2009 St. Petersburg Bowl presented by Beef ' O ' Brady 's , formerly known as the St. Petersburg Bowl , was the second edition of the college football bowl game and was played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg , Florida . The game began at 8:00 PM US EST on Saturday , December 19 , 2009 , was telecast on ESPN and featured the UCF of Conference USA and Rutgers of the Big East . Rutgers defeated UCF 45 – 24 in a game where Mohamed Sanu , the game 's MVP , caught 4 passes for 97 yards and a touchdown in addition to rushing 14 times for 47 yards and two touchdowns
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2009 St. Petersburg Bowl