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2009 Big East Conference football season

2009 Big East Conference football season
Big East Conference logo.svg
League NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport football
Duration September 3, 2009
through January 2, 2010
Number of teams 8
TV partner(s) ESPN-Big East Network
Regular season
Champion Cincinnati
Football seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Big East football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#8 Cincinnati $   7 0         12 1  
#25 West Virginia   5 2         9 4  
#15 Pittsburgh   5 2         10 3  
Rutgers   3 4         9 4  
Connecticut   3 4         8 5  
South Florida   3 4         8 5  
Louisville   1 6         4 8  
Syracuse   1 6         4 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Big East football season was an NCAA football season that was played from September 5, 2009, to January 2, 2010. The Big East Conference consists of 8 football members: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, Syracuse, and West Virginia. Cincinnati won the Big East Championship for the second consecutive year and was invited to the Allstate Sugar Bowl where they lost to Florida 51–24. Overall, the Big East went 4–2 in Bowl Games.

Cincinnati (11-3) was the Big East champions and got the conference's automatic bid into the BCS and went to the Fedex Orange Bowl, losing to ACC champion Virginia Tech 20-7.

Five other Big East teams went to bowl games in 2008, finishing bowl play with a record of 4-2 as a conference. Connecticut (8-5) beat Buffalo 38-20 in the International Bowl. Pittsburgh (9-4) lost to Oregon State 3-0 in the Brut Sun Bowl. Rutgers (8-5) beat North Carolina State 29-23 in the PapaJohns.com Bowl. South Florida (8-5) beat Memphis 41-14 in the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl. And West Virginia (9-4) beat North Carolina 31-30 in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. The only two teams not to go to a bowl game were Louisville (5-7) and Syracuse (3-9).


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