South Florida–UCF rivalry

War on I-4

South Florida Bulls UCF Knights
Sport	Multiple
First meeting	1972 (basketball)

UCF

USF

Locations in Florida

The South Florida–UCF rivalry, officially known as the War on I–4, is a college rivalry between the University of Central Florida Knights and University of South Florida Bulls. The rivalry is best known for its college football matchup, and originated in a series of football games played from 2005–08. In 2013, when UCF joined the American Athletic Conference, the schools began competing annually in all sports, with the yearly football game played on Thanksgiving weekend. In 2016, the schools officially adopted the "War on I-4" as an official competition series. Each year, the team with the most wins across all sports receives an I–4 road sign trophy; the winner of the football game also receives a similar trophy.

Names

Starting when the schools first met on the gridiron in 2005, some writers dubbed the rivalry the "War on I–4". When the series resumed in 2013, administrators from both schools named it the "I–4 Corridor Clash". Both names refer to Interstate 4, an interstate highway that runs through both Orlando and Tampa in Central Florida.^[1][2] In 2016, when the schools announced the official competition, they formally adopted the "War on I-4" name.^[3][4]

Series history

Beginning

Founded in 1956 and 1963, respectively, the University of South Florida and the University of Central Florida are located 82.6 miles (132.9 km) apart from each other.^{[lower-alpha 1]} The schools' distance, combined with their athletic programs concurrent establishment and rise to NCAA Division I helped create a natural rivalry between the two schools. The first meeting between the Florida Technical University Knights of the Pegasus (UCF)^[5] and the University of South Florida Golden Brahman was in 1972 in a basketball game in Tampa. The Golden Brahman won this game, 115–96.^[6] Since that time, the schools have played each other in 9 other sports.^[6]

Official War on I-4 rivalry

On September 21, 2016, both schools announced the official recognition of the “War On I-4” rivalry series. The schools compete each school year in 14 sports for bragging rights, with each sports team's record counting equally toward a final tally for each program. The winner each year will take possession of a large trophy shaped like the iconic I-4 road sign, which will be displayed on their campus for the following year. The winner of the annual Thanksgiving weekend, football clash will also receive a similarly shaped “War On I-4” trophy.^[3][4]

Point system

Beginning on September 21, 2016, when the rivalry series was officially established, USF and UCF score their head-to-head competitions in 14 sports programs represented at both universities, with each sport being worth 6 points. Nine programs (football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, men’s tennis and women’s tennis) compete head-to-head during the regular season. The five programs that don’t compete directly against each other (cross country, golf, and track and field) determine their winner based on the best overall conference post-season performance of the teams. The performances of both athletic programs in the annual NCAA Graduation Success Rate will be used as a tiebreaker, if necessary. Points will be awarded per victory in sports with multiple meetings in a given season.^[3]

Football

History

Early plans

Discussions about scheduling a game between the Knights and Bulls began shortly after South Florida fielded its first NCAA Division I-AA team in 1997.^[7][8] Supporters suggested such a rivalry could help generate interest and revenue for both burgeoning teams. The prospect became more serious when the Bulls entered Division I-A in 2001 and was very popular among fans, but as it would be a non-conference series, difficulties arose. UCF had overbooked its future schedules and would have to break commitments.^[7] Meanwhile, South Florida officials worried that their young program stood to take in less revenue from a home-and-away series against UCF than it would with an additional home game on the schedule.^[9] Serious planning for a series did not commence until 2003.^[7]

First games (2005–2008)

By 2003, serious discussions resumed as both schools had joined conferences – South Florida joined Conference USA (C-USA) in 2001, while UCF joined the Mid-American Conference (MAC) in 2002.^[7] That year, the schools' athletics directors met and agreed to schedule games for the 2005 and 2006 seasons.^[7][10] Subsequently, South Florida joined the Big East, an Automatic Qualifying conference, in 2005,^[11] while UCF joined C-USA the same year.^[12] The Bulls won both games, which both drew crowds over 45,000. The series was extended for 2007 and 2008 as part of an agreement with C-USA that the Bulls play a member of the conference annually for five years.^[10][13] South Florida won these games as well, including a 64–12 blowout in 2007. South Florida declined to schedule further games in the series, indicating it wished to pursue more competitive and high profile opponents and teams from outside Florida.^[14][15]

The two schools discussed scheduling more games over the next several years, including a failed proposal by South Florida to play at the Citrus Bowl in 2011.^[16][17][18]

Renewed series (2013–present)

Conference realignment shed new light on the rivalry in 2011, when UCF was admitted to the Big East Conference (later realigned as the American Athletic Conference).^[19][20] For the first time, both schools were part of the same conference, and the rivalry resumed as a regular conference match beginning with the 2013 season.^[21] The games have been scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend.^[22][23] In 2013, UCF pulled off a late 23–20 win against the Bulls in Orlando to earn its first victory against South Florida.^[24][25] In May 2014, The American announced that as of the 2015 season, both schools will be a member of the East Division.^[26]

Game results

Since 2005, the Bulls and Knights have played seven times. South Florida leads the series 5–2. The game has been played in two cities and three stadiums: Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, and the Citrus Bowl and Bright House Networks Stadium in Orlando, Florida. South Florida leads the series in Tampa (3–1) and in Orlando (3–1).

South Florida victories

UCF victories

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score	Attendance
1	September 17, 2005	Tampa, FL	South Florida	31–14	45,139
2	September 16, 2006	Orlando, FL	South Florida	24–17	46,708
3	October 6, 2007	Tampa, FL	South Florida	64–12	65,948
4	September 6, 2008	Orlando, FL	South Florida	31–24^OT	46,805
5	November 29, 2013	Orlando, FL	UCF	23–20	45,952
6	November 28, 2014	Tampa, FL	UCF	16–0	36,963
7	November 26, 2015	Orlando, FL	South Florida	44–3	25,967
8	November 26, 2016	Tampa, FL	South Florida	48–31	36,056
Series: South Florida leads 6–2

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Game notes

2005

1 2 3 4 Total Golden Knights 0 0 7 7 14 • Bulls 7 14 7 3 31 Location: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL Game start: 7:00 p.m. Game attendance: 45,139 Television network: FSN

A crowd of 45,139, second-largest (until that time) in South Florida's relatively brief football history, watched the Bulls build a 21–0 halftime lead on the strength of a relentless running attack that finished with 326 yards. Andre Hall ran for 155 yards and scored two touchdowns Saturday night to help South Florida beat UCF 31–14.

UCF was held to 45 yards rushing and was shut out until Joe Burnett returned a third-quarter punt 60 yards to the South Florida 4, setting up Steven Moffett's touchdown run on the next play. Moffett also threw a 9-yard TD pass to Brandon Marshall late in the fourth quarter.

One play after Hall nearly scored on a 17-yard run, Pat Julmiste added South Florida's last TD on 1-yard quarterback sneak late in the third quarter. Kyle Bronson added a fourth-quarter field goal to make it 31–7.

2006

1 2 3 4 Total • Bulls 7 0 3 14 24 Golden Knights 0 10 0 7 17 Location: Orlando Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL Game start: 2:30 p.m. Game attendance: 46,708 Television network: CBSSN

South Florida freshman quarterback Matt Grothe threw for 302 yards and ran for another 73, eclipsing Marquel Blackwell's 239-yard game against New Haven in 1999. Blackwell also had a 238-yard game that same year against Liberty. Meanwhile, Grothe now has the top three rushing games by a freshman quarterback in South Florida history, including his 73 yards. He had 82 rushing yards against Florida International and 58 in the season opener against McNeese State. Blackwell had held the record with 57 yards against Southwest Texas State in 1999.

2007

1 2 3 4 Total Knights 7 3 0 2 12 • #5 Bulls 12 17 14 21 64 Location: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL Game start: 12:00 p.m. Game attendance: 65,948 Television network: ESPNU

The Bulls defeated the cross-state Knights 64–12 in front of a home crowd announced at 65,948. The Bulls held the Knights to just 145 total yards and Kevin Smith, who came in as the nation's leading rusher at 172 yards per game, to just 55 yards in one half of play, the only time during the season that a defense held Smith to under 100 yards. South Florida gained 543 total yards—over three times as much as UCF—while holding the ball three fewer minutes than the Knights. UCF scored their only offensive points—a Kyle Israel rush for a touchdown, and a field goal—in the first half. UCF and South Florida would also exchange safeties.

2008

1 2 3 4 OT Total • #17 Bulls 10 0 14 0 7 31 Knights 7 3 0 14 0 24 Location: Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando, FL Game start: 7:00 p.m. Game attendance: 46,805 Television network: ESPN2

In what was the final meeting of the War on I-4 for many years, the visiting Bulls downed the Knights 31–24 in a closely contested overtime battle. With UCF trailing 24–7 late in the 4th quarter, quarterback Michael Greco threw two touchdown passes in less than a minute, including passes of 13 yards to Corey Rabazinski and 31 yards to Rocky Ross, to tie the game at 24 with 1:40 remaining in regulation. South Florida won the game when they stopped UCF on a 4th and short in overtime.

2013

1 2 3 4 Total Bulls 3 3 7 7 20 • #17 Knights 3 10 3 7 23 Location: Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando, FL Game start: 8:00 p.m. Game attendance: 45,952 Television network: ESPN

UCF debuted their black helmets for the first and only time for this matchup (worn with gold jerseys and black pants). Despite turning the ball over five times, the Knights found a way to earn their first victory in the I-4 Corridor Clash against South Florida. Running back Storm Johnson fumbled the ball on UCF's first two drives, including a drop at the Bulls 10 yard line. Trailing with under five minutes left in regulation, QB Blake Bortles found WR Breshad Perriman for a 52-yard go-ahead touchdown reception. With 1:20 left in the fourth quarter and charging down the field, South Florida quarterback Mike White was intercepted by CB Jordan Ozerities, and he returned the ball 52 yards to the Bulls 37 yard line. The Knights ran out the clock for the victory.

2014

1 2 3 4 Total • Knights 0 14 2 0 16 Bulls 0 0 0 0 0 Location: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL Game start: 12:00 p.m. Game attendance: 36,963 Television network: ESPN2

After a scoreless first quarter, Justin Holman led the Knights on a 17-play, 80 yard scoring drive to open the second quarter. The Knights held the Bulls offense to a three-and-out on the next series, which was followed by an 8-play, 73 yard scoring drive by UCF capped off by a 21-yard run from Rannell Hall. UCF held South Florida to 200 yards of total offense, 5 yards rushing, and forced three turnovers on downs. The Bulls missed a field goal and were not able to convert on three UCF turnovers.

2015

1 2 3 4 Total • Bulls 7 17 14 6 44 Knights 3 0 0 0 3 Location: Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando, FL Game start: 7:30 p.m. Game attendance: 25,967 Television network: ESPN

After scoring a field goal on their first drive, the Knights were shut out by the Bulls defense. The Bulls held UCF to 203 yards of total offense and caught two interceptions. Scoring 44 unanswered points and gaining 455 offensive yards, South Florida handed UCF their twelfth loss of the season, guaranteeing their second winless campaign since 2004. For the first time since 1995, UCF wore black jerseys and black pants. USF, on the other hand, completed one of the biggest single-season turnarounds in college football history to finish 8–4 after a 1–3 start.

2016

1 2 3 4 Total Knights 7 7 10 7 31 • Bulls 14 10 7 17 48 Location: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL Game start: 12:00 p.m. Game attendance: 36,056 Television network: CBSSN

The 2016 game was the first official War on I-4 football game and both teams entered the game having already secured bowl eligibility (UCF was 6-5 and USF was 9-2), for the first time since the 2007 meeting. Following the game USF was ranked in both the AP and Coaches poll.

Basketball

Men's basketball

The two schools began competing against one another in men's basketball during the 1971–1972 season and have met thirty-three times to date. The Bulls currently hold a 22–11 edge over the Knights, however two Knights' victories were vacated due to NCAA sanctions. The 2013–2014 season marked the first time the schools would compete in the same conference, with UCF holding a 4–2 series lead in American Athletic Conference play. USF holds the longest win streak in the series having won nine consecutive games against their rivals, while the Knights have never won more than two in a row against the Bulls.

South Florida victories

UCF victories

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	February 22, 1972	Tampa, FL	South Florida	115–96
2	December 11, 1972	Orlando, FL	South Florida	100–88
3	December 3, 1973	Tampa, FL	South Florida	96–76
4	November 30, 1974	Orlando, FL	FTU	75–74
5	February 17, 1975	Tampa, FL	South Florida	120–87
6	November 29, 1975	Orlando, FL	South Florida	94–76
7	November 29, 1976	Tampa, FL	FTU	66–57
8	January 26, 1978	Orlando, FL	FTU	79–57
9	February 6, 1986	Tampa, FL	South Florida	81–65
10	December 17, 1987	Tampa, FL	South Florida	86–71
11	December 12, 1992	Tampa, FL	South Florida	92–81
12	January 26, 1993	Orlando, FL	South Florida	77–72
13	February 7, 1994	Orlando, FL	UCF	89–85^OT
14	December 10, 1994	Tampa, FL	South Florida	89–64
15	December 11, 1995	Orlando, FL	South Florida	92–82
16	December 14, 1996	Tampa, FL	South Florida	66–47
17	December 30, 1997	Tampa, FL (N)	South Florida	73–72
18	December 17, 1998	St. Petersburg, FL (N)	South Florida	69–55
19	December 3, 1999	Orlando, FL	South Florida	79–55
20	December 15, 2000	Tampa, FL	South Florida	85–55
21	January 29, 2002	Orlando, FL	South Florida	84–79
22	December 1, 2007	Tampa, FL	South Florida	75–67
23	December 6, 2008	Orlando, FL	UCF	71–63^#
24	December 16, 2009	Tampa, FL	South Florida	69–65
25	November 18, 2010	Orlando, FL	UCF	65–59^#
26	November 10, 2012	Tampa, FL	UCF	74–56
27	January 2, 2013	Orlando, FL	South Florida	65–56
28	February 5, 2014	Orlando, FL	South Florida	79–78^OT
29	February 15, 2014	Tampa, FL	UCF	75–74
30	February 11, 2015	Orlando, FL	UCF	73–62
31	March 4, 2015	Tampa, FL	South Florida	74–45
32	January 6, 2016	Orlando, FL	UCF	75–64
33	January 20, 2016	Tampa, FL	UCF	64–54
Series: South Florida leads 22–11

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[#] – UCF's victories in 2008 and 2010 were vacated due to NCAA sanctions

(N) – neutral site locations

Women's basketball

The schools claim two different baseball records and results, due to when they declare the first meeting occurred. According to USF, they lead the women's basketball series 25-8, with the first meeting occurring on January 20, 1973, with a USF 41-30 win in Tampa.^[30] According to UCF and the official War on I-4 website, the first meeting occurred on January 12, 1978, with a USF 81-70 win in Tampa, resulting in a 22-5 USF lead in the series.^[31] USF has not lost a game in the series since the 1980-81 season.

South Florida victories

UCF victories

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	January 20, 1973[lower-alpha 2]	Tampa, FL	South Florida	41–30
2	December 30, 1973[lower-alpha 2]	Orlando, FL	FTU	59–47
3	January 21, 1974[lower-alpha 2]	Orlando, FL	FTU	55–48
4	January 27, 1975[lower-alpha 2]	Orlando, FL	South Florida	54–45
5	February 4, 1975[lower-alpha 2]	Tampa, FL	South Florida	53–37
6	February 10, 1977[lower-alpha 2]	Orlando, FL	FTU	75–68
7	January 12, 1978	Tampa, FL	South Florida	81–70
8	February 4, 1978	Orlando, FL	FTU	65–59
9	December 5, 1978	Tampa, FL	South Florida	59–52
10	January 26, 1979	Orlando, FL	UCF	76–73
11	November 30, 1979	Tampa, FL	South Florida	66–64
12	December 13, 1979	Orlando, FL	UCF	78–76
13	January 26, 1980	Orlando, FL	UCF	76–56
14	December 10, 1980	Orlando, FL	UCF	72–66
15	November 19, 1981	Tampa, FL	South Florida	54–51
16	February 2, 1987	Tampa, FL	South Florida	87–80
17	January 9, 1988	Orlando, FL	South Florida	92–73
18	February 2, 1988	Tampa, FL	South Florida	72–63
19	December 5, 1988	Tampa, FL	South Florida	91–80
20	December 19, 1989	Orlando, FL	South Florida	81–70
21	March 3, 1992	Tampa, FL	South Florida	76–64
22	December 1, 1992	Tampa, FL	South Florida	110–55
23	January 4, 1993	Orlando, FL	South Florida	81–78
24	February 2, 1994	Tampa, FL	South Florida	81–57
25	December 10, 1996	Orlando, FL	South Florida	66–49
26	November 19, 1999	Orlando, FL	South Florida	62–60
27	November 21, 2000	Tampa, FL	South Florida	67–58
28	January 18, 2014	Orlando, FL	South Florida	63–38
29	January 24, 2014	Tampa, FL	South Florida	88–49
30	February 8, 2014	Tampa, FL	South Florida	89–54
31	February 3, 2015	Tampa, FL	South Florida	91–68
32	February 28, 2015	Orlando, FL	South Florida	99–71
33	January 5, 2016	Tampa, FL	South Florida	108–63

Baseball

The schools claim two different baseball records and results, due to when they declare the first meeting occurred. According to USF, they lead the baseball series 68–62, with the first meeting occurring on March 13, 1971, with USF winning 5–1 in Tampa.^[32] However, according to UCF and the official War on I-4 website,^[6] the first meeting did not occur until FTU's 6–3 victory over USF on April 12, 1973, in Orlando, giving USF only a 65–63 lead in the series. Since that time, the two schools have played each other at least twice per year, except for 1981–1984, in which they did not face each other.^[32][33] The two teams have played four times in the postseason, splitting the games 2–2.^[34]

South Florida victories

UCF victories

# Date Location Winner Score 1 March 13, 1971[lower-alpha 2] Tampa, FL South Florida 5–1 2 April 29, 1971[lower-alpha 2] Orlando, FL FTU 5–4 3 March 3, 1972[lower-alpha 2] Tampa, FL South Florida 17–1 4 April 22, 1972[lower-alpha 2] Orlando, FL South Florida 11–6 5 April 12, 1973 Orlando, FL FTU 6–3 6 April 28, 1973 Tampa, FL South Florida 10–0 7 April 20, 1974 Tampa, FL South Florida 2–0 8 April 29, 1974 Orlando, FL South Florida 7–5 9 March 15, 1975 Tampa, FL South Florida 6–5 10 May 2, 1975 Orlando, FL FTU 6–5 11 February 28, 1976 Tampa, FL South Florida 4–0 12 April 30, 1976 Orlando, FL South Florida 12–4 13 February 26, 1977 Orlando, FL FTU 2–0 14 May 2, 1977 Tampa, FL South Florida 4–2 15 March 2, 1978 Tampa, FL South Florida 2–0 16 April 11, 1978 Tampa, FL FTU 11–4 17 March 7, 1979 Orlando, FL South Florida 8–7 18 April 7, 1979 Tampa, FL South Florida 7–4 19 1980[lower-alpha 3] Orlando, FL UCF 10–3 20 April 15, 1980 Tampa, FL UCF 7–3 21 May 3, 1985 Tampa, FL South Florida 13–2 22 May 4, 1985 Tampa, FL South Florida 13–6 23 May 5, 1985 Tampa, FL South Florida 8–7 24 May 6, 1985 Orlando, FL South Florida 6–4 25 May 2, 1986 Orlando, FL South Florida 4–3 26 May 3, 1986 Orlando, FL UCF 6–3 27 February 25, 1987 Tampa, FL South Florida 9–2 28 April 1, 1987 Tampa, FL South Florida 6–2 29 March 30, 1988 Tampa, FL UCF 10–1 30 April 13, 1988 Orlando, FL UCF 4–3^(11) 31 March 28, 1989 Tampa, FL UCF 6–3 32 April 4, 1989 Orlando, FL UCF 7–3 33 February 28, 1990 Tampa, FL UCF 6–3 34 May 2, 1990 Orlando, FL South Florida 7–6 35 February 5, 1991 Orlando, FL South Florida 5–2 36 April 10, 1991 Tampa, FL South Florida 10–2 37 February 7, 1992 Kissimmee, FL* UCF 7–1 38 February 9, 1992 Kissimmee, FL* South Florida 7–4 39 April 14, 1993 Tampa, FL UCF 2–0 40 April 21, 1993 Orlando, FL UCF 7–6 41 May 1, 1993 Tampa, FL South Florida 17–6 42 May 2, 1993 Tampa, FL South Florida 11–0 43 May 28, 1993 Tallahassee, FL^NCAA UCF 2–0 44 April 5, 1994 Orlando, FL South Florida 8–4 45 April 12, 1994 Tampa, FL South Florida 5–1 46 April 19, 1994 Orlando, FL UCF 5–2 47 May 3, 1994 Tampa, FL UCF 7–6 48 April 4, 1995 Orlando, FL UCF 5–4 49 April 11, 1995 Tampa, FL UCF 2–0 50 April 18, 1995 Orlando, FL UCF 3–2 51 April 25, 1995 Tampa, FL UCF 11–4 52 April 2, 1996 Tampa, FL UCF 9–4 53 April 9, 1996 Orlando, FL UCF 5–1 54 April 16, 1996 Tampa, FL South Florida 10–3 55 April 23, 1996 Orlando, FL UCF 3–2 56 February 8, 1997 Kissimmee, FL* South Florida 15–2 57 April 1, 1997 Tampa, FL UCF 11–3 58 April 8, 1997 Orlando, FL UCF 4–3^(11) 59 April 15, 1997 Tampa, FL South Florida 4–3^(13) 60 April 22, 1997 Orlando, FL UCF 2–1 61 May 22, 1997 Tallahassee, FL^NCAA South Florida 5–4 62 February 8, 1998 Kissimmee, FL* South Florida 3–2 63 March 31, 1998 Orlando, FL UCF 10–7 # Date Location Winner Score 64 April 7, 1998 Tampa, FL UCF 17–10 65 April 14, 1998 Tampa, FL UCF 17–10 66 April 21, 1998 Orlando, FL UCF 10–5 67 March 30, 1999 Tampa, FL UCF 7–4 68 April 6, 1999 Orlando, FL UCF 8–6 69 April 13, 1999 Tampa, FL South Florida 5–4^(10) 70 April 20, 1999 Orlando, FL UCF 12–11 71 March 28, 2000 Orlando, FL UCF 9–8 72 April 4, 2000 Tampa, FL South Florida 6–2 73 April 11, 2000 Tampa, FL UCF 3–0 74 April 18, 2000 Orlando, FL South Florida 13–2 75 April 3, 2001 Orlando, FL South Florida 15–5 76 April 10, 2001 Tampa, FL UCF 16–9 77 April 24, 2001 Tampa, FL South Florida 13–10^(10) 78 April 2, 2002 Tampa, FL South Florida 9–4 79 April 23, 2002 Orlando, FL UCF 6–2 80 May 31, 2002 Tallahassee, FL^NCAA UCF 6–1 81 June 1, 2002 Tallahassee, FL^NCAA South Florida 7–2 82 April 1, 2003 Tampa, FL South Florida 8–5 83 April 8, 2003 Tampa, FL South Florida 4–0 84 April 15, 2003 Tampa, FL UCF 10–6 85 April 13, 2004 Tampa, FL South Florida 10–4 86 May 4, 2004 Orlando, FL UCF 6–0 87 April 5, 2005 Tampa, FL UCF 8–7 88 April 19, 2005 Tampa, FL South Florida 9–2 89 April 4, 2006 Tampa, FL UCF 11–0 90 April 11, 2006 Orlando, FL South Florida 4–3 91 April 18, 2006 Tampa, FL South Florida 6–4^(11) 92 April 3, 2007 Tampa, FL South Florida 11–4 93 April 17, 2007 Tampa, FL South Florida 10–5 94 April 24, 2007 Orlando, FL UCF 11–5 95 April 1, 2008 Orlando, FL South Florida 17–4 96 April 8, 2008 Orlando, FL UCF 6–3 97 April 29, 2008 Tampa, FL South Florida 14–6 98 May 6, 2008 Tampa, FL UCF 9–5 99 March 10, 2009 Tampa, FL South Florida 8–5 100 March 11, 2009 Orlando, FL South Florida 13–5 101 April 28, 2009 Orlando, FL UCF 9–5 102 April 29, 2009 Tampa, FL South Florida 9–3 103 March 16, 2010 Orlando, FL South Florida 4–0 104 April 6, 2010 Tampa, FL UCF 7–3 105 March 15, 2011 Orlando, FL South Florida 6–5 106 May 3, 2011 Tampa, FL UCF 10–4 107 February 28, 2012 Orlando, FL UCF 12–1 108 March 20, 2012 Tampa, FL UCF 6–2 109 February 26, 2013 Orlando, FL South Florida 6–4 110 April 10, 2013 Tampa, FL South Florida 9–3 111 April 4, 2014 Tampa, FL UCF 2–0 112 April 5, 2014 Tampa, FL South Florida 4–2 113 April 6, 2014 Tampa, FL UCF 6–2 114 May 1, 2015 Orlando, FL UCF 3–0 115 May 2, 2015 Orlando, FL UCF 2–1 116 May 3, 2015 Orlando, FL South Florida 9–3 117 May 14, 2015 Tampa, FL UCF 12–9 118 May 15, 2015 Tampa, FL South Florida 7–3 119 May 16, 2015 Tampa, FL South Florida 5–4 120 April 15, 2016 Orlando, FL South Florida 6–4 121 April 16, 2016 Orlando, FL UCF 4–0 122 April 17, 2016 Orlando, FL UCF 6–5 123 April 29, 2016 Tampa, FL South Florida 4–0 124 April 30, 2016 Tampa, FL South Florida 5–4 125 May 1, 2016 Tampa, FL UCF 9–2

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[NCAA] – NCAA Division I Baseball Championship^[34][36]
[*] – Olive Garden Classic, played at the neutral site Osceola County Stadium^[37]

Softball

Softball was first played between the teams on April 16, 2003 in a double-header in Tampa.^[6][38][39] USF won both games 9-0 and 5-4 respectively. The two schools have played each other five times in the post-season, with USF holding a 3-2 advantage while UCF has won the most recent post-season matchup, 3-1, in the 2015 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament semi-finals.^[40][41]

South Florida victories

UCF victories

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	April 16, 2003	Tampa, FL	South Florida	9–0
2	April 16, 2003	Tampa, FL	South Florida	5–4
3	May 7, 2004	Orlando, FL	South Florida	8–1
4	May 7, 2004	Orlando, FL	South Florida	8–6
5	March 12, 2005	Tampa, FL	South Florida	6–2
6	April 20, 2005	Tampa, FL	South Florida	5–3
7	May 20, 2005	Gainsville, FL ^NCAA	South Florida	14–3
8	May 21, 2005	Gainsville, FL ^NCAA	South Florida	5–4
9	April 12, 2006	Tampa, FL	UCF	3–1
10	May 16, 2008	Gainsville, FL ^NCAA	UCF	3–2
11	May 18, 2012	Gainsville, FL ^NCAA	South Florida	1–0
12	April 12, 2014	Tampa, FL	South Florida	4–0
13	April 12, 2014	Tampa, FL	UCF	3–1
14	April 12, 2014	Tampa, FL	UCF	2–1
15	May 2, 2015	Orlando, FL	UCF	2–1
16	May 2, 2015	Orlando, FL	South Florida	3–2
17	May 3, 2015	Orlando, FL	UCF	6–1
18	May 8, 2015	Orlando, FL^AAC	UCF	3–1
19	April 29, 2016	Tampa, FL	UCF	9–0
20	April 30, 2016	Tampa, FL	South Florida	4–1
21	May 1, 2016	Tampa, FL	UCF	5–3
Series: South Florida leads 12–9

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[AAC] – American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
[NCAA] – NCAA Division I Softball Championship

Soccer

Men's Soccer

The two schools claim different records in Men's Soccer, due to when they declare the first meeting occurred. Unlike other sports, UCF and the official War on I-4 website claim the first meeting occurred earlier than USF does. According to UCF and the official War on I-4 website,^[6] the first meeting occurred in 1975, with USF winning 4-1, giving USF a 24-5-4 lead. However, according to USF, the first meeting did not occur until USF's 2-1 win on September 26, 1979 in Tampa, giving USF a 21-5-3 lead.^[45][46]

South Florida victories

UCF victories

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	1975[lower-alpha 4]		South Florida	4–1
2	1976[lower-alpha 4]		Tie	1–1
3	October 29, 1977[lower-alpha 4]	Tampa, FL	South Florida	3–1
4	September 26, 1979	Tampa, FL	South Florida	2–1
5	October 4, 1980	Orlando, FL	Tie	1–1^OT
6	September 23, 1981	Tampa, FL	South Florida	3–0
7	October 12, 1982	Orlando, FL	Tie	1–1^OT
8	September 14, 1983	Tampa, FL	South Florida	2–1^OT
9	September 6, 1984	Orlando, FL	Tie	0/1–0^OT/1[lower-alpha 5]
10	October 15, 1985	Tampa, FL	South Florida	3–2^OT
11	October 27, 1987	Tampa, FL	UCF	1–0
12	October 19, 1988	Orlando, FL	UCF	3–2
13	September 6, 1989	Tampa, FL	South Florida	5–1
14	September 12, 1990	Orlando, FL	South Florida	3–1
15	September 18, 1991	Tampa, FL	South Florida	2–0
16	October 27, 1992	Orlando, FL	South Florida	1–0
17	October 6, 1993	Tampa, FL	South Florida	1–0
18	October 19, 1994	Orlando, FL	South Florida	3–0
19	November 1, 1998	Orlando, FL	South Florida	3–2^OT
20	September 21, 1999	Tampa, FL	South Florida	4–3
21	October 4, 2000	Orlando, FL	South Florida	3–1
22	October 31, 2001	Tampa, FL	UCF	3–1
23	October 8, 2002	Orlando, FL	South Florida	3–1
24	August 31, 2007	Tampa, FL	South Florida	5–2
25	October 14, 2008	Orlando, FL	South Florida	1–0^OT
26	September 1, 2009	Tampa, FL	South Florida	2–1
27	November 18, 2010	Orlando, FL^NCAA	UCF	3–0
28	November 20, 2011	Tampa, FL^NCAA	South Florida	2–1^OT
29	October 23, 2013	Tampa, FL	UCF	1–0
30	October 22, 2014	Orlando, FL	South Florida	1–0
31	October 21, 2015	Tampa, FL	South Florida	3–1
32	September 24, 2016	Orlando, FL	South Florida	2–1
33	November 11, 2016	Tampa, FL^AAC	South Florida	2–1

^[45][46]
[NCAA] – NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
[AAC] – American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

Women's Soccer

Unlike Men's Soccer, the two schools claim the same records in Women's Soccer. The first meeting occurred in 1998 with USF winning 4-0 at home in Tampa. UCF currently leads the series 10-2-2,^[47][48] after the most recent meeting ended in a double overtime tie in Tampa on October 7, 2016.^[49]

South Florida victories

UCF victories

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	1998	Tampa, FL	South Florida	4–0
2	2001	Orlando, FL	UCF	3–2
3	2003	Tampa, FL	UCF	2–1
4	2004	Orlando, FL	UCF	5–0
5	September 13, 2009	Orlando, FL	UCF	1–0
6	September 3, 2010	Tampa, FL	UCF	1–0^2OT
7	August 19, 2011	Orlando, FL	UCF	5–1
8	August 17, 2012	Tampa, FL	UCF	3–1
9	September 27, 2013	Orlando, FL	UCF	2–1
10	November 8, 2013	Orlando, FL^AAC	Tie	0 (5)–0 (3)[lower-alpha 6]
11	October 10, 2014	Tampa, FL	UCF	3–0
12	October 23, 2015	Orlando, FL	UCF	3–1
13	November 5, 2015	Dallas, TX^AAC	South Florida	1–0^2OT
14	October 7, 2016	Tampa, FL	Tie	1–1
Series: UCF leads 10–2–2

^[47][48]
[NCAA] – NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship
[AAC] – American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament

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Notes

1. The distance between the two schools is being measured in a straight line from the front entrance of the UCF Student Union (28°36′06″N 81°12′02″W / 28.601778°N 81.200549°W) to the front entrance of USF's Phyllis P. Marshall Student Center (28°03′49″N 82°24′48″W / 28.063741°N 82.413310°W).
2. Not recognized by UCF or the official "War on I-4" website
3. Date not listed in either schools' media guide
4. Not recognized by USF
5. UCF claims that game ended 1-1 in regulation. USF claims the game ended 0-0 in overtime.
6. UCF advances on penalty kicks.

External links

• Official website