Even on a day when they weren't as sharp, UCF's offense found a way to pull through.

At Navy, the Knights were stopped at the goal line and missed a field goal, yet still got the job done. Adrian Killins scored two touchdowns, including a 79-yarder that quickly retook momentum after a Navy touchdown. And with the game on the line late in the fourth quarter holding on to a three-point lead, freshman Otis Anderson rose to the occasion with several impressive runs, the last of which was a 10-yard touchdown.

Here's everything offensive coordinator Troy Walters had to say this week.

What does it say about the offense when maybe you don't play your best game, you have some penalties and some scores you couldn't punch in and you still come away with the victory?

"It shows how far we've come. Talking to the coaches, if we'd have had that performance last year we probably would have lost by 21, 24 points. This year we're able to find a way to win. That was the exciting part. We didn't play our best, but when our backs were against the wall, when we needed a drive, when we needed a touchdown, we were able to score. That's what I think will make us better going forward. Facing some adversity, overcoming it and then finishing a game strong."

Is there anybody that hasn't scored yet that you would like to see score?

"Yeah. Manny hadn't scored. Cam Stewart. We all work hard. Jordan Franks hasn't scored. The entire offense has gone through a lot. They work their tails off in practice, so any time those guys can be rewarded in a game, it's awesome. Hopefully before the end of the season those guys will be able to get in the end zone. We make a point of emphasis that everyone has to be ready. You never know when your number is going to be called. When it is called, you have to be able to make a play. I think everybody has embraced that."

What prepared the team to face adversity as well as they did?

"I don't know if anything prepares you except for experience. We really hadn't been through a lot of adversity this year. In practice we try to simulate adversity. We go against our defense and it's not very easy to move the ball. In fall camp it wasn't easy, but we kept plugging away. There were days we didn't have great practices and the next day we came out, persevered and had a good practice. The offseason, the conditioning, what they go through with Coach Duval, tries to prepare them as much as possible for adversity and tough situations. Then we teach them that it comes down to doing your job. The fundamentals and execution. It doesn't matter if you're up 30 or down 30. Or a one-point game. You had to rely on the fundamentals and details. If we do that, we'll be successful."

Where does Tristan Payton fall in the pecking order if he's available this week?

"He's back. Not sure what his role is going to be. We're glad to have him back. He's paid the price. He's done his time. Excited to have him back. Where he plays, where he fits in, we're unsure right now. He's doing a great job at practice. Running on special teams. We're kind of see where he fits in. We don't want to break the chemistry of what we have going on right now. It's a game-by-game decision where he's going to play."

If there's an opportunity this week, would you try to get him some reps?

"Hopefully this game turns out the way we want and we can get a lot of guys some reps. Keep guys healthy and fresh for the stretch run. We plan on playing a lot of guys and for guys to get some experience heading into the stretch run."

If Frost has the baby sometime soon and isn't available for one of the games, you'll be next man up.

"I'm ready. Our staff is ready. Frost calls the plays, but the staff does a great job of providing input. There's only one Frost and he has a great mind and everything, but we're confident that if he does have to go and we have to call the game, I have to call the game, collectively we'll be just fine."

Has that been discussed?

"Yeah. We come up Thursday with a call sheet. Everybody has input and we call plays off that call sheet. We have first and second down calls. Second and long. Third downs. Really go off that call sheet and throughout the course of the game, I think our coaches this year have done a great job of getting a feel of the game and tendencies and what they're doing, so we can go off the script a little bit. We've got a great offensive staff. If I call it, it's not going to be just me. I'm going to have input from everybody. We've got such great coaches that I'm confident that we'll continue to be doing what we've been doing."

Have you had any of your kids during football season?

"I had my second one, my daughter. We played USC on Saturday. Flew back and Sunday afternoon we were game planning and I got a text from my wife saying my water broke. I was thinking it was a water pipe because she was a month early. She said she'd meet me at the hospital. She drove herself to the hospital. That was about 4:30 and by 9:30 my second child was born. If it's during the week, that's actually a good time because Sunday you're kind of preliminary game planning so I was able to be there with her, game planning in the hospital and carried on the rest of the week."

How did she like that?

"She understood. There were times when she was asleep, the baby was asleep so let me game plan."

So you know what Frost is going through.

"He's on alert. Hopefully the timing will be he can be there and also make it to whatever we have here. Exciting time in his life."

What did you see from Noah Vedral when he stepped in for McKenzie?

"We put him in a tough situation. McKenzie got hurt during a drive. You'd like to maybe call a timeout to get him some snaps. We didn't and he had the one that went over his head. For the situation, he did a good job. Even Memphis, when he's been in, and East Carolina when he's played, he's done a great job. He prepares like he's a starter. Hopefully he gets some quality reps this weekend and continues to get better, so if something does happen to McKenzie he's ready to go."

Coach Frost said there are some things you'd run with McKenzie and not Noah, but other plays for Noah and not McKenzie.

"Both athletic. Noah is probably faster. Can probably do more with his legs in terms of being a runner. McKenzie will run, but we don't want him to run too much and get beat up. Noah is a little thicker, so he can take some hits better than McKenzie. There's certain plays that as we go throughout the week that the guys like. They're comfortable with. At the end of the week, Coach Verduzco sits down with those guys, what do you like, and we kind of know going into a game which quarterbacks do what well and we'll go from there."

Was Cordarrian Richardson banged up in the last game?

"No. Kind of the flow of the game, the feel of the game. There were a couple receivers that didn't play. Manny didn't play. Flow of the game, who is hot. We're so deep that in some games guys don't get in. He's healthy and we'll see him this week."

With your offense, it seems like a different guy every week. How do you figure that out?

"Obviously we've got our playmakers. Tre'Quan, you're going to find ways to get him the ball. Jordan Akins. But this offense is not so much based on any one guy. We play so fast that we scheme defenses, find their weak link, call plays and whoever is in that spot. For example, the outside receivers don't switch. Tre'Quan and Gabe might be on the outside or Tre'Quan and Marlon. We might call a play for the right receiver and in that case it's Marlon or Tre'Quan or Manny. There's some things we kind of scheme, but other than that we run our offense."

How difficult is that for a defense to plan for?

"It's tough. Every game we've got something new. Every game we've got a new wrinkle. There's not one guy to focus on. It makes it tough on a defense. The guys we recruit, we want guys that have versatility. We want a tight end that can flex out wide. I think last game Akins flexed out as a single receiver and the next play he has his hand on the line of scrimmage. Otis can play receiver and running back. AK. The more we can do, the more versatility, the more we can move guys around, the harder it is on the defense."

How much easier does it make it when you have a quarterback like McKenzie?

"It makes our job a lot easier. When he understands the offense, we can call whatever we want. Our playbook is expansive when he's back there because he knows everything. We're able to really do what we want to do and give them different looks and shifts and motions and it looks difficult for them, looks different for the defense, but it's what we do. McKenzie knows it all so it really helps."

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