CINCINNATI FOOTBALL UC ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: RICHARD E. LINDNER CENTER // 2751 O’VARSITY WAY SUITE 860 CINCINNATI, OHIO 45221-0021 // GOBEARCATS.COM 2016 SCHEDULE // GAME 10: CINCINNATI (4-6, 1-5) vs. MEMPHIS (6-3, 3-3) DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV Sept. 1 UT MARTIN W, 28-7 ESPN3 NOV. 18, 2016 • 8 P.M. (ET) • CINCINNATI, OHIO • NIPPERT STADIUM (40,000) • CBS SPORTS NETWORK • 700 WLW AM Sept. 10 at Purdue W, 38-20 BTN CINCINNATI BEARCATS GAME INFORMATION MEMPHIS TIGERS Sept. 15 6/7 HOUSTON * L, 40-16 ESPN Head Coach: Tommy Tuberville Facility: Nippert Stadium Head Coach: Mike Norvell Record at UC: 29-20 (4th Year) Capacity: 40,000 Record at UM: 6-3 (1st Year) Sept. 24 W, 27-20 ESPNews MIAMI (OHIO) Overall: 159-97 (21st Year) Surface: UBU Speed Series 6-M Overall: 6-3 (1st Year) Oct. 1 USF * L, 45-20 ESPNU Oct. 8 at UConn * L, 20-9 CBS SN TV ......................................................................... CBS Sports Network Series Record ....................................................Memphis leads 20-13 Oct. 22 EAST CAROLINA * W, 31-19 CBS SN Radio ......................... 700 WLW AM | Sirius 84, XM 84, Internet 84 At Cincinnati ....................................................... Cincinnati leads 8-7 Oct. 29 at Temple * L, 34-13 CBS SN Twitter ..............................................@GoBearcats | @GoBearcatsFB Last Meeting ............................ UM W, 53-46 (9/4/15 in Memphis) Nov. 5 BYU L, 20-3 CBS SN // INSIDE THE MATCHUP ... Nov. 12 at UCF * L, 24-3 ESPNU FOOTBALL CELEBRATES SENIOR DAY FRIDAY VS. MEMPHIS Nov. 18 MEMPHIS * 8 p.m. CBS SN » The University of Cincinnati football team plays its final home game of the season Friday at 8 p.m. ET against Memphis inside Nov. 25 at Tulsa * TBA Nippert Stadium. The Bearcats will honor a 17-member senior class during pregame ceremonies. The game will be televised nationally by CBS Sports Network, with radio coverage on 700 WLW AM and TuneIn.com. Memphis has lost three of four, but All times Eastern. Home games in BOLD CAPS and played at NIppert rushed for a season high 277 yards in a home loss to USF. Tigers K Jake Elliott is 188-for-188 on PATs for his career. Stadium. * American Athletic Conference game. THE SERIES TV: CBS SPORTS NETWORK » Saturday marks the 34th meeting all-time between the two squads in a series that dates to 1984. The Tigers lead the all-time » Play-by-Play .................................................................Dave Ryan series 20-13. UC has won three of the last five with Memphis holding a current two-game win streak. » Analyst ...................................................................Corey Chavous THE COACHES » Sideline .................................................................Melanie Collins » TOMMY TUBERVILLE, a 20-year head coaching veteran, is in his fourth year at Cincinnati. Widely regarded as one of the top » Online: n/a coaches and recruiters in the collegiate game, Tuberville holds a 159-97 career record with head coaching stops at Texas Tech, » Mobile App: CBS Sports Auburn and Ole Miss. He is 29-20 at UC and has led the Bearcats to a 2014 American Athletic Conference Championship and berths in the Belk Bowl (2013), Military Bowl (2014) and Hawai‘i Bowl (2015). RADIO: BEARCATS SPORTS NETWORK » Play-by-Play ................................................................ Dan Hoard » MIKE NORVELL is 6-3 in his first season at Memphis. Norvell joined the Tigers after spending four years at Arizona State as the » Analyst .........................................................................Jim Kelly Jr. deputy head coach and offensive coordinator. He is the first head coach in program history to lead the Tigers to bowl eligibility » Sideline Reporter .......................................................... Tony Pike in his first season. He has previous stops at Pitt, Tulsa and Central Arkansas. » Engineer ..........................................................................Mo Egger // STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS ... » Local: 700 WLW AM » Satellite: Sirius 84, XM 84, Internet 84 » The University of Cincinnati football team plays its 129th » UC raised over $15,000 for the UC Cancer Institute’s season in 2016. The program dates to 1885 and is one of Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center & UC Athletics’ » Online: Tunein.com | GoBEARCATS.com the 10 oldest in major college football. Women’s Excellence Fund at its 11th Annual Football 101 » Mobile Apps: iHeartRadio | TuneIn » UC has won a league title in five of the last nine seasons event in July. » Streamed live on the Cincinnati Bearcats Gameday App and played in a bowl game for a school-record fifth » UC won the American Athletic Conference Team Academic straight year and the ninth time in 10 years. Excellence Award for football in 2015. LIVE STATS: CINCINNATI.STATBROADCAST.COM » The Bearcats’ 94 wins over the last 10 years rank among » OL Ryan Leahy won the 2015 American Athletic Conference the top-20 teams in the NCAA FBS. Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. TWITTER: #BEARCATS » UC’s .682 winning percentage since 2007 ranks among the » UC’s defense has forced 20 turnovers (15 INT, 5 FR) and » Official Accounts.............................@GoBearcats | @GoBearcatsFB Top-20 teams in the NCAA FBS with the Bearcats winning 19 sacks after forcing only 14 turnovers (9 INT, 5 FR) and at least nine games seven times in the last 10 years. totaling 13 sacks for the entire 2015 season. MOBILE APP: CINCINNATI GAMEDAY » The Bearcats returned to Nippert Stadium in 2015 after a » UC has gone five games without scoring a rushing TD and is Improved for the 2016 season, the Cincinnati Gameday app for 20 month, $86-million renovation and drew 222,578 fans in a 10 quarter offensive TD drought overall. in the first year back at Nippert Stadium, a single-season » QB Hayden Moore returned to the starting lineup after QB iPhone, iPad and Android devices offers fans a wide variety of record average of 37, 096. Gunner Kiel had started the last three games. Moore threw information on the Bearcats — home and away. The free app is » The Oct. 24, 2015 attendance of 40,124 was the largest in for 129 yards on 13-of-25 passing against UCF. available in the App Store and Google Play. Nippert Stadium history. The previous stadium record was » WR Kahlil Lewis had six receptions for 84 yards against 40,101 set on Oct. 1 against Miami (Fla.). UCF. RB Tion Green rushed for 76 yards on 15 carries. CINCINNATI SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS » HC Tommy Tuberville is No. 51 on the all-time major CFB » Cincinnati opened the season with three wins in its first RYAN KOSLEN ................................... Assoc. AD/Football Contact coaches win list, with 159 victories and one of eight active four games, but has dropped five of its last six. Phone (O/C): .............................513-556-5186/513-497-3132 FBS coaches with 150 or more career wins. Bill Yeoman is » The Bearcats need to win their final two regular-season Email: .......................................................Ryan.Koslen@uc.edu No. 50 with 160 wins according to Sports-Reference.com. games to gain bowl eligibility for a school-record sixth- Twitter..........................................................................@Koz_UC » Tuberville enters his fourth season at the helm of the straight season. Bearcats program with 29 wins, a 2014 American Athletic » LB Eric Wilson leads the AAC and ranks eighth in the NCAA FBS Web: ................................................................... GoBEARCATS.com Conference title and three straight bowl appearances. averaging 10.4 tackles per game. » UC features new coordinators on both sides of the ball » UC has lost RB Chad Banschbach, RB Mike Boone, DE Landon Nippert Stadium Press Box: ....................................513-556-1010 with Zac Taylor calling the offense and Jeff Koonz and Brazile, LB Bryce Jenkinson, K Andrew Gantz and DT Sione Robert Prunty calling the defense. Tongamoa to season-ending injuries. 2016 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOOTBALL GoBEARCATS.com @GoBEARCATS GoBearcats GET CONNECTED: @GoBearcatsFB | @TTuberville GoBearcatsFootball MEDIA SCHEDULE • WEEK 11 MONDAY 14 TUESDAY 15 WEDNESDAY 16 THURSDAY 17 FRIDAY 18 SATURDAY 19 SUNDAY 20 American Teleconference Press Conference Radio Show No Availability Gameday No Availability No Availability 12 p.m. - Tuberville on call 11:30-1 p.m. (Goin Team Room) 8 p.m. - Original Montgomery UC vs. Memphis (Nippert) 11:30 - Lunch Inn. 8 p.m. ET • CBS SN 11:45 - Players 12:00 - Tuberville Postgame Coach Tuberville is available in the press conference room. Players will follow Tuberville. SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS a record book/media supplement will be made available on the 2016 QUICK FACTS The University of Cincinnati Sports Communications Office football page at www.GoBEARCATS.com. 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