| 2022 UCF Knights football | |
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AAC Championship Game, L 28–45 vs. Tulane | |
Military Bowl, L 13–30 vs. Duke | |
| Conference | American Athletic Conference |
| Record | 9–5 (6–2 AAC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Chip Lindsey (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Travis Williams (2nd season) |
| Co-defensive coordinator | David Gibbs (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | FBC Mortgage Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Tulane y$ | 7 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF y | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Tulane 45, UCF 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 UCF Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida (UCF) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Knights were led by second-year head coach Gus Malzahn and played their home games at the newly named FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando, Florida. They competed as members of the American Athletic Conference.
In September 2021, UCF and fellow AAC members Cincinnati and Houston accepted bids to join the Big 12.[1] The schools were contractually required to remain with the AAC until 2024, however, indications were that all parties involved preferred to leave in 2023.[2] In June 2022 they reached a deal to depart the conference in 2023,[3] thus the 2022 season became the program's last season as a member of the AAC. UCF finished their tenure in AAC (2013–2022) with a record 59 intra-conference game victories (including two wins in the AAC Championship Game)[4]
The Knights finished the regular season with a record of 9–3 (6–2 in AAC) to finish second in the conference. Following their victory on October 29 against then-No. 20 Cincinnati, the Knights became bowl-eligible for the seventh consecutive season, and were ranked for the first time since 2020.[5] Two weeks later, they defeated then-No. 17 Tulane. After a last-second victory against rival South Florida, UCF secured a berth in the AAC Championship Game, a rematch at Tulane. The Knights lost to the Green Wave 45–28, and failed to win what would have been their fifth AAC championship in what was also their final conference game in the AAC. The Knights were invited to the Military Bowl to face Duke, their seventh straight bowl appearance, and 12th in the last 14 seasons.
- ^ "Big 12 Conference Adds Four New Members". Big12Sports.com. Big 12 Conference. September 10, 2021.
- ^ Murschel, Matt (January 28, 2022). "AAC hopes to wrap up exit talks with UCF, Cincinnati and Houston by spring". Orlando Sentinel. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- ^ Adelson, Andrea (June 10, 2022). "Cincinnati, Houston, UCF reach exit deal with American, to join Big 12 in 2023". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
- ^ "American Athletic Conference Schools". Sport-Reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
- ^ "UCF Football Takes Down No. 20 Cincinnati on Homecoming, 25–21". UCF Athletics. October 29, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.