Cincinnati at East CarolinaPage 1 Game 12 - Nov. 28, 2015 Game No. 12 - Nov. 28, 2015 CINCINNATI Bearcats (6-5, 3-4 AAC) vs. EAST CAROLINA Pirates (5-6, 3-4 AAC) Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (50,000/1963/Natural Grass), Greenville, N.C. 12 noon (EST) EAST CAROLINA CONTACTS THE GAME Head Coach: ................................................................................. Ruffi n McNeill It’s Senior Day as East Carolina offi cially completes its 2015 regular season schedule Coach McNeill Interviews: ............................. Contact Media Relations Offi ce by hosting Cincinnati on Saturday for a 12 noon (ET) American Conference clash. Assistant AD/Media Relations: ..................................................Tom McClellan Bowl eligibility remains at stake for the Pirates, who are just one victory away Offi ce Phone: ...............................................................................(252) 737-1274 from post-season qualifi cation for the fourth-straight year heading into the last Cell Phone: .................................................................................(252) 414-0990 week of play. ECU also needs a triumph over the Bearcats to avoid posting its fi rst E-mail Adress: ..................................................................mcclellant@ecu.edu losing regular season slate since the 2011 campaign. Cincinnati, the owners of a Director of Media Relations ........................................................Malcolm Gray 5-3 mark at the end of October, will enter the contest having dropped two of their last three Offi ce Phone: ..............................................................................(252) 737-4523 contests - including a recent 65-27 divisional setback at USF last week. The Bearcats, who will Cell Phone: .................................................................................. (252) 414-2021 be making their fi rst visit to Greenville since 2004, are 1-4 on the road during the 2015 season. E-mail address: ...................................................................... [email protected] EAST CAROLINA RECORDS AND STREAKS CINCINNATI CONTACTS Qualifi ed for 10 bowl appearances since 2000 (three-straight, eight of the last nine years) ... Head Coach: .......................................................................... Tommy Tuberville Has won 27 of the last 32 games when scoring 30 or more points ... Coach Tuberville Interviews: ............Contact Sports Communications Offi ce Has lost 17-straight games when scoring 20 or less points (19-14 vs. UCF in ‘09/last win) ... Associate AD/Communications: ...................................................Ryan Koslen Has won 18 of the last 20 games when gaining 200 or more rushing yards ... Offi ce Phone: ...............................................................................(513) 556-5186 Has won 27 of the last 28 games when leading at the half ... Cell Phone: ....................................................................................(513) 497-3132 Has won 11 of the last 14, 15 of the last 19 (and 19 of the last 24) home games ... E-mail address: ................................................................ryan.koslen@uc.edu Has won 13 of the last 17 conference home games ... Has never lost (5-0) when playing on Nov. 28 in program history ... PIRATE IMG RADIO NETWORK Network: ......................13 stations (North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia) FAST FACTS Talent:.......................................Jeff Charles, Kevin Monroe, Marty Feurer (SL) Record – 5-6 (.455); AAC Record/Standing – 3-4 (.429)/T4th-East Division; Last 5 Games – 2-3; Engineer: ...........................................................................................David Horn Last 10 Games – 4-6; Last 15 Games – 7-8; Streaks – Overall, East Carolina will play the 76th Pregame Show: ..................................................................................11:00 a.m. game of the Ruffi n McNeill era when the Pirates face off against Cincinnati. ECU’s contest against 2015 Network Affi liates: WBCN-1660 AM/Charlotte; WGAI-560 AM/Elizabeth the Bearcats will be the Pirates’ 835th since the start of football in 1932 (429-393-12/.522). City; WFAY-1230 AM, WFBX-1450 AM/Fayetteville; WNCT-107.9 FM/Greenville; WKDX-1250 AM/Hamlet; WOBX-98.1 FM/Manteo; WHSC-1050 AM/Myrtle Beach, S.C.; WJOI-1230 AM/Norfolk, Va.; WFNL-570 AM/Raleigh; WFJA-105.5 FM/Sanford; SCHEMES WIAM-900 AM/Williamston; WAAV-980 AM/Wilmington. Cincinnati utilizes a multiple off ensive attack while employing a multiple defensive alignment. ECU will line up in a spread on off ense and are a multiple 3-4 unit on defense. TELEVISION CBS Sports Network: Dave Ryan (play-by-play), Corey Chavous (analyst) and THE COACHES Lauren Gardner (sideline reporter) RUFFIN McNEILL (East Carolina ‘80) is 42-33 (.560) in his sixth season at East Carolina, while overall, he is 43-33 (.565) as a collegiate head coach after guiding Texas Tech to a 41-31 victory INTERNET over Michigan State in the Valero Alamo Bowl Jan. 2, 2010 on an interim basis. When he became Live audio streaming: ..................www.ECUPirates.com (All-Access), TuneIn ECU’s 20th all-time head football coach 19 days later, McNeill offi cially fi nished a 10-year stint Live video streaming: ................................................................................none on the Red Raider staff . The 2015 campaign marks McNeill’s 30th year at the collegiate level, which includes an TICKETS earlier stop at East Carolina as the Pirates’ defensive line coach in 1992. In all, he has served on the ECU Ticket Prices: Selected individual tickets remain ($54.00 adult, $41.00 staff s with eight diff erent programs and spent a combined nine years in defensive coordinator youth age 3-12). For other questions concerning tickets and Dowdy-Ficklen roles at Appalachian State (1993-96), Nevada-Las Vegas (1997-98) and Texas Tech (2007-09). Stadium (seating, parking, etc...), contact the East Carolina Athletics Ticket McNeill starred as a four-year letterman at ECU under Pat Dye from 1976-1979 and helped Offi ce at 1-800-DIAL-ECU or visit the offi cial athletics department website - lead the Pirates to their fi rst bowl appearance in the modern era when East Carolina defeated www.ECUPirates.com. Louisiana Tech in the ‘78 Independence Bowl. Openings: All stadium gates open at 10:00 a.m. on game day. TOMMY TUBERVILLE (Southern Arkansas ‘76) is in his third season heading the football program PROMOTIONS at Cincinnati and sports a 24-13 (.649) record. Overall, he is in his 20th year as a collegiate head Senior Day, ECU Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day coach with a 154-90 (.631) mark. Prior to accepting the top football job with the Bearcats on Dec. 8, 2012, Tuberville spent three years (2010-12) as head coach at Texas Tech and 10 seasons RANKINGS (1999-2008) directing the Auburn program where he led the Tigers to 85 overall wins, one SEC Cincinnati and East Carolina are both unranked heading into the contest. title and eight bowl appearances. After serving on the defensive staff s at Arkansas State, Miami (Fla.) and Texas A&M, he earned his fi rst head coaching opportunity at Ole Miss (1995-98). Cincinnati at East CarolinaPage 2 Game 12 - Nov. 28, 2015 EAST CAROLINA (5-6, 3-4 AAC) THE SERIES 09/05 TOWSON (ESPN3) .............................................W, 28-20 East Carolina leads 12-6 ... The Bearcats have won four straight, including the fi rst meeting as American Athletic 09/12 at Florida (ESPN2) ..............................................L, 31-24 Conference members a year ago ... East Carolina has taken seven of the nine matchups played in Greenville and 09/19 * at Navy (CBSSN) ................................................ L, 45-21 has captured fi ve of nine contests in Cincinnati ... The Pirates opened the series with seven-straight victories: 09/26 VIRGINIA TECH (ABC/ESPN2) ...........................W, 35-28 Date Site Result Attendance 10/03 * at SMU (ESPNews) ...........................................W, 49-23 Nov. 15, 1986 ............Greenville, N.C. .....................................ECU 32-19 ........................16,258 10/10 at BYU (ESPNU) ..................................................L, 45-38 Oct. 10, 1987 .............Greenville, N.C. .................................... ECU 56-28 ........................ 26,371 10/17 * TULSA (ESPNews) .............................................W, 30-17 Nov. 19, 1988 .................Cincinnati, Ohio .................................................ECU 49-14 ..................................2,364 10/22 * No. 22 TEMPLE (ESPN2) ......................................L, 24-14 Sept. 16, 1989 ................Cincinnati, Ohio ..................................................ECU 21-14 ..................................18,153 10/30 * at Connecticut (ESPNU) .......................................L, 31-13 Oct. 20, 1990 ............Greenville, N.C. .....................................ECU 56-32 ........................27,380 11/07 * USF (CBSSN) ........................................................L, 22-17 Nov. 23, 1991 .................Cincinnati, Ohio .................................................ECU 30-19 .................................. 8,574 11/19 * at UCF (ESPN) .....................................................W, 44-7 Oct. 17, 1992 .............Greenville, N.C. .....................................ECU 42-21 ........................ 34,126 11/28 * CINCINNATI (CBSSN) ...............................12 noon Nov. 20, 1993 .................Cincinnati, Ohio ...................................................UC