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CINCINNATI FOOTBALL UC ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: RICHARD E. LINDNER CENTER // 2751 O’VARSITY WAY SUITE 860 CINCINNATI, OHIO 45221-0021 // GOBEARCATS.COM 2017 SCHEDULE (2-1) GAME 4: CINCINNATI AT NAVY DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV Aug. 31 AUSTIN PEAY W, 26-14 ESPN3 SEPT.23, 2017 • 3:30 PM ET • ANNAPOLIS, MD. • CBS SN • 700 WLW AM TM Sept. 9 @ No. 8 Michigan L, 36-14 ABC Sept. 16 @ Miami (Ohio) W, 21-17 FOX 19 CINCINNATI BEARCATS (2-1, 0-0 American) GAME INFORMATION Sept. 23 @ Navy * 3:30 p.m. CBS SN Head Coach: Luke Fickell Facility: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Sept. 30 MARSHALL 7 p.m. ESPN3 Record at Cincinnati: 2-1 (First Year) Capacity/Surface: 34,000/FieldTurf Oct. 7 UCF * TBA Overall Record: 8-8 (Second Year) TV: CBS Sports Network Oct. 14 @ USF * TBA VS Radio: 102.7 WEBN FM Oct. 21 SMU * TBA NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (2-0, 1-0 American) Online: TuneIn.com Nov. 4 @ Tulane * TBA Head Coach: Ken Niumatalolo Series Record: Navy leads 2-0 Record at Navy: 79-42 (10th Year) At Annapolis: Navy leads 2-0 Nov. 10 TEMPLE * 7 p.m. ESPN2 Overall Record: Same Last Meeting: Oct. 20, 1956 - Navy won 13-7 Nov. 18 @ ECU * TBA Nov. 25 UCONN * TBA FOOTBALL TAKES ON NAVY IN ANNAPOLIS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 60 YEARS ∆ UC concludes a three-game road trip at Navy on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. The Bearcats and Midshipmen will kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET at Navy-Ma- All times Eastern. Home games in BOLD CAPS, played at NIppert rine Corps Memorial Stadium. The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network and airs on 102.7 WEBN FM. UC and Navy have not met on the Stadium. * - American Athletic Conference game. field since 1956, but will face each other in each of the next two seasons as cross-divisional opponents in American Athletic Conference play. TV: CBS SPORTS NETWORK THE SERIES ∆ Play-by-Play .....................................................................John Sadak ∆ Saturday marks only the third meeting between the two schools and first since 1956. Navy holds a 2-0 advantage with both games coming in ∆ Analyst ..............................................................................Randy Cross Annapolis at Thompson Stadium. ∆ Sideline .....................................................Sheehan Stanwick Burch ∆ Online: NavySports.com/CBS Sports App THE COACHES ∆ Ohio native LUKE FICKELL was named the 42nd Football Head Coach at the University of Cincinnati in December 2017.Fickell took the reins of the RADIO: BEARCATS SPORTS NETWORK Bearcats program after spending 15 years at his alma mater, Ohio State. An experienced 18-year coaching veteran at the FBS level, Fickell was a part of nine Big Ten Conference titles (seven as a coach, two as a player) and two national championship squads with 15 postseason games ∆ Play-by-Play .......................................................................Dan Hoard and 12 NFL Draft selections under his belt. ∆ Analyst ...............................................................................Jim Kelly Jr. ∆ Sideline Reporter ............................................................................ n/a ∆ KEN NIUMATALOLO is in his 10th year at Navy with a record of 79-42 (.650). The program’s all-time winningest coach, Niumatalolo is 8-1 all-time ∆ Host/Engineer ......................................................................Mo Egger against Navy’s biggest rival, Army West Point, and had led the Midshipmen to nine bowl games. ∆ Local: 102.7 WEBN FM ∆ Satellite: tba STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS ... ∆ Online: Tunein.com ∆ The University of Cincinnati football team plays its 130th season in 2017. The program dates to 1885 and is one of the 10 oldest in ∆ Mobile Apps: TuneIn major college football. ∆ UC has won a league title in five of the last 10 seasons and played in a bowl game nine time in the past 11 years. LIVE STATS: http://www.navysports.com ∆ UC is one of 30 NCAA FBS teams with 100 wins since 2005. The Bearcats’ .667 winning percentage since 2007 ranks among the Top-20 teams in the NCAA FBS, winning at least nine games seven times in the last 11 years. TWITTER: #BEARCATS ∆ The Bearcats returned to Nippert Stadium in 2015 after a 20 month, $86-million renovation and drew 222,578 fans in the first ∆ Official Accounts ...............................@GoBearcats | @GoBearcatsFB year back at Nippert Stadium, a single-season record average of 37, 096. The Oct. 24, 2015 attendance of 40,124 was the largest in Nippert Stadium history. The previous stadium record was 40,101 set on Oct. 1 against Miami (Fla.). MOBILE APP: CINCINNATI BEARCATS ∆ UC has won back-to-back American Athletic Conference FB Team Academic Excellence Awards in 2015 & 2016. Relaunched for the 2017 season, the Cincinnati Bearcats app ∆ UC started 2017 with five takeaways (2 INT, 3 FR) and five sacks after closing 2016 with 24 takeaways (17 INT/7 FR) and 21 sacks. UC forced only 14 takeaways (9 INT/5 FR) and 13 sacks during the 2015 season. for iPhone, iPad and Android devices offers fans a wide variety ∆ UC had 28 players take the field for the first time during the opening three games of the 2017 season. of information on the Bearcats — home and away. The free app ∆ Almost sixty-nine percent of UC’s roster (77 of 112) is made of up freshmen, RS freshmen and sophomores. is available in the App Store and Google Play. ∆ UC is closing out a three-game road trip with games at Michigan (Sept. 9), at Miami (Sept. 16) and at Navy (Sept. 23). ∆ Due to Hurricane Irma, UC will now face USF on Oct. 14 at Raymond James Stadium and have their bye week on Oct. 28. CINCINNATI ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS ∆ UC is 3-6 all-time in games against service academies (0-1 vs. Air Force, 3-3 vs. Army West Point, 0-2 vs. Navy). This the Bearcats RYAN KOSLEN........................................Assoc. AD/Football Contact first game against one of the service academies since facing Army West Point on Oct. 9, 2004. Phone (O/C): .................................513-556-5186/513-497-3132 ∆ UC is looking to snap a four-game slide in American Athletic Conference opening games and a three-game skid against American Email: ..............................................................Ryan.Koslen@uc.edu West Division foes. UC won its first conference game of the season from 2007-12. Twitter ................................................................................ @Koz_UC ∆ The Bearcats have beaten longtime rival Miami (OH) 12-consecutive times in the annual Battle for the Victory Bell. ∆ UC’s 11-point comeback in the fourth quarter at Miami is the biggest since a 14-point fourth-quarter come-from-behind win at Web: ........................................................................... GoBEARCATS.com Pittsburgh on Dec. 5, 2009. In that game, UC trailed 38-24 with 12:26 left in the game and won 45-44. ∆ S Malik Clements’ 14-yard INT return for a TD capped the Miami comeback with 1:07 left in the game. It was Clements’ first-career Nippert Stadium Press Box: ........................................513-556-1010 interception and TD. Clements was named the AAC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, Sept. 18. 2017 CINCINNATI BEARCATS FOOTBALL GoBearcats GoBearcats GoBearcats gobearcats.com GET CONNECTED: GoBearcatsFootball GoBearcatsFB / Coach Fick GoBearcatsFB bearcats_fb MEDIA SCHEDULE • WEEK 4 MONDAY 18 TUESDAY 19 WEDNESDAY 20 THURSDAY 21 FRIDAY 22 SATURDAY 23 SUNDAY 24 American Teleconference Press Conference No Availability Radio Show No Availability Gameday No Availability 12 p.m. - Fickell on call 11:30-1 p.m. (Goin Team Room) 8 p.m. - Orig. Montgomery UC at Navy 11:30 - Lunch Inn. 3:30 p.m. ET • CBS SN 12:00 - Fickell After - Players Postgame Coach Fickell available in the press conference room. Players will follow Fickell. ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS GOING GREEN 2017 QUICK FACTS The University of Cincinnati Athletics Communications Office Starting with the 2010 season, the University of Cincinnati no GENERAL INFORMATION is ready to assist you in every way possible to make the longer prints media guides A record book/media supplement is Location ....................................................................Cincinnati, OH 45221 experience of covering UC Athletics productive and rewarding. available on the football page at www.GoBEARCATS.com. Founded ....................................................................................................1819 For this reason, we have developed policies and procedures Enrollment..........................................................................................44,096 which will require cooperation on the part of the media. Not ON THE WEB Conference .......................................American Athletic, East Division complying with these policies will result in the refusal of Information on the University of Cincinnati football team is Nickname ........................................................................................Bearcats credentials/access. available at www.GoBEARCATS.com. To receive the UC updates Colors ...............................................................Red (PMS 186) & Black via email, please send a request to Ryan Koslen (ryan.koslen@ Home Field ......................................................................Nippert Stadium Richard E. Lindner Center • Suite 860 uc.edu). 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