Conference USA Football 2019: Bowl Updates and Championship Recap

FAU has won the 2019 Conference USA football championship. Now eight teams venture on to bowl season, with the first game approaching soon.

TeamOpponentBowlTimeDate
CharlotteBuffaloMaker’s Wanted Bahamas BowlFri. Dec. 201:00 p.m.
FAU*SMUCheribundi Boca Raton BowlSat. Dec. 212:30 p.m.
FIUArkansas StCamellia BowlSat. Dec. 214:30 p.m.
UABAppalachian StR+L Carriers New Orleans BowlSat. Dec. 218:00 p.m.
MarshallUCFBad Boy Mowers Gasparilla BowlMon. Dec. 231:30 p.m.
LA TechMiamiWalk-on’s Independence BowlThr. Dec. 263:00 p.m.
WKUWestern MichiganSERVPRO First Responder BowlMon. Dec. 3011:30 a.m.
So. MissTulaneLockheed Martin Armed Forces BowlSat. Jan. 410:30 a.m.
*Won Conference USA Football Championship Game

Conference USA Championship Week 15 results – Standings

The Conference USA Football Championship was a total non-event. FAU jumped out in front of UAB quickly, turning a 14-3 first quarter lead into an overwhelming 35-6 halftime advantage. All the while the Ole Miss football Twitter account was tweeting out gifs in regards to the not-so-secret future of one Lane Kiffin. That ended up being more entertaining than the game itself.

Updates from elsewhere in C-USA

Time runs out for Frank Wilson and Bobby Wilder

Now former head coach Frank Wilson was fired from UTSA following the season. Shortly after, former Old Dominion head coach Bobby Wilder elected to resign from the program. At the time, those were the only Conference USA football head coaching jobs to open this offseason.

What’s next for some of C-USA’s best?

For the past few seasons, Bill Clark and Lane Kiffin have represented the best coaching Conference USA has to offer. Rumors of both coaches potentially being on the move surfaced during the lead up to the conference championship game. Kiffin made the leap to the SEC. Clark is staying put, for now, but the coaching carousel hasn’t stopped spinning just yet.