July 20, 2005

Conference USA is proud to be partnered with five great bowl games. C-USA has been sending a team to the AutoZone Liberty Bowl since the league's inception in 1995. It has been a part of the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Alabama since its debut in 1999. The league has been partnered with the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl and Wyndham New Orleans Bowl since 2002 and has been a part of the Fort Worth Bowl since it began in 2003. These great games, the events that are held during bowl week and the cities they are played in make a perfect way to cap off your favorite team's football season.

AUTO ZONE LIBERTY BOWL
Memphis, Tennessee
Date: December 31
Time: Noon CST
Stadium: Liberty Bowl Memorial (62,380)
Network: ESPN
Opponent: To be Determined
Executive Director: Steve Ehrhart
President: Jim Rout
Associate Executive Director: Harold Graeter
Director of Business Operations: Jamie Meeks
Chief Financial Officer: Perry Winstead
Phone: 901/795-7700
FAX: 901/795-7826
Mailing Address: 3767 New Getwell Road Memphis, TN 38118
Website: www.libertybowl.org

Past Results:
at Philadelphia
1959 Penn State 7, Alabama 0
1960 Penn State 41, Oregon 12
1961 Syracuse 15, Miami (Fla.) 14
1962 Oregon State 6, Villanova 0
1963 Mississippi State 16, North Carolina State 12

at Atlantic City
1964 Utah 32, West Virginia 6

at Memphis
1965 Mississippi 13, Auburn 7
1966 Miami (Fla.) 14, Virginia Tech 7
1967 North Carolina State 14, Georgia 7
1968 Mississippi 34, Virginia Tech 17
1969 Colorado 47, Alabama 33
1970 Tulane 17, Colorado 3
1971 Tennessee 14, Arkansas 13
1972 Georgia Tech 31, Iowa State 30
1973 North Carolina State 31, Kansas 18
1974 Tennessee 7, Maryland 3
1975 Southern California 20, Texas A&M 0
1976 Alabama 36, UCLA 6
1977 Nebraska 21, North Carolina 17
1978 Missouri 20, Louisiana State 15
1979 Penn State 9, Tulane 6
1980 Purdue 28, Missouri 25
1981 Ohio State 31, Navy 28
1982 Alabama 21, Illinois 15
1983 Notre Dame 19, Boston College 18
1984 Auburn 21, Arkansas 15
1985 Baylor 21, Louisiana State 7
1986 Tennessee 21, Minnesota 14
1987 Georgia 20, Arkansas 17
1988 Indiana 34, South Carolina 10
1989 Mississippi 42, Air Force 29
1990 Air Force 23, Ohio State 11
1991 Air Force 38, Mississippi State 15
1992 Mississippi 13, Air Force 0
1993 Louisville 18, Michigan State 7
1994 Illinois 30, East Carolina 0
1995 East Carolina 19, Stanford 13
1996 Syracuse 30, Houston 17
1997 Southern Miss 41, Pittsburgh 7
1998 Tulane 41 Brigham Young 27
1999 Southern Miss 23, Colorado State 17
2000 Colorado State 22, Louisville 17
2001 Louisville 28, Brigham Young 10
2002 TCU 17, Colorado State 3
2003 Utah 17, Southern Miss 0
2004 Louisville 44, Boise State 40

AUTO ZONE LIBERTY BOWL NOTES
Conference USA's representative has won six of the last eight Liberty Bowl games....C-USA teams have an all-time record of 9-5 in the game....Last year's attendance of 58,355 for the Louisville-Boise State matchup marked the seventh consecutive year that attendance topped the 50,000 mark....The 2004 matchup between No. 7 Louisville and No. 10 Boise State was the only bowl game other than the National Championship game in the Orange Bowl that matched a pair of Top 10 teams against each other....This year marks the Liberty Bowl's second year of a five-year agreement with Memphis-based auto parts retailer AutoZone as a title sponsor....Jim Rout, former Mayor of Shelby County and current President of Jack Morris Auto Glass, has been elected the President of the 2005 AutoZone Liberty Bowl....This year marks the 47th anniversary of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, making it college football's seventh-oldest bowl game....Over the years the Liberty Bowl has seen legendary coaches such as Paul "Bear" Bryant, Lou Holtz, Johnny Majors and Joe Paterno coach in the game, while outstanding players such as Ernie Davis, Doug Flutie, Bo Jackson, Archie Manning and Randy White have participated in the bowl.

GMAC BOWL
Mobile, Alabama
Date: December 21
Time: 7:00 p.m. CST
Stadium: Ladd-Peebles Stadium (42,000)
Network: ESPN
Opponent: Mid-American Conference Selection Or Western Athletic Conference Selection
CEO: Mike Gottfried
President: Jerry Silverstein
Executive Director: Frank Modarelli
Media Relations Director: Kelley Wright
Phone: 334/635-0011
FAX: 334/635-0014
Mailing Address: 1100 Hillcrest Road, Suite 115 Mobile, AL 36695
Website: www.gmacbowl.com

Past Results:
2004 Bowling Green 52, Memphis 35
2003 Miami (Ohio) 48, Louisville 29
2002 Marshall 38, Louisville 15
2001 Marshall 64, East Carolina 61 (2ot)
2000 Southern Miss 28, TCU 21
1999 TCU 28, East Carolina 14

GMAC BOWL NOTES
Some of the brightest offensive stars have displayed their talents in the first six years of the GMAC Bowl. Incredibly productive quarterbacks like Dave Ragone (Louisville), Stefan LeFors (Louisville) and David Garrard (East Carolina) have squared off against the likes of Ben Roethlisberger (Miami-Ohio) and Byron Leftwich (Marshall) in the game. Running backs like TCU's LaDainian Tomlinson and DeAngelo Williams of Memphis have raced down the field at Ladd-Peebles Stadium....Last year, Bowling Green and Memphis engaged in a shootout, with the Falcons downing the Tigers, 52-35....East Carolina and Marshall battled in the highest-scoring bowl game in NCAA history in the third annual GMAC Bowl in 2001. No. 25 Marshall rallied from a 38-8 halftime deficit to post a 64-61 win in double-overtime. The teams combined for 1,141 total yards...The 2000 game was decided with eight seconds remaining as Jeff Kelly threw a 28-yard TD pass to Kenneth Johnson to give Southern Miss a 28-21 win over TCU....In the inaugural game in 1999, Tomlinson ran for 124 yards and two touchdowns to lead TCU to a 28-14 win over East Carolina.

FORT WORTH BOWL
Fort Worth, Texas
Date: December 23
Time: 7:00 p.m. CST
Stadium: Amon G. Carter Stadium (44,008)
Network: ESPN
Opponent: Big 12 Conference Selection
Executive Director: Tom Starr
Sales and Marketing: Brant Ringler
Operations: Scott Pomeroy
Ticket Operations: Trisha Branch
Phone: 817/810-0012
FAX: 817/810-0252
Mailing Address: 505 Main Street, Suite 270 Fort Worth, TX 76102
Media Relations Director: Tim Simmons
Phone: 303/678-8484
Website: www.fwbowl.com

Past Results:
2004 Cincinnati 32, Marshall 14
2003 Boise State 34, TCU 31

FORT WORTH BOWL NOTES Conference USA is in a multiple-year agreement to provide a team for the annual Fort Worth Bowl....Last season's game featured a matchup of current and future C-USA members as Cincinnati completed a successful first season under Mark Dantonio with a 32-14 win over Marshall in what proved to be the final game for Thundering Herd head coach Bob Pruett, who retired several weeks after the game....The inaugural game in 2003 featured a battle of Top 20 Teams when No. 19 TCU battled No. 16 Boise State. The Broncos won the game, 34-31, in one of the highest scoring games of the 2003-2004 bowl season.

This year's game is again scheduled for December 23 and will feature a C-USA team against an opponent from the Big 12 Conference.

SHERATON HAWAI'I BOWL
Honolulu, Hawai'i
Date: December 24
Time: 3:30 p.m. HST (8:30 p.m. EST)
Stadium: Aloha Stadium (50,000)
Network: ESPN
Opponent: Western Athletic Conference Selection
Executive Director: Jim Donovan
Media Relations Director: Dave Maitlin
Phone: 808-983-1124
FAX: 808-955-0505
Mailing Address: 1357 Kapiolani Blvd., Ste. 1450 Honolulu, HI 96814
Website: www.sheratonhawaiibowl.com

Past Results:
2004 Hawai'i 59, UAB 40
2003 Hawai'i 54, Houston 48 (3ot)
2002 Tulane 36, Hawai'i 28

SHERATON HAWAI'I BOWL NOTES
In its first three years, the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl has gained a reputation for offensive shootouts....Each of the last two years it has been the highest scoring bowl game....Last year, UAB made the first bowl appearance in school history when the Blazers battled home-standing Hawai'i, falling 59-40....In 2003, Houston scored on an 81-yard TD reception in the final minute of regulation to send the game to overtime....Hawaii eventually prevailed, 54-48, in triple overtime....In 2002, Tulane represented Conference USA in the inaugural Hawai'i Bowl, upsetting the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors on their home field, 36-28. J.P. Losman ran for a pair of second half touchdowns, but it was the punt return skills of DB Lynaris Elpheage, who had a 60-yard return for a touchdown and a 56-yard return to set up another score that sparked the Green Wave offense.

WYNDHAM NEW ORLEANS BOWL
New Orleans, La.
Date: December 20
Time: 7:00 p.m. CST
Stadium: Louisiana Superdome (69,767)
Network: ESPN
Opponent: Sun Belt Conference Champion
President/CEO: Jay Cicero
Executive Director: Billy Ferrante
Media Relations Director: Sam Joffray
Operations Director: Alison Comeaux
Phone: 504/525-5678
FAX: 504/529-1622
Mailing Address: 1400 Poydras, Suite 918 New Orleans, LA 70112
Website: www.neworleansbowl.org

Past Results:
2004 Southern Miss 31, North Texas 10
2003 Memphis 27, North Texas 17
2002 North Texas 24, Cincinnati 19
2001 Colorado State 45, North Texas 20

WYNDHAM NEW ORLEANS BOWL NOTES
For the fifth year in a row, the Wyndham New Orleans Bowl will kick off the 2005-06 bowl season with a December 20th date for this year's game....Conference USA participated in the New Orleans Bowl for the third straight year last December....Southern Miss won the 2004 game, 31-10, over Sun Belt Conference Champion North Texas....In 2003, Memphis, armed with over 10,000 of its fans, made its first bowl appearance since 1971....The Tigers defeated North Texas, 27-17, to cap off their first nine-win season since 1963....In 2002, C-USA co-champion Cincinnati battled North Texas, dropping a 24-19 decision to the Mean Green....The New Orleans Bowl is played at the Louisiana Superdome, home of Tulane University and site of six Super Bowl games.