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2019 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES UC ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS 2751 O’VARSITY WAY SUITE 860 CINCINNATI, OHIO 45221-0021 // GOBEARCATS.COM GAME UCLA Nippert Stadium (40,000) 7 p.m. ET 1 AUGUST 29, 2019 VS Cincinnati, Ohio ESPN / 550 WKRC AM 2019 SCHEDULE RV/RV CINCINNATI BEARCATS (0-0) GAME INFORMATION DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME (ET)/RES Head Coach: Luke Fickell Facility: Nippert Stadium Aug. 29 UCLA (ESPN) 7 p.m. Record at Cincinnati: 15-10 (Third Year) Capacity: 40,000 Sept. 7 @ Ohio State (ABC) Noon Overall Record: 21-17 (Fourth Year) TV: ESPN / ESPN App Sept. 14 MIAMI (OH) (ESPNU) Noon VS Radio: 550 WKRC AM / Sirius XM Internet 966 Sept. 28 @ Marshall (CBS SN/FB Live) 5 p.m. UCLA BRUINS (0-0) Online: TuneIn.com Oct. 4 UCF * (ESPN) 8 p.m. Head Coach: Chip Kelly Series Record: Cincinnati leads 1-0 Oct. 12 @ Houston * Record at UCLA: 3-9 (Second Year) At Cincinnati: First meeting Oct. 19 TULSA * Overall Record: 49-16 (Sixth Year) Last Meeting: Sept. 1, 2019 - UC won 26-17 Nov. 2 @ ECU * NOW IT’S TIME FOR THE BREAKDOWN Nov. 9 UCONN * The University of Cincinnati football team opens up the 2019 campaign, the 132nd in program history, Thursday in prime- Nov. 16 @ USF * time against UCLA under the lights at Nippert Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. UC comes off an 11-2 cam- Nov. 23 TEMPLE * paign and a victory over Virginia Tech in the Military Bowl while the Bruins look to rebound from a 3-9 season in 2018. Nov. 29 @ Memphis * (ABC/ESPN) THE SERIES All times ET. Home games in BOLD CAPS, played at NIppert The Bearcats and Bruins meet for the second time Thursday after UC won the inaugural matchup in the 2018 opener for Stadium. * - American Athletic Conference game. both teams in the Rose Bowl a year ago. TV: ESPN THE COACHES • Play-by-Play .............................................................. Adam Amin LUKE FICKELL, the 2018 American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, is in his third season at Cincinnati. The 42nd • Analysts ................................Matt Hasselbeck & Pat McAfee head coach in program history, Fickell took the reins in December 2016 after 15 years at his alma mater, Ohio State. A • Sideline ...................................................................Molly McGrath veteran of nearly 20 years in the FBS ranks, Fickell was a part of nine Big Ten Conference titles (seven as a coach, two as • Online: ESPN App / WatchESPN.com a player) and two national championship squads with 16 postseason games and 13 NFL Draft selections under his belt. RADIO: BEARCATS SPORTS NETWORK CHIP KELLY, a 28-year coaching veteran at both the professional and collegiate levels, is in his second season at UCLA. • Play-by-Play .........................................................Tom Gelehrter Kelly was an analyst at ESPN in 2017 and served as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers (2016). He also was the head • Analyst ........................................................................ Jim Kelly Jr. coach of the Philadelphia Eagles (2013-15) following four seasons as head coach at the University of Oregon (2009-12) • Sideline Reporter ......................................................... Tony Pike where he posted a record of 46-7. • Host/Engineer .............................................................. Mo Egger STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS ... • Local: 550 WKRC AM • The Bearcats play their 132nd football season in 2019. UC’s program dates to 1885 and is one of the 10 oldest in the NCAA • Satellite: Sirius XM Internet 966 FBS. UC has won a league title five times in the last 12 years and has played 10 bowl games in the past 13 years. • Online: Tunein.com • UC has won four-straight American Athletic Conference FB Team Academic Excellence Awards in 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018. • Mobile Apps: TuneIn • UC, picked second in the AAC preseason media poll, had 11 wins a year ago, marking only the third time in program history the feat has been achieved (2008, 2009). The Bearcats return more than 85% of the roster, over 5,000 yards of total LIVE STATS: GoBEARCATS.com offense, 10 of its Top-15 tacklers and 14 starters from the 2018 squad. • The 2019 roster features players from 14 states and six countries with 72 hailing from Ohio and 26 from the Cincinnati TWITTER: #BEARCATS area. Forty-five percent of the roster (53/117 players) is made up by freshmen and redshirt freshmen. • Official Accounts ..................@GoBearcats | @GoBearcatsFB • The Bearcats are opening the season against the same team in back-to-back years for the first time since 1991 and 1992 with a home-and-home series against Penn State. • UC is in its third year under OC Mike Denbrock and DC Marcus Freeman, the first time the Bearcats have had the same ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS primary coordinations in three-straight years since 2004-06 (Don Treadwell and Pat Narduzzi). RYAN KOSLEN ............................ Assoc. AD / Football Contact • UC will not play consecutive home or road games this season, the first time in the modern era it has occurred. Phone (O/C): ..................... 513-556-5186 / 513-497-3132 • UC’s offense broke a 48-year old school record in 2018 with 3,113 rushing yards. Email: ...................................................... [email protected] • The Bearcats defense led the American Athletic Conference in total defense, scoring defense and rushing defense in Twitter ...........................................................................@Koz_UC 2018 and finished no. 9 in the FBS in scoring defense. • P James Smith was finalist for the Ray Guy Award in 2018 and also earned spots on two All-America squads. UC led the Web: ................................................................... GoBEARCATS.com American Conference and finished second in the NCAA FBS in net punting. Nippert Stadium Press Box: ................................513-556-1010 • RB Michael Warren II was the Bearcats first 1,000-yard rusher since 2012 and MVP of the Military Bowl. • QB Desmond Ridder was the American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year in 2018. MOBILE APP: CINCINNATI BEARCATS • UC added several transfers to the roster, LB Darrian Beavers (UConn), S Bryan Cook (Howard), K Sam Crosa (Western The Cincinnati Bearcats app for iPhone, iPad and Android Illinois), OL James Hudson (Michigan), S Kyriq McDonald (Alabama), WR Garyn Prater (Ohio State) and WR Blue Smith devices offers fans a wide variety of information on the (Ohio State). Crosa (grad transfer) earned the starting kicker job. Beavers, McDonald and Smith received immediate- Bearcats — home and away. The free app is available in the eligibility waivers, Prater is immediately-eligible as a walk-on-transfer and Cook and Hudson will sit out this season. App Store and Google Play. • WR coach Mike Brown and DL coach Chad Wilt joined the staff in the offseason. 2019 CINCINNATI FOOTBALL GoBearcats GoBearcats GoBearcats gobearcats.com GET CONNECTED: GoBearcatsFootball GoBearcatsFB / Coach Fick GoBearcatsFB bearcats_fb GENERAL INFORMATION FOOTBALL SUPPORT STAFF Location ...............................................................................................................Cincinnati, OH 45221 Associate AD/Football Ops .......................................................................................John Widecan Founded ............................................................................................................................................... 1819 Associate to the Head Coach ...................................................................................Sherry Murray Enrollment ......................................................................................................................................46,244 Director of Video ....................................................................................................... Adam Niemeyer Conference ...............................................................................................................American Athletic Director of Scouting ................................................................................................. Austin Schaffer Nickname ................................................................................................................................... Bearcats Director of Player Development ............................................................................... Greg Scruggs Colors ............................................................................................................... Red (PMS 186) & Black Director of New Media ..............................................................................................Kelsey Sharkey Home Field .................................................................................................................. Nippert Stadium Director of Football Equipment...................................................................................Dalvin Jones Surface/Capacity ....................................................................UBU Speed Series M6-M/40,000 Assistant Director/Football Equipment .............................................................. Jason Achauer President ..............................................................................................................Neville G. Pinto, PhD On-Campus Recruiting Coordinator .........................................................................Logan Meyer Director of Athletics ............................................................................................................. Mike Bohn Recruiting