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GAME 7 • UCF VS ECU 10 BOWL APPEARANCES • 4 BOWL WINS • 6 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 14 CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR GAME INFORMATION (rv/rv) UCF KNIGHTS (4-2, 1-1 AAC) Date ______________________ Saturday, Oct. 19 Head Coach: Josh Heupel (Oklahoma, 2001) Time ___________________________ 7 p.m. ET Record at UCF: 16-3 (2nd Season) Site __________________________Orlando, Fla. Overall Record: 16-3 (2nd Season) Stadium __________________ Spectrum Stadium VS Surface _____________________Bermuda Grass ECU PIRATES (3-3, 0-2 AAC) Capacity ___________________________ 44,206 Head Coach: Mike Houston (Mars Hill, 1994) TV _____________________CBS Sports Network Record at ECU: 3-3 (1st Season) Play-by-Play _______________________TBA THE MATCHUP Overall Record: 83-28 (9th Season) Analyst ___________________________TBA Sideline __________________________TBA UCFACTS Radio ____________ AM 740/FM 96.9 The Game 8 The UCF football team is coming off of its first open week of the 2019 season, likely a much needed Play-by-Play _______________ Marc Daniels break for the Knights, who have lost two out of their last three games. UCF fell at Pittsburgh, 35-34 on Analyst _____________________ Gary Parris Sept. 21, and then at Cincinnati, 27-24 on Oct. 4, a combined four points in the two defeats. It marks the Sideline ___________________ Scott Adams first time since 2016 UCF has lost multiple games in a season. Still, since the start of the 2017 season, UCF has won 29 of its last 32 games overall. Sideline ________________ Leger Douzable Twitter _____________________ @UCF_Football 8 The Knights no longer control their own desitny for a chance at a third straight American Athletic Hashtag ________________________ #ChargeOn Conference Championship, needing help in the way of a loss for currently 2-0 Cincinnati to secure an East Division title and a trip to the championship game. The Knights get their shot at another undefeated SCHEDULE/RESULTS team in the East next weekend, when they travel to Philadelphia to take on 2-0 Temple. UCF has won back-to-back AAC Championships in 2017 and 2018, and has six conference championships since Aug. 29 Florida A&M (CBSSN) W, 62-0 joining a conference in 2002. The Knights’ four conference titles since 2013 make them one of just four Sep. 7 at FAU (CBSSN) W, 48-14 programs in FBS to achieve the feat (Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma). Sep. 14 Stanford (ESPN) W, 45-27 8 Sep. 21 at Pittsburgh (ABC) L, 35-34 UCF is in its second season under head coach Josh Heupel, who led the Knights to a 12-1 record in his first season in Orlando and now has a career mark of 16-3. Heupel was named FWAA First-Year Coach of Sep. 28 UConn* (ESPN2) W, 56-21 the Year after becoming just the third FBS coach in history to record an undefeated regular season in his Oct. 4 at Cincinnati* (ESPN) L, 27-24 first year as a head coach (Larry Coker - Miami, 2001; Chris Peterson - Boise State, 2006). Oct. 19 ECU* (CBSSN) 7 p.m. Oct. 26 at Temple* TBA 8 UCF played in the 2019 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl last season. The Knights’ men’s and women’s Nov. 2 Houston* TBA basketball teams both played in the NCAA Tournament last season. UCF and Michigan were the only Nov. 8 at Tulsa* (ESPN2) 7 p.m. schools in the nation in 2018-19 to have their football team in a New Year’s Six Bowl and both basketball teams in the NCAA Tournament. Nov. 23 at Tulane* TBA Nov. 29 S. Florida* (ABC/ESPN) TBA 8 For the last two full seasons, every sport that plays a head-to-head schedule at UCF has finished with Dec. 7 AAC Championship (ABC) 3:30 p.m. a winning record. The Knights are the only FBS athletics program in the nation to do so in 2017-18 and *American Athletic Conference contests 2018-19. CBS Sports ranked UCF as the 17th best athletics department in the nation for the past year. RECORD BREAKDOWN SERIES BREAKDOWN Overall _______________________________ 4-2 Overall: ________________ ECU, 10-7 UCF and ECU have played 17 times, dating back to 1991 The American _________________________ 1-1 when the Pirates won 47-25 in Orlando. ECU won the first in Greenville: ____________ ECU, 6-4 four meetings between the two teams, before UCF earned a Home ________________________________ 3-0 30-20 victory in Greenville in 2005. Away ________________________________ 1-2 in Orlando: ______________ ECU, 4-3 Neutral ______________________________ 0-0 The Pirates then won another four matchups in a row at Neutral location: ___________ n/a from 2006 to 2009, and the Knights finally came back with another triumph in 2010, a 49-35 win in Orlando. A UCF WIN WOULD Streak: ___________________UCF W3 The most memorable meeting for most UCF fans was in • Be better than a loss Last meeting: _______UCF 37, ECU 10 2014 when Justin Holman connected with Breshad Perriman • Cut ECU’s lead in the all-time series to 10-8 and be for what is now known as the Hail Perriman, a 51- yard last- ____________________ Oct. 20, 2018 UCF’s fourth straight win over the Pirates second hail mary that earned UCF the 32-30 win and a share of the American Athletic Conference regular season title. • Be UCF’s program-record 19th straight home win Last ECU win: ________ECU 44, UCF 7 • Give the Knights 30 wins in their last 33 games ____________________ Nov. 19, 2015 Last season, the Knights won 37-10 in Greenville with Darriel • Make UCF 39-11 at Spectrum Stadium against Mack Jr. helming the offense for an injured McKenzie Milton. conference opponents WEEKLY MEDIA SCHEDULE: ECU 13 SUN 14 MON 15 TUE 16 WED 17 THU 18 FRI 19 SAT No Availability Press Conference Post Practice - 11:15am Post Practice - 11:15am Post Practice - 11:15am No Availability Game #7 Coach Heupel - 12:15pm Defensive Coaches Offensive Coaches Coach Heupel vs. ECU - 7pm Student-Athletes Student-Athletes Student-Athletes CBSSN AAC Teleconference Postgame Coach Heupel - 12:40pm Coach Heupel Student-Athletes GAME NOTES | GAME 7 | ECU | 1 GAME 7 • UCF VS ECU QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE PIRATES GENERAL INFORMATION • ECU is in its first season under head coach ECU SCHEDULE School University of Central Florida Mike Houston, who accumulated an overall head City, State, Zip Orlando, Fla., 32816 A31 at NC State (ACCN) L, 34-6 coaching record of 80-25 in eight previous seasons, S7 Gardner-Webb (ESPN3) W, 48-9 Founded 1963 most recently guiding James Madison to back-to- Enrollment 67,000+ back FCS Championship Games and one national S14 at Navy (CBSSN) L, 42-10 Nickname Knights title. S21 William & Mary (ESPN3) W, 19-7 School Colors Black and Gold S28 at Old Dominion (ESPN+) W, 24-21 Stadium Spectrum Stadium • The Pirates are 3-3 in their first season under O3 Temple (ESPN) L, 27-17 Capacity 44,206 Houston, having won two home games over O19 at UCF (CBSSN) 7PM Surface 419 Bermuda Grass Gardner-Webb and William & Mary, and one on the O26 South Florida TBA Affiliation/Conference NCAA DI - FBS/American road at Old Dominion. Interim President Dr. Thad Seymour Jr. N2 #25 Cincinnati TBA Director of Athletics Dr. Daniel J. White • Holton Ahlers has thrown for 1,142 yards and six N9 at #21 SMU TBA Ticket Office Phone 407-UCF-1000 touchdowns, but has been picked off five times in N23 at UConn TBA six games of 2019. N30 Tulsa TBA STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS Sr. Associate AD John Heisler Email [email protected] TALE OF THE TAPE Cell 574-532-0293 Assistant AD Daniel Forcella UCF (4-2, 1-1 AAC) ECU (3-3, 0-2 AAC) Email [email protected] Team Statistics UCF OPP Team Statistics ECU OPP Cell 207-650-6790 Points Per Game 44.8 20.7 Points/Game 20.7 23.3 Press Box Phone 207-650-6790 First Downs 165 123 First Downs 117 124 Website UCFKnights.com Rushing Yards/Game 214.8 131.7 Rushing Yards/Game 160.8 165.7 Twitter @UCF_Football Passing Yards/Game 329.5 195.8 Passing Yards/Game 202.7 201.3 Facebook /UCFFootball Total Off. Yards/Game 544.3 327.5 Total Off. Yards/Game 363.5 367.0 Instagram UCF.Football Third Down Conv. 38% 27% Third Down Conv. 32% 40% Penalty Yards/Game 66.3 79.2 Penalty Yards/Game 47.8 58.0 UCF FOOTBALL STAFF Time of Poss. 25:53 33:23 Time of Poss. 27:30 32:08 Head Coach Josh Heupel (DN) Turnovers - INT/Fumbles 8-5/3 8-5/3 Turnovers - INT/Fumbles 8-5/3 8-5/3 Asst. HC for Off/Offensive Line Glen Elarbee (DN) Asst. HC/Secondary Willie Martinez (DN) Individual Leaders Individual Leaders Offensive Coordinator/QBs Jeff Lebby (UP) Rushing Att Net Avg TD YPG Rushing Att Net Avg TD YPG McCrae 69 394 5.7 5 65.7 Mauney 57 244 4.3 0 40.7 Defensive Coordinator/LBs Randy Shannon (UP) Killins Jr. 46 333 7.2 4 55.5 Ahlers 61 212 3.5 3 35.3 Cornerbacks Corey Bell (DN) Thompson 31 264 8.5 2 44.0 Pinnix 32 157 4.9 2 78.5 Defensive Line Shane Burnham (DN) Tight Ends Jon Cooper (UP) Passing C-A-I TD YPG Passing C-A-I TD YPG Special Teams Coordinator Nick Toth (DN) Gabriel 99-166-5 15 272.5 Ahlers 98-185-5 6 190.3 Running Backs Anthony Tucker (DN) Wide Receivers Darrell Wyatt (DN) Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD YPG Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD YPG Chief of Staff/Director of Ops Billy Ray Johnson Davis 38 669 17.6 8 111.5 Proehl 22 315 14.3 2 52.5 Asst.