List of UCF Knights football seasons
Seasons

List of UCF Knights football seasons

Section Title: Seasons
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Year	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°

Division III Independent (1979–1981)

1979	Don Jonas	6–2–0

1980	Don Jonas	4–4–1

1981	Don Jonas	4–6–0

Division II Independent (1982–1989)

1982	Sam Weir	0–10–0

1983	Lou Saban	5–6–0

1984	Saban/Jerry Anderson§	2–9–0

1985	Gene McDowell	4–7–0

1986	Gene McDowell	6–5–0

1987	Gene McDowell	9–4–0	Semifinals Division II playoffs (1–1)

1988	Gene McDowell	6–5–0

1989	Gene McDowell	7–3–0

FCS Independent (1990–1995)

1990	Gene McDowell	10–4–0	Semifinals Division I–AA playoffs (2–1)

1991	Gene McDowell	6–5–0

1992	Gene McDowell	6–4–0

1993	Gene McDowell	9–3–0	First Round Division I–AA playoffs (0–1)

1994	Gene McDowell	7–4–0

1995	Gene McDowell	6–5–0

FBS Independent (1996–2001)

1996	Gene McDowell	5–6

1997	Gene McDowell	5–6

1998	Mike Kruczek	9–2

1999	Mike Kruczek	4–7

2000	Mike Kruczek	7–4

2001	Mike Kruczek	6–5

Mid-American Conference (2002–2004)

2002	Mike Kruczek	7–5	6–2	2nd (East)

2003	Kruczek/Alan Gooch§	3–9	2–6	5th (East)

2004	George O'Leary	0–11	0–8	7th (East)

MAC Record:	10–25	8–16

Conference USA (2005–2012)

2005	George O'Leary	8–5	7–1	1st (East)	L C-USA Championship Game, Tulsa 27–44 L Hawai'i Bowl, Nevada 48–49OT

2006	George O'Leary	4–8	3–5	4th (East)

2007	George O'Leary	10–4	7–1	1st (East)	W C-USA Championship Game, Tulsa 44–25 L Liberty Bowl, Mississippi State 3–10

2008	George O'Leary	4–8	3–5	4th (East)

2009	George O'Leary	8–5	6–2	2nd (East)	L St. Petersburg Bowl, Rutgers 24–45

2010	George O'Leary	11–3	7–1	1st (East)	W C-USA Championship Game, SMU 17–7 W Liberty Bowl, Georgia 10–6	20	21

2011	George O'Leary	5–7	3–5	4th (East)

2012	George O'Leary	10–4	7–1	T–1st (East)	L C-USA Championship Game, Tulsa 27–33OT W Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, Ball State 38–17

C-USA Record:	60–44	43–21

American Athletic Conference (2013–present)

2013	George O'Leary	12–1	8–0	1st	W Fiesta Bowl, Baylor 52–42†	12	10

2014	George O'Leary	9–4	7–1	T–1st	L St. Petersburg Bowl, NC State 27-34

2015	O'Leary/Danny Barrett§	0–12	0–8	6th (East)

2016	Scott Frost	6–7	4–4	3rd (East)	L Cure Bowl, Arkansas State 13-31

2017	Scott Frost	13–0	8–0	1st (East)	W AAC Championship Game, Memphis 62–552OT W Peach Bowl, Auburn 34–27†	7	6

2018	Josh Heupel	12–1	8–0	1st (East)	W AAC Championship Game, Memphis 56–41 L Fiesta Bowl, LSU 32-40†	11	12

American Record:	52–25	35–13

Total:	256–210–1

National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

Sentence(s)

Since UCF Knights football's first season in 1979, which was under Don Jonas, the Knights have earned 256 victories.

final_sentence: Since UCF Knights football's first season in 1979, which was under Don Jonas, the Knights have earned 256 victories.