| DATE: May 14, 2019 Bulls and Hurricanes to meet in 2025, 2027 and 2028 seasons USF with 14 non-conference Power 6 games scheduled in next 10 years TAMPA, MAY 14, 2019 – USF Vice President of Athletics Michael Kelly today announced an agreement with the University of Miami to play a three-game football series starting in 2025, bringing the Bulls’ scheduled non-conference games vs. Power 6 opponents to 14 over the next 10 seasons. The Bulls and Hurricanes will play a pair of games at Hard Rock Stadium (65,326) in Miami Gardens, beginning the latest series on Sept. 13, 2025 and closing the three-game series on Sept. 9, 2028. The Hurricanes will return to Raymond James Stadium on Sept. 4, 2027 to face the Bulls in Tampa for the fourth time and first time since 2013. The addition of the three-game series with Miami comes on the heels of the announcement of a home-and-home series with Boise State (2025 & 2027) in April and an agreement with Texas to cancel the final two games (scheduled for 2022 & 2024) of a previously announced three-game series. USF will still travel to Texas in 2020. “We are excited to continue to add very high-level opponents with great national interest to our future football schedules,” Kelly said. “In the next 10 years we now have six games on the schedule against Florida and Miami and our student-athletes, coaches and fans look forward to the challenge.” The Bulls and Hurricanes have met six times on the football field with Miami holding a 5-1 lead in the series, including a 49-21 victory in the last meeting in 2013 in Tampa. The Bulls win came, 23-20, in Miami in 2010. USF’s 2025 season non-conference schedule is now full with games vs. Boise State (Aug. 30), at Florida (Sept. 6), at Miami (Sept. 13) and vs. San Jose State (Sept. 20). The Bulls will open the 2027 season vs. Miami (Sept. 4) in Tampa and have road trips to Boise State (Sept. 11) and Northern Illinois (Sept. 25) on the schedule with one non-conference opponent to be filled. USF now has 14 scheduled non-conference games vs. Power 6 opponents over the next 10 seasons (through 2028) in addition to home-and-home series vs. Boise State (2025 & 2027) and BYU (2019 & 2021). The Bulls will play nine of those games vs. ACC opponents, including contests vs. Georgia Tech (2019), NC State (2021 & 2024), Louisville (2022, 2024 & 2026) and Miami (2025, 2027 & 2028). Future schedules also include dates vs. SEC foe Florida (2022, 2023 & 2025), Big 12 opponent Texas (2020) and Big Ten foe Wisconsin (2019). The Bulls beat Georgia Tech (49-38) at home and Illinois (25-19) in Chicago last season and have won five straight matchups vs. non-conference Power 6 opponents, and seven of the last eight contests overall. USF takes on Wisconsin on Fri., Aug. 30 in a primetime clash to open the 2019 season, travels to Georgia Tech (Sept. 7) in Week 2 and will host BYU on Oct. 12 for a homecoming clash at Raymond James Stadium. USF has played 13 non-conference regular season games vs. Power 6 opponents in six seasons since joining the American Athletic Conference in 2013. The non-conference Power 6 opponents faced over that span include Florida State (2015, 2016), Georgia Tech (2018), Illinois (2017 & 2018), Maryland (2014, 2015), Miami (2013), Michigan State (2013), NC State (2014), Syracuse (2015, 2016) and Wisconsin (2014). USF football season ticket members can renew their tickets for the 2019 season and new season tickets can be purchased by visiting USFBullsTix.com by calling 1-800-Go-Bulls. Mobile ticket options for the 2019 season such as the Boundless Bulls Pass and the Horns Up Pass, which offer fans flexibility and convenience, can also be purchased by visiting USFBullsTix.com by calling 1-800-Go-Bulls. ABOUT USF FOOTBALL Having completed just its 22nd season of football, and 19th at the FBS level, the USF football program has earned 10 bowl appearances, including a current run of four straight, and owns a record of 6-3 in bowl games. The Bulls have appeared in the national top 25 rankings in each of the past three seasons, including a program record run of 20 straight weeks in the top 25, and in 2018 reached the program’s 150th win faster than any FBS program in state of Florida history. USF has posted a pair of 10-plus win seasons in the last three years, including a program-record 11 wins (11-2) in 2016, and logged 15 winning seasons overall. Since first taking the field in 1997, the USF program has reached as high as No. 2 in the national rankings (2007), seen 30 players selected in the NFL Draft, 14 named All-American and 29 earn first-team all-conference selection. Follow @USFFootball on twitter for all the latest information concerning the USF Football program. #GoBulls |
