The UCF Knights football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing The University of Central Florida in the American Athletic Conference. Since the establishment of the football program in 1979, the Knights have played in thirteen bowl games. UCF has appeared in thirteen different bowl games, with multiple appearances in the St. Petersburg (3), Liberty Bowl (2), Gasparilla Bowl (2), and the Fiesta Bowl (2). The Knights also played in the Hawai'i Bowl, the Cure Bowl, and the Peach Bowl which was a part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). With their most recent win in the 2021 Gasparilla Bowl, UCF has an overall bowl record of 6–7 (0.462). They are 2-1 in BCS bowl games.