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2010 UCF Knights football team

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Conference
  
Conference USA

Coaches
  
No. 20

2010 record
  
11–3 (7–1 C-USA)

Division
  
East

AP
  
No. 21

2010 UCF Knights football team

Head coach
  
George O'Leary (7th year)

The 2010 UCF Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Their head coach was George O'Leary, who was in his seventh season with the team. For the first time in program history, the Knights were nationally ranked following a nationally televised rout of Houston on November 5. For the third time in six years, UCF won the Conference USA Eastern Division and later, became Conference USA champions for the second time in four seasons. As a result, the Knights appeared in the Liberty Bowl, in which they defeated Georgia 10–6, for the first bowl victory in program history. UCF finished the season ranked in both final national polls, 20th in the Coaches Poll, and 21st in the AP Poll.

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All games were broadcast live on the UCF-ISP Sports radio network. The flagship was WYGM "740 The Game" in Orlando.

Recruiting class

Notes:

  • ^ a: Jose Jose was released from his scholarship during the spring, and would later recommit to the team for the 2011 season.

    • Awards & Milestones

    In addition to winning the Conference USA title, UCF and its players won several other awards. Head coach George O'Leary was named C-USA Coach of the Year for the third time. Having twice won ACC Coach of the Year, O'Leary has now been awarded coach of the year five times, trailing only South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier (six) and Utah’s Dennis Erickson (six) among active FBS coaches. Jeff Godfrey was named C-USA Freshman of the Year, joining Kevin Smith as the only Knights to win the honor. Godfrey ranks eighth in the nation in passing efficiency at 165.28, completing 68.4% of his passes, tops among all FBS quarterbacks. Godfrey also became the first true freshman quarterback to lead his team to an FBS conference championship. Defensive end Bruce Miller was named C-USA Defensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row, becoming only the second conference player to earn the award more than once.

    All-Conference Teams

  • C-USA First Team: Jah Reid, Bruce Miller, Kemal Ishmael, Josh Robinson, Quincy McDuffie
  • C-USA Second Team: Ronnie Weaver, Darius Nall, Charley Hughlett

    • School records

  • Best record: 9–3 (regular season) (T–2007), 11–3 (final including bowl game)
  • Best regular season conference record: 7–1 (T–2005, 2007)
  • Highest ranking: #25 (BCS), #21 (AP), #20 (Coaches), #25 (Harris)

    • NFL Draft

    Two former players were selected in the 2011 NFL Draft:

    References

    2010 UCF Knights football team Wikipedia
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