A just-released financial document confirms what UCF football fans may have already suspected: 2017’s perfect season meant big money for the Knights’ athletics association.

The UCF Athletics Association posted $62 million in revenue, a 10 percent jump from the prior year, according to the financial form the school submits annually to the NCAA. The form was released Thursday in response to a request by the Orlando Sentinel.

Increased ticket sales and higher bowl game payouts made up a big portion of the higher revenue.

The Knights sold $5.6 million in tickets during the financial year that started in June 2017 and ended in June 2018, a jump from $4.4 million the year before. Football drove most of those sales, bringing in $4.6 million.

“We’re hopeful that by following that up in 2018 with another great season, that trend will continue in 2019,” said Andy Seeley, associate athletics director. “We’re very happy with where we’re at with new ticket sales as well as renewals.”

Ticket sales plummeted to $3.9 million after the team’s 2015 season, during which the Knights didn’t win a single game.

The financial results for the 2018 UCF football season, which saw the Knights post an undefeated regular season, win a conference championship and extend the nation’s longest win streak to 25 games, won’t be reported until next year.

UCF won the Peach Bowl in Atlanta against Auburn last year, a game that brought in $5.2 million versus the $637,000 the team earned from the Cure Bowl in Orlando in 2016.

Of course, a more prominent bowl game and the Knights’ decision to declare themselves national champions also cost UCF more money, including $838,000 in coaching bonuses as a reward for achieving the postseason milestones.

The biggest coaching salaries overall went to football and the average salaries the school reported to the NCAA for coaches reflected the longstanding lopsided flow of money in men’s versus women’s sport.

The average salary of a men’s team coach was $640,000, while coaches for women’s teams earned an average of $179,000.

The amount of money the athletics program receives from student fees, an extra $14.32 charge per credit hour, has continued to tick up as the student body grows. Those fees brought $23.1 million to athletics, according to the report, compared to $22.6 million the year before.

Overall contributions from individual donors and corporations collected and spent during the fiscal year were down in 2018, sinking to $8.2 million from $10.3 million in received, not just pledged dollars. But, in another sign that winning translates to dollars, contributions related to football were up nearly $1 million to $7.5 million, the report shows.

UCF previously announced it had taken in a record $10.9 million in donations pledged during the 2017-18 fiscal year, but it could only list revenue it received and spent on the financial form sent to the NCAA.

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