2020 UCF Knights football team

2020 UCF Knights football
Boca Raton Bowl, L 23–49 vs. BYU
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record6–4 (5–3 AAC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorAlex Golesh (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorAnthony Tucker (1st at OC, 3rd overall season)
Defensive coordinatorRandy Shannon (3rd season)
Home stadiumBounce House
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 8 Cincinnati y$   6 0     9 1  
Tulsa y   6 0     6 3  
Memphis   5 3     8 3  
UCF   5 3     6 4  
SMU   4 3     7 3  
Houston   3 3     3 5  
Navy   3 4     3 7  
Tulane   3 5     6 6  
East Carolina   3 5     3 6  
Temple   1 6     1 6  
South Florida   0 7     1 8  
Championship: Cincinnati 27, Tulsa 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 UCF Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida (UCF) during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Knights were led by third-year head coach Josh Heupel and played their home games at Bounce House in Orlando, Florida. They competed as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Knights finished the regular season 6–4 (5–3 conference) and notably did not have any games of their revised schedule postponed or canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Knights were invited to the 2020 Boca Raton Bowl,[1] which they lost to BYU. It was the program's fifth consecutive season playing in a bowl, the longest streak in program history. On January 27, 2021, head coach Josh Heupel departed for Tennessee.

  1. ^ "UCF Set to Play in 2020 RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl". BocaRatonBowl.com. December 7, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.