The no. 13/14 UCF football team (0-0) is finally set to start its 2020 season this Saturday playing at Georgia Tech (1-0). The Knights and Yellow Jackets are scheduled to kickoff at 3:30 p.m. from Atlanta with coverage on ABC and FM 96.9 The Game.
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, Sept. 19
Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
TV: ABC
Radio: FM 96.9/AM 740 The Game
Live Stats: click here
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A UCF WIN WOULD...
• Be better than a loss
• Mark the Knights' fifth straight win in a season opener
• Give UCF 36 wins in its last 40 games
• Be the Knights' first win against Georgia Tech
• Mark UCF's second straight win in Atlanta, having last defeated Auburn in the 2018 Peach Bowl
SERIES BREAKDOWN
| Overall | Georgia Tech, 3-0 |
| in Atlanta | Georgia Tech, 3-0 |
| in Orlando | -- |
| at Neutral Location | -- |
| Last Meeting | Georgia Tech 21, UCF 17 |
| Streak | Georgia Tech won 3 |
ABOUT THE YELLOW JACKETS
• Georgia Tech is in its second season under head coach Geoff Collins, who holds a record of 3-10 with the Yellow Jackets and 18-20 overall.
• Knight fans will rembmer Collins from his time as the head coach at Temple. Collins has an overall record of 18-19 as a head coach at Temple and Georgia Tech.
• Georgia Tech only scored 16.7 points and allowed 32.4 points per game last season, rushing for 152.4 yards and passing for just 133.9 yards per game.
• Leading rusher Jordan Mason returns for the Yellowjackets in 2020 after rushing for 899 yards and seven touchdowns in 2019.
ORLANDO'S HOMETOWN TEAM NOTE
winningest four-year run
• Prior to the start of the 2016 season, the UCF football program's best four-season run was from 2010 to 2013, when the Knights went 38-15, won two conference championships and earned a trio of bowl victories.
• During UCF's most recent four-year run starting with the 2016 season, the Knights are 41-11 to mark the winningest four-season stretch in program history.
• UCF has won two conference championships and appeared in four bowls during that span, the first time the Knights have played in four consecutive bowl games.
• All UCF will need to do is win seven games in 2020 to mark an even better four-year stretch.
UCFAST NOTE
pretty darn offensive
• UCF has been one of the best offensive teams in the country the last three seasons and has put up the points to prove it. In fact, the Knights scored 30 or more points in 31 straight games from Aug. 31, 2017 to Sept. 28, 2019, which is the longest streak in AP Poll era (since 1936).
• After failing to score 30 at Cincinnati last season, the Knights have scored 30 or more in each of the last six games, making it 37 of the last 38 games.
• UCF has also scored 40 or more points in 23 of their last 38 games and have reached the 50-point plateau 12 times in the last 38 outings.
UCFIERCE NOTE
terrorizing tfl numbers
• The UCF defense made it difficult on offenses in 2019 with their ability to get pressure in the backfield, leading the nation with 9.0 tackles for loss per game.
• It was definitely a team effort, as not a single UCF player had enough tackles for loss to be ranked nationally.
• Defensive tackle Kenny Turnier led the way with 13.5 tackles for loss, while linebacker Eric Mitchell brings back 11.0 TFLs and defensive end Tre'mon Morris-Brash retursn with 9.0 tackles for loss from his freshman season.
• In the win over Houston last season, UCF piled up a season-high 17 tackles for loss.
DID YOU KNOW?
This is the second latest season opener in UCF history, having opened the inaugural 1979 season on Sept. 22