The UCF Knights football program will travel to Happy Valley in 2013 to take on the Nittany Lions of Penn State. UCF Athletics announced today it had finalized negotiations with Penn State for a home-and-home series with the Nittany Lions. UCF will travel to Penn State in 2013 but in return, the Nittany Lions will travel to UCF’s campus in 2014. The deal seals the Knights’ 2013 inaugural football season in the Big East. UCF will open against Akron at home on Thursday August 29th and will host games against Rutgers, South Carolina, Rutgers, UCONN, Houston, and rival USF. The Knights will play Penn State, Louisville, Memphis, Temple, and FIU on the road.
Pictured: UCF’s Alex Haynes rushes against the Nittany Lions at Penn State in 2003.