After last year’s game was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns, UCF is set to host its annual spring football game on April 10 at noon.
The university’s COVID-19 policies will be in full effect and tickets for the game will go on sale soon.
“Due to COVID, they initially had not planned for a 2021 spring football game,” UCF athletics director Terry Mohajir said in a news release.
“The overwhelming enthusiasm created by the hire of Gus Malzahn as our new head coach has made it clear our fans very much want to get a look at our team this spring,” he said.
The spring game serves as the first opportunity for fans to see how the Knights will look and operate under the new Gus Malzahn regime.
Attendance will be capped at 25% for the spring game, identical to what the Bounce House saw during the 2020 season.
Despite the restrictions, the Knights still averaged 9,365 fans throughout the four-game home slate according to NCAA attendance figures.
Moahjir said he’s aware of Knight Nation’s passion for night games to tailgate and that he looks forward to “experiencing that in full force in the fall.”
“We are not yet in a position where tailgating will be permitted,” Mojahir said. “It is most beneficial for our student-athletes that we hold the game early in the day.”
Alongside the new Gus regime, Knight Nation will get a glimpse of Titus Mokiao-Atimalala, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound wide receiver from Hawaii.
The Knights are set to charge on against the Boise State Broncos in the Bounce House on Labor Day weekend to begin their 2021 season.
Mohajir said UCF plans to sell out the Bounce House this fall.
“We will certainly abide by all medical guidelines,” he said. “But we’re planning on 100% capacity.”
