1996 UCF Golden Knights football team
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| Conference | Independent |
| 1996 record | 5–6 |
| Head coach | Gene McDowell (12th year) |
| Home stadium | Citrus Bowl |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #25 Army | – | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #19 Notre Dame | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | – | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | – | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | – | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | – | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | – | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana | – | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | – | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | – | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 UCF Golden Knights football season was Gene McDowell's twelfth as the head coach of the Golden Knights. McDowell's 1986 team compiled a 6–5 overall record. The season marked UCF's first as a member of Division I-A, officially joining on September 1, 1996. At that time, the Knights became the first football program to play in four different NCAA divisions (III, II, I-AA and I-A).[1]
Quarterback Daunte Culpepper led the team to rank 16th in the nation in passing offense. The Golden Knights won their first game as a member of Division I-A, defeating William & Mary. UCF dropped 6 of their next 7 games, however, and finished with a record of 5-6.
Schedule
The Citrus Bowl, the Knights home field.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | |||||
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| August 29 | William & Mary* | Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida | W 39–33 | 18,013 | |||||
| September 7 | at South Carolina* | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina | L 14–33 | 76,411 | |||||
| September 14 | at New Mexico* | University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico | L 7–17 | 18,317 | |||||
| September 21 | at Ball State* | Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, Indiana | L 10–31 | 11,475 | |||||
| September 28 | at East Carolina* | Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina | L 7–28 | 34,121 | |||||
| October 12 | Samford* | Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida | W 38–6 | 12,122 | |||||
| October 19 | Northeast Louisiana* | Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida | L 38–39 | 16,293 | |||||
| October 26 | at Georgia Tech* | Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, Georgia | L 20–27 | 43,610 | |||||
| November 2 | Illinois State* | Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida | W 42–15 | 17,639 | |||||
| November 9 | at UAB* | Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama | W 35–13 | 12,500 | |||||
| November 16 | Bowling Green* | Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida | W 27–19 | 14,112 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||
Game notes
- October 26 - at Georgia Tech: UCF gives George O'Leary and Georgia Tech a scare, but five turnovers thwarted any chance of victory. Trailing 20-7 early in the fourth quarter, quarterback Daunte Culpepper was on the sidelines with an injured shoulder. Strong safety Donnell Washington grabbed a mid-air fumble and returned it 46 yards for a touchdown to trim the deficit to 20-13. After another Georgia Tech touchdown, UCF scored a touchdown with 40 seconds left in regulation to make the score 27-20. An onside kick attempt in the final minute failed, and the Golden Knights lost 27-20.[2]
- November 9 - at UAB: Quarterback Daunte Culpepper has his best game of the season, completing 24 of 36 passes. He throws for 421 yards and three touchdown passes, as the Golden Knights win by the score of 35-13.[3]
See also
- UCF Knights
- UCF Knights football
- List of UCF Knights football seasons
- List of University of Central Florida alumni
- List of UCF Knights head football coaches
Footnotes
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Five Turnovers Costly To Ucf - Georgia Tech Prevails By 7
- ↑ 2006 UCF Knights Football Media Guide
External links
- College Football Data Warehouse, UCF Yearly Results: 1995–1999. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
