MEMPHIS at UCF
Saturday, Sept. 30 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN2
Spectrum Stadium (44,206/Natural Grass)
Orlando, Florida
Television
ESPN2
Mike Corey, Ahmad Brooks and Roddy Jones
Radio
WREC-AM 600 (Memphis)
WYGM-FM 96.9 (UCF)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 11th meeting between Memphis and UCF … The Tigers won the first meeting in 1990, but the Knights have taken the last nine matchups … The 2013 matchup was a battle of future NFL quarterbacks as UCF’s Blake Bortles threw for 160 yards and Memphis’ Paxton Lynch threw for 279 in UCF’s 24-17 win.
rv/rv MEMPHIS
3-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Mike Norvell (Central Arkansas ’95)
11-5, second season
Notes
Memphis is off to a 3-0 start after the Tigers scored a 44-31 win against Southern Illinois last Saturday … The Tigers are off to their third straight 3-0 start, marking the first time in program history that Memphis has done that … Memphis has averaged 480.0 yards of offense through three games … QB Riley Ferguson has completed 55 of 99 passes for 783 yards and eight touchdowns against two interceptions … RB Darrell Henderson has rushed for a team-high 345 yards and three touchdowns and is averaging 9.1 yards per carry … WR Anthony Miller has 17 catches for 255 yards and three touchdowns … WR Tony Pollard has been a difference-maker on special teams with two kickoff returns for touchdowns this season (four in his career) … Pollard has averaged 44.9 yards per return … LB Austin Hall has a team-high 24 tackles.
UCF
2-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Scott Frost (Nebraska ’97)
8-7, second season
Notes
UCF returned from a two-week layoff caused by Hurricane Irma to roll to a 38-10 win at Maryland last Saturday … The Knights, who had been idle since a 61-17 win against Florida International Aug. 31, had a 428-197 advantage in total yards against the Terrapins … UCF has outscored its first two opponents by a 24-0 margin in the fourth quarter … The Knights have allowed only three touchdowns … QB McKenzie Milton has been solid as a sophomore with 538 passing yards and five touchdowns with one interception through two games … Milton also leads UCF in rushing wtih 98 yards on nine carries … Three players have at least 100 receiving yards, let by WR Dredrick Snelson, who has eight catches for 107 yards … CB Mike Hughes leads a talented secondary with an interception and three pass breakups … LB Pat Jasinski has a team-high 10 tackles.