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The 2013 UCF Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Knights were members of the American Athletic Conference (The American), and played their home games at Bright House Networks Stadium on UCF's main campus in Orlando, Florida. The Knights were led by head coach George O'Leary, who was in his tenth season with the team. The 2013 season marked UCF's first as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The Knights were previously members of C-USA from 2005 to 2012, the MAC from 2002 to 2004, and were an independent from 1996 to 2001. UCF was originally barred from postseason play for the 2012 season due to recruiting violations in both football and basketball under previous athletic director Keith Tribble. The university was able to persuade the NCAA to postpone the postseason ban until the 2013 season, while they filed an appeal. In April 2013, the university won their appeal, the postseason ban was dropped entirely, and the team became bowl-eligible for the 2013–14 season. The season was the most successful in program history, highlighted by six second-half, come-from-behind victories. Four games were won by scores inside the final five minutes, and another was won by a last-second goal line stand, earning the team the nickname the "Cardiac Knights." The Knights secured the program's fifth ten-win season〔 (1990, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013). It was the fourth such in FBS, as well as the fourth under O'Leary, and the first twelve-win season in school history.〔 Thirrteen starters from the 2013 season would later play in the NFL,〔Blake Bortles, Clayton Geathers, Jacoby Glenn, Rannell Hall, Storm Johnson, Chris Martin, Jordan McCray, Justin McCray, Breshad Perriman, Terrance Plummer, Josh Reese, Justin Tukes, and Torrian Wilson.〕 including two first-round Draft picks. Quarterback Blake Bortles led the program to its first victories over teams from the Big Ten and Big 12 conferences,〔 by defeating Penn State and Baylor respectively. Bortles also led the Knights to their first win over a Top–10 team,〔 upsetting eighth-ranked Louisville on their homecoming 38–35. The Knights won The American's first football championship under its new name (it had previously been the Big East),〔 and the third conference championship in school history (2007, 2010, 2013). With the championship, UCF earned The American's automatic berth to a BCS bowl game, the first major bowl appearance in school history.〔 The Knights were victorious in the Fiesta Bowl, upsetting the sixth-ranked Baylor Bears 52–42 for the first BCS bowl victory in program history.〔 It was considered one of biggest upsets in BCS history. Coach (defensive coordinator) Jim Fleming departed the program in December 2013 to become the head coach at Rhode Island and did not coach with the team in their Fiesta Bowl appearance. All games were broadcast live on the UCF-IMG radio network.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ucfathletics.com/multimedia/ucf-isp-radio-network.html )〕 The Knights flagship station was WYGM "740 The Game" in Orlando. ==Personnel== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2013 UCF Knights football team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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