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The UCF Knights college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Central Florida in the Big 12 Conference. Since the program's first season in 1979 under Don Jonas, the Knights have played more than 517 games, with over 290 victories.
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. UCF leads South Florida 8–6 in the football series through the 2022 season. [270]
The Knights represent the University of Central Florida in the NCAA Division I FBS Big 12 Conference. UCF began competing in intercollegiate football in 1979. [1] Unlike many college football teams that began play much earlier, all of UCF's full box scores are available, meaning there is no pre-modern era of incomplete statistics.
The success of UCF‘s football program can be attributed, in part, to the 12 coaches who have provided guidance to the Knights throughout their over four decades of existence. Don Jonas (1979-81 ...
Of the four newcomers that joined the Big 12 for 2023 (BYU, Cincinnati, and Houston being the others), UCF finished with the best record, and was the only one bowl-eligible. The UCF Knights football team drew an average home attendance of 44,015 in 2023.
It's also the largest blown lead in UCF history. Three times previously, the Knights had lost when leading by 21 — to Eastern Kentucky in 1988, to Houston in 2016 and to Memphis in 2020.
With their most recent win in the 2021 Gasparilla Bowl, UCF has an overall bowl record of 6–9 (.400). They are 2-1 in BCS bowl games. UCF's first bowl game came during the 2005 season when, under the leadership of second year head coach George O'Leary, the team underwent the fourth-best turnaround in NCAA history in his second year with the ...
UCF beat Big 12 runner-up Oklahoma State 45-3, and played then-No. 6 Oklahoma close before losing 31-29. UCF faces Georgia Tech in Gasparilla Bowl, looks to end 1st Power 5 season with winning ...