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id="toc-2007-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2008" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2008"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.3</span> <span>2008</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2008-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2009" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2009"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.4</span> <span>2009</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2009-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2010" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2010"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.5</span> <span>2010</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2011" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2011"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.6</span> <span>2011</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2011-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Invitation_to_Big_East" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Invitation_to_Big_East"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.7</span> <span>Invitation to Big East</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Invitation_to_Big_East-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2012" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2012"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.8</span> <span>2012</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2012-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2013" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2013"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.9</span> <span>2013</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2013-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2014" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2014"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.10</span> <span>2014</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2014-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2015" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2015"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.11</span> <span>2015</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2015-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Scott_Frost_era_(2016–2017)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scott_Frost_era_(2016–2017)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Scott Frost era (2016–2017)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Scott_Frost_era_(2016–2017)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2016" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2016"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.1</span> <span>2016</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2016-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2017" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2017"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.2</span> <span>2017</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2017-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Josh_Heupel_era_(2018–2020)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Josh_Heupel_era_(2018–2020)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Josh Heupel era (2018–2020)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Josh_Heupel_era_(2018–2020)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2018" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2018"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1</span> <span>2018</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2018-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2019" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2019"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.2</span> <span>2019</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2019-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2020" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2020"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.3</span> <span>2020</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2020-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gus_Malzahn_era_(2021–present)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gus_Malzahn_era_(2021–present)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Gus Malzahn era (2021–present)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gus_Malzahn_era_(2021–present)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2021–2023" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2021–2023"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7.1</span> <span>2021–2023</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2021–2023-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conference_affiliations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conference_affiliations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Conference affiliations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conference_affiliations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Championships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Championships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Championships</span> 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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Division_championships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Division_championships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Division championships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Division_championships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bowl_games" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bowl_games"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Bowl games</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bowl_games-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Playoffs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Playoffs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Playoffs</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Playoffs-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet 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vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Head_coaches"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Head coaches</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Head_coaches-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Venues" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Venues"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Venues</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Venues-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Venues subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Venues-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Citrus_Bowl_(1979–2006)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citrus_Bowl_(1979–2006)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Citrus Bowl (1979–2006)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citrus_Bowl_(1979–2006)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-FBC_Mortgage_Stadium_(2007–present)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#FBC_Mortgage_Stadium_(2007–present)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>FBC Mortgage Stadium (2007–present)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-FBC_Mortgage_Stadium_(2007–present)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rivalries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rivalries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Rivalries</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Rivalries-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Rivalries subsection</span> </button> <ul 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id="toc-Heisman_Trophy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Heisman_Trophy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Heisman Trophy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Heisman_Trophy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honored_numbers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Honored_numbers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>Honored numbers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Honored_numbers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_honors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_honors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.5</span> <span>Other honors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_honors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Knights_in_professional_football" 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class="infobox-subheader"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="40px"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/AmericanFootball_current_event.svg/40px-AmericanFootball_current_event.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/AmericanFootball_current_event.svg/60px-AmericanFootball_current_event.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/AmericanFootball_current_event.svg/80px-AmericanFootball_current_event.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></td><td class="center" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0;font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/2024_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2024 UCF Knights football team">2024 UCF Knights football team </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UCF_Knights_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/UCF_Knights_logo.svg/150px-UCF_Knights_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/UCF_Knights_logo.svg/225px-UCF_Knights_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/UCF_Knights_logo.svg/300px-UCF_Knights_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="201" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1979_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="1979 UCF Knights football team">1979</a>; 45 years ago</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Athletic director</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Terry_Mohajir" title="Terry Mohajir">Terry Mohajir</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Head coach</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gus_Malzahn" title="Gus Malzahn">Gus Malzahn</a> <br />3rd season, 28–23 (.549)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stadium</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/FBC_Mortgage_Stadium" title="FBC Mortgage Stadium">FBC Mortgage Stadium</a><br />(capacity: 48,000<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Year built</th><td class="infobox-data">2007</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Field surface</th><td class="infobox-data">Grass</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a> <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">NCAA division</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">Division I FBS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Past conferences</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">MAC</a> (2002–2004) <br /><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">C-USA</a> (2005–2012)<br /><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American</a> (2013–2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">All-time record</th><td class="infobox-data nowrap">298–233–1 <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (.561)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bowl record</th><td class="infobox-data">6–9 (.400)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Claimed national titles</th><td class="infobox-data">1 (2017)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference titles</th><td class="infobox-data">6 (<a href="/wiki/2007_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2007 UCF Knights football team">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2010 UCF Knights football team">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2013_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2013 UCF Knights football team">2013</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2014 UCF Knights football team">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2017 UCF Knights football team">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2018 UCF Knights football team">2018</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Division titles</th><td class="infobox-data">6 (<a href="/wiki/2005_UCF_Golden_Knights_football_team" title="2005 UCF Golden Knights football team">2005</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2007 UCF Knights football team">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2010 UCF Knights football team">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2012 UCF Knights football team">2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2017 UCF Knights football team">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2018 UCF Knights football team">2018</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rivalries</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bearcats_football" title="Cincinnati Bearcats football">Cincinnati</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cincinnati%E2%80%93UCF_football_rivalry" title="Cincinnati–UCF football rivalry">rivalry</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/South_Florida_Bulls_football" title="South Florida Bulls football">South Florida</a> (<a href="/wiki/War_on_I-4" title="War on I-4">rivalry</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consensus All-Americans</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data">Black and gold<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#B7A369"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fight song</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/UCF_Knights#Cheers" title="UCF Knights">Charge On</a>"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Knightro" title="Knightro">Knightro</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Marching band</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marching_Knights" title="Marching Knights">Marching Knights</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Outfitter</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ucfknights.com/sports/football">ucfknights.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>UCF Knights football</b> team represents the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Central_Florida" title="University of Central Florida">University of Central Florida</a> in the sport of <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a>. The Knights compete in the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a> <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">Football Bowl Subdivision</a> (FBS) of the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (NCAA) and are a member of the <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their <a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">head coach</a> is <a href="/wiki/Gus_Malzahn" title="Gus Malzahn">Gus Malzahn</a>. The Knights play their home games at the 48,000-seat <a href="/wiki/FBC_Mortgage_Stadium" title="FBC Mortgage Stadium">FBC Mortgage Stadium</a>, which is located on UCF's main campus in <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>UCF first fielded a varsity football team in the fall of 1979 as an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III">NCAA Division III</a> program and subsequently completed their ascension to Division I–A, now known as the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), in <a href="/wiki/1996_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 NCAA Division I FBS football season">1996</a>, becoming the first program in NCAA history to have played in all four divisions of football (and the only one until <a href="/wiki/James_Madison_Dukes_football" title="James Madison Dukes football">James Madison</a> joined FBS in 2022).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a Division I–AA program, the Knights made the 1990 and 1993 <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship">playoffs</a>, and were picked as the preseason No. 1 team to start the 1994 season.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Through the completion of the 2023 season, UCF has compiled 293 victories, six division titles, and six conference championships. </p><p>The Knights have made 15 postseason appearances since joining the FBS, including winning two <a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Six" title="New Year's Six">New Year's Six</a> bowls: <a href="/wiki/2014_Fiesta_Bowl_(January)" title="2014 Fiesta Bowl (January)">the 2014 Fiesta Bowl</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2018_Peach_Bowl_(January)" title="2018 Peach Bowl (January)">2018 Peach Bowl</a>. The program has produced one Consensus <a href="/wiki/All-American" class="mw-redirect" title="All-American">All-American</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Smith_(running_back)" title="Kevin Smith (running back)">Kevin Smith</a> in 2007, and three <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> candidates, <a href="/wiki/Daunte_Culpepper" title="Daunte Culpepper">Daunte Culpepper</a> (<a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a>) in 1998, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Smith_(running_back)" title="Kevin Smith (running back)">Kevin Smith</a> (<a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a>) in 2007, and <a href="/wiki/McKenzie_Milton" title="McKenzie Milton">McKenzie Milton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 2017 and 2018. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_UCF_Knights_football_seasons" title="List of UCF Knights football seasons">List of UCF Knights football seasons</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_UCF_Knights_bowl_games" title="List of UCF Knights bowl games">List of UCF Knights bowl games</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Split plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-move" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Split-arrows.svg/50px-Split-arrows.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Split-arrows.svg/75px-Split-arrows.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Split-arrows.svg/100px-Split-arrows.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="20" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">It has been suggested that this section be <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Splitting" title="Wikipedia:Splitting">split</a></b> into a new article titled <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of UCF Knights football (page does not exist)">History of UCF Knights football</a></i>. (<a href="/wiki/Talk:UCF_Knights_football/Archive_1#WP:TOOBIG_/_History_of_UCF_Knights_football" title="Talk:UCF Knights football/Archive 1">discuss</a>) <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2019</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history_(1979–1984)"><span id="Early_history_.281979.E2.80.931984.29"></span>Early history (1979–1984)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history (1979–1984)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The UCF football program can be traced back to a speech given by the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_University_of_Central_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presidents of the University of Central Florida">university's second president</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Colbourn" title="Trevor Colbourn">Dr. Trevor Colbourn</a>, in January 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Colbourn believed that a successful athletics program would bring the university greater renown, and tasked Dr. <a href="/wiki/Jack_O%27Leary" title="Jack O'Leary">Jack O'Leary</a> with the job of creating a new football program at the school.<sup id="cite_ref-birth_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birth-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, Colbourn changed the name of the school to the University of Central Florida (prior to this, the college was known as Florida Technological University), to express the university's expanded academic scope.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning at the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III">Division III</a> level, O'Leary, then the university's <a href="/wiki/Athletic_director" title="Athletic director">athletic director</a>, held a meeting of prospective players, who paid $14 per night to stay in the dorms and brought their own uniforms to the tryouts, in March 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This would be the first football tryouts for prospective players, and would serve as the first that many students would hear about the new athletic program.<sup id="cite_ref-birth_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birth-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary had previously served as an assistant coach at <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football" title="Alabama Crimson Tide football">Alabama</a> under <a href="/wiki/Bear_Bryant" title="Bear Bryant">Paul "Bear" Bryant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He would spearhead the effort to raise more than $40,000 to start the program, and would complete a deal for the team to play in the <a href="/wiki/Tangerine_Bowl_(stadium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tangerine Bowl (stadium)">Tangerine Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-birth_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birth-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Without a budget to hire a staff, O'Leary reached out to six UCF graduate students as volunteer assistants.<sup id="cite_ref-birth_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birth-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From there, O'Leary was able to lure <a href="/wiki/Don_Jonas" title="Don Jonas">Don Jonas</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> and Orlando dignitary, to become UCF's first <a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">head football coach</a> on a voluntary basis.<sup id="cite_ref-birth_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birth-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One day during a practice, O'Leary pulled the team aside and unveiled the template for uniforms of "The Fighting Knights".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He would reveal a template that would follow the team into the 21st century: black jerseys, gold pants and gold helmets.<sup id="cite_ref-birth_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birth-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Less than one year after Colbourn had envisioned a football program for the university, UCF played its first game on September 22, 1979, against <a href="/wiki/St._Leo_University" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Leo University">St. Leo University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knights would prove victorious with a 21–0 shutout,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and less than a week later, the Knights would win their first home game by defeating <a href="/wiki/Ft._Benning" class="mw-redirect" title="Ft. Benning">Ft. Benning</a>, 7–6.<sup id="cite_ref-gametime_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gametime-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jonas led the Knights to a 6–2 inaugural season, behind an average attendance of 11,240, including a Division III record crowd of 14,138.<sup id="cite_ref-gametime_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gametime-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the season, in March 1980, Jonas was offered the Knights head coaching job as a full-time position.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After leading the team to a 4–4–1 and 4–6 record in 1980 and 1981 respectively,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ucfknights.com_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ucfknights.com-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jonas would leave the Knights following the 1981 season.<sup id="cite_ref-gametime_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gametime-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1980 season, the Knights earned the only tie in program history, an 11–all game against <a href="/wiki/Miles_College" title="Miles College">Miles</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ucfknights.com1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ucfknights.com1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Kiggins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tim Kiggins (page does not exist)">Tim Kiggins</a> became the first Knight to sign a professional contract.<sup id="cite_ref-gametime_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gametime-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his departure, Jonas remained involved in the program, including doing radio broadcasts of UCF football games and a radio sports talk show.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jonas led the Knights to a 14–12–1 (.518) record in three seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the departure of Don Jonas, <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Weir" title="Sammy Weir">Sammy Weir</a>, who was the head coach at <a href="/wiki/Lake_Howell_High_School" title="Lake Howell High School">Lake Howell High School</a>, became UCF's new head coach and led the Knights in their move up to <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Division II</a> in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-gametime_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gametime-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another change to the university's athletic programs in 1982 was the departure of O'Leary as athletic director, and the hiring of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Peterson" title="Bill Peterson">Bill Peterson</a>, who was the <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Seminoles_football" title="Florida State Seminoles football">Florida State</a> head coach from 1960 to 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-moveup_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moveup-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In their first season playing Division II ball, the Knights went 0–10, and Weir decided not to return for the 1983 season.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One bright spot of the season was that Mike Carter became the first Knight to sign with an NFL team, the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-moveup_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moveup-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Lou_Saban" title="Lou Saban">Lou Saban</a> replaced Weir as the Knights head coach in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saban had previously coached at <a href="/wiki/Miami_Hurricanes_football" title="Miami Hurricanes football">Miami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Army_Black_Knights_football" title="Army Black Knights football">Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Wildcats_football" title="Northwestern Wildcats football">Northwestern</a>, and in the AFL and NFL with the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boston_Patriots" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Patriots">Boston Patriots</a>, to name just a few.<sup id="cite_ref-moveup_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moveup-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In UCF's first Black and Gold Spring game held in 1983, the defense won 14–6.<sup id="cite_ref-ucfknights.com_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ucfknights.com-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knights finished the 1983 season 5–6, including the team's first win over a Division I–AA opponent.<sup id="cite_ref-moveup_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moveup-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Starting the 1984 season filled with optimism, the Knights were shaken by a 1–6 start.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_sources" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on a self-published source. (February 2020)">self-published source?</span></a></i>]</sup> Following the disappointing beginning to the season, Saban stepped away from the program, and was replaced on an interim basis by assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Anderson_(American_football_coach)" title="Jerry Anderson (American football coach)">Jerry Anderson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-moveup_26-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moveup-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saban had a 6–12 (.333) record during his tenure as the Knights head coach.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anderson finished out the year with the team in an interim position, with a 1–3 (.250) record.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF finished the season with a 2–9 mark.<sup id="cite_ref-moveup_26-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moveup-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the course of the three seasons following Jonas' departure, the Knights went through three head coaches, and amassed a 7–25 record.<sup id="cite_ref-moveup_26-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moveup-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gene_McDowell_era_(1985–1997)"><span id="Gene_McDowell_era_.281985.E2.80.931997.29"></span>Gene McDowell era (1985–1997)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gene McDowell era (1985–1997)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Reeling after a disappointing string of seasons, there were discussions within the community about the possibility of dismantling the program,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Peterson announced his retirement as the university's athletic director.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, due to financial troubles, the team had to postpone plans to move up to <a href="/wiki/Division_I-AA" class="mw-redirect" title="Division I-AA">Division I-AA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-moveup_26-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moveup-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Without a head coach or athletic director, President Colbourn hired <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Seminoles_football" title="Florida State Seminoles football">Florida State</a> assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Gene_McDowell" title="Gene McDowell">Gene McDowell</a> to fill both positions.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McDowell took the helm in 1985, and hired his eventual successor and former <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> quarterback <a href="/wiki/Mike_Kruczek" title="Mike Kruczek">Mike Kruczek</a> as his <a href="/wiki/Offensive_coordinator" title="Offensive coordinator">offensive coordinator</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-moveup_26-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moveup-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knights would finish with a 4–7 mark in McDowell's first year, including a 42–21 loss to UCF's first-ever Division I–A opponent, <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Cardinals_football" title="Louisville Cardinals football">Louisville</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-moveup_26-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moveup-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to financial hardships, McDowell waived half of his annual salary, and FSU head coach <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bowden" title="Bobby Bowden">Bobby Bowden</a> donated uniforms and cleats to the program.<sup id="cite_ref-moveup_26-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moveup-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McDowell would the lead the Knights to their first winning season since 1979, with a 6–5 record in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-winning_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winning-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also that year, <a href="/wiki/Ted_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Ted Wilson (American football)">Ted Wilson</a> became the first UCF player to be selected in the <a href="/wiki/1987_NFL_draft" title="1987 NFL draft">1987 NFL draft</a>, being picked by the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> in the 10th round.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following an 8–3 regular season record in 1987,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Knights earned their first trip to the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_National_Football_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II National Football Championship">Division II</a> playoffs, where they earned a 1–1 record.<sup id="cite_ref-winning_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winning-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After starting the 1988 season with five straight wins, UCF would be ranked No. 2 in Division II.<sup id="cite_ref-winning_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winning-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During a game against the defending D-II national champions <a href="/wiki/Troy_Trojans_football" title="Troy Trojans football">Troy</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Citrus_Bowl" title="Citrus Bowl">Citrus Bowl</a>, UCF fans were so loud at one point that the Trojans quarterback <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Godsey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bob Godsey (page does not exist)">Bob Godsey</a> couldn't call plays.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Godsey complained to the referee about the crowd noise, but instead of helping Troy, the referee called a delay of game penalty on the Trojans.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/1988_UCF_Knights_football_team#The_"Noise_Penalty"_game" title="1988 UCF Knights football team">"Noise Penalty" game</a> is legendary at UCF, and the win over Troy thrust the Knights into the position as the No. 1 ranked team in D-II.<sup id="cite_ref-winning_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winning-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1986 and 1990 under the leadership of McDowell, the Knights held a 24–6 record at the Citrus Bowl.<sup id="cite_ref-winning_35-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winning-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During McDowell's tenure, the program moved up to <a href="/wiki/Division_I-AA" class="mw-redirect" title="Division I-AA">Division I-AA</a> in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-division1aa_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-division1aa-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In their first year in the division, the Knights earned a 10–4 record, a program best, and a trip to the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship">I–AA playoffs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF would make it to the semifinals, and became the first school in history to qualify for the I–AA playoffs in its first season of eligibility.<sup id="cite_ref-division1aa_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-division1aa-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knights would finish the 1991 and 1992 with winning seasons as well.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1992, Dr. <a href="/wiki/John_Hitt" title="John Hitt">John Hitt</a>, UCF's fourth president, announced that the program would make the move to <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I-A" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I-A">Division I-A</a> in 1996,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he hired <a href="/wiki/Steve_Sloan" title="Steve Sloan">Steve Sloan</a> as the university's new athletic director.<sup id="cite_ref-division1aa_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-division1aa-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Earning their eighth winning season in 1993, the Knights would again make the playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-division1aa_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-division1aa-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the season, the team won their first game over a Division I–A team, a 38–16 victory at <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Tech" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana Tech">Louisiana Tech</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After another impressive season, UCF was selected as the preseason No. 1 to start the 1994 season.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1994 season would prove disappointing however, as the Knights would finish the season ranked No. 20 with a 7–4 record.<sup id="cite_ref-division1aa_40-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-division1aa-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the team's final season in Division I-AA, the Knights were reinvigorated by freshman sensation <a href="/wiki/Daunte_Culpepper" title="Daunte Culpepper">Daunte Culpepper</a>. The quarterback would lead the Knights to a 6–5 record, and their tenth straight winning season in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-daunte_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daunte-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 1, 1996, UCF officially made its foray into <a href="/wiki/Division_I-A" class="mw-redirect" title="Division I-A">Division I-A</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time, the Knights became the first football program to play in four different NCAA divisions (III, II, I-AA and I-A).<sup id="cite_ref-daunte_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daunte-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In their first two seasons in Division I-A, the Knights posted identical 5–6 records behind Culpepper. In 1997, assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Alan_Gooch" title="Alan Gooch">Alan Gooch</a> was named the national assistant coach of the year, due to his work with <a href="/wiki/Deafness" title="Deafness">deaf</a> running back <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Collins" title="Dwight Collins">Dwight Collins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-daunte_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daunte-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the wake of a federal fraud scandal revolving around improper <a href="/wiki/Cellular_phone" class="mw-redirect" title="Cellular phone">cellular phone</a> benefits and use, McDowell resigned as head coach on January 20, 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-daunte_47-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daunte-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over his 13-year tenure at UCF, McDowell earned an 86–61 (.585) record.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mike_Kruczek_era_(1998–2003)"><span id="Mike_Kruczek_era_.281998.E2.80.932003.29"></span>Mike Kruczek era (1998–2003)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mike Kruczek era (1998–2003)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the abrupt departure of Gene McDowell, offensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Mike_Kruczek" title="Mike Kruczek">Mike Kruczek</a> was named UCF's new head coach on an interim basis.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He would receive the position permanently later in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-daunte_47-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daunte-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Daunte Culpepper led UCF to its best season ever with a 9–2 record in 1998 (with losses only coming to <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_football" title="Purdue Boilermakers football">Purdue</a><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Tigers_football" title="Auburn Tigers football">Auburn</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Culpepper finished 6th in the Heisman Trophy voting and set the NCAA record for completion percentage that year (73.4%).<sup id="cite_ref-daunte_47-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daunte-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the season, Culpepper was drafted with the 11th pick in the first round of the <a href="/wiki/1999_NFL_draft" title="1999 NFL draft">1999 NFL draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a>, marking the highest ever draft pick of a UCF player.<sup id="cite_ref-daunte_47-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daunte-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Knights proved to be a scary team on the road against heavily favored opponents, with close losses including a 10–6 loss at <a href="/wiki/1998_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="1998 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a> in <a href="/wiki/1998_UCF_Golden_Knights_football_team" title="1998 UCF Golden Knights football team">1998</a>, a <a href="/wiki/1999_UCF_Golden_Knights_football_team#September_25:_at_Georgia_-_"Burglary_Between_the_Hedges"" title="1999 UCF Golden Knights football team">24–23 loss</a> at <a href="/wiki/1999_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1999 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> in <a href="/wiki/1999_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1999 NCAA Division I-A football season">1999</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a 21–17 loss at <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football" title="Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football">Georgia Tech</a> in <a href="/wiki/2000_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="2000 NCAA Division I-A football season">2000</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kruczek's biggest victory would come in 2000 against <a href="/wiki/2000_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="2000 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bryant%E2%80%93Denny_Stadium" title="Bryant–Denny Stadium">Bryant–Denny Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tuscaloosa,_Alabama" title="Tuscaloosa, Alabama">Tuscaloosa, Alabama</a>, when the Knights won 40–38 on a last-second field goal by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Javier_Beorlegui&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Javier Beorlegui (page does not exist)">Javier Beorlegui</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-krucz_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-krucz-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After finishing 9–2 in 1998,<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF received a tentative verbal agreement to play in the inaugural <a href="/wiki/Oahu_Bowl" title="Oahu Bowl">Oahu Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That arrangement, however, was contingent on <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_football" title="UCLA Bruins football">UCLA</a> finishing the season undefeated; the Oahu Bowl was otherwise committed to taking a team from the <a href="/wiki/Pac-12_Conference" title="Pac-12 Conference">Pac-10</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the final day of the regular season, <a href="/wiki/Miami_Hurricanes_football" title="Miami Hurricanes football">Miami</a> upset UCLA, setting off a chain reaction that sent <a href="/wiki/Washington_Huskies_football" title="Washington Huskies football">Washington</a> to the Oahu Bowl and left the Knights out in the cold.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kruczek guided the team as a Division I-A independent until <a href="/wiki/2002_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="2002 NCAA Division I-A football season">2002</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After six difficult years as an independent, UCF played its much-anticipated first season as a football-only member of the <a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">Mid-American Conference</a> in <a href="/wiki/2002_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2002</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-krucz_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-krucz-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They finished runner-up in the East division with a 6–2 conference record. They finished the season 7–5 overall, completing their 14th winning season in the past 17 years.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ucfknights.com1_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ucfknights.com1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The excitement, however, would be short-lived.<sup id="cite_ref-krucz_57-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-krucz-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After signing a three-year contract extension at the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/2003_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2003 season</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kruczek was fired following a 3–7 start.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kruczek was replaced on an interim basis by assistant coach and former player <a href="/wiki/Alan_Gooch" title="Alan Gooch">Alan Gooch</a> who finished out the dismal 3–9 season<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with losses to Mid-American Conference rivals <a href="/wiki/Marshall_University" title="Marshall University">Marshall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miami_RedHawks_football" title="Miami RedHawks football">Miami (OH)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-krucz_57-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-krucz-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Marshall game marked UCF's first nationally televised home football game as it was aired on <a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kruczek ended his six-year stewardship of UCF with a 36–30 (.545) record.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An increased travel burden, lack of competitiveness, and lack of natural rivals within the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">midwest</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">MAC</a> saw UCF begin to explore the possibility of a different conference affiliation after just a couple years in the conference. Furthermore, the UCF athletic department was interested in an all-sports conference membership rather than a football-only affiliation.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-krucz_57-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-krucz-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, UCF was invited as an all-sports member of <a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a> beginning with the 2005 season.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-krucz_57-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-krucz-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="George_O'Leary_era_(2004–2015)"><span id="George_O.27Leary_era_.282004.E2.80.932015.29"></span>George O'Leary era (2004–2015)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: George O'Leary era (2004–2015)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Very_long_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-very_long" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>may be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">too long</a> to read and navigate comfortably</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Consider <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Splitting" title="Wikipedia:Splitting">splitting</a> content into sub-articles, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">condensing</a> it, or adding <a href="/wiki/Help:Section#Subsections" title="Help:Section">subheadings</a>. Please discuss this issue on the article's <a href="/wiki/Talk:UCF_Knights_football" title="Talk:UCF Knights football">talk page</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2018</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_O%27Leary-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/George_O%27Leary-1.jpg/220px-George_O%27Leary-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/George_O%27Leary-1.jpg/330px-George_O%27Leary-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/George_O%27Leary-1.jpg/440px-George_O%27Leary-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Coach O'Leary</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the disappointing 2003 season, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a> <a href="/wiki/Defensive_coordinator" title="Defensive coordinator">defensive coordinator</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football" title="Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football">Georgia Tech</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/George_O%27Leary" title="George O'Leary">George O'Leary</a> was named UCF's head coach in <a href="/wiki/2004_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2004</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-george_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-george-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was a controversial and bold hire because O'Leary had previously left Georgia Tech after the 2001 season and been named head coach at <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a>, but resigned in disgrace five days into his tenure after inconsistencies were found on his resume.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The difficult coaching transition for 2004, the Knights' final year in the Mid-American Conference, saw the team hit rock bottom, going 0–11.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Conference_USA">Conference USA</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Conference USA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/2005_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2005</a>, UCF started their first <a href="/wiki/2005_UCF_Golden_Knights_football_team" title="2005 UCF Golden Knights football team">season</a> as a member of <a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a>. Not expected to improve much over 2004, they surprisingly won their first conference game against <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Thundering_Herd_football" title="Marshall Thundering Herd football">Marshall</a>, 23–13, ending the school's 17-game losing streak, then the nation's longest such streak.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-george_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-george-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF fans celebrated by storming the field and tearing down the goal posts.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Students came back to the campus and celebrated further by jumping into UCF's Reflection Pond (a practice normally reserved for <a href="/wiki/Spirit_Splash" class="mw-redirect" title="Spirit Splash">Spirit Splash</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF then went on to win eight out of the remaining nine games on their schedule, finishing 7–1 in C-USA games and 8–5 overall,<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> winning the East Division and hosting the first ever <a href="/wiki/Conference_USA_Football_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference USA Football Championship">C-USA Championship game</a>, which they lost, 44–27, to <a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Golden_Hurricane_football" title="Tulsa Golden Hurricane football">Tulsa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-george_71-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-george-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly thereafter, UCF was invited to play in their first ever <a href="/wiki/Bowl_game" title="Bowl game">bowl game</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2005_Hawaii_Bowl" title="2005 Hawaii Bowl">Hawaii Bowl</a>, losing to <a href="/wiki/Nevada_Wolf_Pack_football" title="Nevada Wolf Pack football">Nevada</a> 49–48 in overtime due to a missed <a href="/wiki/Point_after_touchdown" class="mw-redirect" title="Point after touchdown">PAT</a> that would have tied the game.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005 O'Leary was chosen by <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">SportsIllustrated.com</a></i> for the coach of the year award and received votes for the larger <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Dodd_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" title="Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award">Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-george_71-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-george-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2006, UCF extended O'Leary's contract for 10 years and increased his pay to $1 million plus incentives per year after he engineered the fourth-best single-season turnaround in college football history.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2007">2007</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2007"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After an anemic 2006 which saw the <a href="/wiki/2006_UCF_Golden_Knights_football_team" title="2006 UCF Golden Knights football team">Golden Knights</a> go a mere 4–8,<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the team rebranded in <a href="/wiki/2007_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2007</a> in preparation for its move to its new on-campus venue, Bright House Networks Stadium (later known as Spectrum Stadium and now as FBC Mortgage Stadium).<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They dropped the "Golden" from their name, becoming the "UCF Knights".<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fortunes seemed to have changed as the Knights moved into new facilities. After defeating a BCS AQ conference school for just the second time ever, <a href="/wiki/2007_NC_State_Wolfpack_football_team" title="2007 NC State Wolfpack football team">NC State</a> by a score of 25–23,<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they inaugurated their new stadium by hosting and losing to national power No. 6 <a href="/wiki/2007_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="2007 Texas Longhorns football team">Texas</a> by a score of 35–32.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knights lost to archrival <a href="/wiki/2007_South_Florida_Bulls_football_team" title="2007 South Florida Bulls football team">South Florida</a> by a score of 64–12 in <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but went on to have a 10–4 overall record and won the C-USA East again, hosting the Championship game against <a href="/wiki/2007_Tulsa_Golden_Hurricane_football_team" title="2007 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team">Tulsa</a> once more.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF defeated Tulsa in a near-reversal of the 2005 <a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a> Championship Game 44–25,<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> thereby gaining UCF's first ever Conference Championship title and a berth in the <a href="/wiki/2007_Liberty_Bowl" title="2007 Liberty Bowl">2007 Liberty Bowl</a>. Following UCF's victory, the Knights received 35 votes in the <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a>, but did not reach the top 25, ranking 27th.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knights lost the Liberty Bowl in <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Bowl_Memorial_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium">Memphis, Tennessee</a> by a score of 10–3 to <a href="/wiki/2007_Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team">Mississippi State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knights went on to finish the year with its first 10 win season in the FBS. In 2007, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Smith_(running_back)" title="Kevin Smith (running back)">Kevin Smith</a> set an NCAA record with 450 rushing attempts and rushed for 2,567 yards, placing him 2nd on the NCAA's all-time single season rushing list behind only <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_State_Cowboys_football" title="Oklahoma State Cowboys football">Oklahoma State</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Barry Sanders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, he was not selected even as a finalist for the <a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker_Award" title="Doak Walker Award">Doak Walker Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also was the only running back in the 2007 season to rush for more than 100 yards against the Texas Longhorns.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_92-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a fan favorite, especially with student section at <a href="/wiki/Bright_House_Networks_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Bright House Networks Stadium">Bright House Networks Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_92-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith originally stated that he would return for his senior season at UCF,<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, he later changed his mind, announcing on January 6, 2008, that he would declare for the <a href="/wiki/2008_NFL_draft" title="2008 NFL draft">2008 NFL draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_to_NFL_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith_to_NFL-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was selected with the first pick in the third round by the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2008">2008</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2008"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 18, 2008, running back <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ereck_Plancher&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ereck Plancher (page does not exist)">Ereck Plancher</a> collapsed shortly after a conditioning drill, and was then transported to a nearby hospital where he died approximately one hour later.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Outside_The_Lines" class="mw-redirect" title="Outside The Lines">Outside The Lines</a></i> program on November 2, 2008, interviewed players who were at the training session at which Plancher became ill, and which after he died, and stated that the session was longer and far more rigorous than O'Leary and other UCF Athletics officials have admitted to publicly.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also alleged that O'Leary and other coaches had initially warned players off from providing assistance to Plancher when he became visibly distressed.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a 14-day trial in 2011, a jury found the UCF Athletics Association guilty of negligence in the death of Plancher. The jury awarded each of his parents $5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon <a href="/wiki/Appeal_(law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Appeal (law)">appeal</a>, however, the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Supreme Court">Florida Supreme Court</a> sided with the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Central_Florida" title="University of Central Florida">University of Central Florida</a>, ruling that <a href="/wiki/Sickle-cell_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Sickle-cell disease">sickle-cell disease</a> caused the death and the university didn't owe any money to Plancher's family.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_98-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2009">2009</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2009"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After a lackluster 4–8 season in 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF bounced back with an 8–5 record in 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including winning their last six straight C-USA games. Among those wins was their first victory over a nationally ranked team, beating then No. 12 <a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars_football" title="Houston Cougars football">Houston</a> on November 14 by a score of 37–32 at Spectrum Stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF finished with a 45–24 loss to <a href="/wiki/2009_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">Rutgers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2009_St._Petersburg_Bowl" title="2009 St. Petersburg Bowl">St. Petersburg Bowl</a>, their third bowl appearance in five years.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Entering the 2010 season, with the recruitment of <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Godfrey" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeffrey Godfrey">Jeffrey Godfrey</a> and return of key seniors, including <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Miller_(American_football)" title="Bruce Miller (American football)">Bruce Miller</a>, there were high hopes for the Knights.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After winning 5 straight games, and posting an 11-game conference winning streak, the Knights were ranked for the first time in school history following their nationally televised 40–33 victory over <a href="/wiki/2009_Houston_Cougars_football_team" title="2009 Houston Cougars football team">Houston</a> on the road.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the polls released on November 7, 2010, UCF was ranked in all three major college polls.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knights were ranked 25 in the <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a>, 23 in the <a href="/wiki/USA_Today_Coaches_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="USA Today Coaches Poll">USA Today Coaches Poll</a> and 25 in the <a href="/wiki/Harris_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="Harris Poll">Harris Poll</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In their first game as a nationally ranked squad, the Knights fell 31–21 to <a href="/wiki/2009_Southern_Miss_Golden_Eagles_football_team" title="2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team">Southern Miss</a> in Orlando.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF would bounce back and defeat <a href="/wiki/Tulane_Green_Wave_football" title="Tulane Green Wave football">Tulane</a> by a score of 61–14<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/2009_Memphis_Tigers_football_team" title="2009 Memphis Tigers football team">Memphis</a> by a score of 37–17.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the wins, the Knights secured the C-USA Eastern Division championship and reentered the polls.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2010">2010</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Knights would go on to win the <a href="/wiki/2010_Conference_USA_Football_Championship_Game" title="2010 Conference USA Football Championship Game">2010 Conference USA championship game</a>, defeating <a href="/wiki/2010_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2010 SMU Mustangs football team">SMU</a> 17–7.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the win, UCF entered the <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series" title="Bowl Championship Series">BCS standings</a> for the first time in program history, ranking No. 25.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knights ended the 2010 season with a 10–6 victory over <a href="/wiki/2010_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2010 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2010_Liberty_Bowl_(December)" title="2010 Liberty Bowl (December)">AutoZone Liberty Bowl</a>, marking the team's first-ever bowl victory.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF would end the season ranked 20th in the final coaches poll and 21st in the final AP rankings.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2011">2011</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/2011_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2011 UCF Knights football team">2011</a> proved to be a disappointing season as UCF finished with a 5–7 record and were not bowl eligible for the first time since 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The season included out-of-conference losses to <a href="/wiki/2011_FIU_Golden_Panthers_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 FIU Golden Panthers football team">FIU</a><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/2011_BYU_Cougars_football_team" title="2011 BYU Cougars football team">BYU</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as conference losses to then-winless <a href="/wiki/2011_UAB_Blazers_football_team" title="2011 UAB Blazers football team">UAB</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a 1-point loss to No. 23 <a href="/wiki/2011_Southern_Miss_Golden_Eagles_football_team" title="2011 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team">Southern Miss</a><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the continuation of the Knights woes at quarterback, as <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Godfrey" title="Jeff Godfrey">Jeff Godfrey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blake_Bortles" title="Blake Bortles">Blake Bortles</a> battled for playing time.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPN_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the 2011 season, Jeff Godfrey planned on transferring, though he later decided to return to the Knights as a <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">wide receiver</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPN_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Invitation_to_Big_East">Invitation to Big East</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Invitation to Big East"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was announced on December 7, 2011, that UCF would join the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East Conference</a>, but was rebranded the <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a> soon thereafter,<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in all sports beginning in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following an investigation into recruiting violations in the men's basketball and football programs in 2011, on July 31, 2012, the NCAA announced sanctions – in addition to penalties UCF had previously self-imposed.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NCAA imposed a one-year postseason football ban.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The penalty was in addition to a $50,000 fine, adding two years to UCF's previously proposed three years' probation, reduction of football scholarships, and tighter limits of football recruiting visiting days.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2012">2012</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012, the Knights finished 10–4<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and won their fourth C-USA East Division championship, though they would fall 33–27 in overtime to <a href="/wiki/2012_Tulsa_Golden_Hurricane_football_team" title="2012 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team">Tulsa</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2012_Conference_USA_Football_Championship_Game" title="2012 Conference USA Football Championship Game">league title game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF would play in the <a href="/wiki/2012_Beef_%27O%27_Brady%27s_Bowl" title="2012 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl">2012 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl</a> and win 38–17 over <a href="/wiki/2012_Ball_State_Cardinals_football_team" title="2012 Ball State Cardinals football team">Ball State</a> as quarterback <a href="/wiki/Blake_Bortles" title="Blake Bortles">Blake Bortles</a> would be named the game's MVP after throwing four touchdown passes.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2013">2013</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2013"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On April 19, 2013, UCF won its appeal with the NCAA and was eligible for postseason play in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The appeal would prove crucial, as in <a href="/wiki/2013_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2013 UCF Knights football team">2013</a>, O'Leary led the Knights to their first twelve-win season (12–1),<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> first perfect conference record (8–0), first win against a <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a> opponent (<a href="/wiki/2013_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="2013 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> first win against a <a href="/wiki/2013_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2013 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">Top–10 team</a> (No. 8 <a href="/wiki/2013_Louisville_Cardinals_football_team" title="2013 Louisville Cardinals football team">Louisville</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> third conference title, and the program's first appearance and victory in a <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series" title="Bowl Championship Series">BCS</a> bowl game, defeating No. 6 <a href="/wiki/2013_Baylor_Bears_football_team" title="2013 Baylor Bears football team">Baylor</a> 52–42 in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Fiesta_Bowl_(January)" title="2014 Fiesta Bowl (January)">2014 Fiesta Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game was one of the biggest upsets of the BCS era.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 7, 2014, UCF was ranked No. 10 in the season's final AP Poll, the highest ranking in school history.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Blake_Bortles" title="Blake Bortles">Blake Bortles</a> would be drafted in the first round at third overall by the <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Jaguars" title="Jacksonville Jaguars">Jacksonville Jaguars</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2014_NFL_draft" title="2014 NFL draft">2014 NFL draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2014">2014</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2014"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Knights finished 9–4 in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knights kicked off the season in <a href="/wiki/Dublin,_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Dublin, Ireland">Dublin, Ireland</a> against <a href="/wiki/2014_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="2014 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a>, losing to the Nittany Lions by a score of 26–24.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary's squad dropped to 0–2 after losing to No. 20 <a href="/wiki/2014_Missouri_Tigers_football_team" title="2014 Missouri Tigers football team">Missouri</a> by a score of 38–10.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Central Florida then won its next five; defeating <a href="/wiki/Football_Championship_Subdivision" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a> foe <a href="/wiki/Bethune%E2%80%93Cookman_Wildcats_football" title="Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football">Bethune–Cookman</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/2014_Houston_Cougars_football_team" title="2014 Houston Cougars football team">Houston</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/2014_BYU_Cougars_football_team" title="2014 BYU Cougars football team">BYU</a> in overtime,<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/2014_Tulane_Green_Wave_football_team" title="2014 Tulane Green Wave football team">Tulane</a><sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/2014_Temple_Owls_football_team" title="2014 Temple Owls football team">Temple</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knights' five-game winning streak was snapped with a 37–29 loss to <a href="/wiki/2014_UConn_Huskies_football_team" title="2014 UConn Huskies football team">UConn</a> on November 1.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF won its next four to close the regular season; topping <a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Golden_Hurricane_football" title="Tulsa Golden Hurricane football">Tulsa</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/2014_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2014 SMU Mustangs football team">SMU</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> archrival <a href="/wiki/2014_South_Florida_Bulls_football_team" title="2014 South Florida Bulls football team">South Florida</a><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/2014_East_Carolina_Pirates_football_team" title="2014 East Carolina Pirates football team">East Carolina</a>, where a last-second Hail Mary pass earned UCF a shared conference title.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary's Knights accepted a bid to the <a href="/wiki/2014_St._Petersburg_Bowl" title="2014 St. Petersburg Bowl">2014 St. Petersburg Bowl</a>, a game they lost to <a href="/wiki/2014_NC_State_Wolfpack_football_team" title="2014 NC State Wolfpack football team">NC State</a> by a score of 34–27.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2015">2015</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2015 season, which began with high hopes, would be a disaster. After dropping their first three, UCF lost to <a href="/wiki/2015_South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football_team" title="2015 South Carolina Gamecocks football team">South Carolina</a> by a score of 31–14 on September 26 to fall to 0–4.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following UCF's 59–10 loss to <a href="/wiki/2015_Houston_Cougars_football_team" title="2015 Houston Cougars football team">Houston</a> on homecoming,<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> dropping the Knights to an 0–8 record to start the <a href="/wiki/2015_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2015 UCF Knights football team">2015 season</a>, O'Leary resigned as head football coach.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Quarterbacks coach <a href="/wiki/Danny_Barrett_(American_football)" title="Danny Barrett (American football)">Danny Barrett</a> was named interim head coach and led the team for the remaining four games of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF finished the 2015 season at a winless 0–12, its third such campaign in program history.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scott_Frost_era_(2016–2017)"><span id="Scott_Frost_era_.282016.E2.80.932017.29"></span>Scott Frost era (2016–2017)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Scott Frost era (2016–2017)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Very_long_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-very_long" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>may be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">too long</a> to read and navigate comfortably</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Consider <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Splitting" title="Wikipedia:Splitting">splitting</a> content into sub-articles, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">condensing</a> it, or adding <a href="/wiki/Help:Section#Subsections" title="Help:Section">subheadings</a>. Please discuss this issue on the article's <a href="/wiki/Talk:UCF_Knights_football" title="Talk:UCF Knights football">talk page</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2019</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scott_Frost_(37923219195)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Scott_Frost_%2837923219195%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Scott_Frost_%2837923219195%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="297" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Scott_Frost_%2837923219195%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Scott_Frost_%2837923219195%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Scott_Frost_%2837923219195%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Scott_Frost_%2837923219195%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="858" data-file-height="1157" /></a><figcaption>Coach Frost</figcaption></figure> <p>After an extensive coaching search, <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Ducks_football" title="Oregon Ducks football">Oregon</a> offensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Scott_Frost" title="Scott Frost">Scott Frost</a> was named as UCF's new head coach on December 1, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Serving under head coach <a href="/wiki/Mark_Helfrich_(American_football)" title="Mark Helfrich (American football)">Mark Helfrich</a>, Frost had overseen one of college football's quickest and most explosive offenses at Oregon, won multiple <a href="/wiki/Pac-12" class="mw-redirect" title="Pac-12">Pac-12</a> conference championships, coached quarterback <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Mariota" title="Marcus Mariota">Marcus Mariota</a> into a <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> winner in 2014<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and sent many players into the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All this after a successful collegiate playing career at quarterback for <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_football" title="Stanford Cardinal football">Stanford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football" title="Nebraska Cornhuskers football">Nebraska</a> in the 1990s and in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> as a safety for five years.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2016">2016</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2016, Frost and his explosive, up-tempo offense led the Knights to a 6–7 record.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF began the Frost era with a 38–0 shutout win over <a href="/wiki/Football_Championship_Subdivision" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a> opponent <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_football" title="South Carolina State Bulldogs football">South Carolina State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After losing its next two to <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten">Big Ten</a> opponents No. 5 <a href="/wiki/2016_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2016 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> in a rout<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/2016_Maryland_Terrapins_football_team" title="2016 Maryland Terrapins football team">Maryland</a> in double overtime,<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Knights defeated <a href="/wiki/2016_FIU_Panthers_football_team" title="2016 FIU Panthers football team">FIU</a><sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/2016_East_Carolina_Pirates_football_team" title="2016 East Carolina Pirates football team">East Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Central Florida then suffered a close 26–25 loss due to a late touchdown pass to <a href="/wiki/2016_Temple_Owls_football_team" title="2016 Temple Owls football team">Temple</a> on October 15.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knights rebounded the following week to defeat <a href="/wiki/2016_UConn_Huskies_football_team" title="2016 UConn Huskies football team">UConn</a> by a score of 24–16.<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF suffered a defeat on October 29 to <a href="/wiki/2016_Houston_Cougars_football_team" title="2016 Houston Cougars football team">Houston</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then responded with wins over <a href="/wiki/2016_Tulane_Green_Wave_football_team" title="2016 Tulane Green Wave football team">Tulane</a><sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/2016_Cincinnati_Bearcats_football_team" title="2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football team">Cincinnati</a>, gaining bowl eligibility.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Frost's squad concluded the regular season with losses to <a href="/wiki/2016_Tulsa_Golden_Hurricane_football_team" title="2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team">Tulsa</a><sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and archrival <a href="/wiki/2016_South_Florida_Bulls_football_team" title="2016 South Florida Bulls football team">South Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knights lost to <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football" title="Arkansas State Red Wolves football">Arkansas State</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Cure_Bowl" title="2016 Cure Bowl">2016 Cure Bowl</a> by a score of 31–13.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the 2016 season, Oregon fired Mark Helfrich.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amidst rumors that he might be interested in the Ducks opening, Frost announced he was not interested in Oregon and that he would return as UCF's head coach in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ironically, the position eventually went to UCF's rival coach, <a href="/wiki/South_Florida_Bulls_football" title="South Florida Bulls football">South Florida</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Willie_Taggart" title="Willie Taggart">Willie Taggart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2017">2017</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 2017"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Surprising even himself, Frost and his team went on to an undefeated regular season in 2017, defeating <a href="/wiki/2017_FIU_Panthers_football_team" title="2017 FIU Panthers football team">FIU</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/2017_Maryland_Terrapins_football_team" title="2017 Maryland Terrapins football team">Maryland</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/2017_Memphis_Tigers_football_team" title="2017 Memphis Tigers football team">Memphis</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/2017_Cincinnati_Bearcats_football_team" title="2017 Cincinnati Bearcats football team">Cincinnati</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/2017_East_Carolina_Pirates_football_team" title="2017 East Carolina Pirates football team">East Carolina</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/2017_Navy_Midshipmen_football_team" title="2017 Navy Midshipmen football team">Navy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Austin_Peay_Governors_football" title="Austin Peay Governors football">Austin Peay</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/2017_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2017 SMU Mustangs football team">SMU</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/2017_UConn_Huskies_football_team" title="2017 UConn Huskies football team">UConn</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/2017_Temple_Owls_football_team" title="2017 Temple Owls football team">Temple</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and rival <a href="/wiki/USF_Bulls_football" class="mw-redirect" title="USF Bulls football">USF</a> in a <a href="/wiki/South_Florida%E2%80%93UCF_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="South Florida–UCF rivalry">War on I-4</a> shootout.<sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knights were supposed to play <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Tigers_football" title="Memphis Tigers football">Memphis</a> on September 9, but due to <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Irma" title="Hurricane Irma">Hurricane Irma</a> battering the state of <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> that weekend, the game, which originally had been moved up one day to September 8,<sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was rescheduled for September 30.<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In order to reschedule the <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a> game, UCF canceled their scheduled game with <a href="/wiki/2017_Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football_team" title="2017 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team">Georgia Tech</a>, leaving the team with only 11 regular season games as opposed to the usual 12.<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The breakout season for Frost and his team made him one of the most sought-after coaches on the market, drawing interest from <a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators_football" title="Florida Gators football">Florida</a> and his alma mater, <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football" title="Nebraska Cornhuskers football">Nebraska</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Frost passed on the Florida job but avoided questions about returning to Nebraska.<sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2017_American_Athletic_Conference_Football_Championship_Game" title="2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game">2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game</a>, Frost's team went on to play Memphis for the second time and won the title in a 62–55 double overtime thriller, securing UCF's third conference championship win.<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Just hours after winning the AAC, sources confirmed that Frost would be taking a seven-year, $35 million deal to become Nebraska's new head coach.<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Frost and his staff returned for one last game in the <a href="/wiki/2018_Peach_Bowl_(January)" title="2018 Peach Bowl (January)">2018 Peach Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The No. 12 ranked Knights faced No. 7 ranked Auburn, and defeated them 34–27 to close out their undefeated season with a 13–0 record.<sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the win, UCF <a href="/wiki/Athletic_director" title="Athletic director">athletic director</a> <a href="/wiki/Danny_White_(athletic_director)" title="Danny White (athletic director)">Danny White</a> claimed a <a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">national championship</a> for the team,<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the <a href="/wiki/Colley_Matrix" title="Colley Matrix">Colley Matrix</a>, an NCAA-recognized national champion major selector, also ranked UCF as the number-one team of the season on its final ranking.<sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team celebrated with a parade at <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_World" title="Walt Disney World">Walt Disney World</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the team's coaches were paid bonuses for their performance, the school hung a national championship banner in <a href="/wiki/Spectrum_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Spectrum Stadium">Spectrum Stadium</a><sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and gave out national champion rings.<sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The claim sparked considerable controversy and debate over whether the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Playoff" title="College Football Playoff">College Football Playoff</a> should be expanded.<sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Josh_Heupel_era_(2018–2020)"><span id="Josh_Heupel_era_.282018.E2.80.932020.29"></span>Josh Heupel era (2018–2020)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Josh Heupel era (2018–2020)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 5, 2017, <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Tigers_football" title="Missouri Tigers football">Missouri</a> offensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Josh_Heupel" title="Josh Heupel">Josh Heupel</a> was named UCF's head football coach.<sup id="cite_ref-212" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-212"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Heupel arrived in Orlando with some impressive credentials, overseeing explosive offenses during his time as offensive coordinator at Missouri and his alma mater <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners_football" title="Oklahoma Sooners football">Oklahoma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-213"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF signed Heupel to a five-year contract worth a fully guaranteed $1.7 million in annual base salary.<sup id="cite_ref-214" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-214"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2018">2018</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: 2018"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Heupel's first season, UCF rode its high-powered offense to start the season 12–0 and extend its winning streak to a school-record 25 games. In their <a href="/wiki/War_on_I-4" title="War on I-4">rivalry</a> game at <a href="/wiki/2018_South_Florida_Bulls_football_team" title="2018 South Florida Bulls football team">South Florida</a>, star quarterback <a href="/wiki/McKenzie_Milton" title="McKenzie Milton">McKenzie Milton</a> suffered a gruesome knee injury and was taken straight to the hospital, eventually requiring multiple surgeries to save the leg. Milton was out for the season, and never played another down for UCF, transferring to <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Seminoles_football" title="Florida State Seminoles football">Florida State</a> after the 2020 season and playing his final season of eligibility there in <a href="/wiki/2021_Florida_State_Seminoles_football_team" title="2021 Florida State Seminoles football team">2021</a>. Back-up quarterback Darriel Mack Jr. took over and guided the Knights to win that game as well as the <a href="/wiki/2018_American_Athletic_Conference_Football_Championship_Game" title="2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game">Conference championship game</a> a week later against <a href="/wiki/2018_Memphis_Tigers_football_team" title="2018 Memphis Tigers football team">Memphis</a>. The undefeated and 8th-ranked Knights were once again not selected for the College Football Playoff. Without Milton, the Knights were beaten by future Heisman winner Joe Burrow and the <a href="/wiki/2018_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2018 LSU Tigers football team">LSU Tigers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2019_Fiesta_Bowl_(January)" title="2019 Fiesta Bowl (January)">Fiesta Bowl</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2019">2019</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Heupel's second season, UCF lost a regular season game for the first time since 2016, at <a href="/wiki/2019_Pittsburgh_Panthers_football_team" title="2019 Pittsburgh Panthers football team">Pitt</a>, whose fans promptly rushed the field to celebrate. UCF also fell on the road to <a href="/wiki/2019_Cincinnati_Bearcats_football_team" title="2019 Cincinnati Bearcats football team">Cincinnati</a>, whose fans <i>also</i> promptly rushed the field to celebrate. UCF dropped out of the Top 25 for the first time in two years. UCF finished the season defeating <a href="/wiki/2019_Marshall_Thundering_Herd_football_team" title="2019 Marshall Thundering Herd football team">Marshall</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2019_Gasparilla_Bowl" title="2019 Gasparilla Bowl">Gasparilla Bowl</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2020">2020</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Heupel's third and final season, UCF started the season ranked, but lost three games in the regular season, including their first home loss since 2016 (snapping a 21-game home winning streak) and their first conference loss to Memphis, ever. They posted a winning record for the fourth straight year, but were blown out by <a href="/wiki/2020_BYU_Cougars_football_team" title="2020 BYU Cougars football team">BYU</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2020_Boca_Raton_Bowl" title="2020 Boca Raton Bowl">Boca Raton Bowl</a>. </p><p>On January 27, 2021, Heupel was hired to coach the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Volunteers_football" title="Tennessee Volunteers football">Tennessee Volunteers</a> by Tennessee's new athletic director, the same <a href="/wiki/Danny_White_(athletic_director)" title="Danny White (athletic director)">Danny White</a> who had hired Heupel at UCF. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gus_Malzahn_era_(2021–present)"><span id="Gus_Malzahn_era_.282021.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Gus Malzahn era (2021–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Gus Malzahn era (2021–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 15, 2021, new athletic director <a href="/wiki/Terry_Mohajir" title="Terry Mohajir">Terry Mohajir</a> named <a href="/wiki/Gus_Malzahn" title="Gus Malzahn">Gus Malzahn</a> as UCF's new head coach. The two had previously worked together at <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football" title="Arkansas State Red Wolves football">Arkansas State</a>, and Malzahn made a name for himself with a 68–35 record at <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Tigers_football" title="Auburn Tigers football">Auburn</a> from 2013 to 2020, including three wins over <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football" title="Alabama Crimson Tide football">Alabama</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Bowl" title="Iron Bowl">Iron Bowl</a> rivalry, an appearance in the <a href="/wiki/2014_BCS_National_Championship_Game" title="2014 BCS National Championship Game">2014 BCS National Championship Game</a>, and two <a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Six" title="New Year's Six">New Year's Six</a> bowl appearances.<sup id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-215"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His Auburn team lost to UCF in one of those New Year's Six appearances, the 2018 Peach Bowl. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2021–2023"><span id="2021.E2.80.932023"></span>2021–2023</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: 2021–2023"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Malzahn won in his <a href="/wiki/2021_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2021 UCF Knights football team">debut</a> with the Knights, defeating <a href="/wiki/2021_Boise_State_Broncos_football_team" title="2021 Boise State Broncos football team">Boise State</a>, 36–31. Following several critical injuries, including to starting quarterback <a href="/wiki/Dillon_Gabriel" title="Dillon Gabriel">Dillon Gabriel</a>, Malzahn's first season ended with a 9–4 record (3rd in <a href="/wiki/2021_American_Athletic_Conference_football_season" title="2021 American Athletic Conference football season">AAC</a>) including a win against <a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators_football" title="Florida Gators football">Florida</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2021_Gasparilla_Bowl" title="2021 Gasparilla Bowl">Gasparilla Bowl</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/2022_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2022 UCF Knights football team">2022</a>, UCF's final year in <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">The American</a>, Malzahn guided the Knights to a 9–3 regular season record (2nd in <a href="/wiki/2022_American_Athletic_Conference_football_season" title="2022 American Athletic Conference football season">AAC</a>). They clinched a spot in the <a href="/wiki/2022_American_Athletic_Conference_Football_Championship_Game" title="2022 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game">AAC Championship Game</a>, facing <a href="/wiki/2022_Tulane_Green_Wave_football_team" title="2022 Tulane Green Wave football team">Tulane</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/2023_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2023 UCF Knights football team">2023</a>, UCF officially moved into the <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a>. In doing so, the Knights became the first <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> football program to play at every sanctioned level: <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III">Division III</a>, <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Division II</a>, <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">Division I-AA</a>, <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">Division I-A</a> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">Independent</a>), <a href="/wiki/Group_of_Five_conferences" title="Group of Five conferences">Group of Five</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Power_Five_conferences" class="mw-redirect" title="Power Five conferences">Power Five</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-216" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-216"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_affiliations">Conference affiliations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Conference affiliations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division III independent schools">NCAA Division III independent</a> (1979–1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">NCAA Division II independent</a> (1982–1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FCS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FCS independent schools">NCAA Division I-AA independent</a> (1990–1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">NCAA Division I-A independent</a> (1996–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">Mid-American Conference</a> (2002–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a> (2005–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a> (2013–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a> (2023–present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championships">Championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_championship">National championship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: National championship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under head coach Scott Frost, the <a href="/wiki/2017_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2017 UCF Knights football team">2017 Knights</a> completed a 13–0 perfect season.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes2018_217-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes2018-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knights were not selected for the <a href="/wiki/2018_College_Football_Playoff_National_Championship#Dispute" title="2018 College Football Playoff National Championship">College Football Playoff</a>, instead completing their season with a New Year's Day win in the <a href="/wiki/2018_Peach_Bowl_(January)" title="2018 Peach Bowl (January)">2018 Peach Bowl</a> over the No. 7 <a href="/wiki/2017_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="2017 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn Tigers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes2018_217-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes2018-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF athletic director <a href="/wiki/Danny_White_(athletic_director)" title="Danny White (athletic director)">Danny White</a> stated that UCF would claim the 2017 national championship, hang a national title banner, and hold a national championship parade and celebration.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes2018_217-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes2018-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_218-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-218"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-219" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-219"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 8, the day of the <a href="/wiki/2018_College_Football_Playoff_National_Championship" title="2018 College Football Playoff National Championship">2018 College Football Playoff National Championship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Governor">Florida Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Rick_Scott" title="Rick Scott">Rick Scott</a> proclaimed the team national champions by way of their undefeated season and <a href="/wiki/Transitive_wins" class="mw-redirect" title="Transitive wins">transitive wins</a>, via Auburn's regular season victories, over both participants in that night's upcoming CFP championship game.<sup id="cite_ref-RickScottSelection_220-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RickScottSelection-220"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 9, 2018, the <a href="/wiki/Colley_Matrix" title="Colley Matrix">Colley Matrix</a>, an NCAA-recognized National Champion Major Selector, and an algorithm formerly used as part of the <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series" title="Bowl Championship Series">BCS</a> computer rankings, ranked UCF No. 1.<sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-222"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-223" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-223"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All other NCAA-recognized major selectors named Alabama as their 2017 national champion.<sup id="cite_ref-2018ncaabook_224-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2018ncaabook-224"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 115">: 115 </span></sup> While it is not historically uncommon for certain polls to pick a champion other than the BCS or CFP winner, 2017 UCF is the only team which actively claims a national championship that was not awarded by the BCS/CFP or the AP Poll since the beginning of the BCS era, which was criticized by national media, fans, and even head coach Scott Frost; however, 2017 UCF is also the only team to ever finish a season ranked #1 by an NCAA-recognized major selector and be left out of the CFP, a unique circumstance and a reason for the recognized claim.<sup id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-225"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2017 Alabama won the CFP and 9 of the 10 NCAA-recognized major selectors—thus, they were the consensus national champions. 2017 UCF won 1 of the 10 NCAA-recognized major selectors—thus, they were a non-consensus champion. Of note, there are over 25 instances of teams officially claiming a non-consensus national title (which entails winning at least one NCAA-recognized major selector, none of which were the AP Poll, Coaches Poll, NFF/FWAA and, formerly, the UPI). </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Season </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Conference </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Selector </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Overall record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Conference record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Bowl </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2017 UCF Knights football team">2017</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">The American</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Frost" title="Scott Frost">Scott Frost</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colley_Matrix" title="Colley Matrix">Colley Matrix</a></td> <td>13–0</td> <td>8–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Peach_Bowl_(January)" title="2018 Peach Bowl (January)">Peach Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="2017 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 34–27 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conference_championships">Conference championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Conference championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under George O'Leary's leadership, the Knights won four C-USA Eastern Division Championships (<a href="/wiki/2005_UCF_Golden_Knights_football_team" title="2005 UCF Golden Knights football team">2005</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2007 UCF Knights football team">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2010 UCF Knights football team">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2012 UCF Knights football team">2012</a>), and two Conference USA Championships (<a href="/wiki/2007_Conference_USA_Football_Championship_Game" title="2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_Conference_USA_Football_Championship_Game" title="2010 Conference USA Football Championship Game">2010</a>). O'Leary also led the Knights to The American conference championship in their first year in the league (<a href="/wiki/2013_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2013 UCF Knights football team">2013</a>), earning the conference's <a href="/wiki/Automatic_Qualifying_conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Automatic Qualifying conference">automatic berth</a> to a <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series" title="Bowl Championship Series">BCS</a> <a href="/wiki/Bowl_game" title="Bowl game">bowl game</a>. In <a href="/wiki/2014_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2014 UCF Knights football team">2014</a>, the Knights clinched back-to-back conference championships. The Knights won The American conference championship in <a href="/wiki/2017_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2017 UCF Knights football team">2017</a> under head coach Scott Frost, and again in <a href="/wiki/2018_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2018 UCF Knights football team">2018</a> under head coach Josh Heupel for the program's second set of back-to-back conference titles. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Season </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Conference </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Overall record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Conference record </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2007 UCF Knights football team">2007</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/George_O%27Leary" title="George O'Leary">George O'Leary</a></td> <td>10–4</td> <td>7–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2010 UCF Knights football team">2010</a></td> <td>11–3</td> <td>7–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2013 UCF Knights football team">2013</a></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">The American</a></td> <td>12–1</td> <td>8–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2014 UCF Knights football team">2014</a> †</td> <td>9–4</td> <td>7–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2017 UCF Knights football team">2017</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Frost" title="Scott Frost">Scott Frost</a></td> <td>13–0</td> <td>8–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2018 UCF Knights football team">2018</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Heupel" title="Josh Heupel">Josh Heupel</a></td> <td>12–0</td> <td>8–0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>† Co–champion </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Division_championships">Division championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Division championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>UCF won four division crowns and subsequently made four appearances in the <a href="/wiki/Conference_USA_Football_Championship_Game" title="Conference USA Football Championship Game">Conference USA Championship Game</a>, more than any other C-USA school, with the last being in 2012. Three of the four appearances were against Tulsa of the Western Division. The Knights went on to win two of the four C-USA Championship Games in which they appeared. </p><p>After moving to the <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">AAC</a>, UCF won two more division titles. In <a href="/wiki/2022_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2022 UCF Knights football team">2022</a>, after the AAC had eliminated divisions, UCF qualified for a third <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference_Football_Championship_Game" title="American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game">AAC Conference Championship Game</a> appearance by finishing as the #2 seed. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Season </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Division </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">CG Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_UCF_Golden_Knights_football_team" title="2005 UCF Golden Knights football team">2005</a></td> <td rowspan="4">C-USA East</td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/George_O%27Leary" title="George O'Leary">George O'Leary</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_Tulsa_Golden_Hurricane_football_team" title="2005 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team">Tulsa</a></td> <td>L 27–44 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2007 UCF Knights football team">2007</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Tulsa_Golden_Hurricane_football_team" title="2007 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team">Tulsa</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 44–25 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2010 UCF Knights football team">2010</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2010 SMU Mustangs football team">SMU</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 17–7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2012 UCF Knights football team">2012</a> †</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Tulsa_Golden_Hurricane_football_team" title="2012 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team">Tulsa</a></td> <td>L 27–33 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2017 UCF Knights football team">2017</a></td> <td rowspan="2">AAC East</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Frost" title="Scott Frost">Scott Frost</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Memphis_Tigers_football_team" title="2017 Memphis Tigers football team">Memphis</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 62–55 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2018 UCF Knights football team">2018</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Heupel" title="Josh Heupel">Josh Heupel</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Memphis_Tigers_football_team" title="2018 Memphis Tigers football team">Memphis</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 56–41 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>† Co–championship </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bowl_games">Bowl games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Bowl games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_UCF_Knights_bowl_games" title="List of UCF Knights bowl games">List of UCF Knights bowl games</a></div> <p>UCF has played in 15 bowl games and has compiled a 6–9 record in those games.<sup id="cite_ref-226" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-226"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since elevating to <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">Division I FBS</a>, UCF has been <a href="/wiki/Bowl_eligibility" title="Bowl eligibility">bowl-eligible</a> for 19 of 28 seasons,<sup id="cite_ref-227" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-227"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and received their first bowl invitation in 2005. The Knights nearly earned a bowl berth in 1998, when Daunte Culpepper led the team to a 9–2 record. UCF has been ranked going into their bowl game four times, being ranked No. 24 in 2010 (<a href="/wiki/2010_Liberty_Bowl_(December)" title="2010 Liberty Bowl (December)">Liberty</a>), No. 15 in 2013 (<a href="/wiki/2014_Fiesta_Bowl_(January)" title="2014 Fiesta Bowl (January)">Fiesta</a>), No. 10 in 2017 (<a href="/wiki/2018_Peach_Bowl_(January)" title="2018 Peach Bowl (January)">Peach</a>), and No. 7 in 2018 (<a href="/wiki/2019_Fiesta_Bowl_(January)" title="2019 Fiesta Bowl (January)">Fiesta</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-228" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-228"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-229" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-229"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, though they had slipped out of the top 25 prior to the game, the Knights won their bowl game (<a href="/wiki/2019_Gasparilla_Bowl" title="2019 Gasparilla Bowl">Gasparilla</a>) and placed No. 24 in the final rankings. In 2020, they were ranked No. 21 in the preseason poll and in week 4 they were ranked the highest at No. 11 but lost to unranked <a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Golden_Hurricane_football" title="Tulsa Golden Hurricane football">Tulsa</a> and they fell out of the rankings; in week 16 they were unranked but they received votes, but after a loss in their bowl game (<a href="/wiki/2020_Boca_Raton_Bowl" title="2020 Boca Raton Bowl">Boca Raton</a>), they didn't receive any votes and were unranked in the final rankings. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Season </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Bowl </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_UCF_Golden_Knights_football_team" title="2005 UCF Golden Knights football team">2005</a></td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/George_O%27Leary" title="George O'Leary">George O'Leary</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_Hawaii_Bowl" title="2005 Hawaii Bowl">Hawaii Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_Nevada_Wolf_Pack_football_team" title="2005 Nevada Wolf Pack football team">Nevada</a></td> <td>L 48–49<sup>OT</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2007 UCF Knights football team">2007</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Liberty_Bowl" title="2007 Liberty Bowl">Liberty Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team">Mississippi State</a></td> <td>L 3–10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2009 UCF Knights football team">2009</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_St._Petersburg_Bowl" title="2009 St. Petersburg Bowl">St. Petersburg Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">Rutgers</a></td> <td>L 24–45 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2010 UCF Knights football team">2010</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Liberty_Bowl_(December)" title="2010 Liberty Bowl (December)">Liberty Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2010 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 10–6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2012 UCF Knights football team">2012</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Beef_%27O%27_Brady%27s_Bowl" title="2012 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl">Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Ball_State_Cardinals_football_team" title="2012 Ball State Cardinals football team">Ball State</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 38–17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2013 UCF Knights football team">2013</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Fiesta_Bowl_(January)" title="2014 Fiesta Bowl (January)">Fiesta Bowl</a></td> <td><small>6</small> <a href="/wiki/2013_Baylor_Bears_football_team" title="2013 Baylor Bears football team">Baylor</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 52–42 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2014 UCF Knights football team">2014</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_St._Petersburg_Bowl" title="2014 St. Petersburg Bowl">St. Petersburg Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_NC_State_Wolfpack_football_team" title="2014 NC State Wolfpack football team">NC State</a></td> <td>L 27–34 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2016 UCF Knights football team">2016</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Frost" title="Scott Frost">Scott Frost</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Cure_Bowl" title="2016 Cure Bowl">Cure Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football_team" title="2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team">Arkansas State</a></td> <td>L 13–31 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2017 UCF Knights football team">2017</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Peach_Bowl_(January)" title="2018 Peach Bowl (January)">Peach Bowl</a></td> <td><small>7</small> <a href="/wiki/2017_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="2017 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 34–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2018 UCF Knights football team">2018</a></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Heupel" title="Josh Heupel">Josh Heupel</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Fiesta_Bowl_(January)" title="2019 Fiesta Bowl (January)">Fiesta Bowl</a></td> <td><small>11</small> <a href="/wiki/2018_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2018 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a></td> <td>L 32–40 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2019 UCF Knights football team">2019</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Gasparilla_Bowl" title="2019 Gasparilla Bowl">Gasparilla Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Marshall_Thundering_Herd_football_team" title="2019 Marshall Thundering Herd football team">Marshall</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 48–25 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2020 UCF Knights football team">2020</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Boca_Raton_Bowl" title="2020 Boca Raton Bowl">Boca Raton Bowl</a></td> <td><small>16</small> <a href="/wiki/2020_BYU_Cougars_football_team" title="2020 BYU Cougars football team">BYU</a></td> <td>L 23–49 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2021 UCF Knights football team">2021</a></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Gus_Malzahn" title="Gus Malzahn">Gus Malzahn</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Gasparilla_Bowl" title="2021 Gasparilla Bowl">Gasparilla Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2021 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 29–17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2022 UCF Knights football team">2022</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Military_Bowl" title="2022 Military Bowl">Military Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Duke_Blue_Devils_football_team" title="2022 Duke Blue Devils football team">Duke</a></td> <td>L 13–30 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2023 UCF Knights football team">2023</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Gasparilla_Bowl" title="2023 Gasparilla Bowl">Gasparilla Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football_team" title="2023 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team">Georgia Tech</a></td> <td>L 17–30 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NCAA_Division_I-AA_playoffs">NCAA Division I-AA playoffs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: NCAA Division I-AA playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Knights appeared in the Division I–AA playoffs twice with a record of 2–2. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Season </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Playoff </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="1990 UCF Knights football team">1990</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gene_McDowell" title="Gene McDowell">Gene McDowell</a></td> <td>First Round<br />Quarterfinals<br />Semifinals</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Youngstown_State_Penguins_football" title="Youngstown State Penguins football">Youngstown State</a><br /><a href="/wiki/William_%26_Mary_Tribe_football" title="William & Mary Tribe football">William & Mary</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_Eagles_football" title="Georgia Southern Eagles football">Georgia Southern</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 20–17<br /><b>W</b> 52–38<br /> L 44–7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1993_UCF_Golden_Knights_football_team" title="1993 UCF Golden Knights football team">1993</a></td> <td>First Round</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Youngstown_State_Penguins_football" title="Youngstown State Penguins football">Youngstown State</a></td> <td>L 30–56 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NCAA_Division_II_playoffs">NCAA Division II playoffs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: NCAA Division II playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Knights appeared in the Division II playoffs once with a record of 1–1. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Season </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Playoff </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="1987 UCF Knights football team">1987</a></td> <td>Gene McDowell</td> <td>Quarterfinals<br />Semifinals</td> <td>Indiana (PA)<br />Troy State</td> <td><b>W</b> 12–10<br />L 10–31 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaches">Head coaches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Head coaches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>UCF has had 12 head coaches since organized football began in 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-2018MG_230-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2018MG-230"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gene_McDowell" title="Gene McDowell">Gene McDowell</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_O%27Leary" title="George O'Leary">George O'Leary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Frost" title="Scott Frost">Scott Frost</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Josh_Heupel" title="Josh Heupel">Josh Heupel</a> have led the Knights to the postseason. O'Leary, Frost, and Heupel have coached the team to an FBS conference championship, and a <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series" title="Bowl Championship Series">BCS</a>/<a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Six" title="New Year's Six">NY6</a> bowl game. Before leading UCF in 1983 and 1984, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Saban" title="Lou Saban">Lou Saban</a> was a head coach in both the <a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">American Football League</a> (AFL) and the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-231" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-231"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary also coached in the NFL between 2002 and 2004. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Tenure </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Bowl/playoff record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Pct </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Jonas" title="Don Jonas">Don Jonas</a></td> <td>1979–1981</td> <td>14–12–1</td> <td></td> <td>.537 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Weir" title="Sammy Weir">Sammy Weir</a> †</td> <td>1982</td> <td>0–10</td> <td></td> <td>.000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lou_Saban" title="Lou Saban">Lou Saban</a></td> <td>1983–1984</td> <td>6–12</td> <td></td> <td>.333 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Anderson_(American_football_coach)" title="Jerry Anderson (American football coach)">Jerry Anderson</a> †</td> <td>1984</td> <td>1–3</td> <td></td> <td>.250 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gene_McDowell" title="Gene McDowell">Gene McDowell</a></td> <td>1985–1997</td> <td>86–61</td> <td>3–3</td> <td>.585 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kruczek" title="Mike Kruczek">Mike Kruczek</a></td> <td>1998–2003</td> <td>36–30</td> <td></td> <td>.545 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Gooch" title="Alan Gooch">Alan Gooch</a> †</td> <td>2003</td> <td>0–2</td> <td></td> <td>.000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_O%27Leary" title="George O'Leary">George O'Leary</a></td> <td>2004–2015</td> <td>81–68</td> <td>3–4</td> <td>.544 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Danny_Barrett_(American_football)" title="Danny Barrett (American football)">Danny Barrett</a> †</td> <td>2015</td> <td>0–4</td> <td></td> <td>.000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Frost" title="Scott Frost">Scott Frost</a></td> <td>2016–2017</td> <td>19–7</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>.731 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Heupel" title="Josh Heupel">Josh Heupel</a></td> <td>2018–2020</td> <td>28–8</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>.778 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gus_Malzahn" title="Gus Malzahn">Gus Malzahn</a></td> <td>2021–Present</td> <td>24–16</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>.600 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>† – denotes interim coach </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Venues">Venues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Venues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citrus_Bowl_(1979–2006)"><span id="Citrus_Bowl_.281979.E2.80.932006.29"></span>Citrus Bowl (1979–2006)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Citrus Bowl (1979–2006)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Citrus_Bowl_aerial_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Citrus_Bowl_aerial_view.jpg/200px-Citrus_Bowl_aerial_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Citrus_Bowl_aerial_view.jpg/300px-Citrus_Bowl_aerial_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Citrus_Bowl_aerial_view.jpg/400px-Citrus_Bowl_aerial_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Camping_World_Stadium" title="Camping World Stadium">Camping World Stadium</a>, the Knights' home field from 1979 to 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>Until 2007, the Knights played their home games at the <a href="/wiki/Camping_World_Stadium" title="Camping World Stadium">Citrus Bowl</a> (formerly Orlando Stadium, and now Camping World Stadium) in downtown Orlando. Located about 15 miles (24 km) from UCF's main campus, the stadium originally opened in 1936. The stadium's first college football game was played in <a href="/wiki/1947_Tangerine_Bowl" title="1947 Tangerine Bowl">January 1947</a> between <a href="/wiki/Catawba_College" title="Catawba College">Catawba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maryville_Scots_football" title="Maryville Scots football">Maryville</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gametime_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gametime-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UCF played its first football game at the Citrus Bowl in September 1979, a 7–6 victory over <a href="/wiki/Fort_Benning" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Benning">Fort Benning</a>. The facility was the home of the <a href="/wiki/Citrus_Bowl" title="Citrus Bowl">Citrus Bowl</a>, and numerous neutral site games. </p><p>By 2004, Orlando city officials and UCF's administration expressed dissatisfaction with the state of the aging facility. While UCF was the primary leasing tenant of the Citrus Bowl for 25 years, they received little revenue from football games, and the stadium's capacity (65,000) was considered too large for the Knights. With an average attendance of 20,000–30,000 spectators per game, the stadium was left with a mostly empty appearance. The Knights' record home attendance of 51,987 (set at the <a href="/wiki/2005_Conference_USA_Football_Championship_Game" title="2005 Conference USA Football Championship Game">2005 C-USA Championship</a>) was still far short of capacity. The location off campus was considered a significant factor in the inability to sustain a sizeable <a href="/wiki/Student_section" title="Student section">student section</a>, while the stadium's upper decks were rarely occupied for UCF games. </p><p>When the university approached the city about possible renovations and new revenue-sharing measures for the stadium, they were met with resistance. The city generally wanted UCF to stay, but expected them to help pay for the upgrades to the facility.<sup id="cite_ref-Sent04-28-2004pgD1_232-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sent04-28-2004pgD1-232"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sent04-28-2004pgD5_233-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sent04-28-2004pgD5-233"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At one point during the negotiations, stadium officials told then UCF Athletic Director Steve Orsini that "the value of UCF's fans was nothing".<sup id="cite_ref-234" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-234"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though the city had expressed interest in renovating the Citrus Bowl with or without UCF's support, funding was seriously in doubt. The city was in the planning stages for a <a href="/wiki/Amway_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Amway Center">new arena</a>, new <a href="/wiki/Dr._Phillips_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts" title="Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts">performing arts center</a>, and "creative village", with stadium renovations seemingly taking less and less priority.<sup id="cite_ref-Sent01-09-2005pgA1_235-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sent01-09-2005pgA1-235"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sent01-09-2005pgA15_236-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sent01-09-2005pgA15-236"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Knights compiled an overall record of 112–60–1 at the Citrus Bowl, which includes <a href="/wiki/1987_NCAA_Division_II_football_season#Postseason" title="1987 NCAA Division II football season">Division II playoff games</a> in 1987, a <a href="/wiki/1990_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_season#Postseason" title="1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season">Division I-AA playoff game</a> in 1990, the <a href="/wiki/2005_Conference_USA_Football_Championship_Game" title="2005 Conference USA Football Championship Game">2005 C-USA Championship Game</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2016_Cure_Bowl" title="2016 Cure Bowl">2016 Cure Bowl</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FBC_Mortgage_Stadium_(2007–present)"><span id="FBC_Mortgage_Stadium_.282007.E2.80.93present.29"></span>FBC Mortgage Stadium (2007–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: FBC Mortgage Stadium (2007–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bright_House_exterior_on_opening_day.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Bright_House_exterior_on_opening_day.jpg/200px-Bright_House_exterior_on_opening_day.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Bright_House_exterior_on_opening_day.jpg/300px-Bright_House_exterior_on_opening_day.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Bright_House_exterior_on_opening_day.jpg/400px-Bright_House_exterior_on_opening_day.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/FBC_Mortgage_Stadium" title="FBC Mortgage Stadium">FBC Mortgage Stadium</a>, the Knights home field since 2007.</figcaption></figure> <p>In early 2005, as a response to the deteriorating condition of the Citrus Bowl, and lack of revenue derived from the games there, UCF formally proposed building an on-campus stadium. Additional motivations included drawing more students to the games, a more intimate setting, and establishing <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_sport_ritual_in_the_United_States" title="Collegiate sport ritual in the United States">game-day traditions</a> on campus. In December 2005, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Central_Florida_Board_of_Trustees" title="University of Central Florida Board of Trustees">UCF Board of Trustees</a> approved the construction of a new on-campus stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-237" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-237"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new stadium, at the time named <a href="/wiki/FBC_Mortgage_Stadium" title="FBC Mortgage Stadium">Bright House Networks Stadium</a>, was originally planned to open in time for the <a href="/wiki/2006_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2006 football season</a>, but neighborhood opposition delayed the time frame by a year. </p><p>Stadium construction began in 2006 and was finished in time for the 2007 season. The first home-game took place on September 15, 2007, as the Knights nearly upset the No. 6-ranked <a href="/wiki/2007_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="2007 Texas Longhorns football team">Texas Longhorns</a>. The current <a href="/wiki/Seating_capacity" title="Seating capacity">seating capacity</a> of the stadium is 44,206,<sup id="cite_ref-Sent09-18-2016pgC6_238-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sent09-18-2016pgC6-238"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and plans provide for a future expansion to 65,000 seats. Although the Knights lost their first on-campus home game, they finished the remainder of the stadium's inaugural season undefeated. UCF has hosted the <a href="/wiki/Conference_USA_Football_Championship_Game" title="Conference USA Football Championship Game">C-USA Championship Game</a> twice, and the <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference_Football_Championship_Game" title="American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game">AAC Championship Game</a> twice. Following the <a href="/wiki/2014_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2014 UCF Knights football team">2014 season</a>, the stadium underwent an $8 million renovation. The Wayne Densch Center for Student-Athlete Leadership was constructed on the east facade of the stadium, and a party deck known as the "Carl Black and Gold Cabana" was added to the east stands.<sup id="cite_ref-239" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-239"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-240" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-240"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-241" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-241"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By many accounts the stadium was built cheaply and as fast as possible. Due to these factors the stadium tends to bounce up and down giving it the nickname "The Bounce House". The stadium was renamed to Spectrum Stadium in April 2017 following <a href="/wiki/Charter_Communications" title="Charter Communications">Charter Communications</a> acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Bright_House_Networks" title="Bright House Networks">Bright House Networks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-242" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-242"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the naming rights deal with Spectrum expired after the 2019 season, the stadium was renamed the <b>Bounce House</b> for the Knights 2020 season. </p><p>Just over two weeks before the <a href="/wiki/2019_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2019 UCF Knights football team">2019</a> season opener, the UCF athletic department announced that the entire season-ticket allotment was sold out for the first time in school history.<sup id="cite_ref-243" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-243"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, they created a formal waiting list for season tickets, also for the first time. In the press release, then-UCF athletic director <a href="/wiki/Danny_White_(athletic_director)" title="Danny White (athletic director)">Danny White</a> teased a possible expansion of the facility in the future if ticket demand remains high. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Rivalries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Though UCF remains a relatively young program that has shifted conferences several times, it has several long-standing rivalries with schools throughout the duration of Conference USA and The American. The university's biggest rival historically is their <a href="/wiki/South_Florida%E2%80%93UCF_football_rivalry" title="South Florida–UCF football rivalry">instate rival</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Florida" title="University of South Florida">University of South Florida</a> <a href="/wiki/South_Florida_Bulls_football" title="South Florida Bulls football">Bulls</a>, played from 2005 to 2008, and since 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-244" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-244"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other rivalries include the <a href="/wiki/East_Carolina_University" title="East Carolina University">East Carolina University</a> <a href="/wiki/East_Carolina_Pirates_football" title="East Carolina Pirates football">Pirates</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Memphis" title="University of Memphis">Memphis</a> <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Tigers_football" title="Memphis Tigers football">Tigers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">Houston</a> <a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars_football" title="Houston Cougars football">Cougars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-245" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-245"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One other unofficial rivalry, known as the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Conflict" title="Civil Conflict">Civil Conflict</a>, exists between UCF and <a href="/wiki/UConn_Huskies_football" title="UConn Huskies football">UConn</a>. However, UCF does not acknowledge the rivalry, and has publicly dismissed it.<sup id="cite_ref-246" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-246"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-247" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-247"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>246<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-248" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-248"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>247<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Florida_(USF)"><span id="South_Florida_.28USF.29"></span>South Florida (USF)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: South Florida (USF)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/South_Florida%E2%80%93UCF_football_rivalry" title="South Florida–UCF football rivalry">South Florida–UCF football rivalry</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/War_on_I%E2%80%934" class="mw-redirect" title="War on I–4">War on I–4</a> dates years before the two schools ever played a game against each other. The matchup was the subject of much discussion and fan enthusiasm since the 1990s, though the first game was not played until 2005. The rivalry, often known as the "War on I–4" or "I–4 Corridor Clash",<sup id="cite_ref-249" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-249"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>248<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> continued as a four home-and-away series through the 2008 season. The Bulls won each of the four games, which all drew strong crowds, but South Florida declined to continue the series after 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-250" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-250"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-251" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-251"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>250<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-252" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-252"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UCF–South Florida game resumed as a regular conference game beginning with the 2013 season, as UCF joined the American Athletic Conference.<sup id="cite_ref-253" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-253"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>252<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knights won the first game as conference members 23–20 before 45,952 in Orlando.<sup id="cite_ref-254" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-254"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, the Knights won for the first time at Raymond James Stadium, and delivered the first home shut-out in South Florida history, 16–0. In 2015, South Florida defeated the UCF Knights 44–3 to finish a winless 0-12 season for the second time in UCF history. In 2016, the War On I-4 trophy was introduced for the first time. USF took home the trophy by defeating UCF 48–31 and clinching their first 10-win season in school history, only for UCF to take the trophy back from them the following year. </p><p>UCF leads <a href="/wiki/South_Florida_Bulls_football" title="South Florida Bulls football">South Florida</a> 8–6 in the football series through the 2022 season.<sup id="cite_ref-255" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-255"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>254<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Cincinnati"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/UCF-Cincinnati_football_rivalry#Football" class="mw-redirect" title="UCF-Cincinnati football rivalry">UCF-Cincinnati football rivalry § Football</a></div> <p>UCF leads <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bearcats_football" title="Cincinnati Bearcats football">Cincinnati</a> in the series 5-4 since 2023, though a rivalry has not been confirmed by the University of Cincinnati.<sup id="cite_ref-256" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-256"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>255<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Individual_awards_and_honors">Individual awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Individual awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All-Americans">All-Americans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: All-Americans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Every year, several publications release lists of their ideal "team". The athletes on these lists are referred to as <a href="/wiki/All-America" title="All-America">All-Americans</a>. The NCAA recognizes five All-American lists. They are the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> (AP), <a href="/wiki/American_Football_Coaches_Association" title="American Football Coaches Association">American Football Coaches Association</a> (AFCA), <a href="/wiki/Football_Writers_Association_of_America" title="Football Writers Association of America">Football Writers Association of America</a> (FWAA), <i><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News">Sporting News</a></i> (<i>TSN</i>), and the <a href="/wiki/Walter_Camp_Football_Foundation" title="Walter Camp Football Foundation">Walter Camp Football Foundation</a> (WCFF). UCF has had numerous players honored as first team All-Americans. To date, Kevin Smith is the only Consensus All-American.<sup id="cite_ref-257" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>256<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daunte_Culpepper" title="Daunte Culpepper">Daunte Culpepper</a> – <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a>, 1997 (NFL Draft Report)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Smith_(running_back)" title="Kevin Smith (running back)">Kevin Smith</a> – <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a>, 2007 (AP, FWAA, WCFF, SN, SI, ESPN, CBS Sports, College Football News, Scout.com)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Burnett" title="Joe Burnett">Joe Burnett</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kickoff_returner" class="mw-redirect" title="Kickoff returner">KR</a>, 2008 (ESPN, SI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy_McDuffie" title="Quincy McDuffie">Quincy McDuffie</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kickoff_returner" class="mw-redirect" title="Kickoff returner">KR</a>, 2012 (SI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacoby_Glenn" title="Jacoby Glenn">Jacoby Glenn</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a>, 2014 (AP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hughes_(American_football)" title="Mike Hughes (American football)">Mike Hughes</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kickoff_returner" class="mw-redirect" title="Kickoff returner">KR</a>, 2017 (FWAA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaquem_Griffin" title="Shaquem Griffin">Shaquem Griffin</a> – <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>, 2017 (AFCA)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conference_honors">Conference honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Conference honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference_football_individual_awards#Coach_of_the_Year" title="American Athletic Conference football individual awards">Coach of the Year</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>2017: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Frost" title="Scott Frost">Scott Frost</a></dd> <dd>2013: <a href="/wiki/George_O%27Leary" title="George O'Leary">George O'Leary</a></dd> <dd>2010: George O'Leary</dd> <dd>2007: George O'Leary</dd> <dd>2005: George O'Leary</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference_football_individual_awards#Offensive_Player_of_the_Year" title="American Athletic Conference football individual awards">Offensive Player of the Year</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>2018: <a href="/wiki/McKenzie_Milton" title="McKenzie Milton">McKenzie Milton</a></dd> <dd>2017: McKenzie Milton</dd> <dd>2013: <a href="/wiki/Blake_Bortles" title="Blake Bortles">Blake Bortles</a></dd> <dd>2007: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Smith_(running_back)" title="Kevin Smith (running back)">Kevin Smith</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference_football_individual_awards#Defensive_Player_of_the_Year" title="American Athletic Conference football individual awards">Defensive Player of the Year</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>2016: <a href="/wiki/Shaquem_Griffin" title="Shaquem Griffin">Shaquem Griffin</a></dd> <dd>2014: <a href="/wiki/Jacoby_Glenn" title="Jacoby Glenn">Jacoby Glenn</a></dd> <dd>2012: <a href="/wiki/Kemal_Ishmael" title="Kemal Ishmael">Kemal Ishmael</a></dd> <dd>2010: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Miller_(American_football)" title="Bruce Miller (American football)">Bruce Miller</a></dd> <dd>2009: Bruce Miller</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference_football_individual_awards#Special_Teams_Player_of_the_Year" title="American Athletic Conference football individual awards">Special Teams Player of the Year</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>2012: <a href="/wiki/Quincy_McDuffie" title="Quincy McDuffie">Quincy McDuffie</a></dd> <dd>2008: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Burnett" title="Joe Burnett">Joe Burnett</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference_football_individual_awards#Rookie_of_the_Year" title="American Athletic Conference football individual awards">Freshman of the Year</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>2015: <a href="/wiki/Tre%27Quan_Smith" title="Tre'Quan Smith">Tre'Quan Smith</a></dd> <dd>2010: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Godfrey" title="Jeff Godfrey">Jeff Godfrey</a></dd> <dd>2005: Kevin Smith</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heisman_Trophy">Heisman Trophy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Heisman Trophy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Quarterbacks Daunte Culpepper and McKenzie Milton, and running back Kevin Smith are the only Knights to finish in the Top–10 of voting for the <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-258" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-258"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-259" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-259"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>258<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-260" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-260"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>259<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Name </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Position </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Finish </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_UCF_Golden_Knights_football_team" title="1998 UCF Golden Knights football team">1998</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daunte_Culpepper" title="Daunte Culpepper">Daunte Culpepper</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a></td> <td>6th </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2007 UCF Knights football team">2007</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Smith_(running_back)" title="Kevin Smith (running back)">Kevin Smith</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a></td> <td>8th </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2017 UCF Knights football team">2017</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/McKenzie_Milton" title="McKenzie Milton">McKenzie Milton</a></td> <td>QB</td> <td>8th </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2018 UCF Knights football team">2018</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/McKenzie_Milton" title="McKenzie Milton">McKenzie Milton</a></td> <td>QB</td> <td>6th </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Honored_numbers">Honored numbers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Honored numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>UCF retires a student-athlete's jersey but does not retire the respective jersey numbers. The Knights coaching staff can choose to reissue a given number, as the retirement of the jersey does not require that the number not be worn again.<sup id="cite_ref-261" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-261"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>260<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1 Wayne Densch – Philanthropist to the UCF region<sup id="cite_ref-retired_262-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retired-262"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>8 <a href="/wiki/Daunte_Culpepper" title="Daunte Culpepper">Daunte Culpepper</a> – <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a>, 1995–1998<sup id="cite_ref-retired_262-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retired-262"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>19 <a href="/wiki/Joe_Burnett" title="Joe Burnett">Joe Burnett</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a>, 2005–2008<sup id="cite_ref-retired_262-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retired-262"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>24 <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Smith_(running_back)" title="Kevin Smith (running back)">Kevin Smith</a> – <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a>, 2005–2007<sup id="cite_ref-retired_262-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retired-262"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_honors">Other honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Other honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFCA_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" title="AFCA Coach of the Year Award">AFCA Coach of the Year Award</a> – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Frost" title="Scott Frost">Scott Frost</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2017 UCF Knights football team">2017</a><sup id="cite_ref-263" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-263"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Touchdown_Club_of_Columbus#Archie_Griffin_Award" title="Touchdown Club of Columbus">Archie Griffin Award</a> – <a href="/wiki/McKenzie_Milton" title="McKenzie Milton">McKenzie Milton</a>, 2017<sup id="cite_ref-264" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-264"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>263<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated_Press_College_Football_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" title="Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year Award">Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year Award</a> – Scott Frost, 2017<sup id="cite_ref-265" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-265"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>264<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Robinson_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" title="Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award">Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award</a> – Scott Frost, 2017<sup id="cite_ref-266" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-266"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>265<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Home_Depot_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Home Depot Coach of the Year Award">Home Depot Coach of the Year Award</a> – Scott Frost, 2017<sup id="cite_ref-267" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-267"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>266<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_%22Bear%22_Bryant_Award" title="Paul "Bear" Bryant Award">Paul "Bear" Bryant Award</a> – Scott Frost, 2017<sup id="cite_ref-268" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-268"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>267<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Mortell_Holder_of_the_Year_Award" title="Peter Mortell Holder of the Year Award">Peter Mortell Holder of the Year Award</a>– Mac Loudermilk, <a href="/wiki/Punter_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punter (football)">Punter</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2018 UCF Knights football team">2018</a><sup id="cite_ref-269" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-269"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>268<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Knights_in_professional_football">Knights in professional football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Knights in professional football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NFL">NFL</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: NFL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_UCF_Knights_in_the_NFL_draft" title="List of UCF Knights in the NFL draft">List of UCF Knights in the NFL draft</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:UCF_Knights_football_players" title="Category:UCF Knights football players">Category:UCF Knights football players</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brandonmarshall.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A football players looking towards his sideline." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Brandonmarshall.JPG/140px-Brandonmarshall.JPG" decoding="async" width="140" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Brandonmarshall.JPG/210px-Brandonmarshall.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Brandonmarshall.JPG/280px-Brandonmarshall.JPG 2x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="1759" /></a><figcaption>Brandon Marshall, Class of 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>As of July 2024, 24 former UCF players are on an NFL roster. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NFL_2">NFL</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: NFL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Akins" title="Jordan Akins">Jordan Akins</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">TE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabe_Davis" title="Gabe Davis">Gabe Davis</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Jaguars" title="Jacksonville Jaguars">Jacksonville Jaguars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richie_Grant_(American_football)" title="Richie Grant (American football)">Richie Grant</a> – <a href="/wiki/Safety_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Safety (gridiron football position)">S</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaquill_Griffin" title="Shaquill Griffin">Shaquill Griffin</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Harris_(American_football)" title="Jacob Harris (American football)">Jacob Harris</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hughes_(American_football)" title="Mike Hughes (American football)">Mike Hughes</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trysten_Hill" title="Trysten Hill">Trysten Hill</a> – <a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">DT</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Hughlett" title="Charley Hughlett">Charley Hughlett</a> – <a href="/wiki/Long_snapper" title="Long snapper">LS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Johnson_(wide_receiver)" title="Brandon Johnson (wide receiver)">Brandon Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Prater" title="Matt Prater">Matt Prater</a> – <a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">K</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Cardinals" title="Arizona Cardinals">Arizona Cardinals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tre%27Quan_Smith" title="Tre'Quan Smith">Tre'Quan Smith</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalia_Davis" title="Kalia Davis">Kalia Davis</a> –<a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">DT</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Ward_(American_football)" title="Alex Ward (American football)">Alex Ward</a> – <a href="/wiki/Long_snapper" title="Long snapper">LS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Wright_(American_football)" title="Matthew Wright (American football)">Mathew Wright</a> – <a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">K</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divaad_Wilson" title="Divaad Wilson">Divaad Wilson</a> – <a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Cardinals" title="Arizona Cardinals">Arizona Cardinals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Javon_Baker" title="Javon Baker">Javon Baker</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tylan_Grable" title="Tylan Grable">Tylan Grable</a> - <a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">OT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rhys_Plumlee" title="John Rhys Plumlee">John Rhys Plumlee</a> - <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Jaguars" title="Jacksonville Jaguars">Jacksonville Jaguars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tre%27Mon_Morris-Brash" title="Tre'Mon Morris-Brash">Tre'Mon Morris-Brash</a> - <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Chargers" title="Los Angeles Chargers">Los Angeles Chargers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Lee_(American_football)" title="Matt Lee (American football)">Matt Lee</a> - <a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">C</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatum_Bethune" title="Tatum Bethune">Tatum Bethune</a> - <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a></li></ul> <p><sup id="cite_ref-270" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-270"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>269<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UFL">UFL</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: UFL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nevelle_Clarke" title="Nevelle Clarke">Nevelle Clarke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">DB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Stallions_(2022)" title="Birmingham Stallions (2022)">Birmingham Stallions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rannell_Hall" title="Rannell Hall">Rannell Hall</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Arlington_Renegades" title="Arlington Renegades">Arlington Renegades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Killins" title="Adrian Killins">Adrian Killins</a> - <a href="/wiki/Runningback" class="mw-redirect" title="Runningback">RB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arlington_Renegades" title="Arlington Renegades">Arlington Renegades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_McCray" title="Jordan McCray">Jordan McCray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">C</a>, <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Showboats" title="Memphis Showboats">Memphis Showboats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrance_Plummer" title="Terrance Plummer">Terrance Plummer</a> - <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Guardians" title="Orlando Guardians">Orlando Guardians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlon_Williams_(American_football)" title="Marlon Williams (American football)">Marlon Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Stallions_(2022)" title="Birmingham Stallions (2022)">Birmingham Stallions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cole_Schneider_(American_football)" title="Cole Schneider (American football)">Cole Schneider</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guard_(gridiron_football)" title="Guard (gridiron football)">OG</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Stallions_(2022)" title="Birmingham Stallions (2022)">Birmingham Stallions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_De_La_Haye" title="Donald De La Haye">Donald De La Haye</a>, <a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">K</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Brahmas" title="San Antonio Brahmas">San Antonio Brahmas</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CFL">CFL</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: CFL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Alexander" title="Brandon Alexander">Brandon Alexander</a> – <a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Blue_Bombers" title="Winnipeg Blue Bombers">Winnipeg Blue Bombers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D.J._Killings" class="mw-redirect" title="D.J. Killings">D.J. Killings</a> – <a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calgary_Stampeders" title="Calgary Stampeders">Calgary Stampeders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_McCrae" title="Greg McCrae">Greg McCrae</a> – <a href="/wiki/Slotback" title="Slotback">SB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Blue_Bombers" title="Winnipeg Blue Bombers">Winnipeg Blue Bombers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Stanback" title="William Stanback">William Stanback</a> - <a href="/wiki/Runningback" class="mw-redirect" title="Runningback">RB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Alouettes" title="Montreal Alouettes">Montreal Alouettes</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Isaiah_Bowser&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Isaiah Bowser (page does not exist)">Isaiah Bowser</a> - <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Argonauts" title="Toronto Argonauts">Toronto Argonauts</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schedule">Schedule</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Schedule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>UCF joined the <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a> in 2023 after ten seasons in the <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-espn-6-10-22_271-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-6-10-22-271"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>270<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning in <a href="/wiki/2024_Big_12_Conference_football_season" title="2024 Big 12 Conference football season">2024</a>, UCF will be one of 16 full members for football, and the Big 12 will maintain a nine-game regular season intra-conference schedule. The conference announced a four-year scheduling matrix on November 1, 2023. Each team will play each other team in the conference at least once both home and away over the four-year period.<sup id="cite_ref-272" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-272"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>271<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Geography will be prioritized in order to minimize travel disruption. UCF will have five intra-conference home games in 2024 and 2026, and four in 2025 and 2027. UCF's budding <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati%E2%80%93UCF_football_rivalry" title="Cincinnati–UCF football rivalry">rivalry</a> with <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati" title="University of Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a> was not officially protected, but the two teams will play three out of the four seasons. They will also play Baylor, BYU, Colorado, Iowa State, and West Virginia three times. </p><p>UCF's intra-conference opponents for 2024–2027 will be as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Season </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Home </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Away </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>2025</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars" title="Houston Cougars">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Jayhawks" title="Kansas Jayhawks">Kansas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_State_Cowboys_and_Cowgirls" title="Oklahoma State Cowboys and Cowgirls">Oklahoma State</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Mountaineers" title="West Virginia Mountaineers">West Virginia</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baylor_Bears" title="Baylor Bears">Baylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/BYU_Cougars" title="BYU Cougars">BYU</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bearcats" title="Cincinnati Bearcats">Cincinnati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_State_Wildcats" title="Kansas State Wildcats">Kansas State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech_Red_Raiders" title="Texas Tech Red Raiders">Texas Tech</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>2026</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_Sun_Devils" title="Arizona State Sun Devils">Arizona State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baylor_Bears" title="Baylor Bears">Baylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/BYU_Cougars" title="BYU Cougars">BYU</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa_State_Cyclones" title="Iowa State Cyclones">Iowa State</a>, <a href="/wiki/TCU_Horned_Frogs" title="TCU Horned Frogs">TCU</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Buffaloes" title="Colorado Buffaloes">Colorado</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars" title="Houston Cougars">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Jayhawks" title="Kansas Jayhawks">Kansas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_State_Cowboys_and_Cowgirls" title="Oklahoma State Cowboys and Cowgirls">Oklahoma State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>2027</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bearcats" title="Cincinnati Bearcats">Cincinnati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Buffaloes" title="Colorado Buffaloes">Colorado</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_State_Wildcats" title="Kansas State Wildcats">Kansas State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech_Red_Raiders" title="Texas Tech Red Raiders">Texas Tech</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Wildcats" title="Arizona Wildcats">Arizona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baylor_Bears" title="Baylor Bears">Baylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa_State_Cyclones" title="Iowa State Cyclones">Iowa State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_Utes" title="Utah Utes">Utah</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Mountaineers" title="West Virginia Mountaineers">West Virginia</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Future_non-conference_opponents">Future non-conference opponents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Future non-conference opponents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Officially announced out-of-conference schedules as of September 2024 are as follows.<sup id="cite_ref-273" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-273"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>272<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> maintains a nine-game intra-conference schedule, the Knights will play three out-of-conference games annually.<sup id="cite_ref-274" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-274"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>273<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, the conference requires at least one of the three out-of-conference games to be against a <a href="/wiki/Power_Four_conferences" class="mw-redirect" title="Power Four conferences">Power Four</a> opponent.<sup id="cite_ref-MD-1-1-23_275-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MD-1-1-23-275"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2021, UCF and the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators_football" title="Florida Gators football">Florida Gators</a> jointly announced a three-game series. The two teams will play at <a href="/wiki/Ben_Hill_Griffin_Stadium" title="Ben Hill Griffin Stadium">Gainesville</a> in 2024 and 2033, and at <a href="/wiki/FBC_Mortgage_Stadium" title="FBC Mortgage Stadium">Orlando</a> in 2030.<sup id="cite_ref-276" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-276"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>275<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-277" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-277"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>276<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2022, UCF announced they would host <a href="/wiki/James_Madison_Dukes_football" title="James Madison Dukes football">James Madison</a> in 2029.<sup id="cite_ref-278" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-278"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>277<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2023, FAU and UCF agreed to reschedule a planned 2025 meeting until 2028, opening up a date for UCF.<sup id="cite_ref-279" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-279"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>278<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 2, 2024, UCF announced the scheduling of home-and-home series with <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Wildcats_football" title="Northwestern Wildcats football">Northwestern</a> (<a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Pitt_Panthers_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Pitt Panthers football">Pitt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-280" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-280"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>279<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">2025 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">2026 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">2027 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">2028 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">2029 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">2030 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">2031 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">2032 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">2033 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_State_Gamecocks_football" title="Jacksonville State Gamecocks football">Jacksonville State</a><br /><i>(Aug. 28)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bethune%E2%80%93Cookman_Wildcats_football" title="Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football">Bethune–Cookman</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a>)</small><br /><i>(Sept. 5)</i> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football" title="North Carolina Tar Heels football">North Carolina</a><br /><i>(Sept. 4)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maine_Black_Bears_football" title="Maine Black Bears football">Maine</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a>)</small><br /><i>(Aug. 31)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Madison_Dukes_football" title="James Madison Dukes football">James Madison</a><br /><i>(Sept. 8)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators_football" title="Florida Gators football">Florida</a><br /><i>(Sept. 14)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Wildcats_football" title="Northwestern Wildcats football">Northwestern</a><br /><i>(Sept. 6)</i> </td> <td> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators_football" title="Florida Gators football">Florida</a><br /><i>(Sept. 3)</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_A%26T_Aggies_football" title="North Carolina A&T Aggies football">North Carolina A&T</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a>)</small><br /><i>(Sept. 6)</i> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Pitt_Panthers_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Pitt Panthers football">Pitt</a><br /><i>(Sept. 12)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UT_Martin_Skyhawks_football" title="UT Martin Skyhawks football">UT-Martin</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a>)</small><br /><i>(Sept. 11)</i> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Wildcats_football" title="Northwestern Wildcats football">Northwestern</a><br /><i>(Sept. 9)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pitt_Panthers_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Pitt Panthers football">Pitt</a><br /><i>(Sept. 15)</i> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football" title="North Carolina Tar Heels football">North Carolina</a><br /><i>(Sept. 20)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UMass_Minutemen_football" title="UMass Minutemen football">UMass</a><br /><i>(Sept. 19)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Ragin%27_Cajuns_football" title="Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football">Louisiana</a><br /><i>(Sept. 18)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_Atlantic_Owls_football" title="Florida Atlantic Owls football">FAU</a><br /><i>(Sept. 16)</i> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UCF_Knights_football_statistical_leaders" title="UCF Knights football statistical leaders">UCF Knights football statistical leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCF_Knights" title="UCF Knights">UCF Knights</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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href="/w/index.php?title=UCF_Knights_football&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>General:</b> </p> <ul><li>Holic, Nathan, and the UCF Alumni Association. <i>University of Central Florida: The Campus History Series</i> (2009), <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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title="2004 UCF Golden Knights football team">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_UCF_Golden_Knights_football_team" title="2005 UCF Golden Knights football team">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_UCF_Golden_Knights_football_team" title="2006 UCF Golden Knights football team">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2007 UCF Knights football team">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2008 UCF Knights football team">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2009 UCF Knights football team">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2010 UCF Knights football team">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2011 UCF Knights football team">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2012 UCF Knights football team">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2013 UCF Knights 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