Wearing space-themed uniforms Thursday evening, UCF’s offense was out of this world because it scored 56 unanswered factors and cruised to a 70-13 win over Temple at FBC Mortgage Stadium.
Knights quarterback John Rhys Plumlee tied a faculty document with 7 whole touchdowns, throwing 4 scores and operating for 3 extra.
Auburn switch Kobe Hudson and Ryan O’Keefe caught all 4 passing touchdowns whereas every recorded greater than 100 receiving yards.
The Knights led 14-13 at 8:43 of the second quarter earlier than happening a run to safe their fourth straight victory.
The outcome marked the primary time that UCF scored not less than 70 factors in a recreation because it posted 73 towards Austin Peay in 2017.
Temple entered the sport permitting simply 16 factors on protection.
Owls quarterback E.J. Warner, who’s the son of NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner, threw for greater than 200 yards however only one landing.
Temple struggled on third down all through the sport to complete 7 of 17. Meanwhile, UCF transformed 7 of 8.
Edgewater product RJ Harvey carried the ball 4 instances for 73 yards whereas freshman quarterback Thomas Castellanos led the crew with 88 speeding yards in reduction of Plumlee.
Thursday’s result’s the second time this season the Knights have scored not less than 56 factors. UCF opened with a 56-10 win over South Carolina State.
For the second week in a row, UCF had two receivers with greater than 100 yards. In addition to Kobe Hudson 4 catches for 121 yards and a couple of touchdowns, Ryan O’Keefe had 7 for 111 yards and a couple of TDs.
Plumlee accomplished 18-of-22 passes for 373 yards in lower than three full quarters of play.
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