2020 UCF Knights football team

The 2020 UCF Knights football team will represent the University of Central Florida (UCF) during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Knights will be led by third-year head coach Josh Heupel and play their home games at Spectrum Stadium in Orlando, Florida. They will compete as members of the American Athletic Conference.

2020 UCF Knights football
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
2020 record0–0 (0–0 The American)
Head coachJosh Heupel (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorAlex Golesh (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorAnthony Tucker (1st at OC, 3rd overall season)
Defensive coordinatorRandy Shannon (3rd season)
Home stadiumSpectrum Stadium
(Capacity: 44,206)
2020 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Cincinnati  0 –0     0 –0  
East Carolina  0 –0     0 –0  
Houston  0 –0     0 –0  
Memphis  0 –0     0 –0  
Navy  0 –0     0 –0  
SMU  0 –0     0 –0  
South Florida  0 –0     0 –0  
Temple  0 –0     0 –0  
Tulane  0 –0     0 –0  
Tulsa  0 –0     0 –0  
UCF  0 –0     0 –0  
Championship: December 5, 2020
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of June 27, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll.

Previous season
Main article: 2019 UCF Knights football team

After consecutive undefeated regular seasons in 2017 and 2018, the Knights were looking for their third consecutive conference championship, and third consecutive appearance in a New Year's Six bowl game. However, they suffered three road losses (by a combined total of 7 points) to finish 10–3 and in second place in the American Athletic Conference East Division. The Knights were invited to the Gasparilla Bowl where they defeated Marshall by the score of 48–25. At season's end, they ranked 24th in both final polls.

UCF finished the 2019 season riding a 21-game home winning streak at Spectrum Stadium.[1] The team also enters the 2020 season on a streak of 39 consecutive games scoring at least one passing touchdown and one rushing touchdown, the such streak in the nation.[2][3][4]

Preseason

Spring game

The 2020 UCF Spring exhibition game was originally scheduled for Saturday April 4, 2020 at Spectrum Stadium. However, the game was postponed indefinitely on March 16 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 4 North Carolina*
ESPN
September 12 FIU*
  • Spectrum Stadium
  • Orlando, FL
September 18 at Georgia Tech*
ESPN/ESPN2
September 24 at East Carolina
ESPN network
October 3 Tulsa
  • Spectrum Stadium
  • Orlando, FL
October 16 at Memphis
ESPN network
October 24 Tulane
  • Spectrum Stadium
  • Orlando, FL
October 31 at Houston
November 7 Florida A&M*
  • Spectrum Stadium
  • Orlando, FL
November 14 Temple
  • Spectrum Stadium
  • Orlando, FL
November 21 Cincinnati
  • Spectrum Stadium
  • Orlando, FL
November 27 at South Florida
ESPN network

[6]

References
  1. "American Athletic Conference Football Report" (PDF). 2019 Season, Final release, Page 3. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. "2017 UCF Knights Gamelog". College Football. Sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  3. "2018 UCF Knights Gamelog". College Football. Sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  4. "2019 UCF Knights Gamelog". College Football. Sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  5. "AAC Announces Cancellation of Competition and Championships for Academic Year". UCFKnights.com. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  6. "2020 UCF Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.