1986 UCF Knights football team
The 1986 UCF Knights football season was the eighth season for the team. It was Gene McDowell's second season as the head coach of the Knights. McDowell's 1986 team compiled a 6–5 overall record.[1]
| 1986 UCF Knights football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 6–5 |
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| Offensive coordinator | Mike Kruczek (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Bruce Bennett (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Florida Citrus Bowl |
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| No. 4 Central State (OH) ^ | – | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–18 New Haven | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Towson State ^ | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Connecticut State | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| American International | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | – | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Michigan | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Springfield | – | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan Tech | – | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty | – | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Connecticut | – | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Knights competed as an NCAA Division II Independent. The team played their home games at the Citrus Bowl in Downtown Orlando. The Knights nearly earned their first-ever victory against a Division I-A team. On October 11, they fell 9-6 at Wichita State, on a miserable, soggy, afternoon after missing an extra point and two botched field goal attempts. It proved to be the Shockers' final football victory; less than two months after the game, Wichita State announced it was disbanding its program.
Schedule
The Florida Citrus Bowl, the Knights' home field
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 6 | Bethune–Cookman | W 26–14 | 23,041 | |||
| September 13 | West Georgia |
| W 34–21 | 10,125 | ||
| September 20 | No. 20 Valdosta State | No. 18 |
| W 10–7 | 12,056 | |
| September 27 | at Akron | L 17–20 | 12,186 | |||
| October 4 | Murray State |
| W 38–25 | 13,086 | ||
| October 11 | at Wichita State | L 6–9 | 4,167 | [2] | ||
| October 18 | at Eastern Kentucky | No. 19 | L 24–51 | 12,200 | ||
| October 25 | Wofford |
| L 28–31 | 23,760 | ||
| November 1 | at VMI | W 38–9 | 3,200 | [3] | ||
| November 8 | No. 5 (I-AA) Georgia Southern |
| L 23–33 | 11,137 | ||
| November 15 | Samford |
| W 66–7 | 6,176 | ||
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References
- "UCF Develops Winning Ways: Part 4 of 8 – The History of UCF Football". University of Central Florida Athletics Association. July 10, 2007. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
- "UCF's upset bid booted by 3 field goals in rain". The Orlando Sentinel. October 12, 1986. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "UCF king of the road in victory over VMI". The Orlando Sentinel. November 2, 1986. Retrieved February 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Final 1986 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
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