After a week of exciting new hires for the UCF’s football program, UCF Athletics released the official schedule for the 2021-22 football season highlighting what the Knights will face this season.
The Knights are set to kick off their 2021 season with a home season opener against Boise State on either Sept. 2, 3, or 4 — the date has yet to be decided.
This will be the first time the Knights will meet with Boise State in football.
The Knights will travel to face off against another non-conference game against Louisville on Sept. 17 for the first time since their last meeting in 2013 which ended in an impressive UCF victory.
UCF will face Bethune-Cookman University on Sept. 11 in a home game for the first time since 2014 — the Knights lead the series 11-5 and have not lost to them since 1985.
Wrapping up the non-conference games, the “Civil conFLiCT” is back as the Knights take on UConn on Nov. 20 for the first time since the Huskies left the American Conference to become Independent.
Amongst this season’s American Athletic Conference home games, East Carolina will be coming to Orlando to face UCF on Oct. 9.
Memphis comes back to Orlando on Oct. 22 for the first time since the AAC Championship game in 2018, as the Knights seek to add another win to the overall series against Memphis which is 13-2, with the Tigers claiming a win by one point in last year’s nail-biting game.
Tulane will be facing off in the Bounce House on Nov. 26 and rounding off the home games for the season we have the War on I-4 game against South Florida on Nov. 26 with the Knights not having lost to USF since 2016, UCF looks to finally take a lead in the series which is now 6-6 as of the 2020 season.
In the 2021 AAC away games, the Knights will travel to Annapolis to face Navy on Oct. 2, for the first time since 2018.
UCF will travel to face Cincinnati on Oct. 16 — the Knights have not won a game against the Bearcats since 2018.
Cincinnati was ranked No. 8 in the AP and Coaches poll last season, winning the 2020 AAC championship game against Tulsa and later playing against Georgia in the 2021 Peach Bowl this past January.
UCF will also travel to Philadelphia to play Temple on Oct. 30 and travel to Dallas to play SMU on Nov. 13.
*American Athletic Conference games.
All dates and times are subject to change.
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