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A CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM Under head coach George O’Leary, the Knights have par�cipated in bowl games in two of the last four years. A�er claiming the Conference USA Championship in 2007, UCF headed to Memphis, Tenn., for the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. The Knights faced Mississippi State of the SEC in front of a na�onal television audience on ESPN. The Knights made their inaugural trip to a bowl game in 2005, heading to the Pacific for the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, a reward for winning the C-USA East Division �tle. UCF met Nevada at Aloha Stadium. The contest was also televised live na�onally on ESPN. While in Hawaii, the Knights had the opportunity to tour Honolulu, visi�ng sites like Pearl Harbor, and par�cipa�ng in a luau organized by bowl game officials.
