2009 Sun Bowl

2009 Brut Sun Bowl
76th Sun Bowl
Oklahoma Sooners Stanford Cardinal
(7–5) (8–4)
Big 12 Pac-10
31 27
Head coach: 
Bob Stoops		 Head coach: 
Jim Harbaugh
APCoachesBCS
192121
1234 Total
Oklahoma 107140 31
Stanford 71703 27
DateDecember 31, 2009
Season2009
StadiumSun Bowl
LocationEl Paso, Texas
MVPRyan Broyles[1]
RefereeJohn O'Neill (Big Ten)
Halftime showDavid Archuleta,[2] Stanford Band, Pride of Oklahoma
Attendance53,713[3]
PayoutUS$1,900,000 per team[4]
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersCraig Bolerjack
Steve Beuerlein
Sam Ryan
Nielsen ratings3.3[5]
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The 2009 Brut Sun Bowl game was the 76th edition of the annual college football bowl game known as the Sun Bowl. The Oklahoma Sooners defeated the Stanford Cardinal 31–27 on December 31, 2009. It was the two teams' fifth meeting.[6] The game featured two conference tie-ins: the University of Oklahoma represented the Big 12 Conference and Stanford University represented the Pacific-10 Conference. The game was played at the Sun Bowl Stadium on the University of Texas at El Paso campus in El Paso, Texas.

The game featured Stanford's 13th-ranked offense including Toby Gerhart, a Heisman finalist[7][8] who led the NCAA Division I FBS subdivision with 1,736 rushing yards and 26 touchdowns, against the seventh-ranked Oklahoma defense. The Stanford offense averaged over 440 yards per game while the Oklahoma defense had held its opponents to an average of 273 yards per game.[9][10] This was the first time the two teams played each other in a bowl game. They had faced each other 4 previous times in the regular season with Oklahoma holding a 3–1 advantage. The last contest played by the schools was a 19–7 victory in Norman, Oklahoma by the Sooners in 1984.

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  5. ^ Jon Solomon, 2009-10 Bowl TV Ratings, The Birmingham News, January 13, 2010
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