The 2021 season's largest margin: UCF 63, Bethune-Cookman 14. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The Winning Chapter
UCF's 2021 season (8-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Mikey KeeneQB1,730 passing yards
- Dillon GabrielQB814 passing yards
- Johnny RichardsonRB733 rushing yards
- Isaiah BowserRB703 rushing yards
- Mark-Antony RichardsRB309 rushing yards
- Ryan O'KeefeWR812 receiving yards
- Brandon Edward JohnsonWR565 receiving yards
- Jaylon RobinsonWR322 receiving yards
- Tatum BethuneLB108 tackles
- Quadric BullardDB84 tackles
- Bryson ArmstrongLB77 tackles
- Big Kat BryantDE6 sacks
- Tre'Mon Morris-BrashDE5 sacks
- Ricky BarberDT3 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: UCF 21, Cincinnati 56. A 35-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: UCF beat Florida 29-17 in the postseason.
"Charge On"
2021 is a middle chapter for UCF — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.