2013 Conference USA Football Championship Game

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DateDecember 7, 2013
Season2013
2013 Conference USA Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
1234Total
Marshall 01001424
Rice 14713741
DateDecember 7, 2013
Season2013
StadiumRice Stadium
LocationHouston, Texas
MVPLuke Turner (RB, Rice)
FavoriteMarshall by 6.5
RefereeBrad Rogers
Attendance20,247
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN2
AnnouncersJoe Tessitore, Matt Millen, and Maria Taylor
Conference USA Football Championship Game
  2012  2014  
2013 Conference USA football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Marshall x 71  104 
East Carolina 62  103 
Middle Tennessee 62  85 
Florida Atlantic 44  66 
UAB 17  210 
Southern Miss 17  111 
FIU 17  111 
West Division
Rice x$ 71  104 
UTSA 62  75 
North Texas 62  94 
Tulane 53  76 
Louisiana Tech 35  48 
Tulsa 26  39 
UTEP 17  210 
Championship: Rice 41, Marshall 24
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Conference USA Football Championship Game, which determined the 2013 football champion of Conference USA (C-USA), was played at noon Eastern Standard Time (11 am local time and 1700 UTC) on December 7 at Rice Stadium in Houston. The game featured the winners of the conference's East division, the Marshall Thundering Herd,[1] and the winners of the West division, the Rice Owls.[2]

Under C-USA rules, the championship game would be played at the home stadium of the team with the best record in conference play. Since Marshall and Rice both finished with 7–1 records in conference play, and did not play one another in the regular season, the site was chosen based on the BCS rankings on December 1. Although only 25 teams are explicitly ranked, the ranking formula can be used to determine the relative rankings of any two teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Accordingly, Rice received home-field advantage.[3]

Rice represented C-USA in the 2013 Liberty Bowl on December 31 in Memphis, Tennessee after defeating Marshall by 17 points.

In the 2012 Championship Game Tulsa defeated former conference member UCF (University of Central Florida) in overtime, 33–27 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[4]

After the 2013 Conference USA realignment, C-USA added six new members[5] for the 2013 season after losing four members, including UCF, to the American Athletic Conference.[6][7]

After the 2013 season, the ninth C-USA championship game was played in Houston, Texas for the third time since 2011, when the Houston Cougars hosted the Southern Miss Golden Eagles at Robertson Stadium. It was the first time that Rice Stadium hosted the Championship game series after Rice became the winner of the West Division.[3]

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Scoring summary

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