July 29, 2009
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Conference USA has announced its television schedule for the 2009 football season. The current confirmed schedule features more than 50 games to air nationally or regionally. National games will be televised on CBS College Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN 2 and Fox Sports Net. Included are a number of unopposed windows that provide tremendous exposure to C-USA, as well as several exciting league match-ups, and many challenging non-conference contests.
This season marks the fifth year of C-USA's partnership with CBS College Sports Network. In 2005, Conference USA began a partnership with CBS C that includes significant national and regional exposure for football, men's and women's basketball and other C-USA sports. CBS College Sports Network is widely available on cable systems across the country and via satellite on DIRECTV Channel 613 (Premier Package and Sports Pack) and Dish Network Channel 152 (America's Top 200 Package).
Conference USA will also be featured on ESPN and its family of networks with at least 10 regular season contests televised this fall as part of its contract with the network. Additional non-conference games have been selected by the network through agreements with other conferences. The fifth annual Conference USA Football Championship Game will be televised by ESPN or ESPN 2 on Saturday, December 5.
"We are very pleased to have so many of our football games on television and distributed to fans throughout the country on a number of networks," said Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky. "We are looking forward to an exciting conference season this fall and we're glad that people around the country will be able to watch so many of our games."
CBS College Sports Network will broadcast nationally at least 15 C-USA football games during the 2009 season, including 10 conference match-ups. Live game coverage kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 5 as Buffalo visits UTEP. CBS College Sports Network's schedule also includes 12-day selections during the final three Saturdays of the season.
The ESPN schedule kicks off on Friday, September 4, when Tulsa visits Tulane in the first Conference USA game of the 2009 season. Two days later, on Sunday, September 6, Memphis hosts Mississippi in an unopposed national window on ESPN. The entire schedule currently features 20 games on the ESPN family of networks, including eight unopposed windows.
As part of the league's agreement with CBS College Sports Network, seven games have been sub-licensed for regional broadcast. Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS) has formally announced five of those seven contests, which include six different schools.
Additional Conference USA football television exposures remain a possibility, and will be released as soon as they are finalized.
2009 CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL TELEVISION SCHEDULE
(confirmed games as of July 29)
CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK NATIONAL
Saturday, September 5 Buffalo at UTEP 9:00 p.m. EDT/8:00 p.m. CDT
Saturday, September 12 Kansas at UTEP 7:30 p.m. EDT/6:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, September 19 Virginia at Southern Miss 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
Thursday, October 1 Southern Miss at UAB 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT
Saturday, October 3 East Carolina at Marshall Noon EDT/11:00 a.m. CDT
Saturday, October 3 Tulsa at Rice 7:30 p.m. EDT/6:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, October 3 Tulane at Army 11:30 p.m. EDT/10:30 p.m. CDT*
Saturday, October 10 Navy at Rice 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, October 17 Houston at Tulane 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, October 17 Miami (Fla.) at UCF 7:30 p.m. EDT/6:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, October 24 SMU at Houston 7:30 p.m. EDT/6:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, November 7 Houston at Tulsa 7:30 p.m. EST/6:30 p.m. CST
Saturday, November 14 TBA (12 day advance) Noon EST/11:00 a.m. CST
Saturday, November 21 TBA (12 day advance) 7:30 p.m. EST/6:30 p.m. CST
Friday, November 27 Memphis at Tulsa 3:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. CST
Saturday, November 28 TBA (12 day advance) 1:30 p.m. EST/12:30 p.m. CST
*tape delayed
ESPN SCHEDULE
Friday, September 4 Tulsa at Tulane 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT
Sunday, September 6 Mississippi at Memphis 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
Wednesday, October 14 Boise State at Tulsa 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT
Wednesday, October 21 Tulsa at UTEP 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT
Sunday, November 1 Marshall at UCF 8:15 p.m. EST/7:15 p.m. CST
Thursday, November 5 Virginia Tech at East Carolina 7:30 p.m. EST/6:30 p.m. CST
Sunday, November 15 East Carolina at Tulsa 8:15 p.m. EST/7:15 p.m. CST
Saturday, December 19 St. Petersburg Bowl 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST
Sunday, December 20 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl 8:15 p.m. EST/7:15 p.m. CST
Thursday, December 24 Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST
Thursday, December 31 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Noon EST/11:00 a.m. CST
Friday, January 2 AutoZone Liberty Bowl 5:30 p.m. EST/4:30 p.m. CST
ESPN 2 SCHEDULE
Saturday, September 12 BYU at Tulane 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, September 26 Texas Tech at Houston 9:15 p.m. EDT/8:15 p.m. CDT
Tuesday, October 27 East Carolina at Memphis 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT
ESPN OR ESPN 2 SCHEDULE
Saturday, September 19 East Carolina at North Carolina Noon EDT/11:00 a.m. CDT
Saturday, December 5 C-USA Championship Game TBA
ESPN 360 SCHEDULE
Saturday, September 12 Marshall at Virginia Tech 1:30 p.m. EDT/12:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, September 12 East Carolina at West Virginia 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
FOX SPORTS NET SCHEDULE
Saturday, September 12 Houston at Oklahoma State 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, September 19 Tulsa at Oklahoma 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, September 26 Southern Miss at Kansas Noon EDT/11:00 a.m. CDT
Saturday, September 26 UTEP at Texas 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
THE MTN.
Saturday, September 12 Tulsa at New Mexico 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT
Saturday, October 3 SMU at TCU 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT
BIG EAST NETWORK REGIONAL SCHEDULE
Saturday, October 17 Marshall at West Virginia 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
COMCAST/CHARTER SPORTS SOUTHEAST (CSS) REGIONAL SCHEDULE
Saturday, September 12 Memphis at Middle Tennessee 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT
Saturday, September 19 UAB at Troy 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, September 26 Marshall at Memphis 1:00 p.m. EDT/Noon CDT
Saturday, September 26 Vanderbilt at Rice 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT
Saturday, October 24 UAB at Marshall Noon EDT/11:00 a.m. CDT
Saturday, October 31 Southern Miss at Houston 1:00 p.m. EDT/Noon CDT
Saturday, November 14 UAB at Memphis 1:00 p.m. EST/Noon CST
Additional games TBA at later date
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