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2008 UCF Knights football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2008
team	UCF Knights
image	UCF Knights logo.svg
image_size	100px
conference	Conference USA
division	East
short_conf	C-USA
record	4–8
conf_record	3–5
head_coach	George O'Leary
hc_year	5th
off_coach	Tim Salem
oc_year	5th
def_coach	Dave Huxtable
dc_year	1st as DC, 5th overall
stadium	Bright House Networks Stadium
(Capacity: 45,323)

(Capacity: 45,323) The 2008 UCF Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Their head coach was George O'Leary, in his fifth season with the team. For the second season, the UCF Knights played all of their home games at Bright House Networks Stadium on the school's main campus in Orlando, Florida. The Knights sought unsuccessfully to defend their Conference USA football championship.

Offseason

On August 22, 2008, wide receiver Richard Jackson announced that he had completed his enrollment at UCF, completing a transfer from the University of Notre Dame. Jackson was a star prospect from East Ridge High School in nearby Clermont, Florida. He received a hardship waiver from the NCAA on September 5, giving him immediate eligibility.

Schedule

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Game summaries

South Carolina State

The Knights began their season at home against South Carolina State. Making his first start at quarterback, Michael Greco had a difficult time trying to find his groove, completing 9-of-16 passing for 90 yards, and running 13 times for 57 yards. But the defense remained strong and carried the team, holding the Bulldog offense to less than 22 minutes of play time, with Jason Venson catching an interception.

South Florida

Greco's struggles continued when the Knights hosted South Florida for the last match in their "War on I-4" rivalry. While the Bulls scored first, Joe Burnett answered back with a 91-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. The Knights defense held as well as they could, holding the Bulls to 10 points in the first half and allowing the Knights to tie the game going into halftime. However, the Knights had difficulty maintaining their discipline, and it cost them in penalties. The Knights had 12 penalties for 148 yards, one of which negated a touchdown on an interception in the second quarter.

Although it appeared the Bulls would begin to run away with the game, scoring two touchdowns in the third quarter, Michael Greco finally awoke toward the end of the fourth quarter, leading two touchdown drives in the final minutes of regulation to force overtime. However, they came up short on a fourth-down run on their turn, failing to answer a quick South Florida touchdown.

Although sluggish for most of the game, the Knights offense did not turn the ball over. After their first two games, UCF has a +3 turnover ratio.

The unanticipated struggles for the Bulls dropped them back to their preseason #19 ranking in the AP poll despite the win.

Boston College

UTEP

SMU

Miami (FL)

Tulsa

East Carolina

Southern Miss

Marshall

Memphis

UAB

References

Brandon Helwig. (August 22, 2008). "Jackson transferring to UCF". UCFSports.com via Rivals.com.
(2008-09-05). "Football's Richard Jackson Cleared By NCAA". UCFAthletics.com.
(August 31, 2008). "Knights' win highlights problem areas". The Orlando Sentinel.

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