Bulls to face FCS program led by former USF player and coach Larry Scott;
USF moves previously scheduled game dates with UMass (2022) and Florida A&M (2023)
TAMPA, FEB. 11, 2021 – USF will take on one of its own in the 2022 season as head coach Jeff Scott announced the addition of a home date vs. the Howard University Bison led by former Bulls’ player and longtime coach Larry Scott.
The Bulls and Bison are set to meet on Sept. 10, 2022 in Raymond James Stadium, a game that will also feature the return of Bison wide receivers coach Lindsey Lamar, the 2010 Big East Special Teams Player of the Year as a Bulls’ kick returner and also a longtime member of the USF football staff.
USF also announced the movement of two previously scheduled dates in the 2022 and 2023 seasons. The Bulls’ 2022 date vs. UMass (originally scheduled for Oct. 22) has been moved to the 2030 season with a date to be announced later. USF’s 2023 date vs. Florida A&M (originally scheduled for Sept. 23) has been moved up two weeks to Sept. 9, 2023 in Raymond James Stadium.
A Division I FCS program and member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Howard did not compete in the fall of 2020, its first season under Scott, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bison posted a 2-10 record in the 2019 season, prior to Scott’s arrival.
Scott was a member of the USF football staff for eight years from 2005-12 and is a 2000 graduate of USF. A member of the Bulls’ first football team in 1997, Scott lettered in three seasons as an offensive lineman (1997-99).
The addition of the 2022 date vs. the Bison gives the Bulls’ three non-conference dates in 2022: vs. Howard (Sept. 10), at Florida (Sept. 17) and at Louisville (Sept. 24).
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The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and will celebrate its 25th season (22nd at the FBS level) in 2021. The Bulls have posted 15 winning seasons, earned 14 All-America selections and 29 first-team all-conference selections, and have seen 30 players selected in the NFL Draft. USF has made 10 bowl games appearances (going 6-4 in those games) and posted a program record six straight appearances from 2005-2010. The Bulls most recently made four straight bowl appearances from 2015-18 and posted back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2016 and 2017, logging a program-record 11-2 mark in 2016 while finishing both seasons ranked in the Top 25. USF spent a program record 20 straight weeks ranked in the Top 25 during the 2016 and 2017 seasons and reached as high as No. 2 in the national rankings during the 2007 season.
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