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The South Florida–UCF football rivalry, better known as the War on I-4, is an American college football rivalry between the South Florida Bulls football team of the University of South Florida and UCF Knights football team of the University of Central Florida. As of the 2022 meeting, the Knights hold a 8–6 lead in the series.
The War on I-4 is a college rivalry between the University of Central Florida Knights and University of South Florida Bulls.The rivalry is best known for its college football matchup which originated in a series of football games played from 2005 to 2008 and now takes place on Thanksgiving weekend, the de facto "rivalry weekend" for FBS football.
In 2011, the University of Florida Student Government approved a resolution, which was sent to UM student body president Christina Farmer, ESPN and the head football coaches at each school, requesting the War Canoe's return to UF since they had won the 2008 contest.
The UCF Knights expanded the Big 12 this year and will see it grow again in 2024. All four new teams — Arizona, Arizona State, BYU and Deion Sanders' Colorado Buffaloes — are on UCF's schedule.
UF won the last meeting with Miami, a 24-20 victory in 2019 in Orlando. Florida also hasn't lost a home opener since 1989 and are 30-2 to kick off the season since then.
The Gators have won back-to-back games against Mississippi State and UCF. They beat the Bulldogs 45-28 on Sept. 21, then edged UCF 24-13 on Oct. 5 after an open week. UF opened the season 1-2 with ...
Florida coach Ray Graves likened the result to a "death in the family", Roy Bickford was the star for the Seminoles and was named the game MVP. Bickford blocked a punt to set up the Seminoles' lone FG, intercepted a pass deep in FSU territory to avert a sure UF score, and had another interception on UF's last scoring drive. [20]
UCF – Grant Reddick 27-yard field goal, 2:32; Second quarter. Florida – Ja'Kobi Jackson 1 yard run (Trey Smack kick), 12:50; Florida – Montrell Johnson Jr. 3-yard run (Trey Smack kick), 1:50; Florida – Trey Smack 28-yard field goal, 0:04; Third quarter. UCF – Grant Reddick 37-yard field goal, 6:32; Fourth quarter