Their head coach was George O'Leary, in his sixth season with the team.

For the third season, the UCF Knights played all of their home games at Bright House Networks Stadium on the school's main campus in Orlando, Florida.

[2] The flagship was WYGM "740 The Game" in Orlando, which had returned to a sports talk format after a year's absence but retained UCF's rights throughout.

The games were called by Marc Daniels (play-by-play) and Gary Parris (color commentary), with Scott Adams and Jerry O'Neill as field reporters.

On January 5, 2009, UCF hired Charlie Taaffe to be the team's new Offensive coordinator.

[4] The change occurred amid a staff shake-up by Head Coach George O'Leary after a disappointing 2008 season.

UCF and Texas last met on September 15, 2007 for the inaugural game at Bright House Networks Stadium in Orlando.

This was the first time in the program's history that the Knights proved victorious over a ranked opponent.