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LINDNER CENTER // 2751 O’VARSITY WAY SUITE 860 CINCINNATI, OHIO 45221-0021 // GOBEARCATS.COM 2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (1-1, 0-1 American) GAME DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV Sept. 5 ALABAMA A&M W, 52-10 FS Ohio Miami (Ohio) vs. Sept. 12 TEMPLE * L, 34-13 ESPNews Sept. 19, 2015 • 3:30 p.m. ET • ESP3 • 102.7 WEBN FM Cincinnati, Ohio • Yager Stadium (24,286) Sept. 19 at Miami (Ohio) 3:30 p.m. ESPN3 3 Sept. 24 at Memphis * 7:30 p.m. ESPN Oct. 1 MIAMI (FLA.) 7:30 p.m. ESPN Site ..........................................................Yager Stadium (24,286) Rankings (AP/Coaches) .................................................na/na Oct. 16 at BYU 8 p.m. ESPN Surface ..............................................................................FieldTurf 2015 Record ............................................................................ 1-1 TV ....................................................................ESPN3/WatchESPN Head Coach ..........................................................Chuck Martin Oct. 24 UCONN * TBA Radio ...........................................................................102.7 WEBN MIAMI (OHIO) Record at MU (Yrs.) ..................................................3-11 (2nd) Oct. 31 * TBA UCF Live Stats ........................................................GoBEARCATS.com Nov. 7 at Houston * TBA Twitter ......................................@GoBearcats | @GoBearcatsFB Rankings (AP/Coaches) .................................................na/na Nov. 14 TULSA * TBA Series Record ..............................................Miami leads 59-53-7 2015 Record ............................................................................ 1-1 Nov. 20 at USF * 8 p.m. CBS SN In Cincinnati ................................................. Miami leads 14-10-2 Head Coach .................................................Tommy Tuberville Nov. 28 at East Carolina * TBA Last Meeting...................UC 31, MU 24; 2014 (Cincinnati, Ohio) CINCINNATI Record at UC (Years) ...............................................19-9 (3rd) All times Eastern. Home games in BOLD CAPS and played FOOTBALL FACES ROAD TEST IN 120TH BATTLE FOR VICTORY BELL at NIppert Stadium. * American Athletic Conference » The University of Cincinnati football teams jumps from conference play to a rivalry game Saturday as it hits game. the road for the first time this season to face the Miami RedHawks in the 120th Battle for the Victory Bell. UC has had the upper hand of late, winning nine-straight games against Miami, but the RedHawks held UC to 14 TV: ESPN3 points in 2013 and a year ago UC jumped out to a 24-14 lead and hung on for the 31-24 win. QB Gunner Kiel » Play-by-Play .........................................................Jim Barber tossed four TD passes, two going to Mekale McKay and Zach Edwards added 12 tackles and an interception. » Analyst ................................................................... Dustin Fox » Online: ESPN3 THE SERIES » Mobile App: WatchESPN » Saturday marks the 120th time the two schools will meet in the second-oldest NCAA FBS rivalry. Miami (Ohio) leads the all-time series 59-53-7 but UC has won nine-straight games, including a 31-24 win in Paul RADIO: BEARCATS SPORTS NETWORK Brown Stadium a year ago. » Play-by-Play .........................................................Dan Hoard » Analyst .................................................................Jim Kelly Jr. THE COACHES » Sideline Reporter ................................................. Tony Pike » TOMMY TUBERVILLE, an 19-year head coaching veteran, enters his third year at Cincinnati. Widely » Host/Engineer .......................................................Mo Egger regarded as one of the top coaches and recruiters in the collegiate game, Tuberville holds a 149-85 career » Local: 102.7 WEBN FM record with head coaching stops at Texas Tech, Auburn and Ole Miss. He is 19-9 at UC and has led the » Satellite: n/a Bearcats to a 2014 American Athletic Conference Championship and berths in the Belk Bowl (2013) and » Online: Tunein.com | GoBEARCATS.com Military Bowl (2014). » Mobile Apps: iHeartRadio | TuneIn » CHUCK MARTIN is in the his second season as the head coach at Miami Ohio after four years on former UC coach Brian Kelly’s staff at Notre Dame (2010-13). Martin was 74-7 in six years as the head coach at Grand TWITTER: #BEARCATS Valley State (2004-09) and has coached in seven national championship games in the past 13 seasons. » Official Accounts ............@GoBearcats | @GoBearcatsFB He is 3-11 at Miami (Ohio). LIVE STATS: CINCINNATI.STATBROADCAST.COM // STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS ... » The University of Cincinnati football team plays its » HC Tommy Tuberville sits tied with Frank Broyles for MOBILE APP: CINCINNATI GAMEDAY 128th season in 2015. The program dates to 1885 and is No. 57 on the all-time major college football coaches Improved for the 2015 season, the Cincinnati Gameday one of the 10 oldest in major college football. victory list, with 149. Tuberville needs two wins to pass app for iPhone, iPad and Android devices offers fans a » UC has won a league title in five of the last seven Terry Donahue & Phillip Fulmer, who are tied for No. wide variety of information on the Bearcats — home seasons and played in a bowl game in eight of the last 55 with 151 wins, according to Sports-Reference.com. and away. The free app is available in the App Store and nine years. » UC won its 12th straight season opener at Nippert & Google Play. » The Bearcats have won 84 games over the last nine 27th straight non-conference game on the home field. years, the most among the current American Athletic » UC’s 636 yards of total offense against Alabama A&M Conference. was the sixth-best single-game effort in UC history and CINCINNATI SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS » UC’s .724 winning percentage since 2007 ranks among the Bearcats 89 plays were their most since 2013. RYAN KOSLEN ....................... Assoc. AD/Football Contact the Top-10 teams in the NCAA FBS. » UC has a 1,193-542 edge in total offense in 2015. Phone (O/C): .......................513-556-5186/513-497-3132 » Cincinnati has won at least nine games seven times » A pair of new starters at LB, Kevin Brown and Eric Email: .................................................Ryan.Koslen@uc.edu in the last eight years and the Bearcats won their last Wilson, are tied for the team lead in tackles with 13 Twitter ....................................................................@Koz_UC seven regular-season games to close the 2014 season apiece. S Zach Edwards is the active team leader with before falling to Virginia Tech in the Military Bowl. 204 career stops. » WR Shaq Washington had 163 career receptions and CORY HALL ...................... Sr. Director/Secondary Contact » The Bearcats return to Nippert Stadium in 2015 after the venerable stadium underwent an $86-million needs 42 catches to become UC’s all-time leader with Phone (O/C): ........................513-556-5186/515-419-1755 renovation. 205 receptions. Three are tied at 204. Email: ....................................................... [email protected] » UC has won 27 straight home non-conference games at » RB Mike Boone has a rushing TD in eight of his last Twitter: ...............................................................@hallCthree Nippert Stadium, dating back to a 30-24 win over Temple 10 games and has a career avg. of 6.3 yards per carry. in three overtimes on Sept. 20, 2003. » WR Mekale McKay has 16 career TD receptions, 13 of Web: ............................................................GoBEARCATS.com » The Sept. 5, 2015 attendance of 39,095 was the largest which have been on throws of 15 yards or more. Nippert Stadium Press Box: ............................ 513-556-1010 in Nippert Stadium history. The previous stadium record » K Andrew Gantz has made 40 straight PATs, the fifth was 36,007 on Aug. 31, 2013 versus Purdue. best streak in school history (82/Kevin Lovell, 04-06) 2015 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOOTBALL GoBEARCATS.com @GoBEARCATS UniversityofCincinnatiBearcats GET CONNECTED: UCBearcatsFB.com @GoBearcatsFB | @TTuberville MEDIA SCHEDULE • WEEK 3 MONDAY 14 TUESDAY 15 WEDNESDAY 16 THURSDAY 17 FRIDAY 18 SATURDAY 19 SUNDAY 20 American Teleconference Press Conference Practice Radio Show No Availability Gameday Postgame Teleconference 12 p.m. - Tuberville on call 11:30-1 p.m. (Goin Team Room) 5:15 p.m. - Tuberville & Players 8-9 p.m. (Montgomery Inn) UC @ Miami Ohio (Yager) 4 p.m. - Tuberville on call 11:30 - Lunch available after practice 3:30 p.m. ET • ESPN3 11:45 - Requested Players 12:00 - Tuberville Postgame Coach Tuberville is available in Practice the press conference room. 5:15 p.m. - Players available Players will follow Tuberville. after practice SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS #BEARCATS 2015 QUICK FACTS The University of Cincinnati Sports Communications Office When tweeting and engaging others on social media GENERAL INFORMATION is ready to assist you in every way possible to make the networks about UC or the Bearcats, please use #Bearcats. 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