page_title: 2007 UCF Knights football team
section_title: Schedule
hierarchical_section_title: 2007 UCF Knights football team / Schedule
caption_attribution_description: Bright House Networks Stadium exterior on opening day
context_page_description: The 2007 UCF Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Their head coach was George O'Leary. The 2007 season was the first year the Knights played all of their home games at Bright House Networks Stadium, which they had just opened on the main campus of UCF in Orlando, Florida. In addition, the team changed its nickname from "Golden Knights" back to simply "Knights." From 1979 to 1992, the team had been known as the Knights, then changed to "Golden Knights" from 1993 until 2006.
  The Knights were led on offense by quarterback Kyle Israel and Consensus All-American running back Kevin Smith. UCF sought to prove they belonged on the big stage, and got their first chance by hosting the Texas Longhorns, ultimately losing by only a field goal.
  UCF ultimately went 9-3 in the regular season and 7-1 in C-USA, with their only conference loss being at East Carolina, and won the Eastern Division. They would go on to host the Conference USA Championship Game for the second time. Taking revenge on Tulsa for beating them two years before, UCF won the game 44-25, to claim their first Conference USA title.
caption: Bright House Networks Stadium, the Knights home field.
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