New-look UCF crushes Arizona to snap a five-game losing streak

UCF scored touchdowns on seven consecutive possessions and totaled 602 yards of offense in a 56-12 win over Arizona in a Big 12 game Saturday in Orlando, Florida.

The Knights (4-5, 2-4 Conference) were playing their first game since coach Gus Malzahn fired defensive coordinator Ted Roof and replaced him with Addison Williams, who has primarily coached defensive backs.

At the start of the game against Arizona, Malzahn also ceded his play-calling duties to offensive coordinator Tim Harris Jr.

Dylan Rizk, a redshirt freshman, made the first start of his college career, completing 20 of 25 passes for 294 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions.

Rizk also rushed for 55 yards on nine carries.

RJ Harvey ran for 184 yards on 22 carries and scored three touchdowns.

The Knights' Jacoby Jones finished the game with five catches for 106 yards and a touchdown, and Randy Pittman Jr. had five receptions for 80 yards with two touchdowns.

Wildcats quarterback Noah Fifita was 24 of 33 for 256 passing yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions. Seven of those passes were caught by Chris Hunter for a total of 102 yards.

Tetairoa McMillan had six catches for 84 yards with a touchdown. He became the first Arizona receiver to have two 1,000-yard seasons in his career. McMillan totaled 1,402 yards last season and is at 1,066 this year.

As time expired in the first half, Rizk completed a 48-yard Hail Mary pass to Pittman, giving UCF a 35-6 lead.

This came 46 seconds after Arizona (3-6, 1-5) scored its first touchdown of the game, a 24-yard pass from Fifita to Sam Olson.

Arizona cut the lead to 42-12 on a 2-yard pass from Fifita to McMillan with 8:08 left in the third quarter.

Less than two minutes later, the Knights quickly struck back with a 40-yard touchdown pass from Rizk to Jones.

UCF continued its streak, scoring a touchdown on seven straight possessions after a missed field goal ended the first drive.

The streak ended with a punt with 13:32 left.

With the win, the Knights ended a five-game losing streak.

Arizona is now on a five-game losing streak and has not won since losing to then-No. 10 Utah 23-10 on September 28 in Salt Lake City.

–Field level media