Complex sentence: The new facility opened for the first home game of the 2008 football season against the South Florida Bulls on September 20, which they lost 17--9 in front of a crowd of 16,717.
Split into simpler sentences: The new facility opened for the first home game of the 2008 football season against the South Florida Bulls on September 20. The Golden Panthers lost 17--9 in front of a crowd of 16,717.