The UCF football team (5-3, 3-2 AAC) returns to the Bounce House for Homecoming, hosting Tulane (1-7, 0-4 AAC) in American Athletic Conference action. The Knights and the Green Wave are scheduled to kick off Saturday at 4 p.m. with coverage on ESPNU and FM 96.9 The Game.
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, Nov. 6
Time: 4 p.m.
TV: ESPNU
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
• Total 180 FBS wins for UCF in program history
• Keep the Knights perfect at home this season
• Be UCF's fourth straight win over Tulane
• Give the Knights a 9-2 advantage over Tulane in the all-time series between the two teams
SERIES BREAKDOWN
| Overall | UCF, 8-2 |
| in New Orleans | UCF, 3-2 |
| in Orlando | UCF, 5-0 |
| at Neutral Location | -- |
| Last Meeting | UCF 51, Tulane 34 - Oct. 24, 2020 (Orlando) |
| Streak | UCF won 3 |
ABOUT THE GREEN WAVE
• Tulane is in its sixth season under head coach Willie Fritz, who has a 30-40 record as the coach of the Green Wave and an overall mark of 184-109 in 25 seasons of NCAA competition.
• The Green Wave played Oklahoma tough in the season opener of 2021, but have only managed one win and are winless in American Athletic Conference play.
• Tulane is giving up 40.9 points per game, while only scoring 29.4 points per contest.
• Michael Pratt is completing 59.0 percent of his passes with 16 touchdowns and five interceptions. Macon Clark leads the defense with 51 tackles and two interceptions, while Darius Hodges has 9.5 tackles for loss.
TEAM NOTE
NATIONAL EXPOSURE
• UCF ranks among the FBS leaders in major network national television appearances by its football team over the last three seasons (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN, ESPN2).
• In 2018, 2019 and 2020, the Knights appeared 26 times on either ABC, ESPN or ESPN2, ranking ninth nationally in that category.
• The Knights have appeared on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 in four of their first eight games of the 2021 season and will play South Florida on ESPN or ABC on Black Friday.
OFFENSE NOTE
PRETTY DARN OFFENSIVE
• UCF has ranked in the top eight nationally in both total offense and scoring each of the last three seasons, the only team in the country to accomplish that.
• The Knights scored 30 or more points in 31 straight games from Aug. 31, 2017 to Sept. 28, 2019, which set a record for the longest streak in the Associated Press Poll era (since 1936).
• UCF has scored 30 or more points in 50 of its last 56 outings, 40 or more points in 31 of its last 56 games and has reached the 50-point plateau 16 times in the last 56 outings.
• Last season, the Knights ranked second in the nation in total offense for the second straight year, averaging 568.1 yards per game, an all-time UCF and American Athletic Conference high.
• UCF also ranked fourth in passing, seventh in first downs and eighth in scoring, averaging 42.2 points per game in 2020.
• This year, the Knights rank 25th in the nation in scoring offense at 34.8 points per game and 51st in total offense with 422.1 yards of total offense per game.
DEFENSE NOTE
D-LINE DOING ITS THING
• The defensive line, led by Auburn transfer Big Kat Bryant, has had its best outins of the season in the last two games. The Knights had season highs of six sacks and 10 tackles for loss against Memphis and then four sacks and seven tackles for loss against Temple.
• The six sacks were the most for UCF since having six against Auburn in the 2018 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
• Bryant had the first multi-sack game of his career against the Tigers, leading the way with 4.5 sacks on the season. Bryant has 33 tackles and a team-high seven TFLs on the year. Josh Celiscar ranks seventh in the nation with two fumble recoveries, while Cam Goode is eighth with .38 forced fumbles per game.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Knights are 26-12 all-time in Homecoming games and have won each of the last four.