1995 UCF Golden Knights football team

The 1995 UCF Golden Knights football season was the seventeenth season for the team and eleventh for Gene McDowell as the head coach of the Golden Knights. The team finished with a 6–5 overall record. The season marked UCF's last in Division I-AA, as the Golden Knights moved to Division I-A in 1996. The 1995 season also featured the debut of UCF's new freshman quarterback, Daunte Culpepper.[1]

1995 UCF Golden Knights football
ConferenceIndependent
1995 record6–5
Head coachGene McDowell (11th season)
Home stadiumCitrus Bowl
1995 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Troy State ^ 0 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 9 Hofstra ^ 0 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
Saint Mary's 0 –0 –0  8 –2 –0
Wagner 0 –0 –0  8 –2 –0
Hampton 0 –0 –0  8 –3 –0
Liberty 0 –0 –0  8 –3 –0
Monmouth 0 –0 –0  7 –3 –0
Jacksonville State 0 –0 –0  7 –4 –0
Samford 0 –0 –0  7 –4 –0
Robert Morris 0 –0 –0  6 –4 –0
Towson 0 –0 –0  6 –4 –0
UCF 0 –0 –0  6 –5 –0
UAB 0 –0 –0  5 –6 –0
Wofford 0 –0 –0  4 –7 –0
Buffalo 0 –0 –0  3 –8 –0
Youngstown State 0 –0 –0  3 –8 –0
Central Connecticut 0 –0 –0  2 –8 –0
Western Kentucky 0 –0 –0  2 –8 –0
Davidson 0 –0 –0  1 –8 –1
Charleston Southern 0 –0 –0  1 –10 –0
Saint Francis 0 –0 –0  0 –10 –0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The season started out on a high note, as the Golden Knights defeated Div. I-AA #5 Eastern Kentucky behind 254 yards passing by Culpepper in his first career game. After the season, Marquette Smith was drafted by the Carolina Panthers.

Marc Daniels debuted as the new radio voice of the Knights on the UCF Radio Network.[2][3]

Schedule
The Citrus Bowl, the Knights home field.
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
August 31No. 5 Eastern Kentucky
W 40–3213,442
September 9Carson–Newman
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 35–2113,413
September 23at Florida State
L 14–4676,600
September 30at McNeese State
L 7–4916,921
October 7Samford
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
W 41–1411,333
October 14Liberty
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
L 6–712,210
October 21at Hawaii
L 14–4524,383
October 28at Northeast Louisiana
W 34–1416,808
November 4Bethune–Cookman
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
W 38–716,002
November 11Troy
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
L 17–2812,312
November 18Maine
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
W 37–1711,119
  • Rankings from no poll released prior to the game

See also

References
  1. "Daunte's World... Orlando's Biggest Attraction: Part 6 of 8 – The History of UCF Football". University of Central Florida Athletics Association. 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  2. 2014 Fiesta Bowl radio broadcast; January 1, 2014
  3. Bianchi, Mike (October 18, 2019). "Milestone not withstanding, Marc Daniels always bowls a '300' as UCF's iconic radio voice". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved October 21, 2019.


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