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1995 UCF Golden Knights football team

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The 1995 UCF Golden Knights football season was the seventeenth season for the team and eleventh for Gene McDowell as the head coach of the Golden Knights. The team finished with a 6–5 overall record. The season marked UCF's last in Division I-AA, as the Golden Knights moved to Division I-A in 1996. The 1995 season also featured the debut of UCF's new freshman quarterback, Daunte Culpepper.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record6–5
Headcoach
OffensivecoordinatorMike Kruczek (11th season)
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1995 UCF Golden Knights football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–5
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Kruczek (11th season)
Defensive coordinatorWillie Martinez (1st season)
Home stadiumFlorida Citrus Bowl
Seasons
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1996 →
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1995 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Troy State ^ – 11–1–0
No. 9 Hofstra ^ – 10–1–0
Saint Mary's – 8–2–0
Wagner – 8–2–0
Hampton – 8–3–0
Liberty – 8–3–0
Monmouth – 7–3–0
Jacksonville State – 7–4–0
Samford – 7–4–0
Robert Morris – 6–4–0
Towson State – 6–4–0
UCF – 6–5–0
UAB – 5–6–0
Wofford – 4–7–0
Buffalo – 3–8–0
Youngstown State – 3–8–0
Central Connecticut State – 2–8–0
Western Kentucky – 2–8–0
Davidson – 1–8–1
Charleston Southern – 1–10–0
Saint Francis (PA) – 0–10–0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
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The season started out on a high note, as the Golden Knights defeated Div. I-AA #5 Eastern Kentucky behind 254 yards passing by Culpepper in his first career game. After the season, Marquette Smith was drafted by the Carolina Panthers.

Marc Daniels debuted as the new radio voice of the Knights on the UCF Radio Network.[2][3]

Schedule

The Florida Citrus Bowl, the Knights' home field
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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 31No. 5 Eastern KentuckyW 40–3213,442[4]
September 9No. 8 (D-II) Carson–NewmanNo. 21
  • Florida Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
W 35–2113,413[5]
September 23at No. 1 (I-A) Florida StateNo. 12L 14–4676,600[6]
September 30at No. 1 McNeese StateNo. 12L 7–4916,921[7]
October 7SamfordNo. 20
  • Florida Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
W 41–1411,333[8]
October 14LibertyNo. 19
  • Florida Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
L 6–712,210[9]
October 21at HawaiiL 14–4531,463[10]
October 28at Northeast LouisianaW 34–1416,808[11]
November 4Bethune–Cookmandagger
  • Florida Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
W 38–716,002[12]
November 11No. 3 Troy State
  • Florida Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
L 17–2812,312[13]
November 18Maine
  • Florida Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
W 37–1711,119[14]
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