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The 2014 Conference USA Football Championship Game, which will determine the 2014 football champion of Conference USA (C-USA), on December 6. The game featured the winners of the conference's East division and the winners of the West division.
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Under C-USA rules, the championship game would be played at the home stadium of the team with the best record in conference play.
History
In the 2013 Championship Game Rice defeated Marshall, 41-24 in Houston, Texas.
After the 2014 Conference USA realignment, C-USA added two new members for the 2014 season after losing three members, including East Carolina, to the American Athletic Conference.
After the 2014 season, this will be the tenth C-USA championship game and will be played in West Virginia for the first time.
West Division Champions
Louisiana Tech entered the championship game with a record of 8–4 and went 6–0 in conference play until November 22, 2014, against new comers Old Dominion Monarchs. The loss to the Monarchs brought Rice back to compete for the division title. Louisiana Tech defeated Rice in their last regular season game, which bring the Bulldogs to their first conference championship game in program history.
East Division Champions
Marshall will enter the championship game with a record of 11–1 after winning all non-conference games and all of their conference games except for conference foe WKU. Marshall trailed Middle Tennessee in the East Division standings, until they faced on October 15, 2014. Marshall won the game against the Blue Raiders, 49–24, moving the Thundering Herd to the top of the division. Marshall continued to storm through the rest of their schedule and was crowned East Division Champs after defeating defending champions, Rice on November 15, 2014 in Huntington.
This will be Marshall's second appearance in the Conference USA Championship series in back–to–back years. Marshall will host the championship game in Huntington, WV on December 6, 2014. It will mark the first time the Conference USA Championship will be played in Huntington.