2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game

Conference Championship

Tulsa Golden Hurricane	UCF Knights
(9-3)	(9-3)
25	44
Head coach: Todd Graham	Head coach: George O'Leary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulsa	13	10	0	2	25
UCF	10	21	6	7	44

Date

December 1, 2007

Season

2007

Stadium

Bright House Networks Stadium

Location

Orlando, Florida

United States TV coverage

Network

ESPN

2007 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
UCF x$		7	–	1		10	–	4
East Carolina		6	–	2		8	–	5
Memphis		6	–	2		7	–	6
Southern Miss		5	–	3		7	–	6
Marshall		3	–	5		3	–	9
UAB		1	–	7		2	–	10
West Division
Tulsa xy		6	–	2		10	–	4
Houston x		6	–	2		8	–	5
Tulane		3	–	5		4	–	8
Rice		3	–	5		3	–	9
UTEP		2	–	6		4	–	8
SMU		0	–	8		1	–	11
Championship: UCF 44, Tulsa 25
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game was played on December 1, 2007 between the UCF Knights, the champion of C-USA's East Division, and the West Division champion, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, at Bright House Networks Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The game kicked off at 12:00 pm EST and was televised by ESPN.

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 Tulsa's 6–2, the game was held at the Knights' home field, Bright House Networks Stadium in Orlando, Florida.

Tulsa and UCF met at the C-USA Championship for the second time; Tulsa beat UCF at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Downtown Orlando in 2005.

Kevin Smith continued his dominance, running for 284 yards with 4 touchdowns. Tulsa kept it close in the first half as UCF's defense seemed slow to get started. In the second half, however, they only scored on a safety. Paul Smith, the Tulsa quarterback, threw for 426 yards and three touchdowns, but also gave up three interceptions. UCF won their first ever conference title in football.

Kevin Smith finished the game with 2,448 rushing yards on the season, second all-time for single-season rushing yards in FBS history. Only Barry Sanders, who rushed for 2,628 yards in 1989 for Oklahoma State, rushed for more yards in a single season.^[1]

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	Tulsa	UCF
1	10:54		37	2:38	UCF	28-yard field goal by Michael Torres	0	3
1	7:52		83	-	UCF	83-yard punt return by Joe Burnett	0	10
1	4:58		65	2:54	Tulsa	Charles Clay 22-yard touchdown reception from Paul Smith, Jarod Tracy kick good	7	10
1	1:56		48	0:56	Tulsa	Jake Collums 8-yard touchdown reception from Paul Smith, Jarod Tracy kick no good	13	10
2	13:18		69	3:31	UCF	Kevin Smith 3-yard touchdown run, Michael Torres kick good	13	17
2	10:03		69	0:29	UCF	Kevin Smith 46-yard touchdown run, Michael Torres kick good	13	24
2	7:38		72	2:20	Tulsa	Trae Johnson 27-yard touchdown reception from Paul Smith, Jarod Tracy kick good	20	24
2	3:39		69	4:07	UCF	Kevin Smith 4-yard touchdown run, Michael Torres kick good	20	31
2	1:38		50	1:51	Tulsa	32-yard field goal by Jarod Tracy	23	31
3	4:01		36	2:50	UCF	21-yard field goal by Michael Torres	23	34
3	0:03		9	2:00	UCF	45-yard field goal by Michael Torres	23	37
4	10:56		-	-	Tulsa	Kyle Israel tackled in endzone for a safety by Team	25	37
4	7:12		89	2:12	UCF	Kevin Smith 74-yard touchdown run, Michael Torres kick good	25	44
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							25	44

References

↑ "Tulsa can't contain Smith as UCF clinches first C-USA title". ESPN.com. The Walt Disney Company. 2007-12-01. Archived from the original on 4 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-01.

Conference USA Football Championship Game

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Venues	Citrus Bowl (2005) Robertson Stadium (2006, 2011) Bright House Networks Stadium (2007, 2010) Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium (2008, 2012) Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (2009) Rice Stadium (2013) Joan C. Edwards Stadium (2014) Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium (2015, 2016)

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