Thursday night marked UCF’s sixth-annual “Space Game,” where for one home game, the Knights rebrand to their former moniker of the Citronauts and don space-themed uniforms to highlight the university’s ties to NASA and the space program.
While the next NASA launch in the Sunshine State isn’t schedule until mid-November, UCF made sure to schedule its offensive launch Thursday night in the Bounce House. The Knights posted a 35 points in the first half to initiate the fireworks, and then completed the mission in the second half to obliterate Temple, 70-13. Quarterback John Rhys Plumlee captained the shuttle for the Space Game by accounting for seven touchdowns — four passing and three rushing — while attaining a career-high 373 yards through the air.