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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]
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. These lists are updated through UCF's game against Boise State on September 2, 2021.
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 ...
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 ...
The War on I-4 is a college rivalry between the University of Central Florida Knights and University of South Florida Bulls.The rivalry is best known for its college football matchup which originated in a series of football games played from 2005 to 2008 and now takes place on Thanksgiving weekend, the de facto "rivalry weekend" for FBS football.
The evolution of UCF’s home football fields: Citrus Bowl (Currently Camping World Stadium) 112-59-1 (65%) In 1979, UCF kicked off its football program with a 7-6 win over Fort Benning, marking ...
FTU Knights logo, ca. 1978. The UCF varsity athletic program was a charter member of the Sunshine State Conference in 1975. The school moved up to Division I in 1984. In its first years in D-I, UCF was a member of the American South Conference, merging into the Sun Belt Conference in 1991.