ORLANDO, Fla. -- UCF for the second straight week prevailed in a shootout on its home field.
The 12th-ranked Knights captured the American Athletic Conference championship on Saturday as they defeated No. 16 Memphis 62-55 in double overtime. It is the Knights' third American crown in the past five years.
They won the East Division last Friday with a 49-42 win over USF.
It was a wild game. The top two scoring teams in the country combined for 117 points and 1,479 yards. It was tied at 48 at the end of regulation.
UCF had the ball first in the second overtime and scored on a 1-yard run by Otis Anderson.