Key divisional matchup to be played in prime time on ESPN

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The annual football matchup between USF and UCF, which figures to have significant implications on the American Athletic Conference East Division race, will be played Thanksgiving night, Nov. 26, at 7:30 p.m. ET and will be telecast on ESPN.


 
“We are excited to have the USF at UCF game on Thanksgiving evening to kick off Rivalry Week,” said American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco. “It is fitting that this outstanding rivalry game will be played in prime time on Thanksgiving and available to a national ESPN television audience.”
 
The game had originally been scheduled for Friday, Nov. 27.