The 2009 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl was the ninth edition of the bowl. The game was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana on Sunday, December 20, 2009. The game was televised live on ESPN. The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, the Sun Belt Conference runners-up (Troy, the conference champions, took a berth in the GMAC Bowl instead), defeated the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, a team from Conference USA by a score of 42-32. The kickoff took place at 7:30 p.m., Central Time.