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The UCF Knights (2-2; 0-0 AAC) routed the Panthers of Florida International (0-4; 0-0 C-USA) 52-14 on Saturday in-front of a stadium that was filled with mostly Knights fans. Dontravious Wilson had a career-high three touchdowns and McKenzie Milton earned his first career victory after becoming UCF’s starting quarterback in their heartbreaking loss to Maryland two weeks ago. Matt Murschel from the Orlando Sentinel reports:
UCF took the opening kickoff and started a 59-yard, 11-play drive. The run was capped by Wilson’s first touchdown of the evening, a one-yard run. The Knights averaged 8.8 yards per play on that opening drive but still suffered through mental lapses and unnecessary penalties. FIU (1-3) struggled to do much on offense against UCF’s stout defense, with the Panthers managing just five first downs and 76 yards in the first half. The team’s only score came after a poor punt by Caleb Houston was returned to FIU’s six-yard line. Anthony Jones squirted into the end zone on the next play to cut the early lead to 8-7. UCF later drove the ball down to FIU’s 21-yard line before Milton scrambled out of a sure sack and heaved the ball downfield. Senior tight end Jordan Akins out-jumped several Panthers defenders to secure the Knights’ second touchdown of the game. Later in the first half, UCF’s Drico Johnson stepped up and intercepted Maurice Alexander and returned the ball 25 yards to the Knight’s 15-yard line. On the next play, Milton pitched the ball to Wilson, who rushed up the middle virtually untouched for his second touchdown. It extended the lead to 25-7 with 8:50 left in the first half.
Milton kept UCF rolling, connecting with Adrian Killins on a screen pass and the dynamic freshman ducked and weaved his way through the FIU defense in a Madden-esque play for a 60-yard gain to the FIU 30-yard line. Two plays later, Wilson ran into the end zone to put UCF up 32-7. Killins finished the night with 209 all-purpose yards, including a 61-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. It was the first time UCF scored at least 30 points in a half since Nov. 22, 2014, against SMU. Redshirt junior linebacker Shaquem Griffin led the Knights with five tackles and two sacks. The team finished with five sacks for the second consecutive game and held FIU to under 200 total yards. The win did come at a cost for UCF. Freshman running back Jawon Hamilton left the game in the first half after suffering what appeared to be a left knee injury. He was seen on the sidelines with the knee wrapped in ice and was on crutches later on in the game.
The Knights now journey to Greenville, North Carolina, where they will face the Pirates of East Carolina (2-2; 0-0 AAC). The Pirates have a win against NC State and Western Carolina and losses against South Carolina and Virginia Tech. They should be quite the foe for UCF to take on this Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for Noon and the game will be nationally televised on CBS Sports Network. Below, watch highlights of UCF’s blowout win over FIU, courtesy of the American Athletic Conference:
Photo and article excerpts courtesy Orlando Sentinel.
The UCF Knights (1-2; 0-0 AAC) took the Terrapins of Maryland (3-0; 0-0 B10) into double overtime on Saturday in front of a near-capacity Bright House Networks Stadium crowd of over 43,000. A game that lasted over four hours and saw Freshman quarterback McKenzie Milton take the field for the very first time (burning his red shirt), ended when Milton fumbled the ball as UCF stood just three yards away from winning the game. It was the final blow during a 30-24 loss punctuated by six fumbles and three turnovers by the Knights. Below are more highlights of the game courtesy of the Orlando Sentinel:
After dropping a hard-fought 51-14 contest against No. 5 Michigan in Week 2, players were eager to show improvement and upset Maryland. Even outside of the home fan base, some people believed UCF could pull off the victory. ESPN personality Lee Corso even picked the Knights to beat the Terrapins before the game.
UCF’s defense jumped all over Maryland, forcing the team into punts on all four of its first quarter drives. Milton suffered through some costly freshman mistakes, but he bounced back with big-time plays, including his 31-yard overtime touchdown pass to receiver Tre’Quan Smith as UCF trailed Maryland 24-17 in a third-and-16 situation. He scrambled right to hit Smith on the run helped by strong blocking from right tackle Wyatt Miller.
Despite the uneven performance, Milton still helped UCF run 91 plays for a total of 455 offensive yards. He passed for 260 yards and was intercepted once on a tipped pass to freshman receiver Dredrick Snelson.
“I’m broken-hearted for our kids. They worked their tails off,” UCF coach Scott Frost said. “I told them before the game they were poised and ready to knock off a team that nobody, or very few people, thought they could beat. We had our chances in this one.
“[I] give a ton of credit to Maryland, they’re kind of trying to do the same thing we are in rebuilding a program. I think [D.J. Durkin has] done a great job, but we had a lot of chances to finish it, to score early, to make it a different game and I’m hurting for our kids that we didn’t get it done.”
Below, watch video highlights of the game, courtesy of the American Athletic Conference:
The UCF Knights (1-1; 0-0 AAC) went into The Big House at the University of Michigan Stadium on Saturday and battled hard against the #5-ranked Wolverines (2-0; 0-0 B10). And despite suffering what would appear to be a crushing 51-14 defeat, the Knights had some bright spots that indicate that score doesn’t fully represent the success UCF had on the field. The Knights amassed a total of 331 yards of total offense (more than any other team that visited the Big House in 2015) and put up more scoring points than the Florida Gators did playing Michigan in the Citrus Bowl last post-season. On his first and only carry, Freshman Adrian Killins tied a school record for the longest rushing touchdown in school history when he blazed down the field for a 87-yard touchdown. Punctuating quite an improvement on the field this season, UCF collected 472 yards against South Carolina State and Michigan, which is almost half of the 975 yards the team earned during the entire 2015 season. If the Knights rush for just 16 yards against Maryland Saturday, they will reach half of last season’s rushing total with nine games remaining in the regular season. “Jim Harbaugh’s teams are physical, that’s what they’re known for. We came in here and rushed for six yards a carry against them. I think they had 2.9 yards rushing [a carry,]” said UCF coach Scott Frost. “That tells me our guys are playing hard and fighting and that’s what I really wanted to see [Saturday].” The Knights will take on the Terrapins of Maryland (2-0; 0-0 B10) at home on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 7:00pm and the game will be broadcasted nationwide on CBS Sports Network. Below, watch highlights of UCF at Michigan courtesy of ESPN:
Excerpts Courtesy Orlando Sentinel.
The UCF Knights (1-0; 0-0 American) ushered in a new era of football under the helm of Coach Scott Frost Saturday night at Bright House Networks Stadium in Orlando. The game, attended by close to 37,000 fans who were eager to see a win, was televised nationally on ESPN3. And a win is what UCF fans saw! UCF shut down South Carolina State (0-1; 0-0 MEAC) 38-0, stopping the Bulldogs in essentially every aspect of play. The UCF offense struggled to put some touchdowns on the board the first quarter despite starting drives from South Carolina State’s territory twice in the first half — one of those set up by a 37-yard punt return from Chris Johnson and the other triggered by a fumble Jamiyus Pittman recovered. Their first 12 points came from field goals– Redshirt sophomore kicker Matt Wright tied a UCF single-game record four field goals before halftime); but they started to gel towards the end of the second quarter.
New head football coach Scott Frost agreed the Knights’ struggled in the first half, remarking, “I thought we played well, [but] we could play a lot better,” Frost said. “Particularly the first half offensively, we missed a lot of opportunities but played better in the second half. It took a little while for UCF’s offense to hit the gas, but once players found a rhythm in the second half, they never looked back. In all, UCF amassed 462 total yards of offense. After 639 days since their last win, the Knight Nation was looking for this game to set the tone for a new era in UCF Football. The 38-0 victory snapped a 13-game losing streak dating back to UCF’s loss against NC State in the 2014 Bitcoin Bowl. The Knights (1-0) shut out the Bulldogs (0-1) 17-0 in the teams’ only previous meeting in 2008. And while the win is sweet for UCF, the Knights must now face what’s sure to be one of the toughest tasks of the season as they head to Ann Arbor to face #7 Michigan (1-0; 0-0 B10), a team that knocked off the Rainbow Warriors of Hawaii (0-2; 0-0 MWC) 63-3 on Saturday. That game will be televised nationally on ABC. Kickoff is set for Noon from Michigan Stadium. Below, watch UCF’s final touchdown score in their 38-0 win over South Carolina, courtesy of ESPN:
Picture and Article Excerpts Courtesy Orlando Sentinel.
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