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GAME 3 • UCF VS FAU 2017 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 9 BOWL APPEARANCES • 4 BOWL WINS • 5 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 13 CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR GAME INFORMATION (16/18) UCF KNIGHTS (2-0, 1-0 AAC) Date ________________________ Friday, Sep. 21 Head Coach: Josh Heupel (Oklahoma, 2001) Time ___________________________ 7 p.m. ET Record at UCF: 2-0 (1st Season) Site __________________________Orlando, Fla. Overall Record: 2-0 (1st Season) Stadium __________________ Spectrum Stadium VS Surface ___________________ Berumuda Grass FAU OWLS (2-1, 0-0 C-USA) Capacity ___________________________ 44,206 Head Coach: Lane Kiffin (Fresno State, 1998) TV _________________________________ESPN Record at FAU: 12-4 (2nd Season) THE MATCHUP Overall Record: 47-25 (7th Season) Play-by-Play _______________ Jason Benetti Analyst ___________________ Kelly Stouffer Sideline __________________ Olivia Dekker UCFACTS Radio ____________ AM 740/FM 96.9 The Game 8 After starting 2018 with two wins before missing the week three game due to Hurricane Florence, the Knights Play-by-Play _______________ Marc Daniels enter the fourth week of the season still holding the nation’s longest winning streak at 15 games. A victory over FAU Analyst _____________________ Gary Parris would give UCF the American Athletic Conference record for consecutive wins with 16. Sideline ___________________ Jerry O’Neill 8 At 13-0, last season marked UCF’s first ever perfect campaign and the Knights broke the program record for Pregame Host ______________ Scott Adams consecutive victories, previously winning nine in a row during the 2013 season. Twitter _____________________ @UCF_Football Hashtag ________________________ #ChargeOn 8 At the helm for UCF is new head coach Josh Heupel. Heupel begins his first stint as a head coach after leading Missouri’s offense to new heights over the last two years as the Tigers’ offensive coordinator. The former Oklahoma All- SCHEDULE/RESULTS American also spent time as the Sooners’ offensive coordinator from 2011-14. Aug. 30 at UConn* (ESPNU) W, 56-17 8 The Knights have started 2-0 under Heupel, winning at UConn and then taking out FCS opponent South Carolina Sep. 8 South Carolina State (ESPN3) W, 38-0 State in week two. UCF is currently second in the nation in total offense (609.0) and fifth in the nation in scoring defense (8.5) after shutting out the Bulldogs. Sep. 15 at UNC (ESPNU) Canceled Sep. 21 FAU (ESPN) 7 p.m. 8 A trio of UCF safeties came up with interceptions in week two’s win over South Carolina State. Richie Grant's pick Sep. 29 Pittsburgh (ESPN2/U) 3:30 p.m. was his second in as many game after being named to The American's Weekly Honor Roll following his first career interception at UConn. Oct. 6 SMU* TBA Oct. 13 at Memphis* TBA 8 The Knights rose in the AP Top 25 Poll withouth playing, climbing to 16th while remaining at 18th in the Amway Oct. 20 at ECU* TBA Coaches Poll, keeping UCF as the highest ranked team in the state of Florida and in The American. Nov. 1 Temple* (ESPN) 7:30 p.m. 8 The UCF offense led the nation in scoring with 48.2 points per game last season. Having scored 30 or more points in Nov. 10 Navy* TBA each of their 13 games, and now the first two of 2018, the Knights own the longest current streak of games with 30+ Nov. 17 (-/rv) Cincinnati* TBA points at 15. Nov. 23 at (rv/rv) S. Florida* TBA RECORD BREAKDOWN SERIES BREAKDOWN Overall _______________________________ 2-0 Overall: __________________UCF, 1-0 Ryan Schneider threw for 497 yards and three The American _________________________ 1-0 passing touchdowns when the Knights defeated Home ________________________________ 1-0 in Boca Raton: _________________0-0 the Owls back in 2003. Away ________________________________ 1-0 in Orlando: _______________UCF, 1-0 Neutral ______________________________ 0-0 at Neutral location: ____________0-0 Brandon Marshall and Mike Sims-Walker both A UCF WIN WOULD Streak: ________________ UCF won 1 totaled over 100 receiver yards in the game as the • Be better than a loss Last meeting: _______UCF 33, FAU 29 Knights totaled 565 yards of offense. • Extend the Knights’ nation-leading win streak to ____________________Sept. 13, 2003 16 games, setting a new AAC record Last FAU win: __________________ -- Atari Bigby had 11 tackles and two pass break-ups, • Give UCF a 2-0 lead in the all-time series against while Antoine Poe finished with nine stops and FAU. ______________________________ -- two sacks. • Be the Knights’ ninth straight home win WEEKLY MEDIA SCHEDULE: FAU GAME 15 SAT 16 SUN 17 MON 18 TUE 19 WED 20 THU 21 FRI No Availability Press Conference Post Practice - 11am Post Practice - 11am Post Practice - 11am No Availability Game #3 Coach Heupel - 12:15pm Defensive Coaches Offensive Coaches Coach Heupel VS. FAU - 7 pm Student-Athletes Student-Athletes Student-Athletes ESPN AAC Teleconference Postgame Coach Heupel - 12:40pm Coach Heupel Student-Athletes 1 | GAME 3 • UCF VS FAU QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE OWLS GENERAL INFORMATION •FAU enjoyed a tremendous first season under head FAU SCHEDULE School University of Central Florida S1 at Oklahoma L, 14-63 City, State, Zip Orlando, Fla., 32816 coach Lane Kiffin in 2017, finishing 11-3, winning S8 Air Force W, 33-27 Founded 1963 the Conference USA Championship and winning the S15 Bethune-Cookman W, 49-28 Enrollment 67,000+ Boca Raton Bowl. S21 at #16 UCF 7 p.m. Nickname Knights School Colors Black and Gold S29 at Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. • In year two, the Owls have started 2-1 with home Stadium Spectrum Stadium O6 Old Dominion 2:30 p.m. Capacity 44,206 wins over Air Force and Bethune-Cookman. FAU’s O20 at Marshall 2:30 p.m. Surface 419 Bermuda Grass lone loss came on the road at Oklahoma. O26 Louisiana Tech 6:30 p.m. Affiliation/Conference NCAA DI - FBS/American N3 at FIU 7:30 p.m. N10 WKU 5 p.m. President Dr. Dale Whittaker • Running back Devin Singletary leads the offense. Director of Athletics Dr. Daniel J. White N15 at North Texas 9:30 p.m. He was named Third Team Associated Press All- Ticket Office Phone 407-UCF-1000 N24 Charlotte 6 p.m. America last year after rushing for 1,920 yards and STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS scoring 32 touchdowns. Associate AD Andy Seeley Email [email protected] TALE OF THE TAPE Cell 407-342-1406 Director Daniel Forcella UCF (2-0, 1-0 AAC) FAU (2-1, 0-0 C-USA) Email [email protected] Team Statistics UCF OPP Team Statistics FAU OPP Cell 207-650-6790 Points Per Game 47.0 8.5 Points/Game 32.0 39.3 First Downs 61 41 First Downs 72 61 Press Box Phone 407-882-0386 Rushing Yards/Game 315.5 198.5 Rushing Yards/Game 187.3 223.0 Website UCFKnights.com Passing Yards/Game 303.0 173.0 Passing Yards/Game 282.0 237.0 Twitter @UCF_Football Total Off. Yards/Game 618.5 371.5 Total Off. Yards/Game 469.3 460.0 Facebook /UCFFootball Third Down Conv. 65% 39% Third Down Conv. 37.2% 44.4% Instagram UCF.Football Penalties Yards/Game 64.0 71.0 Penalty Yards/Game 68.0 48.3 Time of Poss. 22:50 37:10 Time of Poss. 30:47 29:13 2017 UCF FOOTBALL STAFF Turnovers - INT/Fumbles 3-3/0 6-4/2 Turnovers - INT/Fumbles 4-3/1 3-2/1 Head Coach Josh Heupel Asst. HC/Secondary Willie Martinez Individual Leaders Individual Leaders Defensive Coordinator/LBs Randy Shannon Rushing Att Net Avg TD YPG Rushing Att Net Avg TD YPG Cornerbacks Corey Bell Killins Jr. 17 127 7.5 3 63.5 Singletary 53 210 4.0 7 70.0 Defensive Line Shane Burnham Mack Jr. 5 111 22.2 1 55.5 Whyte 21 116 5.5 1 38.7 Tight Ends Jon Cooper McCrae 10 105 10.5 1 52.5 Johnson 12 61 5.1 1 20.3 Offensive Line Glen Elarbee Quarterbacks Jeff Lebby Passing C-A-I TD YPG Passing C-A-I TD YPG Special Teams Coordinator Nick Toth Milton 45-71-3 6 294.5 Robison 64-93-2 4 263.3 Running Backs Anthony Tucker Wide Receivers Darrell Wyatt Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD YPG Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD YPG Chief of Staff/Director of Ops Billy Ray Johnson Davis 15 151 10.1 2 75.5 Durante 23 298 13.0 2 99.3 Asst. Director of Ops Cameron Coffman Snelson 11 135 12.3 0 67.5 Wright 12 113 9.4 2 37.7 Dir. of Player Personnel Brandon Lawson Nixon 8 154 19.2 2 77.0 Harrison 11 195 17.7 0 65.0 Ast. Dir. of Player Personnel Marc Votteler Dir. of Player Development Steve Smith Defense U-A-TT TFL INT FF-FR Defense U-A-TT TFL INT FF-FR Defensive Quality Control Tony Gilbert Jasinski 12-6-18 1.5 0 0-0 Smith 8-20-28 1.5 2 0-0 Defensive Quality Control Ian Scott Mitchell 6-9-15 0.5 0 0-0 Al-Shaair 8-9-17 2.0 0 0-0 Offensive Quality Control Matt O’Brien Grant 10-4-14 0.0 2 1-1 Pierre 9-3-12 1.0 0 0-0 Special Teams Quality Control Cliff Odom Collier 8-2-10 1.5 1 0-0 Young 2-8-10 0.0 0 0-0 Dir. of Sports Performance Kurt Schmidt Asst. Dir. of Sports Performance Rodney Hill LAST TIME OUT Asst. Dir. of Sports Performance Dave Young Asst.