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Florida football will play under the lights at The Swamp when it hosts UCF in its next game Oct. 5.
UF announced the in-state matchup with UCF will kick off at 7:45 p.m. and air on the SEC Network.
The Florida Gators (2-2, 1-1 SEC) get a bye this week after winning 45-28 at Mississippi State in their first road game of the season.
UCF (3-0, 1-0 Big 12), under fourth-year coach Gus Malzhan, is coming off a 35-34 come-from-behind win at TCU on Sept. 14. The Knights had a bye last week and will host Deion Sanders-led Colorado on Saturday.
Florida is hoping for a better result against an in-state foe at The Swamp after falling 41-17 to Miami at home to open the 2024 season.
“It’s going to be another in-state game, but we’re going to be coming off a bye week as well,” Florida linebacker Grayson Howard said. “I mean, growing up in Jacksonville, you live for games like UCF, Miami, Florida State, everything like that, so, it’s going to be a good game for us,
Florida is 2-1 all-time against UCF, though the Knights won the last meeting between the two schools, beating UF 29-17 on Dec. 23, 2021 in the Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa.
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