A memorable 2004 Conference USA football season is now in the books. Louisville finished ranked No. 6 in the AP poll, the highest finish ever for a C-USA team. The Cardinals were one of five teams that played in bowl games. DeAngelo Williams of Memphis and Roddy White of UAB were two of the record-breakers in a season that saw offensive explosions throughout the conference.

RANKINGS NOTES
Louisville (11-1) is ranked 6th in the Jan. 5 Associated Press poll, marking the highest ranking in school history and surpassing Tulane (No. 7, 1998) for the highest ranking in league history. The Cardinals were ranked No. 10 in the final (Dec. 5) BCS rankings, becoming the first C-USA team to reach the top 10 in the final BCS rankings.

NOTE OF CHAMPIONS
Louisville is the fifth team in Conference USA to post an undefeated conference season. It was the first time that the Cardinals would have gone through a conference season with an unblemished record. U of L has now won three regular season championships in the last five years. Here's a look at C-USA's year-by-year champions:

2004 Louisville (8-0)
2003 Southern Miss (8-0)
2002 TCU (6-2), Cincinnati (6-2)
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)

POSTSEASON PLANS
Several C-USA players have committed to play in postseason All-Star games. Here's a look at those players:

EAST-WEST SHRINE GAME
Stefan LeFors, QB, Louisville
Albert Means, DE, Memphis
J.R. Russell, WR, Louisville
Greg Washington, LB, Army

HULA BOWL
Reggie Harrell, WR, TCU
Chase Johnson, OL, TCU
Martin Patterson, LB, TCU
Zac Woodfin, LB, UAB

LAS VEGAS ALL-AMERICAN CLASSIC
Shamar Abrams, DT, UAB
Antoine Cash, LB, Southern Miss
Joe Clay, DE, Houston
Stephen Cucci, TE, Houston
Marvin Godbolt, S, TCU
Tyrone Saterfield, DT, Louisville
Eric Scott, DT, Southern Miss
Hannibal Thomas, WR, Cincinnati

THE VILLAGES GRIDIRON CLASSIC
Anthony Alabi, OL, TCU
Jamar Enzor, LB, Cincinnati
Lionel Gates, RB, Louisville
Mark Walker, DB, TCU
Nigel Eldridge, LB, UAB
Roydell Williams, WR, Tulane
Zac Woodfin, LB, UAB

SENIOR BOWL
Michael Boley, LB, Southern Miss
Trent Cole, DE, Cincinnati
Robert McCune, LB, Louisville
Jeremy Parquet, OL, Southern Miss
Roddy White, WR, UAB

C-USA ALL-AMERICANS
Here's a look at the C-USA players that have been named All-Americans in 2004:

ABC Sports/Cingular All-America Team
First Team
LB - Michael Boley, Southern Miss

Walter Camp Foundation All-America Teams
Second Team
LB - Michael Boley, Southern Miss

Associated Press All-America Teams
Second Team
LB - Michael Boley, Southern Miss
Third Team
RB - DeAngelo Williams, Memphis
WR - Roddy White, UAB

CollegeFootballNews.com All-America Teams
Second Team
LB - Michael Boley, Southern Miss
RB - DeAngelo Williams, Memphis
WR - Roddy White, UAB
Third Team
OL - Travis Leffew, Louisville
DL - Trent Cole, Cincinnati
Honorable Mention
QB - Stefan LeFors, Louisville
WR - J.R. Russell, Louisville
PK - Stephen Gostkowski, Memphis
KR - John Eubanks, Southern Miss
PR - Travis Williams, East Carolina

Pro Football Weekly Press All-America Teams
First Team
RB - DeAngelo Williams, Memphis
WR - Roddy White, UAB
Honorable Mention
QB - Stefan LeFors, Louisville

SI.com All-America Teams
Second Team
LB - Michael Boley, Southern Miss
RB - DeAngelo Williams, Memphis
WR - Roddy White, UAB
Honorable Mention
QB - Stefan LeFors, Louisville
OL - Anthony Alabi, TCU
OL - Gene Frederic, Memphis
DL - Larry McSwain, UAB
PK - Darren McCaleb, Southern Miss
KR - John Eubanks, Southern Miss

FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICANS
Here's a look at the C-USA players that were named Freshman All-Americans in 2004:

The Sporting News
Second Team
DB - Danny Verpaele, USF

C-USA ALL-DECADE TEAM
Conference USA is celebrating its 10th anniversary during the 2004-05 season. In conjunction, the league is naming a Team of the Decade for each of the conference's 19 sports. Football is the latest sport to have its All-Decade team released and the squad is led by former Louisville quarterback Dave Ragone, who was named the Player of the Decade. The Football Coach of the Decade award was won by Jeff Bower of Southern Miss, who has coached the Golden Eagles every season of C-USA's existence and has led the Golden Eagles to four regular season championships. Voting on the All-Decade awards was done by a media panel with one representative in each of the league's cities.

Southern Miss, owners of four regular season championships, placed a league-high eight members on the team, followed by Louisville, holders of three titles, with six. Cincinnati and Tulane each placed three players on the squad.

C-USA FOOTBALL ALL-DECADE TEAM

OFFENSE
Dave Ragone, QB, Louisville (1999-2002)
Jason Fabini, OL, Cincinnati (1995-97)
Ketric Sanford, RB, Houston (1996-99)
Ibn Green, TE, Louisville (1996-1999)
Arnold Jackson, WR, Louisville (1997-2000)
Chris Redman, QB, Louisville (1996-1999)
DeAngelo Williams, RB, Memphis (2002-present)
Derrick Nix, RB, Southern Miss (1998-00, 02)
Sherrod Gideon, WR, Southern Miss (1996-99)
Shaun King, QB, Tulane (1995-98)
Mewelde Moore, RB, Tulane (2000-03)

DEFENSE
Antwan Peek, DE, Cincinnati (1998, 2000-02)
Pernell Griffin, LB, East Carolina (1998-2001)
Tyrus McCloud, LB, Louisville (1995-1996)
Dewayne White, DE, Louisville (2000-2002)
Michael Boley, LB, Southern Miss (2001-present)
Rod Davis, LB, Southern Miss (2000-03)
Patrick Surtain, Southern Miss (1996-97)
Adalius Thomas, DE, Southern Miss (1996-99)
Bo Schobel, DE, TCU (2001-2003)
Bryan Thomas, DE, UAB (1998-01)

SPECIAL TEAMS
Jonathan Ruffin, K, Cincinnati (1999-02)
Eric Booth, KR, Southern Miss (1994-97)
John Eubanks, KR, Southern Miss (2002-04)
Nick Browne, K, TCU (2001-03)
Seth Marler, K, Tulane (1999-02)

C-USA FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE DECADE
Dave Ragone, QB, Louisville (1999-2002)

C-USA FOOTBALL COACH OF THE DECADE
Jeff Bower, Southern Miss (1991 - present)

C-USA'S HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Conference USA posted a 3-2 record in bowl games, which was the second-best winning percentage among Division I-A conferences. Only the Mountain West Conference, which posted a .667 winning percentage (2-1) had a better mark.

LIBERTY BOWL RATES HIGH
The AutoZone Liberty Bowl on December 31 ranked second among all ESPN/ESPN 2 bowl games this season in terms of television rating. The game earned a 4.56 rating, second only to the Florida-Miami (Fla.) matchup in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Louisville closed out its 11-1 season with a thrilling come-from-behind win over previously unbeaten Boise State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in front of a crowd of more than 58,000.

FIVE WENT BOWLING
For the third straight season, Conference USA sent five teams to bowl games. Louisville, Memphis, Cincinnati, Southern Miss and UAB will all played in the postseason this year. With Louisville, Cincinnati, Memphis and Southern Miss going bowling, it means that at least four of the six schools that participated in the league's inaugural football season in 1996 played in the postseason in the league's final season in its current configuration.

MARSHALL, UTEP BOWL
A pair of schools that will join Conference USA in 2005 were part of the postseason action this year. Marshall made its seventh bowl trip in the last eight years when it faced Cincinnati in the PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl on Dec. 23. UTEP capped off its resurgent season under first-year head coach Mike Price with a trip to the Ev1.net Houston Bowl, where it fell to Colorado.

BOWL REGULARS
Louisville is bowl-eligible for seventh consecutive season. The Cardinals are among the 11 I-A programs that will be playing in a bowl game for the seventh straight season. The entire list includes:

ACC: Florida State, Georgia Tech
Big East: Miami, Virginia Tech
Big Ten: Michigan, Purdue
Big 12: Texas
C-USA: Louisville
SEC: Florida, Georgia, Tennessee

SKIP HOLTZ NAMED COACH AT EAST CAROLINA
Louis "Skip" Holtz has been appointed head football coach at East Carolina University, it was announced on Dec. 3. Holtz, who has played an active role on coaching staffs which have captured seven major bowl titles in eight appearances since 1987, will officially end a six-year position on the South Carolina offensive staff. Holtz came to South Carolina after a successful five-year stint as head coach at the University of Connecticut. While at Connecticut, he led the Huskies to their best season in school history in 1998 and was recognized as one of the top young coaching talents in the country.

C-USA AWARDS

COACH OF THE YEAR
Bobby Petrino, Louisville

OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
Stefan LeFors, QB, Louisville
DeAngelo Williams, RB, Memphis

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Michael Boley, LB, Southern Miss

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
John Eubanks, KR, Southern Miss

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Brian Brohm, QB, Louisville


FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
OFFENSE
QB - Stefan LeFors, Sr., Louisville
RB- Andre Hall, Jr., USF
RB- DeAngelo Williams, Jr., Memphis
OL- Anthony Alabi, Sr., TCU
OL- Gene Frederic, Sr., Memphis
OL- Andy Galloway, Sr., UAB
OL- Travis Leffew, Jr., Louisville
OL- Kyle Takavitz, Sr., Cincinnati
TE- Cody McCarty, Sr., TCU
WR- J.R. Russell, Sr., Louisville
WR- Roddy White, Sr., UAB
WR- Roydell Williams, Sr., Tulane

DEFENSE
DL- Trent Cole, Sr., Cincinnati
DL- Andre Frazier, Sr., Cincinnati
DL- Marcus Jones, Sr., Louisville
DL- Larry McSwain, So., UAB
LB- Michael Boley, Sr., Southern Miss
LB- Robert McCune., Sr., Louisville
LB- Zac Woodfin, Sr., UAB
DB- John Eubanks, Jr., Southern Miss
DB- Marvin Godbolt, Sr., TCU
DB- Kerry Rhodes, Sr., Louisville
DB- Wesley Smith, Jr., Memphis

SPECIAL TEAMS
PK- Stephen Gostkowski, Jr., Memphis
P- Chris Beckman, So., Tulane
KR- John Eubanks, Jr., Southern Miss
PR- Travis Williams, Fr., East Carolina


SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
OFFENSE
QB - Danny Wimprine, Sr., Memphis
RB- Carlton Jones, Jr., Army
RB- Eric Shelton, Jr., Louisville
OL- Joel Glover, Sr., Army
OL- Will Rabatin, Sr., Louisville
OL- Jeremy Parquet, Sr., Southern Miss
OL- Jeremy Rone, Sr., Memphis
OL- Jason Spitz, Jr., Louisville
TE- Brent Celek, So., Cincinnati
WR- Tavares Gideon, Sr., Memphis
WR- Vincent Marshall, Jr., Houston
WR- Hannibal Thomas, Sr., Cincinnati

DEFENSE
DL- Joe Clay, Sr., Houston
DL- Albert Means, Sr., Memphis
DL- Chad Ruffin, Sr., Southern Miss
DL- Marcus West, Jr., Memphis
LB- Jamar Enzor, Sr., Cincinnati
LB- Martin Patterson, Sr., TCU
LB- Greg Washington, Sr., Army
DB- Trevis Coley, Jr., Southern Miss
DB- Joey Dawson, Sr., Tulane
DB- Daven Holly, Sr., Cincinnati
DB- Doug Monaghan, Sr., Cincinnati

SPECIAL TEAMS
PK- Darren McCaleb, So., Southern Miss
P- Ryan Dougherty, So., East Carolina
KR- Reggie Lindsey, Jr., UAB


THIRD TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
OFFENSE
QB - Darrell Hackney, Jr., UAB
RB- Dan Burks, So., UAB
RB- Richard Hall, Sr., Cincinnati
OL- Phil Hawkins, Sr., Houston
OL- Alex Herron, Sr., USF
OL- Chase Johnson, Sr., TCU
OL- Derrick Sarosi, Sr., USF
OL- Clint Stickdorn, Sr., Cincinnati
TE- Adam McCauley, Sr., Louisville
WR- Antwon Courington, Jr., Southern Miss
WR- Reggie Harrell, Sr., TCU
WR- Cory Rodgers, So., TCU


DEFENSE
DL- Antonio Harris, Fr., Tulane
DL- Kade Lane, Jr., Houston
DL- Lee Roy Selmon, Sr., USF
DL- Will Sullivan, Sr., Army
LB- Anthony Cannon, Jr., Tulane
LB- Tyjuan Hagler, Sr., Cincinnati
LB- Chris Moore, Jr., East Carolina
DB- Zach Baker, Jr., East Carolina
DB- Dominique Cosper, Jr., UAB
DB- Stanford Routt, Sr., Houston
DB- Mark Walker, Sr., TCU

SPECIAL TEAMS
KR- Cory Rodgers, So., TCU
PR- Fred Smith, So., Tulane


ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM

OFFENSE
QB - Brian Brohm, Louisville
RB- Matt Forte, Tulane
RB - Chris Johnson, East Carolina
OL- Byron Alfred, Houston
OL- SirVincent Rogers, Houston
OL- Chris Clark, Southern Miss
OL- Aryan Barto, Tulane
TE- Doug Jones, Cincinnati
WR- Jeremy Trimble, Army
WR- Donnie Avery, Houston
WR- Johnny Peyton, USF

DEFENSE
DL- Anthony Hoke, Cincinnati
DL- Martavious Prince, Southern Miss
DL- Tommy Blake, TCU
DL- Antonio Harris, Tulane
LB- Durwin Lamb, East Carolina
LB- Greg Hinds, Memphis
LB- Ben Moffit, USF
DB- Caleb Campbell, Army
DB- Rocky Schwartz, Houston
DB- Danny Verpaele, USF
DB- Durrell Fuqua, UAB

SPECIAL TEAMS
PK- Arthur Carmody, Louisville
KR- Chris Johnson, East Carolina
PR- Travis Williams, East Carolina


LeFORCE
Louisville QB Stefan LeFors led the nation in passing efficiency at 181.7 (nearly breaking the all-time record set by Tulane's Shaun King in 1998) and had a touchdown to interception ratio of 6.7:1 (20 TD, 3 INT). The closest C-USA competitor to LeFors was UAB signal caller Darrell Hackney, who had a 3.3:1 (26 TD, 8 INT) ratio. The Baton Rouge, La. native guided the Cardinal offense to nation-leading totals of 539.0 yards of total offense and 49.8 points per game.

OVER FOURTY CLUB
Nine Conference USA teams have scored more than 40 points in a game this season and six have topped the 50-point barrier in 2004. Louisville reached the 60-point barrier and 70-point barrier, scoring a C-USA league game record 70 points in a win over Cincinnati.

FOURTY OR MORE POINTS
9- Louisville
5- Memphis
4- Cincinnati
TCU
UAB
3- Tulane
USF
2- Army
1- Southern Miss

FIFTY OR MORE POINTS
7- Louisville
2- UAB
1- Cincinnati
Memphis
Southern Miss
Tulane

SIXTY OR MORE POINTS
2- Louisville

SEVENTY OR MORE POINTS
1- Louisville


OVER FOURTY CLUB II
Louisville is joined by Boise State and Utah as the only Division I-A schools that scored 40 or more points in nine games in 2004. Memphis reached the 40-point mark five times. Here's a look at the national leaders in topping the 40-point mark:

9- LOUISVILLE, Boise State, Utah
8- Bowling Green, Hawaii
7- USC
6- Fresno State
5- MEMPHIS, California, Miami (Ohio)
Oklahoma, Toledo

DYNAMIC DeANGELO
Memphis junior RB DeAngelo Williams set a new Tiger single-game rushing record with 263 yards on 28 carries at USF on Nov. 27, the second time this season that he has established a new Tiger single-game mark (262 vs. Houston on Oct. 2). Williams, the all-time leading rusher at Memphis, now has 4,062 yards for his career. His yardage is tops among all junior players in I-A and he is fourth among all active rushers. This season, Williams ranked third in the country averaging 162.3 yards per game.

DeOMINATION
Back-to-back C-USA Offensive Player of the Year DeAngelo Williams continues to etch his name in the Memphis and Conference USA record books. The junior now holds the school and league single-season record for rushing yards at 1,948 and for total touchdowns at 23. Williams' 22 rushing touchdowns is also a new C-USA record.

ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS
The Black Knights fell to Navy, 42-13, in the 105th meeting between the Academies at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Dec. 4. Junior RB Carlton Jones carried 21 times for 98 yards to finish the season with 1,269 yards, the second-highest total in academy history. QB Zac Dahman attempted 39 passes vs. Navy, helping him eclipse the Academy's career pass attempt record. Dahman now has 885 career pass attempts, bettering the previous standard of 876 held by Leamon Hall (77). He also became only the second Black Knight ever, joining Hall, to pass for more than 5,000 yards in his career (5,040). The junior also owns Army's career completions record (464 following Saturday's action). Senior LB Greg Washington closed out his career having reached double figures in tackles in 14 successive games. Washington's average of 13.56 stops per game leads the nation and he concluded the campaign with 149 tackles, the fourth best season in Army history.

CINCINNATI BEARCATS
The Bearcats wrapped up head coach Mark Dantonio's first year at UC with a 32-14 victory over Marshall at the PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl. Senior QB Gino Guidugli led Cincinnati to wins in five of his last six games at the school as the Bearcats finished the campaign with a 7-5 overall record. The four-year starter completed 24-of-36 passes for 231 yards and two scores to earn game MVP honors. He finished his career second on the C-USA charts with 11,453 yards passing. Senior RB Richard Hall led the rushing attack with 62 yards on 23 carries, making him the 13th player in school history to cross the 1,000-yard barrier in a season, finishing with 1,012. WR Hannibal Thomas caught nine passes for 101 yards for his fifth 100-yard receiving game of the season and becoming the fourth Bearcat to reach 1,000 receiving yards in a year, totaling 1,027. With the victory, the Bearcats evened their all-time record in bowl contests at 4-4.

EAST CAROLINA PIRATES
The Pirates named Skip Holtz as their new head coach on Dec. 3. A former head coach at Connecticut, Holtz served on the offensive coaching staff at South Carolina for the last six seasons. Freshman RB Chris Johnson topped ECU in rushing with 561 yards and five touchdowns, while also catching 32 passes for 236 yards and two scores. Sophomore QB James Pinkney closed out the season by completing 56 percent of his passes for 2,195 yards and 18 touchdowns. His 18 TD passes went to 11 different receivers, with sophomore WR Bobby Good leading the team with four scoring receptions. Junior LB Chris Moore closed out the 2004 campaign with 99 tackles, just one stop shy of posting his third straight 100-tackle season.

HOUSTON COUGARS
The Cougars closed out to 2004 season with a 3-8 record. Included were three losses to teams ranked in the Top 10 and at least six games against teams that will play in a bowl game. Sophomore QB Kevin Kolb leads Conference USA in passing, having thrown for 2,766 yards and 11 TDs, with only six interceptions. After just two seasons as UH's starting signal-caller, Kolb ranks seventh in career TD passes with 36. Junior WR Vincent Marshall became the eighth player in school history to record a 1,000-yard receiving season, catching 61 passes for 1,040 yards and five touchdowns. Senior DE Joe Clay led an improved Cougar defense this season with five sacks and 12.5 tackles for loss. Senior LB Lance Everson registered a team-high 99 tackles.

LOUISVILLE CARDINALS
A last-second interception by senior S Kerry Rhodes clinched a thrilling 44-40 victory for the Cardinals over Boise State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Dec. 31. The victory over the previously unbeaten Broncos put the finishing touches on a memorable 2004 season for Cardinals in which they finished with an 11-1 record and the league and school's highest-ranking ever at No. 6 in the Associated Press poll. Senior QB Stefan LeFors led a Cardinal offense that rolled up 564 yards, topping 500 yards for the ninth time this season. Louisville overcame a season high four turnovers to score more than 40 points for the ninth time this season. LeFors connected on 18-of-26 passes for 193 yards to finish as the nation's leader in pass efficiency with a rating of 181.7 Junior RB Eric Shelton, who has announced he will forego his senior season at U of L to turn pro, scored the go-ahead touchdown on a one-yard run in the fourth quarter. Shelton (18 car., 76 yds), RB Michael Bush (12 car., 96 yds.) and LeFors (12 car., 76 yds.) each rushed for at least 75 yards as the Cardinals' ground attack ran for 329 total on the nation's fourth-ranked rush defense.

MEMPHIS TIGERS
The Tigers suffered a disappointing loss to Bowling Green, falling 52-35 to the Falcons in the GMAC Bowl. Senior QB Danny Wimprine surpassed the 10,000-yard mark for his career with a 324-yard passing effort in the loss. Wimprine connected with senior WR Chris Kelley on a 60-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter, which was the longest pass play in GMAC Bowl history. Junior RB DeAngelo Williams rushed for 120 yards and touchdown through two and a half quarters before leaving the game with a fractured right fibula. Williams finished his season just 52 yards shy of the 2,000-yard mark. His 31-yard touchdown run in the second quarter tied him with former Cincinnati RB DeMarco McCleskey at the top of the C-USA charts with 37 career-rushing scores. K Stephen Gostkowski broke the school record for career points after making all five of his extra-point attempts to finish his junior campaign with 268 points.

SOUTHERN MISS GOLDEN EAGLES
The Golden Eagles opened the 2004 college bowl season with a 31-10 victory over North Texas in the Wyndham New Orleans Bowl on Dec. 14. With the win, USM secured its 11th-straight winning season as the Golden Eagles finished the campaign with a 7-5 record. Senior LB Michael Boley garnered the game's MVP honors after totaling eight tackles, which included four for a loss and a pair of sacks. The league's Defensive Player of the Year also highlighted the night with a 62-yard interception return for a touchdown that gave the Golden Eagles a three-touchdown lead early in the fourth quarter. Junior QB Dustin Almond accounted for a pair of first-quarter touchdowns on a 37-yard pass to TE Otho Graves and a one-yard scamper to give USM a 14-0 advantage. RB Anthony Harris turned in his second 100-yard rushing game of the season carrying 14 times for 104 yards. K Darren McCaleb, who connected on 15-of-15 field goals in the regular season, missed three of his four attempts in the New Orleans Bowl.

TCU HORNED FROGS
The Horned Frogs had their bowl aspirations taken away from them in the waning moments on Nov. 27 as Tulane rallied for a 35-31 victory with a 99-yard, last-minute touchdown drive. The loss gives the Horned Frogs their first losing season under head coach Gary Patterson and snaps a string of six-consecutive bowl appearances. Sophomore RB Robert Merrill carried a career-high 34 times for 143 yards to finish with 753 yards and six TDs on the year after battling injuries early in the season. Sophomore WR Cory Rodgers had 61 receptions this year to rank third on TCU's all-time list, while his 836 receiving yards ranked fourth. Senior LB Martin Patterson registered 16 tackles in his final collegiate game to close the year with 131 stops.

TULANE GREEN WAVE
The Green Wave lost to regular season champion Louisville to finish with a 5-6 record. Senior WR Roydell Williams closed out his career with a C-USA-record 35 touchdown receptions and his 3,207 receiving yards ranked second on the school's all-time charts. Despite missing the final two games of the season with an injury, sophomore QB Lester Ricard threw 21 touchdowns, which tied for seventh on the school's single-season list. Throw in six more passing scores by redshirt freshman QB Richard Irvin and the 27 TDs through the air by Tulane tied for the third-most in school annals. Running back Matt Forte led all Conference USA freshmen in rushing yards with 624 and he scored four touchdowns. Junior LB Anthony Cannon finished the year with 107 tackles, the third straight season he's recorded more than 100 stops. He is the first Wave player since Mike Staid (1991-94) to accomplish that feat.

UAB BLAZERS
The Blazers dropped a 59-40 decision to Hawaii at the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Eve in Honolulu. Junior QB Darrell Hackney threw for 417 yards and two scores in the school's first-ever bowl appearance. Hackney also ran for a score and led a UAB offense that racked up 590 total yards, but a stretch of 17 unanswered points in the third quarter by Hawaii was to much to overcome. Hackney finished the campaign with 3,070 yards passing and 26 touchdowns. Senior WR Roddy White had six receptions for 113 yards to finish the season as the nation's leading receiver with 1,452 yards. White's 1,452 yards receiving this season is also a C-USA record besting the previous mark of 1,250 yards set by Houston's Brandon Middleton in 2003. White had a 51-yard touchdown reception on the Blazers' opening possession to tie the single-season C-USA record with 14 TD catches.

USF BULLS
The Bulls closed out the season with a 43-14 loss to Big East champion Pittsburgh. Senior RB Clenton Crossley closed out his collegiate career with his 21st rushing touchdown, breaking the USF career record of 20 set by Marquel Blackwell. Junior RB Andre Hall finished the year with a USF record 1,357 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns. The rushing total ranks third on the school's all-time rushing list after just 11 games. Hall had six 100-yard rushing efforts in the last nine outings. Junior QB Pat Julmiste finished the season with nine rushing touchdowns on the year, tops in C-USA and sixth among all I-A signal-callers. The Bulls defense has started 21 different players this season. Senior Bruce Gibson started at cornerback and wide receiver this year, becoming the first player in USF history to start on offense and defense in the same season.