Homecoming week activities also include the on-campus stadium groundbreaking on Friday, Nov. 8 and the USF Athletic Hall of Fame Induction also on Friday, Nov. 8 on campus
TAMPA, OCT. 28, 2024 – The American Athletic Conference announced today that South Florida football’s Homecoming clash with Navy on Sat., Nov. 9 will kick off at noon and be broadcast on ESPN2.
The game will also serve as the program’s annual Salute to Service game and will mark the Bulls’ second-straight appearance on ESPN2 and fifth appearance in the first nine games on an ESPN linear network.
The Bulls and Midshipmen will be meeting for the fifth time with the series tied at 2-2. USF posted a 44-30, come-from-behind win at Navy last year, marking the program’s first conference road win since 2019.
The Bulls’ final regular-season contest at Rice has also been set for Sat., Nov. 30 with the kickoff time and broadcast arrangements still to be announced. USF’s remaining home game vs. Tulsa on Sat., Nov. 23 will also have its kick time and broadcast arrangements announced at a later date.
USF Homecoming week and the groundbreaking for USF’s new on-campus stadium and operations center were both moved from their original dates due to the impacts of Hurricane Milton. The stadium groundbreaking will take place on Fri., Nov. 8 at 3:30 p.m. just north of the Porter Family Indoor Performance Facility located on the east end of the Tampa campus on Sycamore Road.
Induction ceremonies for the USF Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2024 will also be held on Fri., Nov. 8 starting at 6:00 p.m. in the Muma Basketball Practice Facility, located adjacent to the Yuengling Center on campus. The four newest members of the Hall of Fame to be inducted will be baseball coach Eddie Cardieri (1986-2006), Jeff Cunningham (men’s soccer, 1994-97), Matt Grothe (football, 2004-09) and Chase Koepka (men’s golf, 2012-16).
USF (3-4; 1-2 American) heads to Boca Raton, Fla. this week for a Friday primetime clash with FAU (2-5; 0-3 American) on ESPN2. The game will kick off at 7:30 p.m.
ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and completed its 27th season in 2023 with a program-best six-game turnaround and Boca Raton Bowl victory under first-year head coach Alex Golesh. USF completed construction on a new $22 million Indoor Performance Facility in 2023 and a $340-million on-campus stadium and football operations center is slated for completion by 2027. The Bulls have posted 16 winning seasons, earned 16 All-America selections (including two consensus selections, the last coming in 2021), as well as 32 first-team all-conference honorees. USF has had 30 players selected in the NFL Draft and the Bulls have made 11 bowl game appearances (going 7-4), posting a program-record six straight appearances from 2005-2010 and making four straight bowl appearances from 2015-18. USF 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 campaigns and reached as high as No. 2 in the Associated Press rankings during the 2007 season.
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