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2012 CINCINNATI FOOTBALL MEDIA INFORMATION ® UC SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS: RICHARD E. LINDNER CENTER // 2751 O’VARSITY WAY SUITE 860 CINCINNATI, OHIO 45221-0021 // GOBEARCATS.COM GoBEARCATS.com @GoBEARCATS UniversityofCincinnatiBearcats GET CONNECTED: CoachButchJones.com @CoachJonesUC 2012 SCHEDULE PRESENTED BY: FOOTBALL SEPTEMBER 6 PITTSBURGH * (ESPN) 8 p.m. 15 DELAWARE STATE (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 2012 BIG EAST MEDIA DAY NOTEBOOK 29 Virginia Tech (FedEx Field – Landover, Md.) TBA 2012 Team INFormation 2011 INFORMATION OCTOBER Basic Offense ....................................................................... Spread Overall Record ......................................................................... 10-3 6 MIAMI (OH) (FOX Sports Ohio) 7 p.m. Basic Defense ....................................................................Multiple Home/Road/Neutral ................................................ 5-1/4-2/1-0 13 FORDHAM (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Letterwinners Returning/Lost .............................................43/21 BIG EAST Record/Finish ..................................................5-2/t-1st 20 at Toledo (ESPNU/ESPN3) TBA O | D | ST ......................................................20/9 | 21/10 | 2/2 Postseason ........Def. Vanderbilt 31-24 in AutoZone Liberty Bowl 26 at Louisville * (ESPN/ESPN2) 8 p.m. Starters Returning/Lost ........................................................13/12 Final Ranking ............................No. 25 (AP); No. 21 (USA Today) NOVEMBER O | D | ST............................................................. 4/7 | 7/4 | 2/1 3 SYRACUSE * TBA BEARCATS ENTER 2012 LOOKING FOR FOURTH BIG EAST CROWN IN FIVE YEARS 10 at Temple * TBA 17 RUTGERS * (BIG EAST Network) Noon TEAM 125 ... mark in openers as a member of the league. 23 USF * (ESPN, ESPN2) TBA » The University of Cincinnati football team, under the » UC has gone 9-7 in its past 16 lid lifters and is 78-38-10 in DECEMBER direction of third-year head coach Butch Jones will play its 124 openers all time. 1 at Connecticut * (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2) TBA 125th season of football in 2012. » The Bearcats program dates to 1885 and ranks as one of LOOKING AHEAD ... *-BIG EAST Conference Game; Home games in BOLD CAPS the 10 oldest in major college football and following a 10-3 » The Bearcats will report back to campus on Aug. 7 and depart Dates and times, when announced, are subject to change campaign in 2011, holds an all-time mark of 561-553-51. almost immediately for the Higher Ground Conference & » UC has won three of the past four BIG EAST Championships Retreat Center in West Harrison, Ind. COACHING STAFF and has played in a bowl game in five of the past six seasons. » UC will open practice at Higher Ground on Aug. 8 and return BUTCH JONES ................................................................Head Coach » Jones, the 2011 BIG EAST Conference Coach of the Year, enters to campus on Aug. 25 following a 19-day stay in the woods. STEVE STRIPLING ....................................Asst. HC/Defensive Line his third season with the Bearcats program and his sixth as a » Cincinnati opens the season with a bye week and will play MIKE BAJAKIAN ....................................Offensive Coordinator/QB collegiate head coach. its first game against Pittsburgh onT hursday, Sept. 6 inside JOHN JANCEK ........................................Defensive Coordinator/LB » He has won three conference championships (2007, 2009 at Nippert Stadium. MARK ELDER ....................... Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties Central Michigan, 2011 at Cincinnati). » After playing Delaware State on Sept. 15, UC will have its DAVE JOHNSON ...............................................................Tight Ends » The Bearcats have won 55 games over the last six years, the second bye of the season ahead of a matchup against Virginia DON MAHONEY .........................................................Offensive Line most among current members of the Big East. Tech at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., a UC home game. ROY MANNING ........................................................ Running Backs » UC returns 13 starters and 43 letterwinners from the 2011 » The Bearcats will play 10-straight weeks to close the season SHANNON MORRISON ................................................Cornerbacks squad that won its third BIG EAST Conference title in four but will not face a true road game until playing Toledo on Oct. T.J. WEIST ................................................................Wide Receivers years and will have to replace seven offensive starters and 20 in the Glass Bowl and BIG EAST foe Louisville on Oct. 28 at four defensive starters in the lead up to the 2012 season. Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. FUTURE SCHEDULES » Some of the key returnees are: QB Munchie Legaux (749 yards, » In 2013, UC plays host to Purdue and Northwestern State 5 TD, 4 INT), RB George Winn (219 yards, 2 TD), RB Jameel YOUNGSTERS TAKING OVER ... and will travel to Chicago to play Illinois at Soldier Field Poteat (108 yards, TD), WR Anthony McClung (49 catches, » When UC Head Coach Butch Jones has been making reference along with a trip to Oxford to play Miami (OH). 683 yards, 6 TD), WR Kenbrell Thompkins (44 catches, 536 to being a young football team entering 2012, he’s not » The 2014 schedule will see Stony Brook, Toledo and Miami yards, 2 TD), RG Austen Bujnoch, RT Eric Lefeld, RT Sean making it up. (OH) come to UC with a road game at Ohio State. Hooey, DE Walter Stewart (44 tackles, 11 TFL, 6 sacks), DE » Sixty-four student athletes are at a sophomore level or below » In 2015, the Bearcats have the unique distinction of playing Dan Giordano (35 tackles, 9 TFL, 5 sacks), LB Maalik Bomar with only 40 upperclassmen. both Miamis – travelling to Miami (OH) and Miami (Fla.). (61 tackles, 3.5 TFL), LB Nick Temple (35 tackles, 2.5 TFL), SS » The freshmen class of 28 individuals makes up the largest Drew Frey (1st Big East, 73 tackles, 2 INT), CB Deven Drane group, which grows to 43 players including redshirts. SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS (42 tackles, 3 INT), CB Cameron Cheatham (59 tackles, 3 RYAN KOSLEN .................................. Assoc. SID/Football Contact INT), PK Tony Miliano (17-25 FG), P Pat O’Donnell (1st Big 2012 UC ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY CLASS Phone (O/C): ..................................513-556-5186/513-497-3132 East, 43.8 avg.), RB/KR Ralph David Abernathy IV (26.5 avg., Class No. Email: ............................................................Ryan.Koslen@uc.edu TD) and DB Chris Williams (46 tackles, 4.5 TFL). Freshmen 28 Twitter ...............................................................................@Koz_UC Redshirt Freshmen 15 Web: ................................................................... GoBEARCATS.com ALL OF THE LIGHTS ... Sophomores 21 Nippert Stadium Press Box: ....................................513-556-1010 » UC will open the 2012 campaign against BIG EAST Conference Juniors 18 rival Pittsburgh in a Thursday night ESPN primetime matchup Seniors 22 DOUG MOSLEY ................Sr. Assoc. AD/External & Media Comm. under the lights in historic Nippert Stadium. Phone (O/C): ................................513-556-0667/318-366-8734 » The Bearcats will begin the season with a conference #BEARCATS ... Email: ........................................................... [email protected] opponent for the first time since 2009 against Rutgers. » When tweeting and engaging others on social media Twitter: .................................................................@UCDougMosley » UC is 3-2 all-time in season-opening league games, and has networks about UC or the Bearcats, please use #Bearcats. won five consecutive IB G EAST openers with a 5-2 all-time 2012 cincinnati FootBALL 2012 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION 2012 SCHEDULE Location ................................................................................................................Cincinnati, OH 45221 DAY DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME Founded ........................................................................................................................................... 1819 Thurs. Sept. 6 PITTSBURGH* (ESPN) 8 p.m. Enrollment ...................................................................................................................................42,750 Saturday Sept. 15 DELAWARE STATE (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Conference ................................................................................................................................BIG EAST Saturday Sept. 29 Virginia Tech (FedEx Field – Landover, Md.) TBA Nickname ................................................................................................................................. Bearcats Saturday Oct. 6 MIAMI (OH) (FS Ohio) 7 p.m. Colors ...............................................................................................................Red (PMS 186) & Black Saturday Oct. 13 FORDHAM TBA Home Field .................................................................................................................Nippert Stadium Saturday Oct. 20 at Toledo (ESPNU/ESPN3) TBA Surface/Capacity ...................................................................................................... FieldTurf/35,000 Friday Oct. 26 at Louisville* (ESPN/ESPN2) 8 p.m. President .........................................................................................................Dr. Gregory H. Williams Saturday Nov. 3 SYRACUSE* TBA Director of Athletics ........................................................................................................Whit