1986 UCF Knights football team

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1986 UCF Knights football
ConferenceIndependent
1986 record6–5
Head coach
Home stadiumCitrus Bowl
Seasons
← 1985
1987 →
1986 NCAA Division II independents football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Central State (OH) ^   –   10 – 1 – 1
No. T–18 New Haven   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 7 Towson State ^   –   8 – 3 – 1
American International   –   6 – 4 – 0
UCF   –   6 – 5 – 0
Northern Michigan   –   5 – 5 – 0
Saint Mary's   –   5 – 5 – 0
Springfield (MA)   –   4 – 5 – 0
Michigan Tech   –   3 – 6 – 0
Liberty   –   1 – 9 – 0
Central Connecticut   –   0 – 10 – 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

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]

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 Citrus Bowl, the Knights home field
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6Bethune–Cookman
W 26–1423,041
September 13West Georgia
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 34–2110,125
September 20Valdosta State
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 10–712,056
September 27at Akron
L 17–2012,186
October 4Murray State
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 38–2513,086
October 11at Wichita State
L 6–94,167[2]
October 18at Eastern Kentucky
L 24–5112,200
October 25Wofford
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
L 28–3123,760
November 1at VMI
W 38–93,200
November 8Georgia Southern
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
L 23–3311,137
November 15Samford
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 66–76,176

References[]

  1. ^ "UCF Develops Winning Ways: Part 4 of 8 – The History of UCF Football". University of Central Florida Athletics Association. 2007-07-10. Archived from the original on 2013-01-20. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
  2. ^ "UCF's upset bid booted by 3 field goals in rain". The Orlando Sentinel. October 12, 1986. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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