USF Schedule Changes Because of Hurricane Irma; Latest Information For Ticketholders

TAMPA, FL – Thanks to help from the American Athletic Conference and its member schools, the University of South Florida will still play a full conference football schedule for the 2017 season.

USF's game against the University of Connecticut originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 9 was cancelled because of Hurricane Irma. However, five AAC member schools adjusted their schedules to allow USF and UConn to play this important AAC East Division game on Nov. 4.

Because of the adjustments made to ensure the full conference schedule, USF will play one less home game this season. The University of Massachusetts agreed to drop its 2017 game against USF since the two teams could not fit the game into this year’s schedule.

For season ticket members and single-game ticketholders, USF announced the following:

Compensation for Season Ticket Members: USF will e-mail specific information to season ticket members within the next two or three weeks once options are finalized regarding either a proportional refund or credit toward the 208 season, which would include tickets and parking.

Season Parking Passes: Season parking passes will still be honored based on the opponent of the printed pass, and not the date. For example, the parking pass marked for Cincinnati will still be valid on the rescheduled date against the Bearcats. The cancelled UMass parking pass will not be honored.

Single-game tickets for UMass: Tickets purchased for the cancelled USF vs. UMass game will be refunded or can be exchanged to any USF conference home game.

Single-game tickets for all other USF home games: Tickets for all of USF’s rescheduled home games will not be reissued but will be honored based on the opponent printed on the ticket on the new date for the game. Ticketholders who are unable to attend a rescheduled game on the new date will be refunded the ticket price.

Tickets for UConn away game: Fans who purchased a ticket for the postponed game at UConn which have been refunded will have priority for ticket purchase for the rescheduled game on Saturday, Nov. 4. For all purchase for the game, call (800) GoBulls.

Game times: USF’s two previously announced game times and dates for its nationally televised contests (Thursday, Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m. vs. Temple; Thursday, Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. at Tulsa) have not changed. All other game times will be announced under the AAC’s standard selection process.

Homecoming: USF’s homecoming game will remain on Saturday, Oct. 14, but its opponent will be Cincinnati instead of UMass. Since USF will be honoring rescheduled tickets based on opponents, ticketholders can exchange their UMass tickets for Cincinnati tickets.

To purchase tickets for USF football games, visit USFBullsTix.com or call (800) GoBulls.

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