UCF Game Notes
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UCF Game Notes
THE USF GAME 2 0 0 8 UUCC F FFOO O T BBAA LLLL 20 Official Gameday Informaon #19/21 USF UCF BROADCAST INFO Television ESPN2 (Joe Tessitore, Rodney Gilmore) UCF ISP Sports Radio Network & Sirius 107 Marc Daniels - Play-by-Play Gary Parris - Color Analyst Jerry O’Neill - Sideline Report Sco Adams - Reporter WQTM 740-AM (flagship) (Orlando) WMMV 1350-AM (Cocoa) WDCF 1350-AM (Dade City) WROD 1340-AM (Daytona Beach) WMMB 1240-AM (Melbourne) WLVJ 1040-AM/WKAT 1360-AM (Miami/Fort Lauderdale/South Palm Beach) WPSL 1590-AM (Treasure Coast/North Palm Beach) WZHR 1400-AM (Zephyrhills) Internet Live audio/stats on www.ucfathlecs.com 1-0 Overall 0-0 Big East UCF 1-0 Overall 0-0 Conference USA Head Coach - Jim Leavi Career Record - 80-47 (12th Year) Record at USF - 80-47 (12th Year) Head Coach - George O’Leary Career Record - 75-61 (12th Year) Record at UCF - 23-28 (Fih Year) Game #2 • Sept. 6, 2008 • 7:00 p.m. • ESPN2 Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Fla. WEEKLY STORYLINES • UCF welcomes a ranked team to Bright House Networks Stadium for the second me. • Knights looking for a 2-0 start to the season. • UCF’s current seven-game home winning streak es for eighth longest in the naon. • Knights are looking for their first win over the Bulls. • UCF’s defense enters contest aer posng first shutout since 2001 last week. • Knights have made an intercepon in each of the last nine games. UCF opened its 2008 season with a 17-0 shutout of South Carolina State last Saturday night at Bright House Networks Stadium. The UCF defense turned in, stascally, its best effort of the George O’Leary era, holding the Bulldogs to 126 yards of total offense (UCF’s best since 2001) and zero points, recording the program’s first shutout since 2001. True freshman Latavius Murray ran for a pair of touchdowns to help the Knights on to victory in Michael Greco’s debut as starng quarterback. This week the challenge will be more stern as the USF Bulls head east down I-4 for their BHNS debut. UCF has won each of the first three meengs in the series and enters the game ranked in both polls. The Bulls rolled past UT Marn, 56-7, last Saturday in their opener. All of America will have a chance to see what happens on Saturday night as ESPN2 broadcasts the game live with the Knights looking to extend their home winning streak to eight games. 2008 UCF SCHEDULE/RESULTS SCHEDULE/RESULTS Day Date Opponent Result/Time Sat. Aug. 30 South Carolina State W, 17-0 Sat. Sept. 6 USF 7:00 p.m. Sat. Sept. 20 at Boston College TBA Sat. Sept. 27 at UTEP* 8:00 p.m. Sat. Oct. 4 SMU* 3:30 p.m. Sat. Oct. 11 at Miami TBA Sun. Oct. 26 at Tulsa* 8:00 p.m. Sun. Nov. 2 East Carolina* 8:00 p.m. Sat. Nov. 8 Southern Miss* 3:30 p.m. Sat. Nov. 15 at Marshall* 4:30 p.m. Sat. Nov. 22 at Memphis* TBA Sat. Nov. 29 UAB* 3:30 p.m. * Denotes Conference USA Games...All Times Eastern TV ESPN2 CBSCS CBSCS ESPN ESPN Series UCF, 1-0 USF, 3-0 First Meeng UCF, 1-0 UCF, 1-0 First Meeng UCF, 2-1 ECU, 6-1 USM, 2-1 Tied, 3-3 UCF, 3-1 UCF, 5-0 Last Meeng Notes Knight post first shutout since 2001 At least 45,000 have aended all three games of the series Knights have never faced a program from Massachuses Sixteen unanswered points in the second quarter lied UCF Khymest Williams returned the opening kickoff 99 yards UCF game ends a three-game homestand for Miami Rematch of 2005 and 2007 C-USA Championship Games Pirates scored 28 third-quarter points for a 52-38 win Knights’ defense picked off three passes in last year’s victory WR Brian Waers racked up six recepons for 88 yards UCF held a 42-0 lead at halime en route to a 56-20 triumph Kevin Smith rushed for 320 yards and four touchdowns 1 2008 UCF FOOTBALL GAME NOTES GENERAL INFORMATION COACHING STAFF School University of Central Florida City/Zip Orlando, Florida 32816 Founded 1963 Enrollment 50,000 Nickname Knights School Colors Black and Gold Stadium (Capacity): Bright House Networks Stadium (45,323) Surface 419 Bermuda Grass Affiliaon NCAA Division I Conference Conference USA President Dr. John C. Hi (Ausn College, ‘62) Director of Athlecs Keith R. Tribble (Florida, ‘77) Athlec Department Phone 407-823-3213 Ticket Office Phone 407-823-1000 Head Coach George O’Leary Alma Mater/Year New Hampshire, ‘69 Record at UCF 23-28 (.451) (Fih Season) Career Record (yrs) 75-61 (.551) (12th Season) Football Office Phone 407-823-5397 Best Time to Call Contact SID Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater/Year) Defensive Backs Gary Blackney (Conneccut, ‘67) Linebackers/Recruing Coor. Geoff Collins (Western Carolina, ‘94) Offensive Line Tom Freeman (San Diego State, ‘69) Quarterbacks George Godsey (Georgia Tech, ‘00) Defensive Coordinator Dave Huxtable (E. Illinois, ‘79) Wide Receivers David Kelly (Furman, ‘79) Tight Ends/Special Teams Brent Key (Georgia Tech, ‘01) Defensive Line Jim Panagos (Maryland, ‘96) Offensive Coordinator Tim Salem (Arizona St.,‘85) HISTORY First Year of Football First Year of Division I-A Football Overall All-Time Record Overall All-Time Citrus Bowl Record Overall All-Time BHNS Record 1979 1996 166-158-1 (.512) 112-59-1 (.654) 7-1 (.875) TEAM INFORMATION 2008 Overall Record C-USA Record Basic Offense Basic Defense Leerwinners Returning/Lost Offensive Leerwinners Returning/Lost Defensive Leerwinners Returning/Lost Special Teams Leerwinners Returning/Lost Starters Returning/Lost Offensive Starters Returning/Lost Defensive Starters Returning/Lost Specialty Starters Returning/Lost ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Director - Football SID Office Phone Cell Phone E-mail Associate Director Office Phone Cell Phone E-mail Assistant Director Office Phone Cell Phone E-mail Assistant Director Office Phone Cell Phone E-mail Assistant Director Office Phone Cell Phone E-mail Athlecs Communicaons Fax Press Box Phone Website Leigh Torbin 407-823-0994 407-325-5703 [email protected] Doug Richards 407-823-2142 407-405-5823 [email protected] Brian Ormiston 407-823-2409 407-920-1233 [email protected] Sarah Tarasewicz 407-823-6489 407-462-3214 [email protected] Andrew Gavin 407-823-2464 407-405-5821 [email protected] 407-823-5293 407-823-6885 www.UCFAthlecs.com 1-0 (1.000) 0-0 (.000) Mulple Mulple, 4-3 36/24 14/10 20/10 2/3 16/10 5/6 9/2 2/2 LOGOS PRIMARY WORDMARK COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM CollegePressBox.com is the official media website for Conference USA football. Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, stascs, media guides and more for the conference and each of its 12 member schools throughout the season. Login informaon will be distributed to accredited media or you can apply for a password by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. 2 UCF WEEKLY MEDIA CALENDAR SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY O’Leary’s Office 12:30-1 p.m. Pracce 10:30-11:45 a.m. (Closed to Media) Pracce 9:15-11:25 a.m. (First 25 minutes open to Media) Pracce 9:15-11:25 a.m. (First 25 minutes open to Media) Pracce 10:10-11:40 a.m. (Closed to Media) No Interviews Game Day O’Leary C-USA Teleconference 2:19 p.m. Weekly Press Conference 12 p.m. Post-Game Availability O’Leary Weekly Radio Show 6-7 p.m. UCF head coach George O’Leary will take part in Conference USA’s weekly teleconference featuring the league’s 12 head coaches during the regular season, beginning August 25. O’Leary is scheduled from 2:19-2:25 p.m. ET each week of the teleconference (there will NOT be a call on Sept. 29, Oct. 13, Oct. 27 or Nov. 10). Contact Russell Anderson at C-USA at (214) 774-1300 for the dial-in number. A playback of the teleconference is available beginning at 6 p.m. ET each Monday by dialing 402-220-1009 with a replay passcode of 6828406. THE USF GAME SERIES NOTES UCF FACES I-4 FOE FOR FOURTH TIME UCF is facing USF for the fourth me with the Bulls taking each of the previous three meetings. This game will mark the third different venue for the series in the past four years as the teams have previously played once at the Citrus Bowl (2006) and twice at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa (2005, 2007). UCF VS. THE BIG EAST The Knights are looking for their first win over a current Big East Conference member. All-me, they are 0-1 vs. Louisville, 0-1 vs. Pisburgh, 0-3 vs. Syracuse, 0-3 vs. USF and 0-2 vs. West Virginia. UCF has never faced Cincinna, Conneccut or Rutgers. UCF VS. RANKED TEAMS This week’s USF game will be the 18th me that UCF has faced a ranked team and the Knights are looking for their first win. The Bulls will be the sixth ranked squad all-me to face UCF in Orlando and the second to venture to Bright House Networks Stadium in as many years. Last fall, UCF nearly took down No. 6 Texas on opening day the Knights’ new campus home before falling 35-32. A couple of other near-upsets for UCF came in a 24-23 loss at No. 11 Georgia in 1999 and in a 27-24 defeat at No. 24 Penn State in 2002. UCF VS. THE SUNSHINE STATE UCF holds an 11-12 record against schools from the Sunshine State since the program’s incepon in 1979. UCF’s last win over an in-state rival came when the Knights beat FAU in 2003. USF is the first of two Florida-based opponents in 2008 for UCF. The Knights will also play at Miami on Oct. 11. TAMPA BAY KNIGHTS Although UCF has no players from Tampa proper, several Knights hail from the Tampa Bay area including Bradenton’s Andy Slowik, Clearwater’s Jordan Becker, Land O’Lakes’ Joe Weatherford, Sarasota’s Brian Timm and St. Peterburg’s Jamar Newsome...USF running back Moise Plancher is the cousin of late UCF wide receiver Ereck Plancher...In addion to the many statewide sets of friends between UCF and USF, John Oliver of UCF and Corey Grissom of USF were teammates at Troup County High School in LaGrange, Ga...UCF quarterbacks coach George Godsey is a Tampa nave where he aended Jesuit High School. Godsey also played for the Tampa Bay Storm in 2003. MEDIA POLICIES ONE FOR THE MONEY, TWO FOR THE SHOW UCF is looking to open a season at 2-0 for just the second me in the FBS era (since 1996) and the first since 1998 when the then-Golden Knights beat Louisiana Tech and Eastern Illinois before falling at Purdue in their third game. After last week’s win over South Carolina State, UCF has now won its season opener three years in a row but lost in week two each of the past two seasons, falling at No. 7 Florida in 2006 and being clipped, 35-32, last fall by No. 6 Texas. UCF HOME WIN STREAK TIES FOR EIGHTH UCF has won seven straight home games since a narrow 35-32 loss to No. 6 Texas in the Bright House Networks Stadium venue opener on Sept. 15, 2007. The current stretch es for the eighth longest in the naon. UCF has outscored its opponents by a combined score of 281-120 over this span. Top Acve Home Winning Streaks 1. Oklahoma ........................................... 18 2. Wisconsin ........................................... 15 3. Boise State .......................................... 14 4. BYU ..................................................... 13 5. Kansas ................................................ 10 6. Conneccut .......................................... 8 Tennessee ............................................. 8 8. UCF .................................................... 7 Air Force .............................................. 7 Hawaii................................................... 7 Missouri................................................ 7 ATTENDING PRACTICE Pracce will be open to the media on Tuesday and Wednesday only. Pracce is closed to the media on Monday, Thursday and Friday. Media availability is subject to change. HEAD COACH GEORGE O’LEARY Head coach George O’Leary will be available for interviews during the season following pracce on Wednesday and Thursday. The ideal interview window for O’Leary is each Tuesday as UCF holds a weekly press conference at Bright House Networks Stadium. The press conference begins at 12:15 and also includes a pair of players each week. PLAYER AVAILABILITY All player interviews must be arranged through the UCF Athlecs Communicaons office. During the season, player interviews are permied aer pracce on Tuesday and Wednesday unless pracce has been closed by the head coach. FILMING AT PRACTICE On Tuesday and Wednesday only during the season, video and photo access is available during individual drills at the beginning of pracce. No filming is permied during team work. Tripods are not permied on the pracce field at any me and media members must stand at least five yards off the sideline. Media members must stay on the perimeter of the pracce fields. At all mes, filming at pracce is at the discreon of the UCF Athlecs Communicaons office personnel and the coaching staff. CREDENTIAL REQUESTS All requests for working media, television, radio, online media, photography or scoung passes should be directed to Leigh Torbin or Doug Richards in the UCF Athlecs Communicaons office. Requests should be made at least one week in advance. If me permits, the credenal will be mailed. If not, the credenal will be le at media will call at Gate 18 of Bright House Networks Stadium. Parking passes for media will be distributed to the accredited pares based on availability and priority. ROAD CREDENTIAL REQUESTS Working press wishing to cover UCF on the road should make credenal requests through the UCF Athlecs Communicaons office. 3 ON THIS DATE... SEPT. 6, 1986 On Saturday, UCF faces a team from the west end of I-4 but 22 years ago to the day the then-Golden Knights faced a team from the east end of I-4, Bethune-Cookman, with UCF taking a 26-14 decision at the Citrus Bowl, then known as Orlando Stadium. Ed O’Brien made four field goals in the game, including boots from 43, 48 and 49 yards, while Elgin Davis ran for a pair of touchdowns, part of a 107-yard rushing performance. BCC led 14-13 in the third quarter aer a TD pass from Greg Ross but UCF scored the game’s final 13 points to open its 1986 season in style. 2008 UCF FOOTBALL GAME NOTES C-USA CUSA STANDINGS TEAM NOTES East Division Teams East Carolina Marshall Southern Miss UCF Memphis UAB C-USA W-L 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 Overall W-L 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 C-USA W-L 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 Overall W-L 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 West Division Teams Rice Tulsa Houston Tulane SMU UTEP This Week’s Schedule Saturday, Sept. 6 Marshall at Wisconsin Southern Miss at Auburn UAB at Florida Atlanc West Virginia at East Carolina Houston at Oklahoma State Tulane at Alabama Tulsa at North Texas USF at UCF Rice at Memphis Texas State at SMU Texas at UTEP 12:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 10:15 p.m. 2008 C-USA PRESEASON COACHES POLL 4 East Division Teams 1) UCF 2) East Carolina 3) Southern Miss 4) Memphis 5) Marshall 6) UAB Points 67 60 49 36 27 13 West Division Teams 1) Tulsa 2) Houston 3) UTEP 4) Rice 5) SMU 6) Tulane Points 72 59 42 32 29 18 Offensive Player of the Year Damion Fletcher, RB, Southern Miss Defensive Player of the Year Gerald McRath, LB, Southern Miss Special Teams Player of the Year Joe Burne, PR, UCF First-Team (UCF Players Only) Pat Brown, OL - Offense Joe Burne, PR - Special Teams WHAT UCF RETURNS IN 2008 Category Percent Returning Starters 64.0 % (16-of-25) Leerwinners 56.7 % (34-of-60) Passing yards 12.2 % (303-of-2,476) Rushing yards 21.9 % (720-of-3,287) Receiving yards 73.7 % (1,825-of-2,476) Passing TD’s 0.0 % (0-of-15) Rushing TD’s 14.6 % (6-of-41) Receiving TD’s 93.3 % (14-of-15) Recepons 69.1 % (137-of-198) Tackles 83.2 % (780-of-938) Sacks 58.9 % (23-of-39) Intercepons 100.0 % (24-of-24) UCF PICKED TO WIN CONFERENCE USA EAST UCF was picked to win Conference USA’s Eastern Division by the league’s head coaches, receiving 67 of a possible 72 points, while Tulsa was a unanimous pick to win the West, receiving all 72 points. If the coaches’ poll holds true, the Knights and Golden Hurricane would square off in the C-USA Championship Game set for Dec. 6 for the third me in four seasons. Each team has won a league tle since joining the conference in 2005. UCF (67) was seven points clear of East Carolina, which was picked to finish second (60). Southern Miss was tabbed to finish third in the East with 49 points. Aer Tulsa in the West were Houston in second place (59) and UTEP in third (42). UCF DUO ON PRESEASON C-USA LISTS For the second-consecuve year, senior Joe Burne was selected by the Conference USA coaches as the league’s Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year. The reigning first team all-league punt returner and cornerback leads all acve players in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision with 929 career punt return yards and his three returns for touchdowns are ed for the most by an acve player entering the season. A first-team All C-USA selecon a year ago, Burne was named to the 2008 squad as a punt returner. Burne has 12 career intercepons, which is the second highest total in UCF history. Brown has been a constant for the Knights at le tackle during his tenure at UCF. A secondteam all league selecon last season, Brown leads all le tackles naonally with 38 career starts. NATIONAL ACCOLADES... Pat Brown, Sr., OT • Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List (Most Outstanding Lineman) Joe Burne, Sr., Cornerback • Walter Camp Award Watch List (Most Outstanding College Football Player) • Bronco Nagurski Award Watch List (Defensive Player of the Year) • Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List (Outstanding Defensive Player) • Jim Thorpe Award Watch List (Best Defensive Back) Athlon Preseason Top 10 Defensive Back Units 1. Ohio State 2. Clemson 3. USC 4. Oregon 5. UCF 6. Wake Forest 7. Kansas 8. Cincinna 9. Mississippi State 10. Tennessee CONFERENCE ACCOLADES... C-USA EAST DIVISION PREDICTIONS USA Today........................................................1 The Sporng News ..........................................1 CBS Sports.com ...............................................1 Game Plan .......................................................1 CollegeFootballPoll.com ..................................1 Pro Football Weekly ......................................T1 Lindy ................................................................2 Phil Steele ........................................................2 CollegeFootballNews.com/Scout ..................T2 Sports Illustrated .......................................... T2 Gold Sheet .......................................................2 Jim Feist ...........................................................2 Surefire Scoung .............................................2 Athlon ..............................................................3 Blue Ribbon/ESPN ...........................................3 Pat Brown, Sr., OT NaonalChamps.net: Honorable Menon Athlon All-C-USA: First Team Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook All-CUSA: First Team CBS Sports.com All-C-USA: First Team Pro Football Weekly All-C-USA: First Team CollegeFootballNews.com All-C-USA: First Team CollegeFootballNews.com All-C-USA: #15 player Lindy’s All-C-USA: First Team Lindy’s All-C-USA: Best Run Blocker Phil Steele’s All-C-USA: First Team THE USF GAME Joe Burne, Sr., CB/PR Athlon All-American: Third Team (PR) Phil Steele’s All-American: Fourth Team (DB) NaonalChamps.net: Third Team (DB) Athlon All-C-USA: First Team (DB/PR) Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook All-C-USA: First Team (DB) CBS Sports.com All-C-USA: First Team (PR) CollegeFootballNews.com All-C-USA: First Team (DB/PR) CollegeFootballNews.com All-C-USA: #4 player (DB/PR) Lindy’s All-C-USA: First Team (DB) Lindy’s: Seventh-best cornerback naonally Phil Steele’s All-C-USA: First Team (DB/PR) Pro Football Weekly All-C-USA: First Team (DB/PR) Blake Clingan, So., P Phil Steele’s All-C-USA: Third Team Derrick Hallman, So., LB Athlon All-C-USA: Second Team Lindy’s All-C-USA: Second Team Chance Henderson, Jr., LB Phil Steele’s All-C-USA: Second Team Corey Hogue, Sr., LB Phil Steele’s All-C-USA: Fourth Team Bruce Miller, So., DE Athlon All-C-USA: Second Team Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook All-C-USA: First Team Lindy’s All-C-USA: First Team Phil Steele’s All-C-USA: First Team Latavius Murray, Fr., RB Phil Steele’s All-C-USA: Fourth Team Johnell Neal, Sr., CB Athlon All-C-USA: Second Team Lindy’s All-C-USA: Second Team Phil Steele’s All-C-USA: Second Team Sha’reff Rashad, Sr., SS CollegeFootballNews.com All-C-USA: First Team CollegeFootballNews.com All-C-USA: #9 player Rocky Ross, Sr., WR Phil Steele’s All-C-USA: Fourth Team Jason Venson, Sr., FS CollegeFootballNews.com All-C-USA: Second Team CURRENT GRADUATES The 2008 roster features a quartet of players that have already received their undergraduate degrees from UCF. Three of those graduates reside in the Knights’ defensive secondary as Sha’reff Rashad and Johnell Neal both received degrees in criminal jusce in May, 2008. Free safety Jason Venson earned his degree in interpersonal organizaonal communicaons, while center Mike Lavoie earned his in psychology. Rashad has already begun work on a master’s in criminal jusce, while Lavoie is working on his M.B.A. Neal and Venson are pursuing second undergraduate degrees in sports and fitness. The four were part of a record number of 13 Knights that graduated in last May. The Knights had quite a year in the classroom as the team had 39 players earn a spot on the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll - the most of any league football team. In addion to these four, place kicker Daren Daly is currently enrolled in graduate school aer receiving his bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami. UCF VS. USF STATISTICAL COMPARISON Rushing Yards Ronnie Weaver Michael Greco Latavius Murray 84 57 43 Ben Williams Moise Plancher Mike Ford 70 65 61 Passing Yards Michael Greco 90 Ma Grothe B.J. Daniels 96 86 Recepons Khymest Williams Rocky Ross Corey rabazinski 5 3 1 A.J. Love Dontavia Bogan Jessie Hester 4 3 3 Points Scored 66 HONORED AS “SCHOLAR-BALLERS” A total of 66 UCF football student-athletes will be wearing a special helmet decal throughout the 2008 season in recognion of being a “Scholar-Baller.” The disncon was earned by either maintaining a cumulave grade point average of at least 3.0, by reaching that plateau for the last semester, or by earning an undergraduate degree regardless of GPA. With help from Kristy Belden, Associate Director of Academic Services for Student-Athletes, and her staff, the Knights have been every bit as successful in the classroom since the arrival of head coach George O’Leary as they have been on the field. The team’s combined cumulave grade point average presently stands at 2.969 and has stood as high as 3.035 following the 2007 summer semester. The Scholar-Baller program was created to help bridge the gap between educaon and sports and was founded by UCF professor Dr. C. Keith Harrison. The program now encompasses 51 major colleges and universies, 24 of which compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Latavius Murray Daren Daly 17 5 Moise Plancher Mike Ford Jesse Hester 12 12 12 Total Tackles Jordan Richards Chance Henderson Lawrence Young 7 6 5 Chris Robinson Tyrone McKenzie Sabbath Joseph 5 5 5 Intercepons Jason Venson 1 Carlton Williams Team Category UCF USF Total Offense Rushing Offense Passing Offense Scoring Offense First Downs For First Downs Against Third Down Conversions Third Downs - Opponents Turnovers-INT/Fumbles TOs Forced-INT/Fumbles Turnover Margin Total Defense Rushing Defense Passing Defense Scoring Defense Time of Possession Penales-Yards 318.0 228.0 90.0 17.0 19 5 39% 18% 2-1/1 1-0/1 -1 126.0 52.0 74.0 0.0 38:10 4-25 520.0 300.0 220.0 56.0 25 6 58% 7% 4-1/3 1-1/0 -3 97.0 59.0 38.0 7.0 31:22 5-25 1 5 2008 UCF FOOTBALL GAME NOTES UCF & O’ O’LEARY BY THE NUMBERS Games (w/o 1992 exhibion game) 1 9/22/79 St. Leo 50 9/8/84 at Louisiana-Monroe 100 10/8/88 New Haven 150 11/21/92 at Samford 200 9/27/97 at Auburn 250 11/24/01 Louisiana-Lafayee 300 9/9/06 at Florida 326 9/6/08 South Florida Wins 1 9/22/79 50 10/28/89 100 11/9/96 150 11/19/05 166 8/30/08 W L L L L W L St. Leo Liberty at UAB at Rice South Carolina State 21-0 33-30 35-13 31-28 17-0 Home Games (w/o 1992 exhibion game) 1 9/29/79 Fort Benning W 50 11/15/86 Samford W 100 10/16/93 Western Illinois W 150 11/30/02 Ohio W 182 9/6/08 South Florida Home Wins 1 9/29/79 50 12/1/90 100 10/26/02 119 8/30/08 Fort Benning William & Mary Akron South Carolina State Away Games 1 9/22/79 50 10/26/91 100 11/4/00 146 9/20/08 at St. Leo at Georgia Southern at Louisiana Tech at Boston College W L W W L L George O’Leary Head Coaching Games 1 11/12/94 at Clemson L 50 9/4/99 at Navy W 85* 12/1/01 at Florida State L 86** 8/31/04 at Wisconsin L 100 10/1/05 at Louisiana-Lafayee W 137 9/6/08 South Florida *Final game at Georgia Tech **First game at UCF George O’Leary Head Coaching Wins 1 9/2/95 Furman 52* 11/17/01 at Wake Forest 53** 9/24/05 Marshall 75 8/30/08 South Carolina State *Final win at Georgia Tech **First win at UCF 21-0 20-6 20-16 21-0 49-20 Milestone Division I Era Wins 1 8/29/96 William & Mary 50 10/21/05 Tulane 69 8/30/08 South Carolina State 6 7-6 66-7 35-17 42-32 7-6 52-38 28-17 17-0 Milestone Away Wins 1 9/22/79 at St. Leo 47 11/24/07 SMU Division I Era Games 1 8/29/96 William & Mary 50 10/7/00 at Northern Illinois 100 11/13/04 at Ball State 142 9/6/08 South Florida 21-0 49-21 31-23 20-13 41-14 31-0 42-0 39-33 40-20 21-17 39-33 34-24 17-0 20-10 49-14 28-17 34-6 24-21 51-7 38-33 23-13 17-0 FREQUENT FLYER MILES IN 2008 Using the zip code of the college campus to the zip code of the opponent’s stadium, Rivals.com compiled this season’s driving distances for each Division I-A football program, excluding Hawaii (its road games are not drivable). Fresno State gets the top prize as its road games cover an esmated 18,190 miles. UCF placed 12th on the list with 12,056 miles round trip. Conference USA brethren UTEP is second naonally with 15,016 miles covered. Among UCF’s travels this season are trips to Chestnut Hill, Mass. (Boston College), El Paso, Texas (UTEP), Miami Gardens, Fla. (Miami), Tulsa, Okla. (Tulsa), Hunngton, W.Va. (Marshall) and Memphis, Tenn. (Memphis). The UTEP game will mark the longest UCF has travelled to play a regular season game since its 2002 trip to Tempe, Ariz. to face Arizona State at Sun Devil Stadium. UCF SETS WIN TOTAL RECORD IN 2007 UCF’s 10 wins in 2007 established a team record for victories in a season since moving up to the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) in 1996. Only one other me since UCF began playing football 29 seasons ago in 1979 has a team forged a 10-win season. The 1990 team went 10-4 during the Knights first season playing in Division I-AA. UCF’s next best single-season performance came in 1998, when the Daunte Culpepperled Knights finished 9-2 with no bowl appearance. George O’Leary’s 2005 squad went 8-5 and also made trips to the C-USA Championship Game and Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. A total of 15 FBS programs in 2007, including UCF, had double-digit wins and only seven schools had more then 10 wins. The Knights’ 7-1 Conference USA regular season mark in 2007 ed their best league finish from the 2005 season. However, UCF would best its 2005 effort by defeang Tulsa in the conference championship game for the league tle and AutoZone Liberty Bowl berth. UCF did go 6-2 in its first league season in the Mid-American Conference in 2002. MOST IMPROVED PLAYERS OF SPRING Sophomore defensive end David Williams and freshman ght end Adam Nissley were both voted by the coaching staff coming out of spring pracce as the team’s most improved players on defense and offense, respecvely. Williams saw acon in all 14 games a year ago as a special-teams contributor, but now has his name among the twodeep at defensive end. Nissley redshirted in 2007 and made major strides in the spring to fill the void le by graduated senior Mike Merri, who was draed by the Kansas City Chiefs in the seventh round. TOP RECORD TURNAROUNDS For the second me in three seasons, head coach George O’Leary has orchestrated one of the top turnarounds in the NCAA. UCF finished 2007 at 10-4 and has posted a sixgame turnaround from its 4-8 mark in 2006. The six-game swing was the second-best turnaround in the naon to Illinois’ sevengame jump to 9-4 from 2-10. O’Leary led the Knights to the fourth-best turnaround in NCAA history back in 2005 when the Knights also won the C-USA East tle, posng an 8-5 record overall aer going winless (0-11) in 2004. 2007 turnarounds Team 2006 Illinois 2-10 UCF 4-8 Kansas 6-6 Air Force 4-8 UConn 4-8 Memphis 2-10 2007 9-4 10-4 12-1 9-4 9-4 7-6 Turnaround +7 +6 +6 +5 +5 +5 EIGHT MAKE COACHES’ ALL-C-USA TEAMS IN 2007 Reigning Conference USA Champion UCF had eight players recognized on the 2007 Coaches’ All-C-USA first and second teams. C-USA’s 12 head coaches also placed a league-high four Knights on their all-freshman team. Kevin Smith along with defensive end Leger Douzable, cornerback/punt returner Joe Burne and long snapper Michael Buscemi were all named to the coaches’ first team - which were honors that the same quartet received from the league’s media. Senior defensive tackle Keith Shologan and junior strong safety Sha’reff Rashad were named to the league’s second team defensive unit. The Knights were well represented on the all-freshman team, equaling East Carolina with four players on the squad. Offensive tackle Jah Reid, who started four games and saw acon in all 13 games on special teams, was joined on the squad by a trio of defensive Knights. Linebackers Derrick Hallman and Darius Nall were also rewarded for their first year play. Hallman led all UCF rookies with 45 tackles and he added three sacks, while Nall totaled 22 takedowns and a sack. Defensive end Bruce Miller earned a spot aer registering seven sacks in his first campaign for the Knights. Miller was also one of six Knights named honorable menon AllConference USA by the league’s head coaches. Joining Miller on that list were offensive tackle Pat Brown, ght end Mike Merri, defensive back Jason Venson, kick returner Curs Francis and place-kicker Michael Torres. THE USF GAME GEORGE O’LEARY, KEVIN SMITH TAKE HOME C-USA TOP HONORS IN 2007 Both head coach George O’Leary and Kevin Smith earned their second C-USA individual awards of their careers as the media and coaches have tabbed O’Leary as the league coach of the year for the second me in three seasons and Smith shared the media’s co-offensive player of the year honors with Tulsa’s Paul Smith aer geng freshman of the year honors in 2005. Both the league’s media and 12 head coaches named Southern Miss Linebacker Gerald McRath the defensive player of the year, East Carolina senior Chris Johnson the special teams player of the year honors, Houston quarterback Case Keenum the freshman of the year and Tulsa wide receiver Brennan Marion the newcomer of the year. FIRST-YEAR RECAP AT BRIGHT HOUSE NETWORKS STADIUM With a 6-1 home record at its brand-new on-campus Bright House Networks Stadium, which included six straight wins and one gutsy performance against Texas in the opener, the Knights have quickly forged a true home-field advantage. In seven games at Bright House Networks Stadium, UCF totaled 296 points - good for an average of 42.3 ppg. That mark was a record for UCF since moving up to the FBS in 1996. In comparison, the 2006 Knights played seven regular season home contests at the Florida Citrus Bowl and scored a total of 143 points. From a historical perspecve, in their first year playing at the FCS level in 1990, the Knights scored 298 points playing eight home games, including the I-AA playoffs. UCF fans broke the single-season aendance mark in six regular season games (264,001) in 2007, surpassing the school record 220,980 that aended seven home games at the Citrus Bowl during 2006. Along with the UCF-hosted C-USA tle game, a total of 308,129 fans saw the Knights play at home – a figure that placed the school 48th naonally. The average aendance of 44,018 fans per game ranked 50th naonally. UCF home aendance was at 97.17 percent of capacity, a figure that ranked 34th naonally. CONFERENCE USA TEAM SUCCESS Since joining Conference USA prior to the 2005 campaign along with five other school instuons, the Knights have won 17 league games, which is ed with Tulsa for the most by the newcomers. Marshall, Rice and UTEP each have 10 wins and SMU has won eight games since joining the league. UCF has gone 7-1, 3-5 and 7-1 in its three seasons, while Tulsa has finished 6-2, 5-3 and 6-2. UCF FAIRS WELL IN NFL DRAFT, FREE AGENT SIGNINGS Consensus All-American Kevin Smith did not have to wait long to hear his name called on day two of the 2008 NFL Dra as the Detroit Lions traded up to the top of the third round to take the consensus All-American with the 64th pick overall and first of the proceedings. Smith will be joined in the NFC’s North Division by one of his offensive lineman as the Green Bay Packers used one of their two fourth-round choices to select Josh Sion with the 135th pick overall. In the dra ’s seventh round, Kansas City selected ght end Mike Merri with the 32nd pick of the final round. Merri went with the 239th overall selecon. This is the first me since the 2003 dra that the Knights had mulple players selected. Asante Samuel (4th round, New England), Doug Gabriel (Oakland, 5th), Mike Mabry (Balmore, 7th) and Elton Paerson (Cincinna, 7th) were the four Knights draed that season. Smith was the highest UCF player draed since Travis Fisher was selected late in the second round of the 2002 NFL Dra by the St. Louis Rams. Fisher was also the 64th overall selecon that year. Sion’s fourth-round selecon is the highest for a UCF offensive lineman. He is the second Knight to be draed by the Packers (Charles Lee, WR, 7th - 2000), while Smith is the first UCF player to be draed by Detroit. The last UCF ght end taken in the dra was Michael Gaines in 2004, when Carolina used a seventh-round selecon on him. Two more Knights signed on with teams as priority free agents the day aer the Dra. Leger Douzable signed a deal with the Minnesota Vikings, while Keith Shologan inked his name with the San Diego Chargers. The Kansas City Chiefs would then ink L.J. Anderson and Sergio Joachim to elevate the number to seven players from the C-USA Championship team to either get draed or signed by an NFL franchise this off-season. GAME CAPTAINS Each week head coach George O’Leary selects a pair of players to serve as captains for that game. The 2008 choices are below: SC STATE: Patrick Brown (offense), Sha’reff Rashad (defense). EAGLE SCOUTS UCF does not overlook the reless efforts of its scout teamers and rewards a pair of Scout Team Players of the Week, granng each a spot on the travel squad. The 2008 recipients are: SC STATE: Anthony Davis (offense), Jordan Rae (defense). LARGEST CROWDS IN UCF HISTORY The first eight home games at Bright House Networks Stadium have resulted in seven of the top 10 all-me home aendance figures in school history. Three of the eight games have been sellouts, which were the first in school history. Largest Home Crowds in UCF History Opponent (Year) Aendance 1. Tulsa (2005) 51,978 2. Virginia Tech (2000) 50,220 3. South Florida (2006) 46,708 4. Marshall (2007) 46,103* 5. Texas (2007) 45,622* 6. Tulsa (2007) 45,510* 7. Tulsa (2007 - C-USA Champ.) 44,128 8. Louisiana-Lafayee (2007) 42,646 9. Memphis (2007) 42,153 10. S.C. State (2008) 42,126 *Sellout Largest Away Game Crowds in UCF History Opponent (Year) Aendance 1. Penn State (2002) 103,029 2. Penn State (2004) 101,715 3. Florida (2006) 90,210 4. Georgia (1999) 86,117 5. Florida (1999) 85,346 6. Alabama (2000) 83,818 7. South Carolina (2005) 82,753 8. Wisconsin (2004) 82,116 9. Auburn (1997) 82,109 10. South Carolina (1997) 81,908 Milestone Home Aendance Marks • Including an exhibion game against Moscow in 1992, a total of 3,158,763 have aended UCF home games during its 30 seasons. • Including all games, home and away, in 30 seasons a total of 6,678,161 have watched the Knights play in person. • UCF fans broke the single-season aendance mark in 2007, surpassing the school record 220,980 that aended seven home games at the Citrus Bowl in 2006. In seven games last year, 308,129 fans saw the Knights play at the new on-campus stadium - an average of 44,018 fans! • The 45,622 at the Bright House Networks Stadium opener vs. Texas on Sept. 15, 2007, marked the all-me largest home seasonopening crowd for UCF, surpassing the 40,112 that came to see the Purdue game in 1999. 7 2008 UCF FOOTBALL GAME NOTES CHARTING THE STARTS Player Kamar Aiken Emery Allen Patrick Brown Joe Burne Blake Clingan Daren Daly Jeremy DeVane Michael Greco A.J. Guyton John Hafferty Derrick Hallman Chance Henderson Cory Hogue Ricky Kay Parker Langley Mike Lavoie Bruce Miller Cody Minnich Darius Nall Johnell Neal Adam Nissley Corey Rabazinski Sha’reff Rashad Jah Reid Jordan Richards Breon Rogers Rocky Ross Alex Thompson Travis Timmons Torrell Troup Jason Venson Antonio Wallace Brian Waers Ronnie Weaver David Williams Lawrence Young Pos. WR DB OL DB P PK OL QB WR OL LB LB LB FB P OL DE OL DE DB TE TE DB OL LB DB WR LB DL DL DB DL WR RB DE LB Starts 12 3 39 35 14 1 10 1 1 1 10 16 28 2 1 1 11 1 4 39 1 16 34 5 12 2 22 2 4 15 31 4 2 1 1 3 Streak 39 15 11 1 1 1 1 7 13 12 1 1 3 14 1 1 28 1 1 3 1 5 21 1 1 1 1 Patrick Brown leads all returning offensive players with 39-straight starts. Overall, 36 different acve UCF players have logged at least one career start. 8 OFFENSE NOTES GRECO’S STARTING DEBUT SUCCESSFUL Remarkably considering that UCF has been a member of the FBS since 1996, Michael Greco is just the eighth different starng quarterback for the Knights over those 12plus seasons. Against South Carolina State he became just the third one in the group to win his debut start in FBS compeon and the first since Jon Rivera led UCF past Buffalo on Oct. 4, 2003. TRUE FRESHMAN TD Latavius Murray had an auspicious debut for the Knights against South Carolina State has he ran for both of the team’s touchdowns. In the game, he became the first freshman to score a touchdown for the Knights since Kevin Smith in 2005. WHAT’S BACK FOR 2008 The UCF offense returns eight players who logged a combined 59 starts IN 2007 including: OT Pat Brown (14), WR Rocky Ross (13), WR Kamar Aiken (12), TE Cory Rabazinski (7), OG Jeremy DeVane (6), OT Jah Reid (4), FB Ricky Kay (2) and WR Brian Waers (1). Receiver A.J. Guyton also had one start, but will redshirt the 2008 season with injury. Despite losing its 2007 backfield, UCF returns much of the receiver producon from a year ago, including both starng wide receivers (Ross and Aiken), who combined for 88 catches, 1,242 yards and seven touchdowns. REPLACING KEVIN SMITH 2007 Consensus All-American running back Kevin Smith re-wrote the record books and captured the aenon of a naon during his memorable junior campaign. Second allme to Barry Sanders in the history of Division I football, Smith rushed for 2,567 yards, while scoring 30 touchdowns. Smith is currently a top back for the Detroit Lions, joining the club with the first pick of the third round in the NFL Dra. Redshirt freshman Ronnie Weaver is among a group of talented newcomers primed to tote the ball for the Knights in 2008. Joining Weaver is a quartet of true freshmen Brandon Davis, Bryn Harvey, Brendan Kelly and Latavius Murray. • Weaver, the lone back to take pracce snaps prior to this fall, came to UCF as a walk-on out of Vero Beach High School in 2007, but would earn a scholarship aer a strong fall camp. • Davis owns the Peachtree Ridge High School rushing record aer totaling more than 5,000 yards on the ground in his career. • Harvey was one of the top rushers in • • the state of Florida as a senior for Largo High School in 2007. He ended his final prep campaign with a Pinellas County record 2,567 rushing yards and 31 touchdowns, ironically the same amount of rushing yards as Kevin Smith at UCF in 2007. Kelly comes to UCF as ESPN.com’s No. 6 fullback out of Shoreham-Wading River High School in Shoreham, Long Island, NY. Murray was the New York State Gatorade Player of the Year in 2007 aer his secondconsecuve 2,000-yard rushing season at Onondaga High School in Nedrow, N.Y. FOUR-YEAR STARTER PAT BROWN BOLSTERS NEW UCF O-LINE Senior le tackle Patrick Brown enters the 2008 season with 38 career starts, the most by any senior at his posion in the country. Other returning leerwinners with starng offensive line experience include Jah Reid (four starts at right tackle) and Jeremy DeVane (six starts at le guard). RECORD TOUCHDOWNS IN 2007 The UCF offense has accounted for 56 of the Knights’ school-record 62 touchdowns in 2007. The team has also scored six non-offensive touchdowns (two kickoff returns, one punt block return, one punt return and two intercepon returns). In 12 games a year ago, the UCF offense totaled 25 of the team’s 27 touchdowns. The Knights 35.9 ppg placed them second in C-USA to Tulsa (41.1) and 17th naonally. In league games only, UCF finished first with 42 ppg. Both scoring averages are school records. UCF’s 2007 scoring came in a variety of ways. Outside of the 62 touchdowns, which also included 41 rushing and 15 receiving, UCF recorded two safees and a two-point conversion. Addionally, UCF made a school-record 22 field goals and 58 extra points. Twenty different players scored for the Knights. In 12 contests last year, only 10 Knights recorded points. SECOND QUARTER SCORING PREVALENT In 2007, the majority of UCF scoring came in the second quarter, as the Knights tallied 187 of their 502 points in that period (37.3 percent). Both figures are school records for single-quarter scoring. In the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, UCF’s lone scoring, a 45-yard Michael Torres field goal, was kicked in the second quarter. In the prior conference championship against Tulsa, UCF put 21 points on the board in the second quarter. EARLY BIRD SCORING IN 2007 The Knights nearly doubled-up their opponents in the first half last season, outscoring them 319-171 (+148) in 14 games. A year ago, UCF scored 130 first-half points in 12 games. In fact, THE USF GAME the Knights’ 187 second-quarter points is one more than the 183 points the team has scored in the second half of games all of last season. RUSHING OFFENSE EXCEEDS PASSING The Knights totaled 3,287 yards on the ground and 2,476 yards passing. In 28 seasons prior to 2007, UCF finished a season with more rushing yards than passing yards for just the second me. In 1990, UCF had 3,017 yards on the ground and 2,546 via the air. In its third year of football, UCF also achieved the feat in 1981 (1,374 rushing; 1,313 passing). RUSHING SCORES APLENTY Last season, five different players scored rushing touchdowns for UCF, including Kevin Smith (29), Kyle Israel (5), Phillip Smith (4), Michael Greco (2) and Curs Francis (1). UCF ranked third naonally with its 41 rushing TDs behind Navy (53) and West Virginia (49). The Knights had at least two rushing touchdowns in 11 of 14 games last season. The team averaged 234.8 yards on the ground this season, which ranks first in C-USA and ninth naonally. LARGE NUMBER OF RECEIVERS GAINED EXPERIENCE IN 2007 A total of 15 players snagged at least one recepon in 2007, eight of which are returning in 2008. Rocky Ross led all receivers with 50 recepons for a team-high 658 yards. His 50 grabs are also a new career-high, surpassing his 36-catch total in 2006. Kamar Aiken was second on the team in both catches (33) and yards (584). A.J. Guyton finished fourth in catches (23) and third in yards (253). Aiken led all Knight receivers with five touchdowns, followed by Brian Waers’ three and Guyton, Ross and Corey Rabazinski with two each. OFFENSIVE ROOKIES GET PASSING GRADES IN 2007 Six freshmen, including five true frosh, combined for 78 of UCF’s 198 recepons in 2007. Kamar Aiken led the rookie group with 33 catches, followed by A.J. Guyton with 23. Brian Waers (14), Ricky Kay (6), Sidney Haynes (1) and Khymest Williams (1) complete the grouping. The previous season in 2006, a true freshman did not record a catch for the Knights. Aiken and Guyton became the first true freshmen duo to haul in touchdown passes in the same game since the Knights made the move to the Football Bowl Subdivision in 1996. Aiken corralled a 21-yard scoring recepon in the first quarter and Guyton added a 39-yard score in the second quarter against East Carolina (Oct. 6). The two rookies combined for 14 catches and 194 yards in the loss to the Pirates. Aiken teamed with another rookie in the Southern Miss game to haul in touchdown recepons in the same game as both he and redshirt freshman Brian Waers hauled in eight-yard scoring strikes from Kyle Israel. ROOKIES FOUND THE END ZONE IN 2007 True freshmen accounted for nine of UCF’s team-record 62 touchdowns in 2007. Kamar Aiken paced all rookies with five touchdowns - all on recepons. A.J. Guyton had a pair of 39-yard receiving touchdowns as well. Darin Baldwin and Khymest Williams scored on an intercepon and kickoff return, respecvely. KAMAR AIKEN SET ROOKIE RECEIVING RECORDS IN 2007 Kamar Aiken had 33 catches for 584 yards and five touchdowns as a true freshman in 2007. All three of those totals set a new UCF freshmen record (since 1996 when UCF moved to the FBS). Aiken set the recepons’ mark with a 10-yard grab vs. Tulsa (Oct. 20). The mark was previously held by Mike Walker when he had 21 recepons for 337 yards in 2003. Aiken also broke the single-game recepons record by a freshman with his eight catches against East Carolina (Oct. 6). Walker’s previous record mark was his four catches against Florida Atlanc in 2003. Classmate A.J. Guyton’s 23 recepons also bested Walker’s rookie receiving total. Guyton’s five catches for 21 yards in the 2007 season-opener at NC State (Sept. 1) was the previous high by a UCF freshman in a single game unl Aiken passed him. DEFENSE NOTES KNIGHT DEFENSE STOPS BULLDOGS IN OPENER UCF produced the top stascal defensive effort of the George O’Leary era in its season-opening shutout of South Carolina State. The shutout itself was the Knights’ first since a 31-0 whitewashing of Louisiana-Lafayee on Nov. 24, 2001. By holding the Bulldogs to just 126 yards of total offense, it was the best defensive yardage performance by UCF since holding UAB to 111 yards on Oct. 6, 2001. AN INTERCEPTION A DAY KEEPS THE OFFENSE AT BAY The Knights have recorded at least one intercepon in each of their last nine games. The last team not to have a pass intercepted by the UCF defense was USF on Oct. 13, 2007. The Knights then picked off at least one pass in each of the final eight games of the 2007 season and Jason Venson kept the streak alive by snaring a South Carolina State pass in this year’s season opener. ALL FOUR DEFENSIVE BACKS IN INTERCEPTION LEADER CHART Jason Venson collected his seventh career intercepon in the first quarter of UCF’s season-opening win over South Carolina State. It moved him into a e of UCF’s career record chart and gave the Knights an interesng situaon. All four of UCF’s starng defensive backs are in UCF’s all-me top 10 in intercepons. Joe Burne is second with 12, Sha’reff Rashad is ed for third with nine, Johnell Neal is ed for fih with eight and Venson is ed for 10th with seven. VETERAN DEFENSE HIGHLIGHTS 2008 ROSTER • The UCF defense returns nine starters in 2008, including a heralded defensive backfield of cornerbacks, Joe Burne and Johnell Neal, and safees, Sha’Reff Rashad and Jason Venson. • The top seven tacklers also return, led by Rashad, who totaled 103 during a season that saw him earn second team All C-USA honors. • The Knights’ defense ranked third naonally in intercepons a year ago with 24 and each player who accounted for a pick in 2007 will be back for another go around in 2008. Of those 24 intercepons, this year’s seniors totaled 18 of them with Burne and Neal becoming the first UCF tandem to intercept six passes each in a season. • The Knights’ defense also racked up a league-leading 39 sacks during their run to the 2007 C-USA Championship and UCF will have 12 players back who recorded at least one sack. Sophomore Bruce Miller anchors that group aer he ranked fih in C-USA with seven sacks in 2007 earning All C-USA second-team honors and Freshman All-America recognion. UCF’S VETERAN DEFENSIVE SECONDARY UCF enters the 2008 season with the most experienced defensive secondary in the country and is one of only three teams naonally with all four senior secondary starters back joining Western Michigan and Utah State. Seniors Joe Burne (CB), Sha’reff Rashad (SS), Jason Venson (FS) and Johnell Neal (CB) have combined for 138 starts during their respecve tenures with the Knights and combined for 36 intercepons. CB JOHNELL NEAL 39 STARTS CB JOE BURNETT 35 STARTS SS SHA’REFF RASHAD 34 STARTS FS JASON VENSON 31 STARTS 9 2008 UCF FOOTBALL GAME NOTES A different member of the quartet has led the team in tackles in each of the last three seasons as well. Venson led the team in 2005 with 85 tackles, Neal led the team in 2006 with 66 and Rashad was the 2007 team leader with 103. Burne, Neal and Rashad are also ranked in the top 10 on the UCF career charts with intercepons. Burne is in second with 12, only one behind all-me leader Keith Evans. Rashad ranks in a e for third with nine, while Neal is ed for fih with eight. UCF SECONDARY AMONG NATION’S TOPS IN INTERCEPTIONS The UCF defensive secondary finished the 2007 season with a school-record 24 intercepons, good for No. 3 naonally behind Cincinna (26) and Boston College (25). UCF had entered the bowl season at the top of the charts with the Bearcats, but UC nabbed three picks in the Papajohns.com Bowl to surge ahead while UCF had one in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. The 24 picks is more remarkable than many realize, as the defense went a stretch of 19 consecuve quarters without an INT, parally spanning over six games from the fourth quarter of the Texas game (Sept. 15) in week two through halime of the Tulsa game (Oct. 20) in week seven. UCF had only three intercepons through the season’s first six games, and then responded with 21 over its last eight. The former school-record for intercepons in a season was 20, which was registered twice (1981 and 1992.) The team’s 24 intercepons were also returned for a school-record 392 yards on the year. The previous team record for intercepon return yards was 292 set in 1992. Nine different Knights have registered at least one pick this season. It is no surprise that the teams top three pass bandits in 2007, Joe Burne (6 INT), Johnell Neal (6) and Sha’Reff Rashad (4), are also among UCF’s allme top 10 leaders in the category and all rank among the top 100 this season in the FBS. JOE BURNETT, JOHNELL NEAL FINISH 2007 TIED FOR C-USA LEAD IN INTERCEPTIONS Joe Burne and Johnell Neal each finished the 2007 season with six intercepons, ed for the league-high with USM’s Brandon Sumrall. Both finished ed for 25th naonally. Burne enters the season with 12 career intercepons, ed for the most by any acve player in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision. He is within one INT of former Knight Keith Evans (1986-88), UCF’s career record holder with 13 career intercepons. Burne ’s career total of 12 is also ed for sixth on the C-USA career charts. Burne ’s six intercepons were a career-high, surpassing the five he had during 2005 when he earned freshman All-America honors. Burne is UCF’s intercepon leader during the FBS era. 10 Neal established new single-season school record in 2007 with 159 intercepon return yards on his career-high six intercepons. Many of the yards came in back-to-back weeks when he returned a pick 72 yards for a score at SMU (Nov. 17) and had a 59-yard INT return at UAB (Nov. 10). Perhaps his two biggest intercepons came in the C-USA Championship Game against Tulsa star quarterback Paul Smith, which most likely kept 14 addional Golden Hurricane points off the scoreboard in a 44-25 victory. His first pick came in the second quarter on UCF’s own five-yard line, which was returned 26 yards. Neal also snuffed Tulsa on their opening drive of the third quarter snaring a Smith pass in the UCF end zone for a touchback. Ironically, Neal established a new single-season record of 162 intercepon return yards aer he nabbed of his second pick in the C-USA tle game propelling him past Ray Irvin’s 17-year-old record of 161 yards in 1990. However, Neal’s pick in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl went for -3 yards, thus moving back down behind Irvin’s mark. MODEL STUDENT-ATHLETE SHA’REFF RASHAD Senior strong safety Sha’Reff Rashad has made a college career of excelling both on the field and in the classroom. The Jacksonville nave led the team with 103 tackles as a junior earning All-C-USA second-team recognion. Rashad also earned his second consecuve All-C-USA Academic Team selecon, second all-me CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine AllAcademic District 3 honor and second consecuve lisng on the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Football First-Team as chosen by Diverse magazine. All of these honors came as the 2007 UCF Male Scholar Athlete of the Year graduated with a degree in criminal jusce in May. Rashad was most recently named to the 2008 Naonal Football Foundaon Hampshire Honor Society. 2007 ROOKIES GET FAIR SHARE OF TURNOVERS Veteran defensive players can claim a fair share of 28 turnovers recorded in 2007, but five freshmen defenders made their impact accounng for five intercepons and two fumble recoveries. Four true freshmen tallied intercepons – cornerbacks Darin Baldwin and Jusn Boddie and linebackers Derrick Hallman and Lawrence Young. Boddie became the first true freshman since Joe Burne in 2005 to register picks in back-to-back games with his third-quarter intercepon against Marshall (Nov. 3). Baldwin turned his first-career intercepon into a touchdown, taking the intercepon back 37 yards for a score against Marshall. Redshirt freshman defensive end Bruce Miller has a fumble recovery, as does Hallman. SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES JOE BURNETT SETS YET ANOTHER RECORD Joe Burne connued to assault the record books in the 2008 season opener as his 83 punt return yards against South Carolina State not only pushed him past the 1,000 career yard plateau at 1,009, but also helped him set a Conference USA record. The previous benchmark had been 972 yards by Arnold Jackson of Louisville (1997-2000). In 2007, Burne wound up finishing 28th naonally with his 31 returns for 331 yards, a 10.7 per punt average. He placed second in the conference to UTEP’s Quenn Demps (13.3 avg.). Burne leads all players naonally in career punt return yardage with his 1,009, well ahead of second place Brandon Tate of UNC’s total of 819. Burne became the school’s all-me leader in punt return yardage during the 2007 season. His 74 career returns currently places him second to Mike Dickinson (1989-92) and his 85 returns. For his career, Burne is second all-me at UCF with 13.6 yards per return, sing only behind Siaha Burley (1997-98) and his 13.95 ypr average. BLAKE CLINGAN RETURNS AS TOP PUNTER Sophomore Blake Clingan enters the 2008 season ready to retain his role as UCF’s top punter. As a true freshman a year ago, Clingan averaged 40.7 yards for his 59 punts, leaving 14 of them inside the 20 yard line. In his 2008 season debut, he le two of his three punts inside South Carolina State’s 20 yard line. DALY GIVES THIRD FLORIDA SCHOOL A TRY UCF’s new starng kicker for 2008 is a familiar face to college football fans all over the Sunshine State. Coral Springs nave Daren Daly will kick for his third different school this fall as he lines up for the Knights. Daly began his academic career at Florida State before transferring to Miami. Daly handled the Hurricanes’ kickoffs in 2007 and connected on four of his six field goal tries. He received his bachelor’s degree from UM and will pursue a master’s degree this fall at UCF. A recently repealed NCAA rule had briefly allowed student-athletes who had earned their undergraduate degree before exhausng their eligibility to transfer to another instuon without the standard year penalty to pursue a graduate program not offered by their current school. THE USF GAME BRIGHT HOUSE NETWORKS STADIUM THE NATION’S NEWEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL STADIUM The crown jewel in UCF’s impressive athlecs complex, Bright House Networks Stadium opened in 2007. The 45,000-seat on-campus facility gives the Knights one of the top venues in the southeast. Aer spending their previous 28 seasons at the Florida Citrus Bowl in downtown Orlando, the Knights made their debut at Bright House Networks Stadium on Sept. 15, 2007 facing naonal power Texas. A capacity crowd was on hand for the game, which was televised naonally on ESPN2. In its inaugural campaign at the stadium, UCF capped the season with six straight wins at home, including a 44-25 victory over Tulsa in the Conference USA Championship Game. UCF has presently won each of its last seven home games. The Knights have outscored their opponents 281-120 over this stretch. LONGEST ACTIVE HOME WINNING STREAKS 1. Oklahoma ................... 18 2. Wisconsin ................... 15 3. Boise State .................. 14 4. BYU ............................. 13 5. Kansas ......................... 10 6. Conneccut .................. 8 Tennessee ..................... 8 8. UCF .............................. 7 Air Force ....................... 7 Hawaii ........................... 7 Missouri ........................ 7 2007 CONFERENCE USA ATTENDANCE LEADERS 1. UCF ..................... 44,108 2. East Carolina ........ 41,537 3. UTEP .................... 36,569 4. Marshall ............... 30,020 5. Memphis.............. 29,670 6. Southern Miss ...... 26,721 7. Tulane .................. 26,112 8. Tulsa ..................... 24,539 9. Houston ............... 20,955 10. SMU ..................... 17,171 11. UAB ...................... 16,706 12. Rice ...................... 13,353 11 2008 UCF FOOTBALL GAME NOTES - Third-team Freshman All-America selecon by The Sporng News - All-Conference USA First Team and All-Freshman Team selecon - Earned first-team defense and special teams honors - First player in school history to be named a first-team freshman All-American - Led C-USA and ranked sixth in the naon in punt returns (16.5) - Made collegiate debut at South Carolina (Sept. 1), posng two tackles - Two intercepons in 34-24 victory against Tulane (Oct. 21) - Seven tackles and an intercepon at East Carolina (Oct. 29) - Team-leading fourth intercepon of the season preserved the win at UAB (Nov. 12) - At Rice (Nov. 19), had a 58-yard punt return for a TD for UCF’s first score of the game - Totaled five tackles and sealed the win with an intercepon on Rice’s final drive of the game - In the C-USA tle game versus Tulsa (Dec. 3), had a 68-yard punt return for a touchdown JOE BURNETT EUSTIS, FLA. • EUSTIS SR. • CB • 5-11 • 185 ALL-AMERICAN CANDIDATE C-USA PRESEASON SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR WALTER CAMP AWARD WATCH LIST CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD WATCH LIST BRONCO NAGURSKI AWARD WATCH LIST JIM THORPE AWARD WATCH LIST 19 JUNIOR SEASON (2007) - One of five defensive players to start all 14 games during the season - Earned first-team All-Conference USA honors as a punt returner for the third-consecuve season and first team honors as a defensive back for the second me in his career - Recorded an intercepon and a tackle for loss in a win at NC State (Sept. 1) - Posted a pick in his second-straight game, this me vs. Texas (Sept. 15) - Set the UCF career mark for punt return yardage at East Carolina (Oct. 6 - Notched an intercepon and a 21-yard return at UAB (Nov. 10) - Moved into second place on the UCF career INT chart with two picks at SMU (Nov. 17) - Nabbed an intercepon for the third-straight game when he notched his sixth of the year vs. UTEP (Nov. 24), which ranked as the second-most in a single season by a Knight - Matched his season-high with eight solo tackles and returned a punt 83 yards for a score to help the Knights defeat Tulsa, 44-25, in the C-USA Championship Game (Dec. 1) SOPHOMORE SEASON (2006) - Named first team punt returner on the Conference USA Coaches’ all-league team - Started eight games at cornerback before injuring his ankle in the Houston game (Oct. 28) - Sat out two games before returning against Tulane (Nov. 18) as a punt returner - Returned two punts for a total of 12 yards and recorded three solo tackles and one tackle for a loss, while breaking-up one pass and forcing a fumble vs. Villanova (Sept. 2) - At Florida (Sept. 9), led the team in tackles with a career-high 10 (nine solo, one assist) EUSTIS HIGH SCHOOL - Second team Class 2A defensive back selecon, coached by Steve Moser - Impressive athlete who leered four years in football and basketball - Nominated for the McDonald’s All-America game in basketball - Also earned three leers in track and one in baseball - Second in Florida history with 31 career intercepons - Ranked as the No. 85 prospect in the state of Florida according to the Orlando Sennel - First team all-state selecon and named regional MVP - Earned defensive player of the year honors in both football and basketball - Tallied five intercepons with 78 solo tackles and 24 assists as a senior - Also contributed 689 passing and 874 rushing yards offensively - Producve junior season featured nine picks, along with 68 solo tackles and 20 assists - Rushed for 20 touchdowns and 1,300 yards as a junior, and posted 528 kick return yards and 340 punt return yards as well PERSONAL Burne is the son of Tammy Bedford - Majoring in Criminal Jusce Burne’s Career Defensive Stascs Year G TKL AST 2005 13 55 8 2006 10 32 18 2007 14 55 9 2008 1 1 0 Totals 38 143 35 Total 63 50 64 1 178 Burne’s Career Punt Return Stascs Year G No. YDS 2005 13 28 463 2006 11 11 132 2007 14 31 331 2008 1 4 83 Totals 39 74 1009 AVG 16.5 12.0 10.7 20.8 13.6 Sack 0 0 0 0 0 TFL 2.5 2.0 3.0 0.0 7.5 TD 2 0 1 0 3 PBU 9 3 12 0 24 INT 5 1 6 0 12 LG 68 50 83 31 83 TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON (2005) - First-team Freshman All-American according to the Football Writers Associaon of America, Rivals.com and CollegeFootballNews.com BURNETT IN THE CAREER RECORD RECORD BOOKS UCF PUNT RETURNS 1. Mike Dickinson ................. 85/717 ..................... 1989-92 2. Joe Burne .................... 74/1009........... 2005-present 3. Asante Samuel .................. 63/673 ..................... 1999-02 PUNT RETURN YARDAGE 1. Joe Burne .................... 1009/74........... 2005-present 2. Mike Dickinson ................. 717/85 ..................... 1989-92 3. Asante Samuel .................. 673/63 ..................... 1999-02 12 AVERAGE PER PUNT RETURN (minimum 2 years/20 returns) 1. Siaha Burley ................. 14.0 (293/21) ................ 1997-98 2. Joe Burne ............... 13.6 (1009/74) ...... 2005-present 3. Sean Beckton ............... 11.6 (314/27) ................ 1987-90 PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWNS Career 1. Mike Dickinson ...................... 3 .......................... 1989-92 Joe Burne .......................... 3 ................ 2005-present INTERCEPTIONS 1. Keith Evans ........................... 13 ......................... 1986-88 2. Joe Burne ......................... 12 ............... 2005-present 3. Reggie Edwards...................... 9 .......................... 1984-87 Sha’reff Rashad .................... 9 ................ 2004-present 5. Johnell Neal ......................... 8 ................ 2005-present INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDAGE INTERCEPTIONS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. Anthony Floyd, Louisville ...... 18 ......................... 1999-02 ...... 5. Two ed with ........................ 13 6. Three ed with ..................... 12 Joe Burne, UCF ................. 12 ............... 2005-present Ray Irvin ............................. 223/8 ...................... 1988-90 Reggie Edwards.................. 203/9 ...................... 1984-87 Keith Evans ....................... 183/13 ..................... 1986-88 Rick Hamilton .................... 177/8 ...................... 1989-92 Joe Burne ..................... 159/12............ 2005-present Johnell Neal ..................... 159/8 ............ 2005-present 7. Jason Venson ................... 121/6 ............ 2004-present NCAA ACTIVE LEADERS CON ONFERENCE FERENCE USA PUNT RETURN YARDAGE 1. Joe Burne, UCF ............... 1009 ............. 2005-present 2. Arnold Jackson, Louisville .... 972 ........................ 1997-00 MOST PUNT RETURNS 1. 2. 3. 4. Arnold Jackson, Louisville .... 100 ........................ 1997-00 John Wilson, Tulane .............. 81 ......................... 1997-00 Ryan Johnson, Memphis ....... 76 ......................... 1999-01 Joe Burne, UCF ................. 74 ............... 2005-present MOST PUNT RETURNS 1. Brandon Tate, UNC ............... 75 .................2005-present 2. Joe Burne, UCF ................. 74 ............... 2005-present PUNT RETURN YARDAGE 1. Joe Burne, UCF ............... 1009 ............. 2005-present 2. Brandon Tate, UNC .............. 819 ................2005-present AVERAGE PER PUNT RETURN 1. Brandon James, Florida ..... 13.96...............2006-present 3. Joe Burne, UCF ...............13.64 ............. 2005-present 3. Jeremy Maclin, Missouri .... 12.52...............2007-present AVERAGE PER PUNT RETURN 1. Keith Stokes, ECU ................ 15.5........................ 1999-00 2. Damien Dorsey, Louisville ... 15.4........................ 1999-02 3. Joe Burne, UCF ................13.6 .............. 2005-present Travis Williams, ECU............ 13.2........................ 2004-06 5. Marvin Young, USM ............ 12.7........................ 2001-04 PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWNS 1. Tinker Keck, Cincinna ........... 4 .......................... 1997-99 2. Joe Burne, UCF .................. 3 ................ 2005-present INTERCEPTIONS 1. Alphonso Smith, WF ............. 15 .................2005-present 2. Christopher Owens, SJSU...... 13 .................2005-present 3. Joe Burne, UCF ................. 12 ............... 2005-present Jairus Byrd, Oregon............... 12 .................2006-present THE USF GAME 2008 OPPONENTS AT A GLANCE South Carolina State Bulldogs SMU Mustangs (0-1, 0-0 MEAC) (0-1, 0-1 C-USA) 8/30 9/6 9/13 9/20 9/27 10/4 10/11 10/25 11/1 11/8 11/15 11/22 at UCF Benedict vs. Bethune-Cookman* at Clemson at Winston-Salem State* at Florida A&M* Norfolk State* Hampton* at Delaware State* Howard* at Morgan State* at North Carolina A&T* L, 0-17 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2 p.m. TBA 7:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 8/29 9/6 9/13 9/20 9/25 10/4 10/11 10/18 10/25 11/8 11/15 11/29 at Rice* Texas State at Texas Tech TCU at Tulane* at UCF* Tulsa* Houston* at Navy Memphis* at UTEP* Southern Miss* USF Bulls Miami Hurricanes (1-0, 0-0 Big East) (1-0, 0-0 ACC) 8/30 9/6 9/12 9/20 9/27 10/2 10/18 10/25 10/30 11/15 11/23 12/6 Tennessee-Marn at UCF Kansas at Florida Internaonal NC State Pisburgh* Syracuse* at Louisville* at Cincinna* Rutgers* Conneccut* at West Virginia* W, 56-7 7 p.m. 8 p.m. TBA TBA 7:30 p.m. TBA TBA 7:30 p.m. TBA 8 p.m. TBA 8/28 9/6 9/20 9/27 10/4 10/11 10/18 10/25 11/1 11/13 11/20 11/29 Charleston Southern at Florida at Texas A&M North Carolina* Florida State* UCF at Duke* Wake Forest* at Virginia* Virginia Tech* at Georgia Tech* at NC State* Boston College Eagles Tulsa Golden Hurricane (1-0, 0-0 ACC) (1-0, 1-0 C-USA) 8/30 9/6 9/20 9/27 10/4 10/18 10/25 11/1 11/8 11/15 11/22 11/29 at Kent State Georgia Tech* UCF Rhode Island at NC State* Virginia Tech* at North Carolina* Clemson* Notre Dame at Florida State* at Wake Forest* Maryland* W, 21-0 12 p.m. TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 8/30 9/6 9/20 9/27 10/4 10/11 10/18 10/26 11/1 11/15 11/22 11/29 at UAB* at North Texas New Mexico Central Arkansas Rice* at SMU* UTEP* UCF* at Arkansas at Houston* Tulane* at Marshall* UTEP Miners East Carolina Pirates (0-1, 0-0 C-USA) (1-0, 0-0 C-USA) 8/28 9/6 9/20 9/27 10/4 10/11 10/18 11/1 11/8 11/15 11/22 11/29 at Buffalo Texas New Mexico State UCF* at Southern Miss* Tulane* at Tulsa* Rice* at Louisiana-Lafayee SMU* at Houston* at East Carolina* L, 17-42 10:15 p.m. 9:05 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 9:05 p.m. 8 p.m. 9:05 p.m. 7 p.m. 9:05 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 8/30 9/6 9/13 9/20 9/27 10/11 10/18 11/2 11/8 11/15 11/22 11/29 Virginia Tech West Virginia at Tulane* at NC State Houston* at Virginia Memphis* at UCF* Marshall* at Southern Miss* at UAB* UTEP* Southern Miss Golden Eagles (1-0, 0-0 C-USA) L, 27-56 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 9:05 p.m. 3 p.m. 8/30 9/6 9/13 9/20 10/4 10/11 10/18 10/25 11/1 11/8 11/15 11/29 Louisiana-Lafayee at Auburn at Arkansas State Marshall* UTEP* Boise State at Rice* at Memphis* UAB* at UCF* East Carolina* at SMU* W, 51-21 12:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 3 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. Marshall Thundering Herd (1-0, 0-0 C-USA) W, 52-7 8 p.m. TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. TBA 8/30 9/6 9/13 9/20 9/27 10/3 10/18 10/28 11/8 11/15 11/22 11/29 Illinois State at Wisconsin Memphis* at Southern Miss* at West Virginia Cincinna at UAB* Houston* at East Carolina* UCF* at Rice* Tulsa* W, 35-10 12 p.m. 7 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Memphis Tigers (0-1, 0-0 C-USA) W, 45-22 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 5 p.m. 3 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 8/30 9/6 9/13 9/20 9/27 10/2 10/10 10/18 10/25 11/8 11/22 11/29 at Mississippi Rice* at Marshall* Nicholls State Arkansas State at UAB* Louisville at East Carolina* Southern Miss* at SMU* UCF* Tulane* L, 24-41 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 12 p.m. 8 p.m. 3 p.m. TBA 2 p.m. UAB Blazers (0-1, 0-1 C-USA) W, 27-22 4:30 p.m. 3 p.m. TBA 3:30 p.m. TBA 12 p.m. 8 p.m. 3:30 p.m. TBA 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 8/30 9/6 9/13 9/20 9/27 10/2 10/9 10/18 11/1 11/15 11/22 11/29 Tulsa* at Florida Atlanc at Tennessee Alabama State at South Carolina Memphis* at Houston* Marshall* at Southern Miss* at Tulane* East Carolina* at UCF* L, 22-45 4 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 4 p.m. TBA 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. TBA 13 2008 UCF FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2008 UCF FOOTBALL FOOTBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name 14 2 Michael Greco* 3 A.J. Guyton* 4 Rob Calabrese 5 Rocky Ross*** 6 Brian Waers* 7 Brandon Davis 9 Jamar Newsome 10 Vance King 11 Richard Jackson 12 Daren Daly 13 Parker Langley* 14 Shaun Shaffner 15 Chad Alexander 17 Joe Weatherford 18 Andy Slowik 19 Joe Burne*** 20 Anthony Davis 21 Darin Baldwin* 22 Emery Allen** 23 Jusn Boddie* 24 Brendan Kelly 25 Lyle Dankenbring 26 Jordan Becker 26 Nick Caoi 27 Nick Giovane 28 Latavius Murray 29 Sha’reff Rashad*** 31 Johnell Neal*** 31 Ausn Hudson 32 Rashad Shaheed 32 Billy Giovane 34 Brynn Harvey 35 Ronnie Weaver 37 Breon Rogers*** 38 Derrick Hallman* 39 Omar Hansborough 40 Reggie Weams* 41 Blake Clingan* 41 Nick Black 42 Loren Robinson 43 Ricky Kay* 44 Antonio Wallace*** 45 Jason Venson*** 46 Rashidi Haughton 47 T.J. Harnden 48 David Williams* 49 Bruce Miller* 50 Josh Linam 51 D.J. Williams 52 Jack Carter 53 Darius Nall* 54 Chance Henderson** 55 Alex Thompson** 56 Jordan Richards** 57 Lawrence Young* 58 Tom Lewis 59 Cory Hogue*** 60 Charley Hughle 61 James Getsee 62 Mike Lavoie*** 63 Steven Robinson 64 Jarien Moreland 65 John Hafferty 66 Jeramy DeVane** 67 Jake Goray 68 Cody Minnich 70 Dean Wegerif 71 John Oliver 72 Billy Offu 73 Ian Busllo* 73 Kevin Garvy 74 Chad Hounshell 75 Mike Buxton 76 Jah Reid* 77 Nick Pieschel 78 Patrick Brown*** 79 Adam Nissley 79 Zac Norris 80 Sidney Haynes* 81 Kamar Aiken* 82 Khymest Williams* 83 John Lubischer 84 Corey Rabazinski** 85 Willie Gaetjens 87 J.T. McArthur 89 Kyle Madden 90 Ash Weekley 91 Theo Goins 92 Jordan Rae 93 Brian Timm 94 Wes Tunuufi Sauvao 95 Travis Timmons** 97 Robert Pritchard 98 Torrell Troup** 99 Jarvis Geathers * Denotes leers earned Pos. Ht. QB WR QB WR WR RB WR WR WR PK P PK WR QB QB DB WR DB CB DB RB DB DB PK DB RB DB DB WR DB RB RB RB DB LB DB DB P LB LB FB DE FS DE DT DE DE LB LB LB DE LB LB LB LB LB LB SN SN OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL DE OL OL OL OL OL OL OL WR WR WR TE TE FB WR TE DE DT DT DE DT DT DE DT DE 6-3 5-11 6-2 6-2 6-2 5-9 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-1 5-11 5-9 6-2 6-4 6-0 5-11 5-9 5-11 5-9 6-2 6-3 5-10 6-4 6-5 5-9 6-3 6-0 5-10 6-1 5-9 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-3 5-11 6-3 6-3 6-2 5-11 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-2 6-5 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-5 6-6 6-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-8 6-7 6-7 6-5 6-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 5-10 6-4 6-3 6-5 5-10 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-2 Wt. Year Hometown/High School (Previous School) 211 188 215 196 180 190 195 195 202 180 176 155 208 198 186 185 155 190 176 190 235 180 206 190 185 215 198 176 195 175 200 215 202 207 205 186 187 221 225 195 245 251 211 255 242 234 249 224 205 219 230 241 231 226 212 205 228 250 200 292 305 330 295 300 260 296 248 270 305 312 230 300 314 320 298 292 260 260 214 205 171 252 238 225 184 250 235 285 275 230 300 285 225 320 215 RJr. So. Fr. Sr. RSo. Fr. RSo. Fr. RSo. Sr. RSo. Fr. RFr. RFr. RFr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. RFr. Fr. So. Fr. RSr. RSr. RSo. Jr. Fr. Fr. RFr. Sr. So. RFr. So. So. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. RSr. RSo. RJr. RSo. So. Fr. Fr. RFr. So. Jr. RJr. RJr. So. RFr. Sr. Fr. RFr. RSr. Fr. Fr. RSr. Jr. RFr. RJr. RFr. Fr. RFr. RJr. Fr. Fr. RSo. RSo. RFr. Sr. RFr. Fr. So. So. So. RSo. Jr. RFr. RFr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. RSo. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Ft. Laurderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons (Pearl River C.C.) Homestead, Fla./Homestead Islip Terrace, N.Y./East Islip Jacksonville, Fla./Bolles School Rome, Ga./Rome Suwanee, Ga./Peachtree Ridge St. Petersburg, Fla./Boca Ciega Stockbridge, Ga./Stockbridge Clermont, Fla. / East Ridge (Notre Dame) Coral Springs, Fla./Taravella (Miami (Fla.)) Fort Myers, Fla./Bishop Verot Mims, Fla./Astronaut Lake Wales, Fla./Lake Wales Land O’Lakes, Fla./Land O’Lakes Bradenton, Fla./Lakewood Ranch Euss, Fla./Euss Boyton Beach, Fla./Boyton Beach Community Homestead, Fla./South Dade Milton, Fla./Milton Atlanta, Ga./ North Atlanta Shoreham, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River Stuart, Fla./Marn County Clearwarter, Fla./Central Catholic Tampa, Fla./Gaither Winter Park, Fla./Bishop Moore (Georgia Southern) Nedrow, N.Y./Onandaga Central Jacksonville, Fla./Episcopal Baton Rouge, La./Redemptorist Gainesville, Fla./Bucholz (Air Force) Pembroke Pines, Fla./Everglades (Florida A&M) Winter Park, Fla./Bishop Moore Largo, Fla./Largo Wabasso, Fla./Vero Beach Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson Fort Pierce, Fla./ Fort Pierce Central Homestead, Fla./Homestead Baton Rouge, La./Redemptorist Coral Springs, Fla./Coral Springs Bemus Point, N.Y./Maple Grove Longwood, Fla./Lynam Deltona, Fla./DeLand Vero Beach, Fla./Vero Beach Mariea, Ga./Mariea Miami, Fla./Hialeah Tallahassee, Fla./Lincoln Lexington, S.C./White Knoll Canton, Ga./Woodstock Tavares, Fla./Tavares Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons Miami, Fla./ Coral Reef Douglasville, Ga./Chapel Hill Conyers, Ga./Heritage Gainesville, Fla./Buchholz Cary, N.C./Cary/Hargrave Military Academy Pensacola, Fla./Woodham Seminole, Fla./Osceola Naples, Fla./Naples Tampa, Fla./Hillsborough Miami, Fla./ Hialeah-Miami Lakes Sanford, Fla./Seminole Tallahassee, Fla./Lincoln Belle Glade, Fla./Glades Central Alpharea, Ga./Chaahootchee (West Virginia) Ormond Beach, Fla./Seabreeze Fort Walton Beach, Fla./Choctawhatchee Leesport, Pa./Schuylkill Valley Merri Island, Fla./Merri Island LaGrange, Ga./Troup County Winter Park, Fla./Lake Howell Miami, Fla./Killian Palm Beach, Fla./Cardinal Newman Mentor, Ohio/Lake Catholic Bonita Springs, Fla./Estero Haines City, Fla./Haines City Fort Laurderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North Cumming, Ga./South Forsyth Port St. Joe, Fla./Port St. Joe Suwanee, Ga./ Peachtree Ridge Miami, Fla./Chaminade-Madonna Lutcher, La./Lutcher Boca Raton, Fla./Boca Raton Community (Duke) Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park Titusville, Fla./Titusville Laurens, S.C./Laurens Kennesaw, Ga./Harrison Jacksonville, Fla./Bolles Fort Bend, Texas/Hightower Weston, Fla./Cypress Bay Sarasota, Fla./Sarasota Leesville, La./Leesville Gainesville, Fla./Buchholz Suwanee, Ga./North Gwine Conyers, Ga./Salem Andrews, S.C./Andrews (Feather River C.C.) COACHING STAFF Head Coach George O’Leary (New Hampshire, 1969) Defensive Backs Gary Blackney (Conneccut, 1967) Linebackers/Recruing Coordinator Geoff Collins (Western Carolina, 1994) Offensive Line Tom Freeman (San Diego State, 1969) Quarterbacks George Godsey (Georgia Tech, 2001) Defensive Coordinator Dave Huxtable (Eastern Illinois, 1979) Wide Receivers David Kelly (Furman, 1979) Tight Ends/Special Teams Coordinator Brent Key (Georgia Tech, 2001) Defensive Line Jim Panagos (Maryland, 1993) Offensive Coordinator Tim Salem (Arizona State, 1985) Assistant AD/Director of Football Operaons Marty O’Leary (Georgia Tech, 2002) Director of Strength & Condioning Ed Ellis (Alabama, 1987) Head Athlec Trainer Mary Vander Heiden (UW-Eau-Claire, 1998) Team Physicians Michael Jablonski, MD Kenneth Krumins, MD Douglas Meuser, MD Daniel Monee, MD Director of Video Services John Kvatek (Miami (Ohio), 1995) Equipment Coordinator Robert Jones (Carson Newman, 1984) Director of Player Personnel Steve Rubio (UCF, 2007) Graduate Assistants Michael Buscemi (UCF, 2008) Andrew Thacker (Furman, 2008) Mark Cammack (UCF, 2007) PRONUNCIATIONS Jusn Boddie ......................................body Ian Busllo ................................ bus-TEE-yo Rob Calabrese ......................cal-ah-BREEZE Nick Caoi......................................cah-TOY Jeramy DeVane ........................... deh-VAIN Willie Gaetjens............................. gate-gins James Getsee ..................................gets-ee Rashidi Haughton ......................... HAW-n Mike Lavoie ..................................... lah-voy Josh Linam ..................................... line-um John Lubischer ....................... LOO-bish-err Johnell Neal ................................... john-ell Billy Offu .........................................ah-FIT Nick Pieschel ................................. pie-shell Corey Rabazinski............. rah-bah-ZIN-skee Sha’reff Rashad .......................... shah-REEF Andy Slowik ................................ slow-wick Wes Tunuufi Sauvao tuh-NOO-fee sow-vow Dean Wegerif ..............................weg-err-if Khymest Williams .........................kim-mist THE USF GAME DEPTH CHART OFFENSE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB TB FB 5 80 6 82 78 75 66 63 62 64 65 77 79 76 84 83 2 17 4 35 34 28 7 43 85 Rocky Ross Sidney Haynes Brian Waers Khymest Williams Patrick Brown Mike Buxton Jeramy DeVane Steven Robinson Mike Lavoie Jarien Moreland John Hafferty Nick Pieschel Adam Nissley Jah Reid Corey Rabazinski John Lubischer Michael Greco Joe Weatherford Rob Calabrese Ronnie Weaver Brynn Harvey Latavius Murray Brandon Davis Ricky Kay Willie Gaetjens SPECIALISTS PK H P 12 26 13 5 41 13 Daren Daly Nick Caoi Parker Langley Rocky Ross Blake Clingan Parker Langley Sr. So. RSo. So. Sr. RSo. Jr. Fr. RSr. Fr. RSr. RFr. RFr. RSo. Jr. RSo. RJr. RFr. Fr. RFr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. RFr. 6-2 6-4 6-2 5-10 6-5 6-8 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-4 6-2 6-7 6-6 6-7 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-3 5-9 6-3 6-5 196 214 180 171 292 314 300 305 292 330 295 298 260 320 238 252 211 198 215 202 215 215 190 245 225 RSr. Fr. RSo. Sr. So. RSo. 6-1 6-5 5-11 6-2 6-3 5-11 180 190 176 196 221 176 DEFENSE LE LT RT RE OLB MLB OLB FS SS LC RC LS KR PR 48 44 47 95 94 98 46 91 49 99 38 56 54 55 59 57 45 37 40 29 21 31 22 19 23 David Williams Antonio Wallace OR T.J. Harnden Travis Timmons Wes Tunuufi Sauvao Torrell Troup Rashidi Haughton OR Theo Goins Bruce Miller Jarvis Geathers Derrick Hallman Jordan Richards Chance Henderson Alex Thompson Cory Hogue OR Lawrence Young Jason Venson Breon Rogers OR Reggie Weams Sha’reff Rashad Darin Baldwin Johnell Neal Emery Allen Joe Burne Jusn Boddie RSo. Sr. RJr. Jr. RSo. Jr. RSo. Fr. RSo. Jr. So. RJr. Jr. RJr. Sr. So. RSr. Sr. So. RSr. So. RSr. Jr. Sr. So. 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-0 5-11 6-3 6-0 6-0 5-11 5-10 5-9 5-11 6-2 234 251 242 285 300 320 255 285 249 215 205 226 241 231 228 212 211 207 187 198 190 176 176 185 190 60 50 82 21 19 45 Charley Hughle James Getsee Khymest Williams Darin Baldwin Joe Burne Jason Venson Fr. RFr. So. So. Sr. RSr. 6-4 6-2 5-10 5-11 5-11 5-11 250 200 171 190 185 211 GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS - OFFENSE Opp. S.C. State USF Boston College UTEP SMU Miami Tulsa East Carolina Southern Miss Marshall Memphis UAB WR Ross WR Waers LT Brown LG DeVane C Lavoie RG Hafferty RT Reid TE Rabazinski QB Greco TB FB PK Weaver Nissley (TE) Daly GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS - DEFENSE Opp. LE LT S.C. State Williams Timmons USF Boston College UTEP SMU Miami Tulsa East Carolina Southern Miss Marshall Memphis UAB RT Troup RE Miller OLB MLB Richards Henderson 15 OLB Young FS Venson SS Rashad LC Neal RC Burne P Clingan 2008 UCF FOOTBALL GAME NOTES HEAD COACH GEORGE O’ O’LEARY FIFTH YEAR AT UCF The 2007 football campaign at UCF was marked by historic firsts for the program: games in front of sellout crowds, dozens of individual accolades for the Knights, a conference championship and a trip to a presgious bowl game. For head coach George O’Leary, it was business as usual. In only four campaigns at UCF, O’Leary has helped the program reach new heights. On and off the field, the veteran head coach has molded his program into a consistent winner. His hard work contributed to the construcon of Bright House Networks Stadium. Interest in the program has never been higher. His student-athletes are enjoying record success in the classroom. Most importantly for O’Leary, the Knights are winning on the football field. In 2007, O’Leary guided the Knights to arguably the finest campaign in program history. UCF won 10 contests, claimed the Conference USA Championship and parcipated in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in front of a naonally-televised audience on ESPN. There was lile suspense as to who would garner C-USA Coach of the Year honors. O’Leary was recognized with the award for the second me in three campaigns. For the Knights and their fans, 2007 was truly a year to remember. For the college football world, the season was more evidence that O’Leary has built the Knights into a powerful program. 16 HELPING UCF ARRIVE ON THE NATIONAL SCENE In four years at UCF, O’Leary has already le his stamp on the Knights’ program. When he arrived in Orlando in 2004, UCF was not a factor on the regional or naonal scenes. O’Leary rebuilt the program from the ground up. He lobbied for new facilies, toured the state to gain publicity, restocked the Knights with top recruits and made sure his student-athletes excelled in their studies. The growth of the program was no more evident than in 2007. UCF posted a school-record seven-game winning streak during the season. The conference championship was the first in program history. The 10 wins during the year established a program record at the Football Bowl Subdivision level. Naonally, only 19 teams won at least 10 contests during the year. O’Leary helped tailback Kevin Smith post one of the most dominant single-season rushing performances. The junior rushed for 2,567 yards, good for second all-me in NCAA history, and 29 touchdowns. He became the only rusher in the state of Florida and the 12th all-me in the NCAA FBS to eclipse the 2,000-year mark in a season. O’LEARY ON THE AIRWAVES Weekly Radio Call-In Show The George O’Leary Call-In Show, co-hosted by Marc Daniels, airs each Monday during the football season from 7-8 p.m. on WFLA 540 AM. The show broadcasts from Buffalo Wild Wings on Alafaya Trail. UCF Today with George O’Leary UCF Today with George O’Leary, co-hosted by Pat Clarke, airs each Sunday during the football season at 12:00 noon on WESH NBC Ch. 2. The show has an encore broadcast statewide on Sun Sports each Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. EXCELLENCE OFF THE FIELD O’Leary has reshaped the UCF program in every facet, including improved results in the classroom. The Knights turned in a successful effort in the classroom during the 2007 campaign, registering the highest in-season grade-point-average in program history at 2.753. A total of 44 student-athletes recorded a GPA of least 3.0. Defensive lineman Keith Shologan became the first player in school history to receive ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America First Team honors. Both Shologan and defensive back Sha’reff Rashad were selected to the C-USA Football All-Academic Team. Rashad was named to the league all-academic squad for the secondconsecuve year. In 2007, he was named the UCF Male Scholar Athlete of the Year, becoming the second-straight football player to earn the honor. Offensive lineman Dan Veenstra was the award winner in 2006. GUIDING THE KNIGHTS TOWARD PROMINENCE The 2006 season featured several memorable moments for the Knights as they finished their final campaign at the Florida Citrus Bowl. Wide receiver Mike Walker had a record-breaking season. The Orlando nave broke the single-season school record for recepons with 90 and hauled in 1,178 receiving yards just a year removed from an ACL injury. He earned All-C-USA First Team honors and was one of five Knights recognized for their strong play by the league office. In 2005, O’Leary’s second season at UCF, he engineered one of the top turnarounds in the history of college football. Just one year removed from an 0-11 campaign, he guided the Knights to a historic season, complete with the program’s first bowl appearance. O’Leary led UCF to the fourth-best turnaround in NCAA history with a record of 8-5. The Knights went 7-1 in C-USA and claimed the league’s east division tle. The squad became just the sixth team in NCAA history to go to a bowl game a year aer going winless as the Knights parcipated in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. The college football world took noce of the turnaround. O’Leary was named the C-USA Coach of the Year. Both CBSsports.com and SportsIllustrated.com named him the naonal coach of the year. Facing an 11-game schedule with just four home games, his squad became just the fourth team in NCAA history to earn a bowl berth while playing seven road contests. Even more remarkable, the turnaround was made with a team of mostly underclassmen. PIPELINE TO THE PROS O’Leary has experience coaching on the professional level and, as a result, has helped several Knights move on to the NFL. Five Knights who played under O’Leary have been selected in the NFL Dra. Smith was one of three UCF players taken in the 2008 dra. He was the first pick of the third round by Detroit. OL Josh Sion went to Green Bay in the fourth round and Kansas City selected ght end Mike Merri with its seventh-round pick. Aer his incredible senior season in 2006, Walker was selected by Jacksonville in the third round. In the previous year’s dra, wide receiver Brandon Marshall was Denver’s fourth-round selecon. Other former Knights who played under O’Leary, including DL Paul Carrington and TB Alex Haynes, have also spent me in the NFL. THE USF GAME THE O’ O’LEARY FILE FAST FACTS O’LEARY’S YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD Date of Birth: August 17, 1946 Hometown: Central Islip, N.Y. Educaon: B.S. in Physical Educaon, New Hampshire 1969 Year School 1994 Georgia Tech 1995 Georgia Tech 1996 Georgia Tech 1997 Georgia Tech 1998 Georgia Tech 1999 Georgia Tech 2000 Georgia Tech 2001 * Georgia Tech 2004 UCF 2005 UCF 2006 UCF 2007 UCF 2008 UCF Total at UCF COACHING EXPERIENCE 2004-Present UCF, Head Coach 2002-2003 Minnesota Vikings, Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line 2002; Def. Coordinator 2003 1994-2001 Georgia Tech, Def. Coord./Def. Line 1994; Interim Head Coach 1994; Head Coach 1995-2001 1992-1993 San Diego Chargers, Defensive Line 1987-1991 Georgia Tech, Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line 1980-1986 Syracuse University, Defensive Line, 1980-84; Assistant Head Coach/ Defensive Line, 1985-86 1977-1979 Liverpool (N.Y.) High School, Head Coach 1968-1976 Central Islip (N.Y.) High School, Assistant Head Coach, 1968-74; Head Coach, 1975-76 HONORS 2007 2007 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2000 2000 1998 1998 1998 Conference USA Coach of the Year Atlanta Touchdown Club C-USA Coach of the Year Conference USA Coach of the Year CBS SportsLine.com Naonal Coach of the Year SportsIllustrated.com Naonal Coach of the Year Finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award Finalist for the Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award Bobby Dodd Naonal Coach of the Year Award Atlanc Coast Conference Coach of the Year Atlanc Coast Conference Coach of the Year Region I Coach of the Year (AFCA) Finalist for Eddie Robinson Naonal Coach of the Year Award (FWAA) SUCCESS AT GEORGIA TECH O’Leary was the head coach at Georgia Tech from 1994-01. He took over as interim head coach for the final three games of the 1994 season. During his seven-year snt at Georgia Tech, O’Leary guided the Yellow Jackets to a 52-33 record. The squad made five bowl appearances under O’Leary. From 1995-01, Georgia Tech recorded five winning seasons in six years. His 1998 squad won the Atlanc Coast Championship and played in the Gator Bowl on New Year’s Day. O’Leary’s Georgia Tech teams won at least seven games on four occasions , including a 10-win campaign in 1998 and nine victories in 2000. The 2000 Bobby Dodd Naonal Coach of the Year, O’Leary was named the ACC Coach of the Year in 1998 and 2000. One trademark of O’Leary’s tenure as a head coach has been the quality of his coaching staffs. While at Georgia Tech, he had three assistants who later garnered head coaching jobs. Ralph Friedgen (Maryland), Randy Edsall (Conneccut) and Ted Roof (Duke) all served under O’Leary. Both Friedgen and Edsall have led their schools to BCS conference tles. NFL EXPERIENCE Prior to coming to UCF, O’Leary served on Minnesota’s NFL coaching staff for two seasons. In 2003, he was the Vikings’ defensive coordinator. In his first season with the team in 2002, he guided the defensive line into becoming the strength of the Minnesota defense. He also served as the squad’s assistant head coach. Under O’Leary’s direcon, defensive tackle Chris Hovan emerged as one of the top players in the game at his posion. He finished the season with a team-high 36 quarterback hurries and was selected to the Sports Record Notes 0-3 Interim head coach 6-5 5-6 7-5 Carquest Bowl 10-2 Gator Bowl, ACC Co-Champs 8-4 Gator Bowl 9-3 Peach Bowl 7-5 Seale Bowl 0-11 8-5 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl 4-8 10-4 AutoZone Liberty Bowl, C-USA Champs 1-0 75-61 23-28 O’LEARY’S BOWL HISTORY 4-5 overall, 2-4 as head coach (years as head coach in bold) Season Bowl Result 1985 Cherry Maryland 35, Syracuse 18 1991 Citrus Georgia Tech 45, Nebraska 21 1991 Aloha Georgia Tech 18, Stanford 17 1997 Carquest Georgia Tech 35, W. Virginia 30 1998 Gator Georgia Tech 35, Notre Dame 28 (Jan. 1, 1999) 1999 Gator Miami 28, Georgia Tech 13 (Jan. 1, 2000) 2000 Peach LSU 28, Georgia Tech 14 2001 Seale Georgia Tech 24, Stanford 14 * 2005 Sheraton Hawaii Nevada 49, UCF 48 (OT) 2007 AutoZone Liberty Mississippi State 10, UCF 3 * Coached Georgia Tech for its first 12 games of the 2001 season, but did not coach the Yellow Jackets in the Seale Bowl. Illustrated All-Pro squad. The Vikings’ defense ranked 10th in the NFL in 2003. Prior to his snt with the Vikings, O’Leary le Georgia Tech and was named head coach at Notre Dame in December of 2001. O’Leary served as the defensive line coach for San Diego from 1992-93. In 1992, the defense had 51 sacks as the Chargers won the AFC West with an 11-5 record. MOVING UP THE RANKS O’Leary had the first of two snts at Georgia Tech from 1987-91. He served as the defensive coordinator/defensive line coach. The team finished 11-0-1 in 1990 and won the naonal championship, defeang Nebraska in the Florida Citrus Bowl. A Long Island nave, O’Leary received his first coaching job at the collegiate level at Syracuse (1980-86). He coached the defensive line and was also the assistant head coach his final two seasons. He started his coaching career at the high school level. From 1968-76, he coached at Central Islip (N.Y.) High School. O’Leary was the head coach at the school from 1975-76, before taking over as the head coach at Liverpool High School. He posted a 37-8-1 record in five seasons as a prep head coach, including a perfect 10-0 campaign in 1979. O’Leary was born in Central Islip, N.Y., and aended Central Islip High School. He aended the University of New Hampshire and earned his degree in physical educaon. O’Leary and his wife, Sharon, have two daughters, Chris and Trish, and two sons, Tim and Marty. The O’Leary’s welcomed their first grandchild in 2006 as Tim and his wife Jennifer gave birth to a son named Tate. 17 2008 UCF FOOTBALL GAME NOTES UCF RECORD SEEKERS CAREER - PUNTS CAREER - PUNT RETURN YARDAGE CAREER - INTERCEPTIONS 1. Charlie Pierce........ 173/7,111........... 1993-96 2. Aaron Horne ......... 162/6,493........... 2004-06 3. Javier Beorlegui .... 151/6,209........... 1998-01 4. Russ Salerno ......... 112/3,852........... 1989-91 5. Glenn McCombs ... 100/4,123........... 1983-84 6. Jim Hogan .............. 89/3,384............ 1985-86 7. Barrie Kee .............. 87/3,284............ 1987-88 8. Doug Friedlander ... 81/3,067............ 1981-82 9. Ma Prater ............ 64/3,044............ 2002-05 10. Blake Clingan ...... 62/2,519 .. 2007-present 1. Joe Burne ........... 1,009/74 .. 2005-present 2. Mike Dickinson ....... 717/85 ............. 1989-92 3. Asante Samuel ........ 673/63 ............. 1999-02 4. Mark Whiemore ... 420/43 ............. 1991-94 5. Tavaris Capers ......... 372/40 ............. 2001-04 1. Siaha Burley ..... 14.0 (293/21) .......... 1997-98 2. Joe Burne .... 13.6 (1,009/74) . 2005-present 3. Sean Beckton ... 11.6 (314/27) .......... 1987-90 4. Tim Kiggins ...... 10.7 (236/22) .......... 1979-80 Asante Samuel . 10.7 (673/63) .......... 1999-02 1. Keith Evans ................. 13 ................. 1986-88 2. Joe Burne ................ 12 ....... 2005-present 3. Reggie Edwards ........... 9 .................. 1984-87 Sha’reff Rashad ........... 9 ........ 2004-present 5. Ray Irvin ....................... 8 .................. 1988-90 Rick Hamilton ............... 8 .................. 1989-92 Steve Wright ................ 8 .................. 1990-94 Asante Samuel ............. 8 .................. 1999-02 Johnell Neal ................ 8 ........ 2005-present 10. Bill Giovane ............ 7 .................. 1979-82 Eric Buckley ............... 7 .................. 1988-91 Jason Venson ........... 7 ........ 2005-present CAREER - PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWNS CAREER - INT RETURN YARDAGE CAREER - PUNT YARDAGE 1. Charlie Pierce........ 7,111/173........... 1993-96 2. Aaron Horne ......... 6,493/163........... 2004-06 3. Javier Beorlegui .... 6,209/151........... 1998-01 4. Glenn McCombs ... 4,123/100........... 1983-84 5. Russ Salerno ......... 3,852/112........... 1989-91 6. Jim Hogan .............. 3,384/89............ 1985-86 7. Barrie Kee .............. 3,284/87............ 1987-88 8. Doug Friedlander ... 3,067/81............ 1981-82 9. Ma Prater ............ 3,044/64............ 2002-05 10. Blake Clingan ...... 2,519/62 .. 2007-present CAREER - AVERAGE YARDAGE PER PUNT 1. Ma Prater ................47.6 ............... 2002-05 2. Glenn McCombs ........41.2 ............... 1983-84 3. Charlie Pierce.............41.1 ............... 1993-96 4. Javier Beorlegui .........41.1 ............... 1998-01 5. Blake Clingan ............40.6 ...... 2007-present 6. Aaron Horne ..............40.1 ............... 2004-06 7. Jim Hogan ..................38.0 ............... 1985-86 CAREER - AVERAGE PER PUNT RETURN 1. Mike Dickinson ............ 3 .................. 1989-92 Joe Burne ................. 3 ........ 2005-present 3. Thad Ward ................... 2 .................. 1999-01 Tavaris Capers .............. 2 .................. 2001-04 5. 13 ed with one CAREER - KICK RETURN TOUCHDOWNS 1. Todd Cleveland ............ 4 ............ 1994, 96-97 2. Ted Wilson ................... 2 .................. 1983-86 3. Paul Miranda ............... 1 .................. 1996-98 Curs Francis ............... 1 .................. 2004-07 Khymest Wiliams ........ 1 ........ 2007-present 1. Ray Irvin ................... 223/8 .............. 1988-90 2. Reggie Edwards ....... 203/9 .............. 1984-87 3. Keith Evans ............. 183/13 ............. 1986-88 4. Rick Hamilton .......... 177/8 .............. 1989-92 5. Joe Burne ............ 159/12.... 2005-present Johnell Neal ............ 159/8..... 2005-present 7. Jason Venson .......... 121/7..... 2004-present CAREER - PASSES BROKEN UP 1. Asante Samuel ............ 38 ................. 1999-02 2. Greg Aerberry .......... 34 ................. 1981-85 3. Davin Bush .................. 32 ........... 1996, 98-00 4. Jimmie Roberts ........... 24 ................. 1987-90 Reginald Doster........... 24 ................. 1996-98 Joe Burne ................ 24 ....... 2005-present Johnell Neal ............... 24 ....... 2005-present CAREER - PUNT RETURNS 1. Mike Dickinson ....... 85/717 ............. 1989-92 2. Joe Burne ........... 74/1,009 .. 2005-present 3. Asante Samuel ........ 63/673 ............. 1999-02 4. Mark Whiemore ... 43/420 ............. 1991-94 5. Tavaris Capers ......... 40/372 ............. 2001-04 18 Jason Venson intercepted his seventh career pass vs. SCSU Aug. 30. That pick allowed him to move into a e for 10th on the UCF all-me list, as all four current starng DBs now rank in the top 10. THE USF GAME THE LAST TIME A kickoff was returned for a touchdown UCF - Khymest Williams (99 yards) at SMU, 11/17/07 Opponent - Chris Johnson (96 yards), East Carolina, 10/7/07 500 yards passing UCF - Never Opponent - Tim Raay (62-46-1, 561, 5 TD), La. Tech, 10/23/99 A punt was returned for a touchdown UCF - Joe Burne (83 yards) vs. Tulsa, 12/1/07 Opponent - Joe Hunter (recovered in end zone), West Virginia, 11/1/03 400 yards passing UCF - Ryan Schneider (52-37-2, 497, 3 TD) vs. FAU, 9/13/03 Opponent - Paul Smith (55-28-3-426, 3 TD), Tulsa, 12/1/07 A blocked punt was returned for a touchdown UCF - Augustus Ashley (19 yards) vs. Louisiana, 9/29/07 Opponent - N/A 300 yards passing UCF - Kyle Israel (45-28-2, 313, 2 TD) at East Carolina, 10/7/07 Opponent - Paul Smith (56-34-4, 316, 3 TD), Tulsa, 10/20/07 An intercepon was returned for a touchdown UCF - Johnell Neal (72 yards) at SMU, 11/17/07 Opponent - Quinn Demps (100 yards), UTEP, 11/24/07 75-yard touchdown recepon UCF - Doug Gabriel (80 yards) at Arizona State, 9/7/02 Opponent - Carlton Mitchell (75 yards), at USF, 10/13/07 A safety was scored UCF - at USF, 10/13/07 Opponent - Tulsa, 12/1/07 70-yard non-scoring recepon UCF - Jeff Froehlich (72 yards) vs. Southeastern La., 9/18/82 Opponent - Jeff Klein (78 yards), at Auburn, 11/6/99 A shutout was recorded UCF - vs. South Carolina State, 8/30/08 (17-0) Opponent - at Florida, 9/9/03 (42-0) Team gained 500 yards passing UCF - Never Opponent - 597, Louisiana Tech, 10/23/99 A fumble was recovered for a touchdown UCF - Josh McKibben (in end zone) vs. UAB, 10/6/01 Opponent - Sterling Doty, Houston (in end zone), 11/5/05 Player rushed for five touchdowns UCF - Never Opponent - Lee Suggs (30-143-5 TD), Virginia Tech, 11/11/00 Player with two intercepons UCF - Johnell Neal vs. Tulsa, 12/1/07 Opponent - Derek Pegues, vs. Mississippi State, 12/29/07 Player rushed for four touchdowns UCF - Kevin Smith (39-284-4 TD), Tulsa, 12/1/07 Opponent - Walter Reyes (31-241-4 TD), at Syracuse, 9/20/03 Player passed for six touchdowns UCF - Darin Hinshaw (29-21-0, 350, 6 TD) vs. Liberty, 11/6/93 Opponent - Jose Davis (51-32-3, 551, 6 TD), Kent St., 10/4/97 Player rushed for three touchdowns UCF - Kevin Smith (33-170-3 TD), vs. Tulsa, 10/20/07 Opponent - Jackie Bale 14-70-3 TD), Houston, 10/28/06 Player passed for five touchdowns UCF - Ryan Schneider (42-25-2, 360, 5 TD) at Buffalo, 11/9/02 Opponent - Dusn Almond (37-23-1-277, 5 TD), Southern Miss, 10/15/05 30 rushing aempts UCF - Kevin Smith (35-119-0 TD), vs. Mississippi State, 12/29/07 Opponent - Anthony Sherrell (43-155-TD), at EMU, 11/8/03 50 pass aempts UCF - Ryan Schneider (52-37-2, 497, 3 TD) vs. FAU, 9/13/03 Opponent - Paul Smith (55-28-3-426, 3 TD), Tulsa, 12/1/07 200 yards rushing UCF - Kevin Smith (39-284-4 TD), Tulsa, 12/1/07 Opponent - Walter Reyes (31-241-4 TD), at Syracuse, 9/20/03 40 pass aempts UCF - Kyle Israel (45-28-2, 313, 2 TD) at East Carolina, 10/7/07 Opponent - Paul Smith (56-34-4, 316, 3 TD), Tulsa, 10/20/07 150 yards rushing UCF - Kevin Smith (20-177-2 TD), at SMU, 11/17/07 Opponent - Jamaal Charles (22-153-1 TD), Texas, 9/15/07 40 pass compleons UCF - Never Opponent - Tim Raay (62-46-1, 561, 5 TD), La. Tech, 10/23/99 30 pass compleons UCF - Steven Moffe (41-30-2, 322, 2 TD), vs. Akron, 10/16/04 Opponent - Paul Smith (56-34-316-3 TD), Tulsa, 10/20/07 19 2008 UCF FOOTBALL GAME NOTES GAME 1 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 0 UCF 17 August 30, 2008 Bright House Networks Stadium (Orlando, Fla.) ORLANDO, Fla. - Posng its first shutout since 2001, UCF (1-0) opened the 2008 season with a 17-0 victory over vising South Carolina State (0-1) on a rainy Saturday night at Bright House Networks Stadium. Playing in front of a crowd of more than 42,000, the Knights’ earned their third-straight win in season openers. A nine-play, 40-yard drive was capped by a one-yard touchdown run by freshman Latavius Murray to give the Knights a 7-0 lead with 11:18 le in the second quarter. A 30-yard pass from junior Michael Greco to senior Rocky Ross at the three converted a fourth-and-17 to keep the drive alive. The Knights limited the Bulldogs to just five first downs and 126 yards of total offense in the game, including just 35 yards in a dominant second half performance. UCF took the opening kickoff, returned by Darin Baldwin 24 yards to its own 48, and marched to the S.C. State 20 before Daren Daly’s 37-yard field goal missed wide le. On the Bulldogs’ opening drive, UCF’s Bruce Miller forced a fumble on a completed pass to S.C. State’s Markee Hamlin. The Knights’ Travis Timmons recovered the fumble for the team’s first takeaway of the young season. Jason Venson’s intercepon of Malcolm Long’s pass, the senior free safety’s seventh career intercepon, with just under a minute le in the opening quarter gave the Knights excellent field posion at the S.C. State 40-yard line. 20 The Knights drove into Bulldogs’ territory once again late in the second quarter, but stalled at the 33-yard line, turning the ball over on downs aer a Greco run came up short of the first down marker with 1:53 remaining. UCF held a 7-0 halime lead thanks in large part to their defense. The unit held S.C. State to 91 total yards of offense on 24 plays, an average of just 3.8 yards per play. The Knights held the ball for over 20 minutes in the period, totaling 155 yards on 40 plays. Aer the Bulldogs went three-and-out on the opening possession of the first half, UCF senior Joe Burne returned the punt 31 yards, breaking the Conference USA all-me record for punt return yardage. Barnett finished the night with 83 yards on four returns, going over 1,000 for his career. The Knights marched inside the five with a 10-play drive for 57 yards in the third quarter, but UCF turned the ball over on a Greco fumble that was recovered at the two-yard line. Aside from that Knights’ possession, neither offense was able to manage significant offense in the third quarter. The Bulldogs had just one first down and 26 total yards in the third while UCF had 74 total yards. UCF stretched its lead to 10-0 with 11:25 le in the fourth on Daly’s 27-yard field goal, his first made field goal as a Knight. UCF’s 11-play, 26-yard Knights’ drive lasted 5:02 and included a fourth down conversion and a 14-yard strike from Greco to Ross on third-and-10 from the Bulldogs’ 24. Aer the defense forced another three and out, UCF mounted another long drive to ice the game, capped by Murray’s second rushing TD of the night from seven yards out. The play ended a 12-play, 62-yard drive, the Knights’ fourth drive of 10 or more plays. Running backs Ronnie Weaver and Murray combined for 141 yards rushing on 36 carries to lead a UCF rushing aack that accumulated 228 yards on 59 carries. Making his first career start, Greco finished the game 9-for-16 for 90 yards. The junior added 72 yards rushing on 13 carries. The defensive unit was led by junior Jordan Richards, who had six solo and seven total tackles. Fellow junior Chance Henderson added six tackles, and T.J. Harnden had three tackles and the squad’s lone sack. BOX SCORE South Carolina State 0 Record: (0-1) UCF 0 Record: (1-0) Scoring Summary: 2nd 11:18 UCF 4th 11:25 3:15 UCF UCF 0 0 0 - 0 7 0 10 - 17 MURRAY, Latavius 1 yd run (DALY, Daren kick) DALY, Daren 27 yd field goal MURRAY, Latavius 7 yd run (DALY, Daren kick) FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes A-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Intercepon Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penales-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards SCSU 5 23-52 74 21-11-1 44-126 0-0 0-0 3-44 0-0 7-43.3 1-1 4-35 21:50 2 of 11 0 of 1 0-0 3-15 UCF 19 59-228 90 16-9-0 75-318 0-0 4-83 1-24 1-0 3-38.3 2-1 4-25 38:10 7 of 18 3 of 5 3-5 1-8 RUSHING: UCF-WEAVER, Ronnie 23-84; GRECO, Michael 13-57; MURRAY, Latavius 11-43; HARVEY, Brynn 9-34; DAVIS, Brandon 2-7; WILLIAMS, Khymest 1-3. SCSU-FORD, William 12-36; LONG, Malcolm 4-12; JAMISON, Travil 4-6; SMALLS, Kenneth 1-2; CLARK, DeWain 2-(-4). PASSING: UCF-GRECO, Michael 9-16-0-90. SCSU-LONG, Malcolm 11-21-0-74; CLARK, DeWain 0-0-0-0. RECEIVING: UCF-WILLIAMS, Khymest 5-32; ROSS, Rocky 3-58; RABAZINSKI, Corey 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS: UCF-VENSON, Jason 1-0. SCSUNone. FUMBLES: UCF-GRECO, Michael 1-1; WEAVER, Ronnie 1-0. SCSU-CAMPBELL, Anthony 1-1. Stadium: BHNS Aendance: 42,126. THE USF GAME UCF PLAYER CAREER HIGHS (81) Kamar Aiken Career Highs Recepons: 8 (ECU, 2007) Receiving Yards: 131 (Memphis, 2007) Receiving TDs: 1 (5X, last me SMU, 2007) Longest Recepon: 72 (Memphis, 2007) (22) Emery Allen Career Highs Total Tackles: 7 (2X, last me NC State, 2007) Solo Tackles: 7 (NC State, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 3 (USM, 2006) Forced Fumbles: 1 (Houston, 2006) Kick Returns: 5 (NC State, 2007) Kick Return Yards: 118 (NC State, 2007) Longest Kick Return: 37 (Tulane, 2006) (21) Darin Baldwin Career Highs Total Tackles: 6 (Texas, 2007) Solo Tackles: 5 (Texas, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 1 (3X, last me SMU, 2007) Intercepons: 1 (Marshall, 2007) QB Sacks: 1 (SMU, 2007) Kick Returns: 3 (2X, last me ECU, 2007) Kick Return Yards: 67 (Texas, 2007) Longest Kick Return: 42 (NC State, 2007) (23) Jusn Boddie Career Highs Total Tackles: 5 (UAB, 2007) Solo Tackles: 3 (4X, last me UTEP, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 2 (UAB, 2007) Intercepons: 1 (USM, Marshall, 2007) (19) Joe Burne Career Highs Total Tackles: 10 (Florida, 2006) Solo Tackles: 9 (Florida, 2006) Assisted Tackles: 3 (USF, 2006) Intercepons: 2 (2X, last me SMU 2007) Fumble Recovery: 1 (SMU, 2007) Punt Returns: 5 (2X, last me Memphis 2007) Punt Return Yards: 83 (2X, last time SCSU, 2008) Longest Punt Return: 83 (Tulsa-2, 2007) Punt Return Touchdowns: 1 (3X, last me Tulsa2, 2007) Kick Returns: 1 (Rice, 2006) Kick Return Yards: 31 (Rice, 2006) Longest Kick Return: 31 (Rice, 2006) (41) Blake Clingan Career Highs Punts: 11 (USF, 2007) Yards: 463 (USF, 2007) Longest Punt: 55 (Mississippi State, 2007) (12) Daren Daly Career Highs Field Goals Made: 1 (SCSU, 2008) Field Goals Aempted: 2 (SCSU, 2008) Longest Field Goal: 27 (SCSU, 2008) Kickoffs: 4 (SCSU, 2008) Kickoff Yards: 214 (SCSU, 2008) (7) Brandon Davis Career Highs Rushes: 2 (SCSU, 2008) Rushing Yards: 7 (SCSU, 2008) Rushing TDs: 0 (SCSU, 2008) Longest Rush: 4 (SCSU, 2008) (99) Jarvis Geathers Career Highs Total Tackles: 2 (SCSU, 2008) Solo Tackles: 2 (SCSU, 2008) Assisted Tackles: 0 (43) Ricky Kay Career Highs Recepons: 4 (Memphis, 2007) Receiving Yards: 35 (Memphis, 2007) Longest Recepon: 19 (Marshall, 2007) (2) Michael Greco Career Highs Passing Aempts: 16 (2X, last me SCSU, 2008) Compleons: 11 (Memphis, 2007) Longest Pass: 42 (USF, 2007) Passing Yards: 151 (Memphis, 2007) Passing TDs: 0 Intercepons: 1 (ECU, 2007) Rushing Aempts: 13 (SCSU, 2008) Rushing Yards: 77 (Memphis, 2007) Rushing TDs: 2 (Memphis, 2007) Longest Rush: 25 (SCSU, 2008) (13) Parker Langley Career Highs Punts: 4 (Louisiana, 2007) Yards: 153 (Louisiana, 2007) Longest Punt: 41 (Louisiana, 2007) (3) A.J. Guyton Career Highs Recepons: 6 (ECU, 2007) Receiving Yards: 96 (UTEP, 2007) Receiving TDs: 1 (2X, last me UTEP, 2007) Longest Reception: 39 (2X, last time UTEP, 2007) Total Tackles: 2 (Memphis, 2007) Solo Tackles: 2 (Memphis, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 2 (Marshall, 2007) (38) Derrick Hallman Career Highs Total Tackles: 7 (2X, last me Tulsa-2, 2007) Solo Tackles: 6 (2X, last me Tulsa-2, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 3 (2X, last me MSU, 2007) QB Sacks: 1 (3X, last me Tulsa-2, 2007) Intercepons: 1 (Tulsa, 2007) (47) T.J. Harnden Career Highs Total Tackles: 3 (SCSU, 2008) Solo Tackles: 2 (SCSU, 2008) Assisted Tackles: 1 (2X, last me SCSU, 2008) QB Sacks: 1 (SCSU, 2008) (34) Brynn Harvey Career Highs Rushes: 9 (SCSU, 2008) Rushing Yards: 34 (SCSU, 2008) Rushing TDs: 0 (SCSU, 2008) Longest Rush: 12 (SCSU, 2008) (80) Sidney Haynes Career Highs Recepons: 1 (SMU, 2007) Receiving Yards: 38 (SMU, 2007) Receiving TDs: 0 Longest Recepon: 38 (SMU, 2007) (54) Chance Henderson Career Highs Total Tackles: 11 (Tulsa-2, 2007) Solo Tackles: 9 (Tulsa-2, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 6 (ECU, 2007) QB Sacks: 1 (3X, last me Louisiana, 2007) Forced Fumbles: 1 (UAB, 2006) Intercepons: 1 (Tulsa, 2007) (59) Cory Hogue Career Highs Total Tackles: 13 (UTEP, 2007) Solo Tackles: 9 (2X, last me UTEP, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 6 (Marshall, 2006) QB Sacks: 1 (3X, last me ECU, 2007) Forced Fumbles: 2 (Houston, 2005) Intercepons: 1 (Houston, 2005) (49) Bruce Miller Career Highs Total Tackles: 9 (Tulsa, 2007) Solo Tackles: 8 (Tulsa, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 3 (NC State, 2007) QB Sacks: 2 (Tulsa, 2007) Safees: 1 (NC State, 2007) Forced Fumbles: 1 (2X, last me SCSU, 2008) (28) Latavius Murray Career Highs Rushes: 11 (SCSU, 2008) Rushing Yards: 43 (SCSU, 2008) Rushing TDs: 2 (SCSU, 2008) Longest Rush: 8 (SCSU, 2008) (53) Darius Nall Career Highs Total Tackles: 6 (2X, last me ECU, 2007) Solo Tackles: 5 (Louisiana, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 4 (ECU, 2007) Forced Fumbles: 1 (USF, 2007) QB Sacks: 0.5 (SMU, 2007) (31) Johnell Neal Career Highs Total Tackles: 11 (Nevada, 2005) Solo Tackles: 9 (2X, last me Tulsa-2, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 4 (UAB, 2007) Forced Fumbles: 1 (3X, last me ULL, 2007) Intercepons: 2 (Tulsa-2, 2007) (9) Jamar Newsome Career Highs Total Tackles: 1 (SCSU, 2008) Solo Tackles: 1 (SCSU, 2008) Assisted Tackles: 0 (84) Corey Rabazinski Career Highs Recepons: 3 (2X, last me ECU, 2006) Receiving Yards: 40 (ECU, 2006) Receiving TDs: 1 (2X, last me UTEP, 2007) Longest Recepon: 28 (ECU, 2006) (29) Sha’reff Rashad Career Highs Total Tackles: 12 (USF, 2007) Solo Tackles: 10 (USF, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 5 (Marshall, 2006) QB Sacks: 1 (MSU, 2007) Forced Fumbles: 1 (2X, last me USF, 2007) Intercepons: 1 (9X, last me UTEP, 2007) Punt Returns: 1 (Marshall, 2006) Punt Return Yards: 5 (Marshall, 2006) Longest Punt Return: 5 (Marshall, 2006) (56) Jordan Richards Career Highs Total Tackles: 9 (2X, last me Rice, 2006) Solo Tackles: 8 (ECU, 2005) Assisted Tackles: 5 (Rice, 2006) QB Sacks: 1 (2X, last me USF, 2006) 21 2008 UCF FOOTBALL GAME NOTES UCF PLAYER CAREER HIGHS (37) Breon Rogers Career Highs Total Tackles: 3 (2X, last me Tulsa-2, 2007) Solo Tackles: 3 (2X, last me Tulsa-2, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 0 (5) Rocky Ross Career Highs Recepons: 9 (Tulane, 2006) Receiving Yards: 135 (Memphis, 2006) Receiving TDs: 2 (Rice, 2006) Longest Recepon: 55 (Rice, 2006) (55) Alex Thompson Career Highs Total Tackles: 9 (NC State, 2007) Solo Tackles: 2 (NC State, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 7 (NC State, 2007) (95) Travis Timmons Career Highs Total Tackles: 4 (Texas, 2007) Solo Tackles: 3 (Tulane, 2006) Assisted Tackles: 3 (Texas, 2007) QB Sacks: 1 (3X, last me SMU, ‘07) Intercepons: 1 (Florida, 2006) Forced Fumbles: 1 (UAB, 2007) (98) Torrell Troup Career Highs Total Tackles: 3 (2X, last me SMU, 2007) Solo Tackles: 3 (SMU, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 2 (ECU, 2007) QB Sacks: 1 (2X, last me Louisiana, 2007) (35) Ronnie Weaver Career Highs Rushes: 23 (SCSU, 2008) Rushing Yards: 84 (SCSU, 2008) Rushing TDs: 0 Longest Rush: 12 (SCSU, 2008) (48) David Williams Career Highs Total Tackles: 2 (SCSU, 2008) Solo Tackles: 2 (SCSU, 2008) Assisted Tackles: 1 (Marshall, 2007) (82) Khymest Williams Career Highs Recepons: 5 (SCSU, 2008) Receiving Yards: 32 (SCSU, 2008) Receiving TDs: 0 Longest Recepon: 8 (SCSU, 2008) Kick Returns: 2 (3X, last me UTEP, 2007) Kick Return Yards: 99 (SMU, 2007) Longest Kick Return: 99 (SMU, 2007) (57) Lawrence Young Career Highs Total Tackles: 9 (NC State, 2007) Solo Tackles: 8 (NC State, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 3 (Tulsa-2, 2007) Forced Fumbles: 2 (Texas, 2007) Intercepons: 1 (NC State, 2007) QB Sacks: 1 (Tulsa-2, 2007) (94) Wes Tunuufi Sauvao Career Highs Total Tackles: 1 (2X, last me SCSU, 2008) Solo Tackles: 1 (Marshall, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 1 (SCSU, 2008) (45) Jason Venson Career Highs Total Tackles: 15 (Rice, 2005) Solo Tackles: 13 (Rice, 2005) Assisted Tackles: 6 (ECU, 2006) QB Sacks: 1 (Tulsa, 2005) Forced Fumbles: 1 (3X, last me UM, 2007) Intercepons: 1 (7X, last me SCSU, 2008) Kick Returns: 4 (Tulsa, 2005) Kick Return Yards: 91 (Tulsa, 2005) Longest Kick Return: 36 (Villanova, 2006) 22 (44) Antonio Wallace Career Highs Total Tackles: 5 (2X, last me USF, 2007) Solo Tackles: 4 (USF, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 2 (3X, last time, NC State, 2007) QB Sacks: 1 (3X, last me NC State, 2007) (6) Brian Waers Career Highs Recepons: 6 (Marshall, 2007) Receiving Yards: 88 (Marshall, 2007) Receiving TDs: 2 (Marshall, 2007) Longest Recepon: 30 (Marshall, 2007) Total Tackles: 2 (USM, 2007) Solo Tackles: 1 (5X, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 2 (Tulsa, 2007) (40) Reggie Weams Career Highs Total Tackles: 2 (3X, last me Tulsa-2, 2007) Solo Tackles: 2 (2X, last me Tulsa-2, 2007) Assisted Tackles: 1 (3X, last me Tulsa, 2007) Originally a walk-on, Ronnie Weaver was UCF’s leading rusher in the 2008 season-opener vs. SCSU with 84 yards on 23 carries. THE USF GAME 2008 UCF STATISTICS UCF OVERALL TEAM STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Aempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE A-Comp-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games SCORE BY QUARTERS UCF Opponents UCF 17 17.0 19 16 3 0 228 251 23 59 3.9 228.0 2 90 16-9-0 5.6 10.0 90.0 0 318 75 4.2 318.0 1-24 4-83 1-0 24.0 20.8 0.0 2-1 4-25 25.0 3-115 38.3 38.3 38:10 7/18 39% 3/5 60% 1-8 0 2 1-2 0-0 3-5 60% 2-5 40% 2-2 100% 42126 1/42126 1st 0 0 2nd 7 0 OPP 0 0.0 5 1 4 0 52 64 12 23 2.3 52.0 0 74 21-11-1 3.5 6.7 74.0 0 126 44 2.9 126.0 3-44 0-0 0-0 14.7 0.0 0.0 1-1 4-35 35.0 7-303 43.3 25.7 21:50 2/11 18% 0/1 0% 3-15 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0/0 0/0 3rd 0 0 4th 10 0 23 Total 17 0 2008 UCF FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2008 UCF STATISTICS UCF OVERALL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 24 RUSHING WEAVER, Ronnie GRECO, Michael MURRAY, L. HARVEY, Brynn DAVIS, Brandon WILLIAMS, K. Total.......... Opponents...... GP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 A 23 13 11 9 2 1 59 23 Gain 88 72 45 36 7 3 251 64 PASSING GRECO, Michael Total.......... Opponents...... G 1 1 1 Effic 103.50 103.50 72.46 RECEIVING WILLIAMS, K. ROSS, Rocky RABAZINSKI, C. Total.......... Opponents...... G 1 1 1 1 1 PUNT RETURNS BURNETT, Joe Total.......... Opponents...... Loss 4 15 2 2 0 0 23 12 Net 84 57 43 34 7 3 228 52 Avg 3.7 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.0 3.9 2.3 TD 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 Long 12 25 8 12 4 3 25 8 Avg/G 84.0 57.0 43.0 34.0 7.0 3.0 228.0 52.0 Cmp-A-Int 9-16-0 9-16-0 11-21-1 Pct 56.2 56.2 52.4 Yds 90 90 74 TD 0 0 0 Lng 30 30 13 Avg/G 90.0 90.0 74.0 No. 5 3 1 9 11 Yds 32 58 0 90 74 Avg 6.4 19.3 0.0 10.0 6.7 TD 0 0 0 0 0 Long 8 30 0 30 13 Avg/G 32.0 58.0 0.0 90.0 74.0 No. 4 4 0 Yds 83 83 0 Avg 20.8 20.8 0.0 TD 0 0 0 Long 31 31 0 INTERCEPTIONS VENSON, Jason Total.......... Opponents...... No. 1 1 0 Yds 0 0 0 Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 TD 0 0 0 Long 0 0 0 KICK RETURNS BALDWIN, Darin Total.......... Opponents...... No. 1 1 3 Yds 24 24 44 Avg 24.0 24.0 14.7 TD 0 0 0 Long 24 24 16 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Total.......... 0 Opponents...... 0 Yds 0 0 Avg 0.0 0.0 TD 0 0 Long 0 0 SCORING MURRAY, L. DALY, Daren Total.......... Opponents...... TD 2 0 2 0 FGs 0-0 1-2 1-2 0-0 |------ PATs ------| Kick Rush 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 Rcv 0 0 0 0 Pass 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 DXP 0 0 0 0 Saf 0 0 0 0 Points 12 5 17 0 TOTAL OFFENSE GRECO, Michael WEAVER, Ronnie MURRAY, L. HARVEY, Brynn DAVIS, Brandon WILLIAMS, K. Total.......... Opponents...... G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Plays 29 23 11 9 2 1 75 44 Rush 57 84 43 34 7 3 228 52 Total 147 84 43 34 7 3 318 126 Avg/G 147.0 84.0 43.0 34.0 7.0 3.0 318.0 126.0 Pass 90 0 0 0 0 0 90 74 THE USF GAME 2008 UCF STATISTICS UCF OVERALL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FIELD GOALS DALY, Daren FGM-FGA Pct 1-2 50.0 01-19 0-0 20-29 1-1 30-39 0-1 40-49 0-0 50-99 0-0 Lg 27 PUNTING CLINGAN, Blake Total.......... Opponents...... No. 3 3 7 Yds 115 115 303 Avg 38.3 38.3 43.3 Long 47 47 50 TB 0 0 2 FC 1 1 0 I20 2 2 0 Blkd 0 0 0 KICKOFFS DALY, Daren Total.......... Opponents...... No. 4 4 1 Yds 214 214 46 Avg 53.5 53.5 46.0 TB 0 0 0 OB 1 1 0 Retn Net YdLn 44 24 42.5 22.0 27 48 ALL PURPOSE WEAVER, Ronnie BURNETT, Joe ROSS, Rocky GRECO, Michael MURRAY, L. WILLIAMS, K. HARVEY, Brynn BALDWIN, Darin DAVIS, Brandon Total.......... Opponents...... G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rush 84 0 0 57 43 3 34 0 7 228 52 Rec 0 0 58 0 0 32 0 0 0 90 74 PR 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 0 KOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 24 44 IR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tot 84 83 58 57 43 35 34 24 7 425 170 Avg/G 84.0 83.0 58.0 57.0 43.0 35.0 34.0 24.0 7.0 425.0 170.0 56 54 57 29 45 47 48 99 19 94 31 49 98 38 9 95 DEFENSIVE LEADERS RICHARDS, J. HENDERSON, C. YOUNG, Lawrence RASHAD, S. VENSON, Jason HARNDEN, T.J. WILLIAMS, David GEATHERS, J. BURNETT, Joe TUNUUFI SAUVAO NEAL, Johnell MILLER, Bruce TROUP, Torrell HALLMAN, D. NEWSOME, Jamar TIMMONS, Travis Total.......... Opponents...... |-------Tackles-------| GP Solo Ast 1 6 1 1 4 2 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 . 1 2 . 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 . . 1 32 8 1 63 12 Total 7 6 5 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 40 75 TFL/Yds . . 1.0-2 . . 1.5-9 . . . 0.5-1 . . . 1.0-1 . . 4-13 6.0-23 |-Sacks-| No-Yards . . . . . 1.0-8 . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 3-15 Blk 0 |---Pass Def---| Int-Yds BrUp . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 1 . 2 QBH . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 2 3 |-Fumbles-| Rcv-Yds FF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1-0 . 1-0 1 1-0 2 Blkd Kick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 2008 UCF FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2008 UCF STATISTICS UCF TEAM GAME-BY-GAME |---RUSHING---| No. Yds TD Lg 59 228 2 25 59 228 2 25 23 52 0 8 Date Opponent Aug 30, 2008 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE Totals Opponent |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| tot No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg off 1 24 0 24 4 83 0 31 318 1 24 0 24 4 83 0 31 318 3 44 0 16 0 0 0 0 126 |---------TACKLES---------||-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| |-Kicks--XPTS-| Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick A-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts 32 8 40 4.0-13 1.0-8 1 1-0 1-0 2 1 0 2-2 0 0 0 17 32 8 40 4.0-13 1.0-8 1 1-0 1-0 2 1 0 2-2 0 0 0 17 63 12 75 6.0-23 3.0-15 2 1-0 0-0 3 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Date Opponent Aug 30, 2008 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE Totals Opponent Date Opponent Aug 30, 2008 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE Totals Opponent |--RECEIVING--| |-------PASSING-------| No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-A-Int Yds TD Lg 9 90 0 30 9-16-0 90 0 30 9 90 0 30 9-16-0 90 0 30 11 74 0 13 11-21-1 74 0 13 |------------------PUNTING------------------| No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 3 115 38.3 47 0 0 1 3 115 38.3 47 0 0 1 7 303 43.3 50 0 2 0 50+ I20 0 2 0 2 1 0 |--FIELD GOALS--| A-Made Lg Blkd 2-1 27 0 2-1 27 0 0-0 0 0 |------KICKOFFS------| No Yds Avg TB OB 4 214 53.5 0 1 4 214 53.5 0 1 46 46.0 0 0 UCF INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING WEAVER, Ronnie RB GRECO, Michael QB MURRAY, L. RB HARVEY, Brynn RB DAVIS, Brandon RB WILLIAMS, K. WR No-Yds/TD 23-84/0 13-57/0 11-43/2 9-34/0 2-7/0 1-3/0 SCSU 23-84/0 13-57/0 11-43/2 9-34/0 2-7/0 1-3/0 PASSING GRECO, Michael South Carolina State TOTALS A 16 16 Int 0 0 RECEIVING ROSS, Rocky WR WILLIAMS, K. WR RABAZINSKI, C. TE No-Yds/TD 3-58/0 5-32/0 1-0/0 SCSU 3-58/0 5-32/0 1-0/0 PUNT RETURNS BURNETT, Joe No-Yds 4-83 SCSU 4-83 KICK RETURNS BALDWIN, Darin No-Yds 1-24 SCSU 1-24 No-Yds 1-0 SCSU 1-0 26 INT. RETURNS VENSON, Jason Comp 9 9 Pct 56.2 56.2 Yards 90 90 TD 0 0 Long 30 30 Sack 3 3 Yds 15 15 Effic 103.5 103.5