{"id":122723,"date":"2021-09-03T12:14:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T16:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723//?p=122723"},"modified":"2021-09-03T12:14:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T16:14:13","slug":"photos-ucf-beats-boise-state-to-kick-off-malzahn-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723//photos-ucf-beats-boise-state-to-kick-off-malzahn-era/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723//","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ Beats Boise State to Kick Off Malzahn Era"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ football team’s first game of the 2021 season with new head coach Gus Malzahn turned out to be worth the wait./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723/n

After enduring a 2-hour-and-41-minute lightning delay that pushed back kickoff to 9:46 p.m., the Knights rallied to a 36-31 win in their long awaited matchup against Boise State./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723/n

The game technically stretched over two days to complete, wrapping up at 1:26 a.m. Friday in front of a still lively crowd in the stands to witness the victory./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723/n

The Knights overcame a 21-0 first-half deficit /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723/u2014 matching a program record /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723/u2014 and scored 23 consecutive points to earn the victory./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723/u201cI think the whole college football world saw it,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723/u201d Malzahn said after the game. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723/u201cYou go down by 21-0 at home against a really good team and to fight back, keep believing, making plays and answering the bell again /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723/u2014 they just kept doing it and you could feel it on the sidelines. There wasn’t any panic. I’m really proud of our staff too. Our staff did a really good job. Overall, it was a really, really quality victory that will help us moving forward./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122723/n