The

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UCF Knights football season was the eleventh for the team. It was

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's fifth season as the head coach of the Knights. The season marked UCF's last in Division II, as the Knight would move to

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in 1990. The team posted an overall record of 7–3 in 1989 but failed to make the Division II Playoffs. As a Division II team in 1989, UCF defeated multiple

teams, including two nationally ranked schools. On October 28, UCF upset No. 9

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(I-AA), and two weeks later on November 11, defeated No. 4

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(I-AA).2006 UCF Knights Football Media Guide Against Eastern Kentucky, quarterback Rudy Jones led a fourth quarter comeback, throwing two touchdown passes to lift the Knights to a 20–19 victory. The team played their home games at the

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in Downtown

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. During the decade of the 1980s, the Knights compiled an overall record of 47–59–1 (.443)

Schedule

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UCF UCF Knights football seasons

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