BYU Football Adds Two-Game Extension With USF Bulls
Feb 16, 2021, 9:44 AM
BYU Football lines up against the USF Bulls. (BYU Photo/Jaren Wilkey)
(BYU Photo/Jaren Wilkey)
PROVO, Utah – BYU football and the USF Bulls will be very familiar with one another the next three seasons.
The Cougars and Bulls announced a two-game extension of their football series through the 2023 season. This will be an additional two games on top of the home-and-home series that includes BYU’s home game this upcoming season in 2021.
BREAKING: @BYUfootball and @USFFootball have announced a two-game extension of their series through 2023. 🤙#BYU #GoCougs #BYUFOOTBALL
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) February 16, 2021
The last time USF and BYU met on the football field was the first-ever meeting between the two programs in 2019. South Florida won that game, 27-23, in Jaren Hall’s first-ever start as quarterback for BYU.
When BYU last faced USF, the Bulls were coached by former Louisville and Texas head coach Charlie Scott. Now Jeff Scott, a former co-offensive coordinator at Clemson under Dabo Swinney, is leading the Bulls. USF was winless against FBS competition in his first season as coach in 2020.
The first date of the two-game extension between the two programs will kickoff each team’s 2022 season. BYU will travel to USF for a season-opening Saturday, September 3rd, 2022, tilt in Raymond James Stadium, home of the Bulls and Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
USF will then make a return trip to Provo the following season on Saturday, October 28th, 2023, at LaVell Edwards Stadium.
BYU now has 11 games scheduled for the 2022 football season. Six of the games are scheduled to be played in Provo, with five on the road, including USF.
The Cougars 2023 slate now has a full 12-game schedule in place.
2021 BYU Football Schedule
Sept. 4 – vs. Arizona (Las Vegas)
Sept. 11 – UTAH
Sept. 18 – ARIZONA STATE
Sept. 24 (Fri.) – USF
Oct. 1 (Fri.) – at Utah State
Oct. 9 – BOISE STATE
Oct. 16 – at Baylor
Oct. 23 – at Washington State
Oct. 30 – VIRGINIA
Nov. 13 – IDAHO STATE
Nov. 20 – at Georgia Southern
Nov. 27 – at USC
2022 Schedule
Sept. 3 – at USF
Sept. 10 – BAYLOR
Sept. 17 – at Oregon
Sept. 24 – WYOMING
Sept. 30 (Fri.) – UTAH STATE
Oct. 15 – ARKANSAS
Oct. 22 – at Liberty
Nov. 5 – at Boise State
Nov. 19 – DIXIE STATE
Nov. 26 – at Stanford
TBA – EAST CAROLINA
2023 Schedule
Sept. 2 – TENNESSEE
Sept. 9 – at Virginia
Sept. 16 – at Utah State
Sept. 23 – at Arkansas
Sept. 29 (Fri.) – RICE
Oct. 7 – at Fresno State
Oct. 21 – BOISE STATE
Oct. 28 – USF
Nov. 4 – UNLV
Nov. 11 – at UCF
Nov. 18 – SOUTHERN UTAH
Nov. 25 – at USC
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (Saturday from 12–3 p.m., KSL Newsradio). Follow him on Twitter: @Mitch_Harper and the KSL Sports app.
