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The 1994 UCF Golden Knights football season was the sixteenth season for the team and Gene McDowell 's tenth as the head coach of the Golden Knights. After the Golden Knight's impressive 1993 season, UCF was selected as the preseason #1 to start the 1994 season. The 1994 season would prove disappointing however, as the Golden Knights would finish the season ranked #20 with a 7–4 record.[ 1]
The school's famous campus homecoming tradition "Spirit Splash" began (by chance) in 1994.[ 2]
The Florida Citrus Bowl , the Knights' home field
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 3 at Maine No. 7 W 28–66,296
September 10 No. 18 (D-II ) Valdosta State No. 6 L 14–3122,518
September 17 Bethune–Cookman No. 12 Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL W 48–1722,049
September 24 No. 11 Western Kentucky No. 13 Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL W 59–4524,326
October 1 at Illinois State No. 9 W 27–266,550
October 8 at Samford No. 6 L 35–363,632
October 15 at Northeast Louisiana No. 15 W 33–168,123 [ 3]
October 22 No. 5 Troy State No. 11 Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL L 38–3927,003
October 29 at Liberty No. 17 W 49–246,153 [ 4]
November 12 at East Carolina No. 16 L 20–2325,783 [ 5]
November 19 Buffalo No. 20 Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL W 48–018,856
1994 UCF Golden Knights football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
^ "Division I-AA Football Comes to Orlando: Part 5 of 8 – The History of UCF Football" . University of Central Florida Athletics Association. July 18, 2007. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012 .
^ Schenk, Madelyn (November 8, 2007). " 'Party at pond:Students splash into tradition" . Orlando Sentinel . p. D3. Retrieved November 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "UCF takes charge, sloshes past Northeast Louisiana" . The Orlando Sentinel . October 16, 1994. p. C1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "C. Florida beats Flames" . Richmond Times-Dispatch . October 30, 1994. Retrieved April 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Orlando Sentinel" . The Orlando Sentinel . November 13, 1994. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
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