The UCF football team (2-1, 1-1) is set to head back on the road this weekend. The Knights will play at Memphis (1-1,0-1) Saturday at 3:30 p.m. with coverage from Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium on ABC and FM 96.9 The Game.
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, Oct. 17
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' 14th straight over Memphis and increase their all-time lead over the Tigers to 14-1
• Give UCF 38 wins in its last 43 games
• Be the Knights' third straight road win in 2020 and fifth straight victory away from home dating back to 11/23/19
SERIES BREAKDOWN
| Overall | UCF, 13-1 |
| in Memphis | UCF, 6-1 |
| in Orlando | UCF, 7-0 |
| at Neutral Location | -- |
| Last Meeting | UCF 56, Memphis 41 - Dec. 1, 2018 |
| Streak | UCF won 13 |
ABOUT THE TIGERS
• Memphis is in its first full season under head coach Ryan Silverfield, who took over for Mike Norvell following the 2019 regular season on an interim basis and was made the head coach prior to the 2020 campaign.
• Last season the Tigers went 12-1 and won their second American Athletic Conference title and their first outright.
• Memphis opened the 2020 season with a win over Arkansas State, but then fell in their first league game at SMU.
• Quarterback Brady White returns to lead the way and has passed for 660 yards with seven scores.
ORLANDO'S HOMETOWN TEAM NOTE
ucf success in all sports
• For the last three full seasons, every sport that plays a head-to-head schedule at UCF has finished with a winning record.
• The Knights were the only FBS athletics program in the nation to do so in both 2017-18 and 2018-19, and then did it again in 2019-20.
UCFAST NOTE
marlon and jayflash
• With top returning target Tre Nixon missing the last two and and a half games due to injury, senior Marlon Williams and sophomore Jaylon Robinson - nicknamed JayFlash - have stepped up in a big way, ranking fourth and fifth in the nation for receiving yards per game with 129.3 ypg and 122.0 ypg, respectively. recording back-to-back games of 100+ yards to start the 2020 season.
• Williams and Robinson both went over 100 yards in the first two games, while Robinson has done it in all three games, and Williams, finished with 98 yards the last time out.
• The duo tied the program record with two games of multiple players going over 100 receiving yards in the same game, but it marks just the fourth time it was the same duo.
• Williams also leads the nation in receptions per game, hauling in 10.7 catches per game in 2020.
UCFIERCE NOTE
turnover town
• For all of the accolades UCF's offense deservedly receives, the defense continues to show out as well, and that has continued in the first three games of 2020.
• The Knights have forced 12 turnovers through three games, ranking third in the nation, and UCF is second in the nation with a 2.33 turnover margin.
• UCF recovered only eight fumbles all of 2019 and has already recovered eight fumbles through three games of 2020, a mark that leads the nation.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Knights have scored at least one rushing touchdown and one passing touchdown in each of their last 42 games, a streak that leads the nation.