The UCF football team has accepted an invitation to take part in the AutoNation Cure Bowl presented by Florida Hospital.<\/p>\n
UCF will face off with Sun Belt co-champion Arkansas State in the Cure Bowl, which is set for Dec. 17 at 5:30 p.m. inside Orlando’s Camping World Stadium.<\/p>\n
“We’re thrilled to be in a bowl game,” UCF head coach Scott Frost said Sunday. “Our guys have done a lot to earn a chance to play in the post-season. I think it’s wonderful that we get to play right here in the great city of Orlando. I think it’s going to give us an opportunity to have a lot of fans. It’s going to make travel and logistics easy for our football team and I can’t wait to give our seniors another chance to play football. I would love to see this team end this season on a good note. We’d love to send our seniors out on a good note. So we’re going to prepare as hard as we can.”<\/p>\n
Frost said he is proud to take part in the Cure Bowl, which donates proceeds from the game directly to individual breast cancer researchers through the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.<\/p>\n
Cure Bowl proceeds directly benefit breast cancer research at UCF. Dr. Annette Khaled, head of the College of Medicine\u2019s Cancer Research Division, has received $645,000 from the Cure Bowl through the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.<\/p>\n
Khaled and her team of graduate students have discovered a way to kill breast cancer cells, and their work is moving forward to preclinical testing and then clinical trials.<\/p>\n
“Bowl games are exciting no matter where they are and which game they are,” Frost said. “The Cure Bowl stands for something maybe a little more than most, to be a bowl that helps raise awareness and money for breast cancer. That’s as good a cause as you can find.”<\/p>\n
UCF Vice President and Director of Athletics Danny White said playing in the Cure Bowl will benefit the football program and Knights fans.<\/p>\n
“Taking part in the Cure Bowl will be a great experience for our student-athletes,” White said. “Congratulations to our football team and our coaching staff for earning the reward of participating in a bowl game. I know our fans will be excited about supporting their Knights right here in Orlando at Camping World Stadium.”<\/p>\n
Below are reasons to support the Knights and buy your bowl tickets through UCF:<\/p>\n
UCF fans can purchase tickets to the Cure Bowl by calling 407.823.1000. Information on student tickets will be available later this week.<\/p>\n
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