College Football Conference Championship weekend results

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AAC Championship - Memphis v Central Florida
The University of Central Florida Golden Knights are 2017 American Athletic Conference football champions

American Athletic Conference Championship Game

(14) Central Florida Golden Knights 62, (20) Memphis Tigers 55 (2OT)

Orlando, FLORIDA-- On UCF's home turf, the Golden Knights and Memphis went back and forth until the end of the second overtime with an interception by UCF in the highest-scoring game in FBS conference championship history (117 points). Central Florida capped off a perfect campaign with a 12-0 season heading into the bowl season. UCF would be the Group of Five representative in the New Year's Six bowls.

UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton threw for 494 yards and 5 touchdowns in the win. Running back Otis Anderson rushed for 115 yards for UCF. Memphis wide receiver Anthony Miller led the receivers with 195 yards and 3 touchdowns.

This is UCF's first conference championship since sharing the title with Memphis and Cincinnati in 2014, before the conference started having a title game in 2015.

Edited by Arvind Sriram
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