The 2010 Conference USA Football Championship Game was played on December 4, 2010, at Bright House Networks Stadium, now known as Acrisure Bounce House, in Orlando, Florida. The game was played between the UCF Knights, winner of Conference USA's East Division, and the SMU Mustangs, the winner the West Division.
UCF was seeking their second C-USA title, and hosting the game for the third time. SMU was experiencing their second consecutive winning season, and their third one since returning from the "death penalty" in 1989. It would be SMU's first attempt to win a conference title since 1984, when they won a share of the Southwest Conference championship.
2009 season The 2009 Conference USA Football Championship Game on December 5, 2009, consisted of the East Carolina Pirates, the champion of Conference USA's East Division, beating the West Division champion Houston Cougars at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina by a score of 38 to 32.
Match-up History This was the third time the UCF Knights and the SMU Mustangs met on the football field. The previous to match-up proved UCF victorious at home by a score of 31–17 in the regular season. SMU up on till this point has not bested UCF in a football game.
Game summary Under conference rules, the game was held at the home field of the team with the best record in conference play; since UCF finished C-USA play at 7–1, better than SMU's 6–2, the game was held at the Knights' home field.
Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring InformationScore Length Time SMU UCF 1 07:32 13 plays, 73 yards 7:28 UCF Latavius Murray 5-yard reception from Jeffrey Godfrey, Nick Cattoi kick good 0 7 2 00:00 13 plays, 68 yards 1:58 UCF Nick Cattoi 29-yard field goal 0 10 3 06:25 8 plays, 85 yards 4:53 UCF Latavius Murray 36-yard run, Nick Cattoi kick good 0 17 4 09:15 10 plays, 88 yards 4:25 SMUAldrick Robinson 22-yard reception from Kyle Padron, Matt Szymanski kick good 7 17 Final Score 7 17
Statistics StatisticsSMUUCFFirst downs1921Total yards317311Rushes–yards–TD30-97-044-144-1Passing yards220167Passing: Comp–Att–TD-Int18-35-1-215-19-1-0Turnovers20Penalties–Yards3-304-45 TeamCategoryPlayerStatisticsSMUPassingKyle Padron18-34, 220 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTRushingZach Line18 carries, 105 yards, 0 TDsReceivingDarius Johnson9 receptions, 105 yards, 0 TDsUCFPassingJeff Godfrey15–19, 167 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTRushingLatavius Murray20 carries, 94 yards, 1 TDReceivingKamar Aiken4 receptions, 52 yards, 0 TDs
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