List of UCF Knights bowl games

The UCF Knights football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing The University of Central Florida in the American Athletic Conference. Since the establishment of the football program in 1979, the Knights have played in ten bowl games. UCF has appeared in five different bowl games, with multiple appearances in the St. Petersburg (3), Liberty Bowl (2), and the Fiesta Bowl (2). The Knights also played in the Hawai'i Bowl, the Cure Bowl, and the Peach Bowl which was a part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). With their most recent loss in the 2019 Fiesta Bowl, UCF has an overall bowl record of 5–5 (0.500). They are 2-1 in BCS and CFP 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 team.[1] Before O'Leary, UCF had not made a postseason appearance since joining the FBS. As an FCS program, the Knights made the 1990 and 1993 playoffs, and were picked as the preseason No. 1 team to start the 1994 season.[2] Since 2004, the Knights have made ten postseason appearances, in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018.[3]

Key

Bowl games
List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach
# Bowl Score Date Season Opponent Stadium Location Attendance Head coach
1 Hawaii Bowl L 49–48OT December 24, 2005 2005 Nevada Wolf Pack Aloha Stadium Honolulu 26,254 George O'Leary
2 Liberty Bowl L 10–3 December 29, 2007 2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs Liberty Bowl Memphis 63,816 George O'Leary
3 St. Petersburg Bowl L 45–24 December 19, 2009 2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Tropicana Field St. Petersburg 28,793 George O'Leary
4 Liberty Bowl W 10–6 December 31, 2010 2010 Georgia Bulldogs Liberty Bowl Memphis 51,231 George O'Leary
5 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl W 38–17 December 21, 2012 2012 Ball State Cardinals Tropicana Field St. Petersburg 21,759 George O'Leary
6 Fiesta Bowl W 52–42 January 1, 2014 2013 Baylor Bears University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale 65,172 George O'Leary
7 St. Petersburg L 34–27 December 26, 2014 2014 NC State Wolfpack Tropicana Field St. Petersburg 26,675 George O'Leary
8 Cure Bowl L 31–13 December 17, 2016 2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves Camping World Stadium Orlando 27,213 Scott Frost
9 Peach Bowl W 34–27 January 1, 2018 2017 Auburn Tigers Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta 71,109 Scott Frost
10 Fiesta Bowl L 40–32 January 1, 2019 2018 LSU Tigers State Farm Stadium Glendale 57,246 Josh Heupel
11 Gasparilla Bowl W 48–25 December 23, 2019 2019 Marshall Thundering Herd Raymond James Stadium Tampa 28,987 Josh Heupel
12 Boca Raton Bowl L 49–23 December 22, 2020 2020 BYU Cougars FAU Stadium Boca Raton Josh Heupel

See also

References

General:

  • Holic, Nathan, and the UCF Alumni Association. University of Central Florida: The Campus History Series (2009), ISBN 978-0-7385-6768-6
  • National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2012 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 7, 2013.

In-text:

  1. UCF Football Coach O’Leary Signs 10-Year Contract Extension
  2. "Division I–AA Football Comes to Orlando". University of Central Florida Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  3. "UCF Football History". University of Central Florida Athletics. 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
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