Sept. 26, 2005
DALLAS, Texas - Conference USA named UCF senior defensive end Paul Carrington its defensive player of the week for his efforts in leading the Golden Knights to a 23-13 victory over Marshall in Saturday's C-USA contest. Carrington is the first UCF football player in school history to be named one of C-USA's Players of the Week.
Carrington led a UCF defense that held Marshall to 11 yards rushing and 13 points in a 23-13 UCF victory. The fifth-year senior totaled three tackles-for-loss and two sacks, including a sack and forced fumble of Marshall quarterback Bernie Morris to set up UCF's first touchdown of the game inside the Marshall 20.
The sack and forced fumble set the tone on Marshall's first drive of the night as UCF snapped the nation's longest losing streak at 17 games and also won its inaugural Conference USA game in the process.
The Golden Knights limited Marshall to just 11 yards rushing, the third lowest total in UCF history. UCF has only held two other opponents to 11 or fewer yards rushing. The team held Louisiana-Monroe to -20 yards rushing on Oct. 21, 2000 and limited Louisiana Tech to -7 on Oct. 23, 1999.
Carrington and the Golden Knights return to action Saturday on the road at Louisiana-Lafayette. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. (ET) from Cajun Field in Lafayette. There is no live television coverage of the game, but the UCF ISP Sports Network will have complete coverage, including the pregame show at 6 p.m.