South Florida·American Athletic

2023 — The 2023 Season

South Florida's 2023 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Won the Boca Raton Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +0.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ West Ken 24-41 W vs Flor A&M 38-24 L vs Alabama 3-17 W vs Rice 42-29 W @ Navy 44-30 L @ UAB 35-56 L vs Flor Atl 14-56 W @ UConn 24-21 L @ Memphis 50-59 W vs Temple 27-23 L @ UTSA 21-49 W vs Charlo 48-14 W @ Syracuse 45-0 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2023.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2023 season's largest margin: South Florida 45, Syracuse 0. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: South Florida 14, Florida Atlantic 56. A 42-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: South Florida beat Syracuse 45-0 in the postseason.

"Go Bulls"
— South Florida fanbase voice · 2023· synthesized
What it meant

2023 is a middle chapter for South Florida — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.