1993 UCF Golden Knights football team

The 1993 UCF Golden Knights football season was the fifteenth season for the team and Gene McDowell's ninth as the head coach of the Golden Knights. Earning their eighth winning season in 1993, with a 9–3 overall record, UCF made the playoffs for the second time in four years.[2] Also during the season, the Golden Knights won their first game over a Division I-A team, a 38–16 victory over Louisiana Tech.

1993 UCF Golden Knights football
Division I-AA First Round at Youngstown State, L 30–56
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 12[1]
1993 record9–3
Head coachGene McDowell (9th season)
Home stadiumCitrus Bowl
1993 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Troy State ^ 0 –0 –0  11 –0 –1
Youngstown State ^ 0 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
UAB 0 –0 –0  9 –2 –0
Wagner 0 –0 –0  9 –2 –0
No. 12 UCF ^ 0 –0 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 24 Towson 0 –0 –0  8 –2 –0
No. 19 Western Kentucky 0 –0 –0  8 –3 –0
Hofstra 0 –0 –0  6 –3 –1
Saint Mary's 0 –0 –0  6 –3 –1
Davidson 0 –0 –0  6 –4 –0
Central Connecticut 0 –0 –0  5 –5 –0
Liberty 0 –0 –0  5 –5 –0
Marist 0 –0 –0  5 –5 –0
Samford 0 –0 –0  5 –6 –0
Duquesne 0 –0 –0  4 –6 –0
Saint Francis 0 –0 –0  3 –7 –0
Charleston Southern 0 –0 –0  3 –8 –0
Buffalo 0 –0 –0  1 –10 –0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Starting in 1993 (and continuing through the 2006 season), the program was nicknamed the "Golden Knights." Before 1993 (and since 2007), UCF's sports programs were simply known as the "Knights." The name change was proposed in 1993 by then athletic director Steve Sloan as a way to boost the popularity of the program and to boost merchandise sales.[3]

At 6-1 by late October, it was the best start in school history. Their only loss early on was to East Carolina, a Division I-A team. The Golden Knights won three of their last four regular season games, finished 9-2-0 and advanced to the Division I-AA Playoffs. The Golden Knights were defeated in the first round by Jim Tressel's Youngstown State Penguins by the score of 56-30. The Penguins would go on to win the 1993 Division I-AA championship.

Schedule
The Citrus Bowl, the Knights home field.
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 11Valdosta State
W 35–3011,033
September 18at East Carolina
L 17–4130,867
September 25McNeese State
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 22–310,759
October 2Yale
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 42–2823,489
October 9Samford
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 48–178,081
October 16Western Illinois
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 35–1712,857
October 23at Bethune–Cookman
W 34–145,500
October 30at Troy State
L 15–295,100
November 6Liberty
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 55–198,688
November 13Buffalo
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 42–77,609
November 20at Louisiana Tech
W 38–164,000
November 27at Youngstown State
L 30–567,408
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References
  1. "Central Florida In the Polls". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-02-10. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
  2. "Division I-AA Football Comes to Orlando: Part 5 of 8 – The History of UCF Football". University of Central Florida Athletics Association. 2007-07-18. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  3. "Central Florida to drop 'Golden' from Knights nickname". USA Today. 2007-04-15. Retrieved 2013-01-02.


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