The first round of the 2019-20 War On I-4 was a defensive battle. UCF, which held South Florida to 35.7 percent shooting from the floor, won it on a defensive stop in the final moments that gave the Knights a 55-54 victory over the visiting Bulls.
UCF added 17 student-athletes to its football roster and these individuals will be headed to Orlando to play for the Knights beginning in 2020.
For the fourth time in history, the UCF football team is headed to the Tampa/St. Petersburg area for a postseason bowl game, this time to play in the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl. UCF (9-3) will meet Conference USA representative Marshall (8-4) at 2:30 p.m. EST on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019, in 40,277-seat Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, in the Gasparilla Bowl.
Football fans rejoice — the Knights return to the field this month. The reigning back-to-back American Athletic Conference Champions are the favorites to claim the league trophy once again, and they start their 2019 campaign at home Aug. 29 against Florida A&M on CBS Sports Network.
UCF Knights wide receivers, former Viera Hawks Football standouts Tre Nixon and Devin Nixon talk with the Friday Night Locker Room’s Steve Wilson after practice on Friday about playing together again at the University of Central Florida and the outlook for UCF’s 2019 season.
Just because the first round of the NCAA Tournament will be winding down doesn’t mean the chaos of March will be any less. In fact, by the time that the 8-9 matchup between UCF and VCU tips off on Friday night, the madness will be in full force.
On perhaps the biggest single day in the history of the UCF Football program, the Knights’ first offensive play was a strip sack of McKenzie Milton for a Cincinnati touchdown. Trailing 6-0, the Knights’ next possession ended in a punt that was downed at their own 35-yard line. But the defense stood tall and forced a field goal attempt that was missed.
This Saturday may be the biggest day for college football ever at UCF. ESPN’s iconic college football preview show ESPN College GameDay will make its first-ever appearance at UCF Saturday. ESPN College GameDay built by The Home Depot will be held this Saturday on Memory Mall at UCF.
I warned you that the high school football season goes by in the blink of an eye. As we are approach Week 3 this Friday night some of the mainstays in the county are off to less than stellar starts.
Season tickets for the 2018 UCF Football season continue to sell at a record pace! Spectrum Stadium’s season ticket capacity has been sold at over 91 percent.
