OHIO STATE Ohio Stadium (102,780) Noon ET 2 SEPTEMBER 7, 2019 @ Columbus, Ohio ABC / 700 WLW AM
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2019 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES UC ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS 2751 O’VARSITY WAY SUITE 860 CINCINNATI, OHIO 45221-0021 // GOBEARCATS.COM GAME OHIO STATE Ohio Stadium (102,780) Noon ET 2 SEPTEMBER 7, 2019 @ Columbus, Ohio ABC / 700 WLW AM 2019 SCHEDULE RV/RV CINCINNATI BEARCATS (1-0) GAME INFORMATION DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME (ET)/RES Head Coach: Luke Fickell Facility: Ohio Stadium Aug. 29 UCLA (ESPN) W, 24-14 Record at Cincinnati: 16-10 (Third Year) Capacity: 102,780 Sept. 7 @ 5 Ohio State (ABC) Noon Overall Record: 22-17 (Fourth Year) TV: ABC / ESPN App Sept. 14 MIAMI (OH) (ESPNU) Noon VS Radio: 700 WLW AM / 102.7 WEBN FM / XM 383 / Internet 973 Sept. 28 @ Marshall (CBS SN/FB Live) 5 p.m. 5 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES (1-0) Online: TuneIn.com Oct. 4 UCF * (ESPN) 8 p.m. Head Coach: Ryan Day Series Record: Ohio State leads 14-2 Oct. 12 @ Houston * Record at school: 4-0 (First Year) At Columbus: Ohio State leads 13-0 Oct. 19 TULSA * Overall Record: Same Last Meeting: Sept. 27, 2014 - OSU won 50-28 Nov. 2 @ ECU * NOW IT’S TIME FOR THE BREAKDOWN Nov. 9 UCONN * The University of Cincinnati football team heads out on the road Saturday, traveling north for a non-conference matchup Nov. 16 @ USF * with No. 5 Ohio State. Kickoff is slated for noon in Ohio Stadium. The game will be televised nationally ABC and air on 700 Nov. 23 TEMPLE * WLW AM and 102.7 WEBN FM. Nov. 29 @ Memphis * (ABC/ESPN) THE SERIES All times ET. Home games in BOLD CAPS, played at NIppert The teams have met 16 times previously, most recently in 2014. Ohio State holds a 14-2 advantage in the all-time series, Stadium. * - American Athletic Conference game. which dates back to 1893. Cincinnati’s two wins came in 1896 and 1897, respectively. TV: ABC THE COACHES • Play-by-Play ...................................................... Bob Wischusen LUKE FICKELL, the 2018 American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, is in his third season at Cincinnati. The 42nd • Analysts ................................................................... Dan Orlovsky head coach in program history, Fickell took the reins in December 2016 after 15 years at his alma mater, Ohio State. A • Sideline ................................................................Allison Williams 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 RYAN DAY is in his first season as the head coach at Ohio State. He had a three-game stint as the Buckeyes interim head • Play-by-Play ................................................................ Dan Hoard coach in 2018 and holds a 4-0 career coaching mark. Day spent the 2017 and 2018 campaigns at OSU as co-offensive • Analyst ........................................................................ Jim Kelly Jr. coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The 18-year coaching veteran previously had stints in the NFL (San Francisco 49ers • Sideline Reporter ......................................................... Tony Pike & Philadelphia Eagles) and at Boston College, Temple, Florida and his alma mater, New Hampshire. • Host/Engineer .............................................................. Mo Egger STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS ... • Local: 700 WLW AM / 102.7 WEBN FM * • 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: XM 383, Sirius XM Internet 973 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 * - WLW coverage will end at 3:30 p.m. ET when Reds pregame show begins. 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 added several transfers to the roster, LB Darrian Beavers (UConn), S Bryan Cook (Howard), K Sam Crosa (Western Email: ...................................................... [email protected] Illinois), OL James Hudson (Michigan), S Kyriq McDonald (Alabama), WR Garyn Prater (Ohio State) and WR Blue Smith Twitter ...........................................................................@Koz_UC (Ohio State). Crosa (grad transfer) earned the starting kicker job. Beavers, McDonald and Smith received immediate- eligibility waivers, Prater is immediately-eligible as a walk-on-transfer and Cook and Hudson will sit out this season. Web: ................................................................... GoBEARCATS.com • The Bearcats opened the season with a 24-14 win over UCLA at Nippert Stadium, leading wire-to-wire and holding the Nippert Stadium Press Box: ................................513-556-1010 Bruins’ offense to 218 yards of total offense and 62 yards rushing. The Bruins accounted for 114 of their yards on two plays, passes of 75 and 39 yards. MOBILE APP: CINCINNATI BEARCATS • UC had six tackles for a loss against UCLA and have tallied 2.0 or more TFLs in each of the last 144 games. The Cincinnati Bearcats app for iPhone, iPad and Android • TE Josiah Deguara has a reception in 14-straight games and was UC’s leading receiver vs. UCLA (4-53-1). devices offers fans a wide variety of information on the • P James Smith, a 2018 finalist for the Ray Guy Award, has 127 career punts and only two touchbacks. Bearcats — home and away. The free app is available in the • RB Michael Warren II had 92 yards against UCLA and has tallied 60 or more yards in 13 of the last 14 games. App Store and Google Play. • S Ja’Von Hicks started in place of an injured James Wiggins and responded with an interception and fumble recovery. 2019 CINCINNATI FOOTBALL GoBearcats GoBearcats GoBearcats gobearcats.com GET CONNECTED: GoBearcatsFootball GoBearcatsFB / Coach Fick GoBearcatsFB bearcats_fb ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS ON THE WEB 2019 QUICK FACTS The University of Cincinnati Athletics Communications Information on the University of Cincinnati football team GENERAL INFORMATION Office is ready to assist you in every way possible to make is available at www.GoBEARCATS.com. To receive the UC Location ...................................................Cincinnati, OH 45221 the experience of covering UC Athletics productive and updates via email, please send a request to Ryan Koslen Founded ....................................................................................1819 rewarding. ([email protected]). Information on the American Enrollment ..........................................................................46,244 Athletic Conference and all member institutions is Conference ...................................................American Athletic Richard E. Lindner Center • Suite 860 also available through the league’s web site at www. Nickname ....................................................................... Bearcats 2751 O’Varsity Way • Cincinnati, OH 45221-0021 TheAmerican.org. Colors ..................................................Red (PMS 186) & Black Home Field .......................................................Nippert Stadium SID Phone .................................................................513-556-5191 WEEKLY MEDIA LUNCHEON Surface/Capacity ........ UBU Speed Series M6-M/40,000 Press Box Phone....................................................513-556-1010 UC holds a weekly media luncheon each Tuesday in the President .................................................. Neville G. Pinto, PhD Website ........................................................... GoBEARCATS.com second floor Bob Goin Team Room of Richard E. Lindner Director of Athletics ..................................................Mike Bohn Center. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m., selected players are Faculty Representative .............................. Brian Hatch, PhD COMMUNICATIONS available for one-on-one interviews from 11:45-noon, and head coach Luke Fickell takes the podium at noon. Players Ryan Koslen ...........................Associate AD/Football Contact HISTORY 513-497-3132 [email protected] will be made available at the discretion of the coaches. First Year of