junior	Southern Miss
LB	Khalil Brooks	Senior	Middle Tennessee
LB	Sage Lewis	Senior	FIU
LB	Racheem Boothe	Junior	Southern Miss
DB	Reed Blankenship	Junior	Middle Tennessee
DB	Ky'el Hemby	Junior	Southern Miss
DB	Amik Robertson	Junior	Louisiana Tech
DB	Chris Jackson	Senior	Marshall

Specialists

Position	Player	Class	Team
K	Jonathan Cruz	Sophomore	Charlotte
P	Alvin Kenworthy	Senior	North Texas
KR	Brett Winnegan	Senior	UTSA
PR	Maurice Alexander	Senior	FIU
LS	Matt Beardall	Senior	Marshall

The 2019 preseason media football poll was released on July 16.^[3]

Note: All stats shown are before beginning of the season

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	CUSA Record
Charlotte	Will Healy	1	20-26	7-5	5-3
FIU	Butch Davis	3	80–52	17-9	11–5
Florida Atlantic	Lane Kiffin	3	51–31	16–10	28–17
Louisiana Tech	Skip Holtz	7	134–104	46–33	64–45
Marshall	Doc Holliday	10	70–46	70–46	45–27
Middle Tennessee	Rick Stockstill	14	87–78	87–78	65–36
North Texas	Seth Littrell	4	23–17	23–17	15–9
Old Dominion	Bobby Wilder	11	76–45	76–45	32–24
Rice	Mike Bloomgren	2	2–12	2–12	1–7
Southern Miss	Jay Hopson	4	55–33	21–16	15-9
UAB	Bill Clark	4	36–18	25–14	17–7
UTEP	Dana Dimel	2	31–50	1–11	1–7
UTSA	Frank Wilson	4	15–21	15–21	10–14
Western Kentucky	Mike Sanford Jr.	3	9–16	9–16	6–10

		Pre	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	Wk 15	Final
Charlotte	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
FIU	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Florida Atlantic	AP															RV
	C															RV
	CFP	Not released
Louisiana Tech	AP								RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C								RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Marshall	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Middle Tennessee	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
North Texas	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Old Dominion	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Rice	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Southern Miss	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
UAB	AP	RV
	C									RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
UTEP	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
UTSA	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
WKU	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Index to colors and formatting
C–USA member won
C–USA member lost
C–USA teams in bold

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 29	7:30 p.m. EST	Central Arkansas	Western Kentucky	L.T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPN+	L 28–35	17,120
August 29	8:00 p.m. EST	FIU	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPN3	L 14–42	16,361
August 29	8:00 p.m. EST	Alabama State	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ESPN+	W 24–19	39,165
August 29	8:30 p.m. EST	Gardner-Webb	Charlotte	McColl-Richardson Field • Charlotte, NC	ESPN+	W 49–28	16,119
August 30	7:00 p.m. EST	Rice	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN	L 7–14	23,238
August 31	12:00 p.m. EST	Florida Atlantic	No. 5 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	FOX	L 21–45	103,228
August 31	6:00 p.m. EST	Incarnate Word	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN3	W 35–7	26,787
August 31	6:30 p.m. EST	VMI	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	Stadium	W 56–17	23,875
August 31	7:00 p.m. EST	Alcorn State	Southern Miss	Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN+	W 38–10	31,076
August 31	7:00 p.m. EST	Norfolk State	Old Dominion	S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA	ESPN3	W 24–21	21,944
August 31	7:00 p.m. EST	Houston Baptist	UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX	ESPN+	W 36–34	34,646
August 31	7:30 p.m. EST	Middle Tennessee	No. 7 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	L 21–40	110,811
August 31	7:30 p.m. EST	Abilene Christian	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	ESPN+	W 31-51	23,057
August 31	8:00 p.m. EST	Louisiana Tech	No. 10 Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	LHN	L 14–45	93,418
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 6	8:00 p.m. EST	Wake Forest	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	CBSSN	L 21–41	17,567
September 6	9:00 p.m. EST	Marshall	No. 24 Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN2	L 7–14	31,951
September 7	12:00 p.m. EST	Old Dominion	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ESPNU	L 17–31	57,282
September 7	12:00 p.m. EST	UAB	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	CBSSN	W 31–0	18,972
September 7	3:30 p.m. EST	Grambling State	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	NFLN	W 20–14	23,174
September 7	3:30 p.m. EST	Southern Miss	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPNU	L 38–15	55,143
September 7	3:30 p.m. EST	Charlotte	Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	ESPN+	L 41–56	29,182
September 7	4:00 p.m. EST	UTSA	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX	FSN	L 14–63	40,274
September 7	7:00 p.m. EST	No. 18 UCF	FAU	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	CBSSN	L 14–48	30,811
September 7	7:00 p.m. EST	Western Kentucky	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPN+	WKU 20–14	13,311
September 7	7:00 p.m. EST	Tennessee State	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	W 45–26	20,912
September 7	7:30 p.m. EST	North Texas	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX (Safeway Bowl)	ESPN3	L 27–49	22,766
September 7	8:00 p.m. EST	UTEP	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	FSN	L 3–38	56,957
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 14	2:00 p.m. EST	Florida Atlantic	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	ESPN+	W 41–31	14,333
September 14	3:15 p.m. EST	North Texas	California	Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	P12N	L 17–23	35,268
September 14	3:30 p.m. EST	Army	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	NFLN	L 13–31	30,718
September 14	4:00 p.m. EST	Louisville	Western Kentucky	Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN	Stadium	L 21–38	22,665
September 14	5:00 p.m. EST	Louisiana Tech	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	ESPN+	W 35–7	18,021
September 14	6:00 p.m. EST	Southern Miss	Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL	ESPN+	W 47–42	27,108
September 14	6:00 p.m. EST	Massachusetts	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN3	W 52–17	12,812
September 14	6:30 p.m. EST	Ohio	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	ESPN+	W 33–31	27,323
September 14	7:00 p.m. EST	New Hampshire	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPN3	W 30–17	11,756
September 14	7:00 p.m. EST	Duke	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	Stadium, Facebook Live	L 18–41	19,852
September 14	8:00 p.m. EST	No. 12 Texas	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	CBSSN	L 13–48	42,417
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 20	8:00 p.m. EST	FIU	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	CBSSN	LT 43–31	18,782
September 21	12:00 p.m. EST	Southern Miss	No. 2 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN2	L 7–49	101,821
September 21	3:30 p.m. EST	South Alabama	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	NFLN	W 35–3	27,932
September 21	6:00 p.m. EST	Wagner	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	ESPN+	W 42–7	14,210
September 21	7:00 p.m. EST	Baylor	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	CBSSN	L 13–21	20,198
September 21	7:00 p.m. EST	Old Dominion	No. 21 Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ESPN2	L 17–28	44,573
September 21	7:30 p.m. EST	Charlotte	No. 1 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ACCN	L 10–52	81,500
September 21	7:30 p.m. EST	UTSA	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	TBA	UNT 45–3	19,922
September 21	8:00 p.m. EST	Nevada	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	ESPN3	L 21–37	10,493
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 28	12:00 p.m. EST	Middle Tennessee	No. 14 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	L 3–48	63,706
September 28	3:30 p.m. EST	FAU	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	NFLN	FAU 45–27	12,334
September 28	5:00 p.m. EST	Cincinnati	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	ESPN2	L 14–52	32,192
September 28	6:00 p.m. EST	East Carolina	Old Dominion	S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA	ESPN+	L 21–24	18,643
September 28	7:00 p.m. EST	UTEP	Southern Miss	M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN+	USM 31–13	23,337
September 28	7:00 p.m. EST	UAB	Western Kentucky	L.T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPN+	WKU 20–13	20,304
September 28	7:00 p.m. EST	Louisiana Tech	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN3	LT 23–20	19,075
September 28	8:00 p.m. EST	Houston	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	CBSSN Facebook	L 25–46	30,123
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 5	3:30 p.m. EST	Marshall	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	Facebook	MTSU 24–13	15,023
October 5	6:00 p.m. EST	Western Kentucky	Old Dominion	S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA	ESPN+	WKU 20–3	18,405
October 5	7:00 p.m. EST	UMass	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPN3	W 44–0	12,746
October 5	7:00 p.m. EST	Rice	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ESPN+	UAB 35–20	23,526
October 5	8:00 p.m. EST	UTSA	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	ESPN+	UTSA 26–16	13,876
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 12	2:30 p.m. EST	Old Dominion	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	ESPN+	MU 31–17	18,351
October 12	4:00 p.m. EST	Middle Tennessee	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	ESPN+	FAU 28–13	12,107
October 12	6:00 p.m. EST	UAB	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN+	UAB 33–14	15,728
October 12	7:00 p.m. EST	Army	Western Kentucky	L.T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPN+	W 17–8	16,107
October 12	7:00 p.m. EST	UMass	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	ESPN3	W 69–21	19,682
October 12	7:00 p.m. EST	North Texas	Southern Miss	M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	Facebook	USM 45–27	25,225
October 12	7:00 p.m. EST	Charlotte	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPN+	FIU 48–23	16,834
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 18	6:30 p.m. EST	Marshall	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	CBSSN	MU 36–31	15,138
October 19	3:30 p.m. EST	Southern Miss	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	NFLN	LT 45–30	23,419
October 19	4:00 p.m. EST	Old Dominion	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ESPN+	UAB 38–14	19,511
October 19	4:00 p.m. EST	Middle Tennessee	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	TBA	UNT 33–30	16,094
October 19	4:00 p.m. EST	Charlotte	Western Kentucky	L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPN+	WKU 30–14	15,816
October 19	6:00 p.m. EST	Rice	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN3	UTSA 31–27	17,657
October 19	7:00 p.m. EST	UTEP	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPN+	FIU 32-17	13,951
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 26	1:00 p.m. EST	Southern Miss	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN+	USM 20–6	20,367
October 26	2:30 p.m. EST	Western Kentucky	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	Stadium on Facebook	MU 26–23	22,099
October 26	3:30 p.m. EST	North Texas	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN+	CHAR 39–38	8,245
October 26	3:30 p.m. EST	FIU	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	NFLN	MTSU 50–17	9,512
October 26	3:30 p.m. EST	Florida Atlantic	Old Dominion	S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA	ESPN+	FAU 41–3	17,744
October 26	8:00 p.m. EST	Louisiana Tech	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	ESPN3	LT 42–21	16,084
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 2	12:00 p.m. EST	UTSA	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	SECN	L 10–45	100,635
November 2	12:00 p.m. EST	Old Dominion	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPN+	FIU 24–17	19,243
November 2	3:30 p.m. EST	Middle Tennessee	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN3	CHAR 34–20	13,879
November 2	3:30 p.m. EST	Marshall	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	Facebook	MU 20–7	17,385
November 2	3:30 p.m. EST	UTEP	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	NFLN	UNT 52–26	22,548
November 2	4:00 p.m. EST	Florida Atlantic	Western Kentucky	L.T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPN+	FAU 35–24	14,212
November 2	7:00 p.m. EST	UAB	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	ESPNU	L 7–30	85,791
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 9	12:00 p.m. EST	Western Kentucky	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	SECN	W 45–19	42,985
November 9	2:00 p.m. EST	UTSA	Old Dominion	S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA	ESPN3	UTSA 24–23	16,297
November 9	3:00 p.m. EST	Charlotte	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	ESPN+	CHAR 28–21	15,683
November 9	3:30 p.m. EST	UAB	Southern Miss	M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	NFLN	USM 37–2	23,819
November 9	4:00 p.m. EST	North Texas	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	Facebook	LT 52–17	22,792
November 9	6:00 p.m. EST	FIU	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	Stadium	FAU 37–7	17,603
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 15	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	CBSSN	MU 31–10	19,893
November 16	1:00 p.m.	UTEP	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ESPN3	UAB 37–10	19,875
November 16	4:30 p.m.	Rice	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN+	RICE 31–28	10,411
November 16	6:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN+	USM 36–17	14,179
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 23	3:30 p.m. EST	Louisiana Tech	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ESPN+	UAB 20–14	18,346
November 23	3:30 p.m. EST	Marshall	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	Stadium	CHAR 24–13	10,526
November 23	3:30 p.m. EST	North Texas	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	NFLN	RICE 20-14	18,477
November 23	3:30 p.m. EST	Western Kentucky	Southern Miss	M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN+	WKU 28–10	20,369
November 23	4:00 p.m. EST	UTEP	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	TBA	L 44–35	21,584
November 23	4:30 p.m. EST	Old Dominion	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	MTSU 38–17	9,806
November 23	6:00 p.m. EST	Florida Atlantic	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN+	FAU 40–26	14,355
November 23	7:00 p.m. EST	Miami	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	CBSSN	W 30–24	27,339
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 30	12:00 p.m. EST	FIU	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	CBSSN	MU 30-27	18,596
November 30	2:00 p.m. EST	Middle Tennessee	Western Kentucky	L.T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPN+	WKU 31-26	7,589
November 30	2:00 p.m. EST	Charlotte	Old Dominion	S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA	ESPN+	CHAR 38-22	16,369
November 30	3:00 p.m. EST	Rice	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	ESPN3	RICE 30-16	11,776
November 30	3:30 p.m. EST	Southern Miss	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	NFLN	FAU 34-17	13,414
November 30	3:30 p.m. EST	UTSA	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	ESPN+	LT 41-27	14,782
November 30	4:00 p.m. EST	UAB	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	ESPN+	UAB 26-21	16,406
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 7	1:30 p.m.	UAB	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	CBSSN	FAU 49–6	14,387
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Legend
	C-USA Win
	C-USA Loss

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (CST)	C-USA team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Bahamas Bowl	December 20	Thomas Robinson Stadium • Nassau, Bahamas	ESPN	1:00 p.m.	Charlotte	Buffalo	9–31	13,547
Boca Raton Bowl	December 21	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, Florida	ABC	2:30 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	SMU	52–28	23,187
Camellia Bowl	December 21	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	ESPN	4:30 p.m.	FIU	Arkansas St.	26–34	16,209
New Orleans Bowl	December 21	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	UAB	Appalachian St.	17–31	21,202
Gasparilla Bowl	December 23	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida	ESPN	1:30 p.m.	Marshall	UCF	25–48	28,987
Independence Bowl	December 26	Independence Stadium • Shreveport, Louisiana	ESPN	3:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Miami, FL	14–0	33,129
First Responder Bowl	December 30	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas	ESPN	11:30 a.m.	WKU	WMU	23–20	13,164
Armed Forces Bowl	January 4	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas	ESPN	10:30 a.m.	Southern Miss	Tulane	13–30	38,513

Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Central Time Zone. C-USA teams shown in bold.

• Bowl eligible: Florida Atlantic, Marshall, Western Kentucky, Charlotte, Florida International, UAB, Louisiana Tech, Southern Mississippi
• Bowl-ineligible: Middle Tennessee, Old Dominion, Rice, North Texas, UTSA, UTEP

Week		Offensive				Defensive				Special Teams
		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position
Week 1 (Sept. 2)		Jason Pirtle	North Texas	TE		Garrett Marino	UAB	DL		Jaylond Adams	Southern Miss	WR/KR/PR
Week 2 (Sept. 9)		Tyler Johnston III	UAB	QB		Reed Blankenship	Middle Tennessee	S		Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	PK
Week 3 (Sept. 16)		Quez Watkins	Southern Miss	WR		Rashad Smith	Florida Atlantic	LB		Jaylond Adams (2)	Southern Miss	WR/KR/PR
Week 4 (Sept. 23)		Deangelo Antoine	Florida Atlantic	WR		Keion White	Old Dominion	DE		Bailey Hale	Louisiana Tech	PK
Week 5 (Sept. 30)		Jack Abraham	Southern Miss	QB		Kyle Bailey	Western Kentucky	LB		Cory Munson (2)	Western Kentucky	PK
Week 6 (Oct. 7)		Sincere McCormick	UTSA	RB		Jovante Moffatt	Middle Tennessee	S		Maurice Alexander	FIU	WR/PR
Week 7 (Oct. 14)		Jack Abraham (2)	Southern Miss	QB		Darius Hodge	Marshall	DL		Nick Vogel	UAB	PK
Week 8 (Oct. 21)		Brenden Knox	UAB	RB		Amik Robertson	Louisiana Tech	CB		Ethan Mooney	North Texas	PK
Week 9 (Oct. 28)		Chris Reynolds	Charlotte	QB		Kearon Merrell	Marshall	CB		Justin Rohrwasser	Marshall	PK
Week 10 (Nov. 4)		Mason Fine	North Texas	QB		Akileis Leroy	Florida Atlantic	LB		Duron Lowe	UTEP	KR
Week 11 (Nov. 11)		Ty Storey	Western Kentucky	QB		Devon Key	Western Kentucky	S		Andrew Stein	Southern Miss	PK
Week 12 (Nov. 18)		Brad Rozner	Rice	WR		Tavante Beckett	Marshall	LB		Zac Everett	Southern Miss	P
Week 13 (Nov. 25)		Victor Tucker	Charlotte	WR		Deangelo Malone	Western Kentucky	DE		José Borregales	FIU	PK
Week 14 (Dec. 1)		J'Mar Smith	Louisiana Tech	QB		Alex Highsmith	Charlotte	DE		Robert LeFevre	Marshall	P

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Conference USA football coaches at the end of the season

Award	Player	School
Player of the Year	Brenden Knox, RB, RS So.	Marshall
Offensive Player of the Year	J'Mar Smith, QB, RS Sr.	Louisiana Tech
Defensive Player of the Year	DeAngelo Malone, DL, Jr.	Western Kentucky
Special Teams Player of the Year	Justin Rohrwasser, P/K, Jr.	Marshall
Freshman Player of the Year	Sincere McCormick, RB	UTSA
Newcomer of the Year	Ty Storey, QB, Jr.	Western Kentucky
Coach of the Year	Tyson Helton	Western Kentucky

*Denotes Unanimous Selection

Ref:^[4]

All Conference Honorable Mentions:

Offense: QB – Chris Reynolds, R-So., Charlotte • QB – James Morgan, Gr., FIU • QB – Jack Abraham, R-Jr., Southern Miss • RB – Anthony Jones, R-Sr., FIU • RB – Tre Siggers, R-So., North Texas • RB – De’Michael Harris, Sr., Southern Miss • RB – Sincere McCormick, Fr., UTSA • OL – D’Ante Demery, Jr., FIU • OL – Devontay Taylor, R-Jr., FIU • OL – Desmond Noel, R-Jr., Florida Atlantic • OL – Willie Allen, R-Jr., Louisiana Tech • OL – Drew Kirkpatrick, R-Sr., Louisiana Tech • OL – Kody Russey, R-Jr., Louisiana Tech • OL – Gewhite Stallworth, R-Sr., Louisiana Tech • OL – Will Gilchrist, Jr., Middle Tennessee • OL – Robert Jones, Jr., Middle Tennessee • OL – Isaac Weaver, Jr., Old Dominion • OL – Shea Baker, R-So., Rice • OL – Brian Chaffin, Gr., Rice • OL – Justin Gooseberry, Gr., Rice • OL – Nick Leverett, Gr., Rice • OL – Arvin Fletcher, R-Jr., Southern Miss • OL – Colby Ragland, R-Jr., UAB • OL – Sidney Wells, Jr., UAB • OL – Bobby DeHaro, R-So., UTEP • OL – Spencer Burford, So., UTSA • OL – Josh Dunlop, Sr., UTSA • OL – Jordan Meredith, R-Jr., WKU • TE – John Raine, Sr., Florida Atlantic • TE – Jason Pirtle, R-Jr., North Texas • TE – Carlos Strickland II, Jr., UTSA • TE – Joshua Simon, Fr., WKU • WR – Victor Tucker, R-So., Charlotte • WR – Tony Gaiter IV, Sr., FIU • WR – Deangelo Antoine, Sr., Florida Atlantic • WR – Adrian Hardy, R-Jr., Louisiana Tech • WR – Malik Stanley, R-Sr., Louisiana Tech • WR – Jyaire Shorter, Fr., North Texas • WR – Brad Rozner, Jr., Rice • WR – Austin Trammell, Jr., Rice • WR – Myron Mitchell, R-Jr., UAB

Defense: DT – Ray Ellis, Gr., Florida Atlantic • DT – Milton Williams, R-So., Louisiana Tech • DT – Dion Novil, Jr., North Texas • DT – Myles Adams, Sr., Rice • DT – Delmond Landry, R-Sr., Southern Miss • DT – Tony Fair, R-Jr., UAB • DT – Jaylon Haynes, Jr., UTSA • DT – Jeremy Darvin, R-Jr., WKU • DT – Jaylon George, R-Sr., WKU • DE – Markees Watts, So., Charlotte • DE – Tim Bonner, R-Sr., Florida Atlantic • DE – Willie Baker, R-Jr., Louisiana Tech • DE – Darius Hodge, R-So., Marshall • DE – LaDarius Hamilton, Sr., North Texas • DE – Derek Wilder, Sr., Old Dominion • DE – Jacques Turner, R-Jr., Southern Miss • DE – Fitzgerald Mofor, R-Sr., UAB • DE – Eric Banks, Sr., UTSA • DE – Jarrod Carter-McLin, Sr., UTSA • LB – Jeff Gemmell, R-Sr., Charlotte • LB – Rashad Smith, Sr., Florida Atlantic • LB – Collin Scott, R-Sr., Louisiana Tech • LB – Connor Taylor, Sr., Louisiana Tech • LB – KD Davis, So., North Texas • LB – Tyreke Davis, Jr., North Texas • LB – Racheem Boothe, R-Jr., Southern Miss • LB – Swayze Bozeman, Jr., Southern Miss • LB – Kyle Bailey, Jr., WKU • DB – Nafees Lyon, R-Sr., Charlotte • DB – Zyon Gilbert, Jr., Florida Atlantic • DB – James Pierre, Jr., Florida Atlantic • DB – Chris Tooley, Sr., Florida Atlantic • DB – Michael Sam, R-Sr., Louisiana Tech • DB – Nazeeh Johnson, R- Jr., Marshall • DB – Jovante Moffatt, Sr., Middle Tennessee • DB – Treshawn Chamberlain, So., Rice • DB – Ky’el Hemby, R-Jr., Southern Miss • DB – Rachuan Mitchell, R-Jr., Southern Miss • DB – Will Boler, R-So., UAB • DB – TD Marshall, R-Jr., UAB • DB – Dy’Jonn Turner, Jr., UAB • DB – Michael Lewis, R-Sr., UTEP • DB – Ta’Corian Darden, R-Sr., WKU • DB – Devon Key, R-Jr., WKU • DB – Antwon Kincade, Jr., WKU • DB – Trae Meadows, R-Jr., WKU

Special Teams: K – Ethan Mooney, So., North Texas • K – Andrew Stein, Fr., Southern Miss • K – Nick Vogel, R-Sr., UAB • K – Gavin Baechle, So., UTEP • P – Tommy Heatherly, Jr., FIU • P – Alvin Kenworthy, R-Sr., North Texas • KR – Deangelo Antoine, Gr., Florida Atlantic • KR – Blake Watson, R-Fr., Old Dominion • KR – Myron Mitchell, R-Jr., UAB • KR – Duron Lowe, R-Jr., UTEP • PR – Darrell Brown, Sr., Old Dominion • PR – Justin Garrett, R-Jr., UTEP • LS – Jonathan Sullivan, Jr., Florida Atlantic • LS – Nate Durham, Jr., North Texas • LS – Campbell Riddle, So., Rice • LS – T.J. Harvey, R-Fr., Southern Miss • LS – Jacob Fuqua, R-Jr., UAB

The 2019 College Football All-America Teams are composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), FOX Sports (FOX) College Football News (CFN), Bleacher Report (BR), Scout.com, Phil Steele (PS), SB Nation (SB), Athlon Sports, Pro Football Focus (PFF) and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo!).

Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. Football consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.^[5][6]

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
First Team All-Americans
TE	Harrison Bryant	Florida Atlantic	AFCA, AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF	Y	Y
DB	Amik Robertson	Louisiana Tech	FWAA

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
Second Team All-Americans
DB	Amik Robertson	Louisiana Tech	AP, TSN
DE	Alex Highsmith	Charlotte	SI

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
Third Team All-Americans
DE	Alex Highsmith	Charlotte	AP, PFF

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
Fourth Team All-Americans

*AFCA All-America Team (AFCA)
*Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America Team (WCFF)
*Associated Press All-America Team (AP)
*The Sporting News All-America Team (TSN)
*Football Writers Association of America All-America Team (FWAA)
*Sports Illustrated All-America Team (SI)
*Bleacher Report All-America Team (BR)
*College Football News All-America Team (CFN)
*ESPN All-America Team (ESPN)
*CBS Sports All-America Team (CBS)
*Athlon Sports All-America Team (Athlon)

John Mackey Award (Outstanding Tight End)
Harrison Bryant, Florida Atlantic

2019–2020 records against non-conference foes:

This is a list of games the Sun Belt has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, BYU/Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 31	Big 12	Louisiana Tech	No. 10 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	L 14–45
August 31	Big Ten	Florida Atlantic	No. 5 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 21–45
August 31	Big Ten	Middle Tennessee	No. 7 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 21–40
September 7	ACC	Old Dominion	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	L 17–31
September 7	Big 12	UTSA	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX	L 14–63
September 7	Big 12	UTEP	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	L 3–38
September 7	ACC	Wake Forest	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	L 10–14
September 7	SEC	Southern Miss	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	L 15–38
September 14	ACC	Duke	Middle Tennessee	Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	L 18–41
September 14	ACC	Louisville	Western Kentucky	Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN	L 21–38
September 14	Big 12	Texas	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	L 13–48
September 14	Pac-12	North Texas	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 17–23
September 21	ACC	Charlotte	No. 1 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	L 10–52
September 21	ACC	Old Dominion	No. 21 Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	L 17–28
September 21	Big 12	Baylor	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	L 13–21
September 21	SEC	Southern Miss	No. 2 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	L 7–49
September 28	Big Ten	Middle Tennessee	No. 14 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 3–48
November 2	SEC	UAB	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	L 7–30
November 2	SEC	UTSA	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	L 14–45
November 9	SEC	Western Kentucky	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 45–19
November 23	ACC	Miami	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	W 30–24

The following games include C-USA teams competing against teams from the American, MAC, Mountain West or Sun Belt.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 29	American	FIU	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 14-42
September 6	Mountain West	Marshall	No. 24 Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	L 7–14
September 7	Sun Belt	Charlotte	Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	L 41–56
September 7	MAC	UAB	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	W 31–23
September 7	American	No. 17 UCF	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	L 14–48
September 7	American	North Texas	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	L 27–49
September 14	Sun Belt	Southern Miss	Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL	W 47–42
September 14	MAC	Florida Atlantic	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	W 41–31
September 14	MAC	Ohio	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	W 33–31
September 14	MAC	Louisiana Tech	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	W 35–7
September 21	Sun Belt	South Alabama	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	W 35–3
September 21	Mountain West	Nevada	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	L 21–37
September 28	American	Cincinnati	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, VA	L 14–52
September 28	American	East Carolina	Old Dominion	S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA	L 21–24
September 28	American	Houston	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	L 25–46

The following games include C-USA teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, or UMass.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 30	Independents	Rice	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	L 7-14
September 14	Independents	UMass	Charlotte	McColl-Richardson Field • Charlotte, NC	W 52–17
September 14	Independents	Army	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	L 13–31
October 5	Independents	UMass	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	W 44–0
October 12	Independents	UMass	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 69–21
October 12	Independents	Army	Western Kentucky	L.T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	W 17–8
November 23	Independents	UTEP	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	L 35–44

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 29	Central Arkansas	Western Kentucky	L.T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	L 28-35
August 29	Gardner–Webb	Charlotte	McColl-Richardson Field • Charlotte, NC	W 49-28
August 29	Alabama State	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	W 24-19
August 31	Incarnate Word	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	W 35–7
August 31	VMI	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	W 56–17
August 31	Norfolk State	Old Dominion	S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA	W 24–21
August 31	Alcorn State	Southern Miss	M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	W 38–10
August 31	Abilene Christian	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	W 51–31
August 31	Houston Baptist	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	W 36–34
September 7	Grambling State	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 20–14
September 7	Tennessee State	Middle Tennessee	Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	W 45–26
September 14	New Hampshire	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	W 30–17
September 21	Wagner	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	W 42–7

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game1	Game2	Game3	Game4	Game5	Game6	Game7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium	15,314	16,119 †	12,812	12,334	8,245	13,879	10,526		73,915	12,319	80.4%
FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium	20,000	13,311	11,756	12,746	16,834	13,951	27,339 †		95,937	15,990	80.0%
Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium	29,419	30,811 †	14,210	12,107	15,138	17,603	13,414	14,387	117,670	16,810	57.1%
Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium	28,562	23,174	18,782	19,682	23,419 †	22,792	14,782		122,631	20,439	71.6%
Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium	38,227	23,875	27,323	32,192 †	18,351	22,099	18,596		142,436	23,739	62.1%
Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium	30,788	20,912 †	19,852	15,023	9,512	10,411	9,805		65,299	14,253	46.3%
North Texas	Apogee Stadium	30,850	23,057	19,922	30,123 †	16,094	22,548	16,406		128,150	21,358	69.2%
Old Dominion	Foreman Field	20,118	21,944 †	18,643	18,405	17,744	16,297	16,369		109,402	18,234	90.6%
Rice	Rice Stadium	47,000	17,567	42,417 †	20,198	19,075	20,367	18,477		138,101	23,017	49.0%
Southern Miss	M.M. Roberts Stadium	36,000	31,076 †	23,337	25,225	23,819	20,396			123,853	24,771	68.8%
UAB	Legion Field	71,594	39,165 †	27,932	23,526	19,511	19,875	18,346		148,355	24,726	34.5%
UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium	51,500	34,646 †	10,493	13,876	16,084	15,683	11,776		102,556	17,093	33.2%
UTSA	Alamodome	65,000	26,787	30,718 †	15,728	17,657	14,179	14,335		119,404	19,901	30.6%
WKU	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium	22,113	17,120	22,665[a]	20,304 †	16,107	15,816	14,212	7,589	99,601	14,229	70.1%

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

The following list includes all C-USA players who were drafted in the 2020 NFL draft.

Round #	Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
3	102	Pittsburgh Steelers	Alex Highsmith	OLB	Charlotte
4	115	Cleveland Browns	Harrison Bryant	TE	Florida Atlantic
4	125	New York Jets	James Morgan	QB	FIU
4	129	New York Jets	Cameron Clark	OT	Charlotte
4	138	Kansas City Chiefs	L'Jarius Sneed	S	Louisiana Tech
4	139	Las Vegas Raiders	Amik Robertson	CB	Louisiana Tech
5	159	New England Patriots	Justin Rohrwasser	K	Marshall
6	200	Philadelphia Eagles	Quez Watkins	WR	Southern Miss
7	221	Carolina Panthers	Stantley Thomas-Oliver	CB	FIU
7	243	Tennessee Titans	Chris Jackson	CB	Marshall