UCF Knights

BY Adam Eaton | Sons of UCF An old moniker for the city of Lubbock, Texas, is “Lucky me, I live in Lubbock”, but for the UCF Knights, there was nothing lucky about their trip to the heart of Northwest Texas this past weekend. FINAL SCORE: Texas Tech 48 – UCF 9 The Red Raiders…

BY Trace Trylko | Sons of UCF “All good things must come to an end.” And so it goes for UCF’s once undefeated run in the Space Game as the Knights lost bragging rights to Houston – that other Space City. FINAL SCORE: Houston 30 – UCF 27 The Knights were hindered by the same…

BY Adam Eaton | Sons of UCF The refrain of the 2025 UCF Knights football season has been one of patience. After all, Scott Frost took over a team that was 4-8 the year prior and had to put together a new roster and coaching staff with very little lead-up time. Frost also lost a…

BY ADAM EATON | SONS OF UCF Coming off their final bye week of the year, the UCF Knights find themselves staring down a challenging five-game stretch that will close out the 2025 schedule. The first of those challenges comes on the road against Baylor on Saturday, a place the Knights have never visited.  The…

BY ADAM EATON | Sons of UCF As far as the 2025 season goes for the UCF Knights football team, two rare occasions happened on Saturday in Orlando. First, it did not rain, which, after having three home games impacted in some way by weather, was a welcome sight (although it sure was hot). Second,…

By ADAM EATON | Sons of UCF In the third quarter of the UCF Knights’ matchup with the Cincinnati Bearcats, the Knights’ offense pulled off a feat that had many people asking if it had ever happened before: 17 plays. 40 yards. 9:02 minutes. Punt. It basically serves as a microcosm for the entirety of…

BY ADAM EATON | Sons of UCF “Heartbreaking” That was the description UCF head coach Scott Frost provided when asked about the Knights’ inability to score a potential game-tying touchdown with three attempts from the 1-yard line late in the 4th quarter. While this sequence did not technically end the game, it certainly helped to cement the…

BY ADAM EATON | Sons of UCF The UCF Knights strolled into Bill Snyder Family Stadium as a team filled with emotion. Excitement, nerves, and sadness were palpable for a squad facing its first Big 12 conference game mere days after the tragic death of offensive line coach Shawn Clark. As the game got underway,…

By ADAM EATON | Sons of UCF On September 21st, UCF assistant coach Shawn Clark passed away in a local Orlando hospital, according to a statement released by UCF Athletics. Clark, who was in his first season with the Knights, was admitted to a local hospital on September 9th due to a medical emergency and…

BY ADAM EATON | Sons of UCF There are certain times when we are all reminded that football and sports are just games, and they pale in comparison to the harsh reality of life. Unfortunately, the UCF Knights football team was reminded of this last week with the news that offensive line coach Shawn Clark…