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2009 BCS National Championship

2009 FedEx BCS National Championship Game
BCS Bowl Game
2009 BCS National Championship logo.svg
1 2 3 4 Total
Florida 0 7 7 10 24
Oklahoma 0 7 0 7 14
Date January 8, 2009
Season 2008
Stadium Dolphin Stadium
Location Miami Gardens, Florida
MVP Offense: QB Tim Tebow (Florida)
Defense: DE Carlos Dunlap (Florida)
Favorite Florida by 5½
National anthem Yolanda Adams
Referee Ron Cherry (ACC)
Attendance 78,468
Payout US$17,500,000 per team to each conference
United States TV coverage
Network FOX
Announcers Thom Brennaman, Charles Davis
Nielsen ratings 15.8 (26.8 million viewers)
BCS National Championship Game
 < 2008  2010

The 2009 FedEx BCS National Championship Game was an American football game played at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on January 8, 2009. It was the national championship game for the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and featured the second-ranked Florida Gators against the top-ranked Oklahoma Sooners. The two participants were determined by the BCS Rankings to decide the BCS National Championship. Television coverage in the United States was provided by Fox, and radio coverage by ESPN Radio. The game was the last BCS Championship to air on Fox; starting with the 2010 game, ABC or ESPN televised the championship.

Tim Tebow's two touchdown passes and Percy Harvin's two-yard touchdown run led the Florida Gators to their second BCS National Championship in three seasons. The Gators defeated the Oklahoma Sooners, 24–14, in front of a Dolphin Stadium record crowd of 78,468.

The Sooners, coached by Bob Stoops, lost one game during their regular season to Texas in the annual Red River Rivalry contest, 45–35 on October 11. During the regular season, quarterback Sam Bradford, winner of the 2008 Heisman Trophy, led the Sooners on offense to become the highest-scoring team in NCAA history (702 points) and the first team to score 60 or more points in five consecutive games. The game was Oklahoma's fourth BCS Championship appearance.


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