TAMPA, FLA., Aug. 13, 2025 – The University of South Florida and Bowling Green University will play a two-game series in football starting in 2026.
 
The Bulls and Falcons will meet for just the second time, and first time since 2002, when they clash on Sept. 26, 2026, in Bowling Green, Ohio. The Falcons will come to Tampa on Sept. 14, 2030.
 
The Bulls won the only previous meeting, taking a 29-7 victory in Raymond James Stadium in 2002.
 
The 2026 game completes the Bulls' 2026 non-conference schedule. USF will open the 2026 season vs. FIU (Sept. 5), travel to Alabama (Sept. 12) and face Bethune-Cookman (Sept. 19) in Tampa before finishing the non-conference season with the game in Bowling Green, Ohio. The Falcons are the second date on the Bulls schedule for the 2030 season, joining a contest at Louisville set for Aug. 31, 2030.
 
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USF will hold the annual Kickoff Luncheon on Aug. 20 at Armature Works in downtown Tampa. The annual event will feature head coach Alex Golesh and the entire USF team and coaching staff. The event has sold out for the second consecutive year.
 
Tickets:
Season tickets for the 2025 USF football season tickets are on sale and may be purchased by calling 1-800-GoBulls or visiting this LINK.
 
Single-game tickets for the 2025 USF football season can be purchased by calling 1-800-GoBulls or visiting this LINK.
 
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ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and completed its 28th season in 2024 with its second-straight bowl victory in the Hawai'i Bowl. Head coach Alex Golesh posted a program-best six-game turnaround and a Boca Raton Bowl victory in his first season in 2023. USF completed construction on a new $22 million Indoor Performance Facility in 2023 and a $340-million on-campus stadium and football operations center broke ground in the fall of 2024 and is slated for completion by 2027. The Bulls have posted 17 winning seasons, earned 16 All-America selections (including two consensus selections, the last coming in 2021), as well as 33 first-team all-conference honorees. USF has had 30 players selected in the NFL Draft and the Bulls have made 12 bowl game appearances (going 8-4), posting a program-record six straight appearances from 2005-2010 and making four straight bowl appearances from 2015-18. USF posted back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2016 and 2017, logging a program-record 11-2 mark in 2016, while finishing both seasons ranked in the Top 25. USF spent a program-record 20 straight weeks ranked in the Top 25 during the 2016 and 2017 campaigns and reached as high as No. 2 in the Associated Press rankings during the 2007 season.