The UCF Knights football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing The University of Central Florida in the Big 12 Conference. Since the establishment of the football program in 1979, the Knights have played in fifteen bowl games. UCF has appeared in eight different bowl programs, with multiple appearances in the St. Petersburg/Beef 'O' Brady's/Gasparilla Bowl (6), the Liberty Bowl (2), and the Fiesta Bowl (2). UCF has an overall bowl record of 6–9 (). They are 2-1 () in BCS bowl games.

UCF's first bowl game came during the 2005 season when, under the leadership of second year head coach George O'Leary, the team underwent the fourth-best turnaround in NCAA history in his second year with the team.UCF Football Coach O’Leary Signs 10-Year Contract Extension Before O'Leary, UCF had not made a postseason appearance since joining the FBS. As an FCS program, the Knights made the 1990 and 1993 playoffs, and were picked as the preseason No. 1 team to start the 1994 season. Since 2004, the Knights have made 15 postseason appearances in the years 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Key +General BCS Bowl Game Bowl game record attendance

+ Results W Win L Loss

Bowl games + List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach#BowlScoreDateSeasonOpponentStadiumLocationAttendanceHead coach1Hawaii BowlOT2005Nevada Wolf PackAloha StadiumHonolulu26,2542Liberty Bowl2007Mississippi State BulldogsLiberty BowlMemphis63,8163St. Petersburg Bowl2009Rutgers Scarlet KnightsTropicana FieldSt. Petersburg28,7934Liberty BowlDecember 31, 20102010Georgia BulldogsLiberty BowlMemphis51,2315Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl2012Ball State CardinalsTropicana FieldSt. Petersburg21,7596Fiesta Bowl2013Baylor BearsUniversity of Phoenix StadiumGlendale65,1727St. Petersburg Bowl2014NC State WolfpackTropicana FieldSt. Petersburg26,6758Cure Bowl2016Arkansas State Red WolvesCamping World StadiumOrlando27,2139Peach Bowl2017Auburn TigersMercedes-Benz StadiumAtlanta71,10910Fiesta BowlJanuary 1, 20192018LSU TigersState Farm StadiumGlendale57,246Josh Heupel11Gasparilla BowlDecember 23, 20192019Marshall Thundering HerdRaymond James StadiumTampa28,987Josh Heupel12Boca Raton BowlDecember 22, 20202020 BYU CougarsFAU StadiumBoca Raton6,000Josh Heupel13Gasparilla BowlDecember 23, 20212021Florida GatorsRaymond James StadiumTampa63,669Gus Malzahn14Military BowlDecember 28, 20222022Duke Blue DevilsNavy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis17,974Gus Malzahn15Gasparilla BowlDecember 22, 20232023Georgia Tech Yellow JacketsRaymond James StadiumTampa30,281Gus Malzahn

See also American Athletic Conference Bowl Championship Series List of UCF Knights football seasons List of University of Central Florida alumni

References General: Holic, Nathan, and the UCF Alumni Association. University of Central Florida: The Campus History Series (2009),

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