The UCF football team returns home this weekend to take on Houston in the third annual #UCFinSpace game. The Knights host the Cougars at 12 p.m. with coverage on ESPN2 and FM 96.9 The Game.
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, Nov. 2
Time: 12 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN2
Radio: FM 96.9/AM 740 The Game
Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=270509
CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE GAME NOTES - UCF VS HOUSTON
A UCF WIN WOULD...
• Be better than a loss
• Give UCF a 6-3 advantage in the series against Houston
• Improve the Knights' league record to 4-1
• Give UCF 32 wins in their last 35 games
• Make the Knights 3-0 in the third annual #UCFinSpace game
SERIES BREAKDOWN
| Overall: | UCF, 5-3 |
| in Houston: | UCF, 3-1 |
| in Orlando: | UCF, 2-2 |
| at Neutral Location: | n/a |
| Streak: | Houston W2 |
| Last Meeting: | Houston 31, UCF 24 - Oct. 29, 2016 |
ABOUT THE COUGARS
• Houston is in its first season under head coach Dana Holgorsen after coming over from West Virginia.
• The Cougars are 3-5 through eight games, and just 1-3 in American Athletic Conference play. Houston has defeated Prairie View, North Texas and UConn.
• Quarterback D'Eriq King played in four games, throwing for 663 yards and six touchdowns, while rushing for six more and 312 yards on the ground, before deciding to sit out the rest of the season.
• Clayton Tune has stepped in and thrown for 715 yards and five touchdowns with four interceptions in three games.
ORLANDO'S HOMETOWN TEAM NOTE
#ucfinspace
• Saturday marks the third annual #UCFinSpace game, as the Knights honor the university's history of supporting the United States space program at nearby Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. UCF will wear specially designed space uniforms and custom helmets by Schutt Sports that represent the dark and light sides of the moon.
• The constellation patterns on the uniform represent the different street names on UCF's campus and the shoulder pattern is the Pegasus constellation, replacing the usual pegasus logo on the Knights' uniform.
• The first unofficial mascot of UCF, who first appeared on the 1968-69 school handbook, was the Citronaut. He makes his return on this weekend's uniform.
• Complete uniform details can be found at UCFSpaceGame.com.
UCFAST NOTE
otis outruns owls
• Otis Anderson does a little bit of everything for the Knights as a junior running back and wide receiver, but this past weekend he did a lot in a win over Temple, rushing for a career high 205 yards.
• It marked just the second time in his career that he rushed for over 100 yards and it was the 11th most rushing yards in a single game by a Knight.
• Anderson now leads UCF with 513 yards on the ground and has three rushing touchdowns, to go along with 125 receiving yards, one receiving touchdown and a punt return for a touchdown.
UCFIERCE NOTE
robinson racks up picks
• Aaron Robinson has had a stellar second season with the Knights in 2019, starting five games at nickel cornerback.
• The Alabama transfer leads UCF with three interceptions, including two picks in this past weekend's win over Temple.
• Robinson has recorded 30 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and one quarterback hurry. His seven pass break-ups are the second most on the team and his 1.3 passes defended per game rank 25th in the nation.
DID YOU KNOW?
Dylan Barnas ranks 13th in the nation in field goal percentage, having made 8 of his 9 attempts on the season.