GAME 6 • UCF AT CINCINNATI 10 BOWL APPEARANCES • 4 BOWL WINS • 6 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 14 CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR GAME INFORMATION (18/19) UCF KNIGHTS (4-1, 1-0 AAC) Date _________________________ Friday, Oct. 4 Head Coach: Josh Heupel (Oklahoma, 2001) Time ___________________________ 8 p.m. ET Record at UCF: 16-2 (2nd Season) Site _______________________ Cincinnati, Ohio Overall Record: 16-2 (2nd Season) Stadium ____________________Nippert Stadium VS Surface ______________________Synthetic Turf CINCINNATI BEARCATS (3-1, 0-0 AAC) Capacity ___________________________ 40,000 Head Coach: Luke Fickell (Ohio State, 1997) TV _________________________________ESPN Record at Cincinnati: 18-10 (3rd Season) Play-by-Play ________________ Chris Cotter THE MATCHUP Overall Record: 24-17 (4th Season) Analyst ___________________ Mark Herlich Analyst ______________________ Jim More Sideline _________________Paul Carcaterra UCFACTS Radio ____________ AM 740/FM 96.9 The Game 8 Following the UCF football team’s first regular season loss since 2016, the Knights rebounded with 56 Play-by-Play _______________ Marc Daniels unanswered points to start last week’s 56-21 win over UConn. Since the start of the 2017 season, UCF Analyst _____________________ Gary Parris has won 29 of their last 31 games overall and have won 18 straight league games in American Athletic Sideline ___________________ Scott Adams Conference play. Sideline ________________ Leger Douzable Twitter _____________________ @UCF_Football 8 After the win over the Huskies, UCF looks to start American Athletic Conference play 2-0 for the third Hashtag ________________________ #ChargeOn straight season when the Knights take on Cincinnati Friday night on ESPN. UCF is on their journey for a third straight American Championship after winning back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018. UCF has won SCHEDULE/RESULTS six conference championships since joining a conference in 2002 and four conference titles since 2013, one of just four programs in FBS to achieve the feat (Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma). Aug. 29 Florida A&M (CBSSN) W, 62-0 Sep. 7 at FAU (CBSSN) W, 48-14 8 UCF is in its second season under head coach Josh Heupel, who led the Knights to a 12-1 record in his Sep. 14 Stanford (ESPN) W, 45-27 first season in Orlando and now has a career mark of 16-2. Heupel was named FWAA First-Year Coach of Sep. 21 at Pittsburgh (ABC) L, 35-34 the Year after becoming just the third FBS coach in history to record an undefeated regular season in his Sep. 28 UConn* (ESPN2) W, 56-21 first year as a head coach (Larry Coker - Miami, 2001; Chris Peterson - Boise State, 2006). Oct. 4 at Cincinnati* (ESPN) 8 p.m. Oct. 19 ECU* TBA 8 UCF played in the 2019 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl last season. The Knights’ men’s and women’s Oct. 26 at Temple* TBA basketball teams both played in the NCAA Tournament last season. UCF and Michigan were the only Nov. 2 Houston* TBA schools in the nation in 2018-19 to have their football team in a New Year’s Six Bowl and both basketball Nov. 8 at Tulsa* (ESPN2) 7 p.m. teams in the NCAA Tournament. Nov. 23 at Tulane* TBA 8 Nov. 29 S. Florida* (ABC/ESPN) TBA For the last two full seasons, every sport that plays a head-to-head schedule at UCF has finished with Dec. 7 AAC Championship (ABC) 3:30 p.m. a winning record. The Knights are the only FBS athletics program in the nation to do so in 2017-18 and 2018-19. CBS Sports ranked UCF as the 17th best athletics department in the nation for the past year. *American Athletic Conference contests RECORD BREAKDOWN SERIES BREAKDOWN Overall _______________________________ 4-1 Overall: __________________UCF, 3-1 The Knights and the Bearcats have met four times since both The American _________________________ 1-0 teams joined the American Athletic Conference, beginning in Home ________________________________ 3-0 in Cincinnati: _____________ Tied, 1-1 2015 when Cincinnati defeated UCF 52-7 during the Knights’ 0-12 campaign. Away ________________________________ 1-1 in Orlando: _______________UCF, 2-0 Neutral ______________________________ 0-0 at Neutral location: ___________ n/a UCF has now won three in a row over Cincinnati, including last season’s 38-13 in primetime after hosting ESPN College A UCF WIN WOULD Streak: ___________________UCF W3 GameDay on campus earlier in the day. • Be better than a loss Last meeting: _______ UCF 38, CIN 13 In last season’s victory, UCF held Cincinnati scoreless in two • Give the Knights a 4-1 lead in the all-time series against ____________________ Nov. 17, 2018 quarters and recovered three fumbles. Cincinnati Last Cincinnati win: ___ CIN 52, UCF 7 McKenzie Milton threw three touchdowns and rushed for • Extend UCF’s AAC winning streak to 19 games one, while Greg McCrae added a score on the ground to lead • Be the Knights’ 30th win in their last 32 games ____________________ Oct. 31, 2015 the UCF offense. • Give UCF 36 wins as a ranked team WEEKLY MEDIA SCHEDULE: CINCINNATI 22 SUN 23 MON 24 TUE 25 WED 26 THU 27 FRI 28 SAT No Availability Post Practice - 11:15am Post Practice - 11:15am Post Practice - 11:15am No Availability Game #6 No Availability Coach Heupel Offensive Coaches Coach Heupel at Cincinnati - 8pm Defensive Coaches Student-Athletes ESPN Student-Athletes Postgame AAC Teleconference Coach Heupel Coach Heupel - 12:40pm Student-Athletes GAME NOTES | GAME 6 | CINCINNATI | 1 GAME 6 • UCF AT CINCINNATI QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE BEARCATS GENERAL INFORMATION • Cincinnati is in its third season under head coach CINCINNATI SCHEDULE School University of Central Florida Luke Fickell, who holds a record of 18-10 at the helm A29 UCLA (ESPN) W, 24-14 City, State, Zip Orlando, Fla., 32816 of the Bearcats. Founded 1963 S7 at #5 Ohio State (ABC) L, 42-0 Enrollment 67,000+ • Fickell led Cincinnati to a record of 11-2 last S14 Miami (Ohio) (ESPNU) W, 35-13 Nickname Knights season, but both losses came during conference S28 at Marshall (CBSSN) W, 52-14 School Colors Black and Gold play, including a road loss at UCF late in the season. O4 #18 UCF (ESPN) 8PM Stadium Spectrum Stadium O12 at Houston TBA Capacity 44,206 • So far in 2019, Cincinnati has defeated UCLA, O19 Tulsa TBA Surface 419 Bermuda Grass Miami (Ohio) and Marshall, but lost 42-0 at Ohio N2 at ECU TBA Affiliation/Conference NCAA DI - FBS/American State. Interim President Dr. Thad Seymour Jr. N9 UConn TBA Director of Athletics Dr. Daniel J. White • Desmond Ridder has completed 64.3 percent of N16 at South Florida TBA Ticket Office Phone 407-UCF-1000 his passes and thrown eight touchdowns, while N23 Temple TBA Michael Warren has rushed for 262 yards and four N29 at #23 Memphis TBA STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS scores on the ground in 2019. Sr. Associate AD John Heisler Email [email protected] TALE OF THE TAPE Cell 574-532-0293 Assistant AD Daniel Forcella UCF (4-1, 1-0 AAC) CINCINNATI (3-1, 0-0 AAC) Email [email protected] Team Statistics UCF OPP Team Statistics CIN OPP Cell 207-650-6790 Points Per Game 49.0 19.4 Points/Game 27.8 20.8 Press Box Phone 207-650-6790 First Downs 136 105 First Downs 88 71 Website UCFKnights.com Rushing Yards/Game 232.6 119.6 Rushing Yards/Game 186.5 130.2 Twitter @UCF_Football Passing Yards/Game 336.0 205.2 Passing Yards/Game 222.2 167.0 Facebook /UCFFootball Total Off. Yards/Game 568.6 324.8 Total Off. Yards/Game 408.8 297.2 Instagram UCF.Football Third Down Conv. 39% 28% Third Down Conv. 40% 38% Penalty Yards/Game 71.2 76.8 Penalty Yards/Game 82.8 51.2 UCF FOOTBALL STAFF Time of Poss. 25:26 33:42 Time of Poss. 34:17 25:44 Head Coach Josh Heupel (DN) Turnovers - INT/Fumbles 4-2/2 7-4/3 Turnovers - INT/Fumbles 6-3/3 5-2/3 Asst. HC for Off/Offensive Line Glen Elarbee (DN) Asst. HC/Secondary Willie Martinez (DN) Individual Leaders Individual Leaders Offensive Coordinator/QBs Jeff Lebby (UP) Rushing Att Net Avg TD YPG Rushing Att Net Avg TD YPG McCrae 52 323 6.2 4 64.6 Warren 61 262 4.3 4 65.5 Defensive Coordinator/LBs Randy Shannon (UP) Killins Jr. 42 310 7.4 4 62.0 Thomas 38 193 5.1 1 64.3 Cornerbacks Corey Bell (DN) Thompson 31 264 8.5 2 52.8 Ridder 40 88 2.2 0 22.0 Defensive Line Shane Burnham (DN) Tight Ends Jon Cooper (UP) Passing C-A-I TD YPG Passing C-A-I TD YPG Special Teams Coordinator Nick Toth (DN) Gabriel 74-120-2 14 267.6 Ridder 63-98-3 8 203.8 Running Backs Anthony Tucker (DN) Wide Receivers Darrell Wyatt (DN) Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD YPG Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD YPG Chief of Staff/Director of Ops Billy Ray Johnson Davis 25 499 20.0 8 99.8 Pierce 14 277 19.8 1 69.2 Asst. Director of Ops Cameron Coffman Nixon 19 290 15.3 2 58.0 Deguara 12 183 15.2 3 45.8 Dir. of Player Personnel Brandon Lawson Williams 10 175 17.5 2 35.0 Warren 9 77 8.6 1 19.2 Ast. Dir. of Player Personnel Austin Steele Dir. of Player Development Steve Smith Defense U-A-TT TFL INT FF-FR Defense U-A-TT TFL INT FF-FR Defensive Quality Control Tony Gilbert Evans 16-13-29 4.5 0 0-0 Forrest 17-9-26 0.5 0 0-0 Defensive Quality Control Ian Scott Grant 13-11-24 1.0 0 0-0 Wright 10-9-19 4.5 0 1-0 Offensive Quality Control Joey Halzle Mitchell 13-10-23 3.0 0 1-0 White 9-8-17 1.5 0 0-0 Special Teams Quality Control Cliff Odom Gilyard 12-11-23 0.5 0 0-0 Young 8-8-16 1.0 1 0-0 Dir.