2009 Conference USA Football Championship Game
The 2009 Conference USA Football Championship Game was played on December 5, 2009, between the East Carolina Pirates, the champion of Conference USA's East Division, and the West Division champion Houston Cougars at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina.
The game kicked off at 12:00 pm EST and was televised by ESPN2. The Pirates were looking to be the first team in C-USA history to win back to back conference championships, while the Cougars led by Case Keenum looked to win their 2nd.
East Carolina won 38-32, earning both a second consecutive conference championship and trip to the Liberty Bowl. Case Keenum set a title game and C-USA record with 527 passing yards in the losing effort. He was two completions short of the all-time NCAA single-game record with 56.