2018 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES UC ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS 2751 O’VARSITY WAY SUITE 860 CINCINNATI, OHIO 45221-0021 // GOBEARCATS.COM GAME The Rose Bowl (80,616) 7 p.m. ET at UCLA 1 SEPTEMBER 1, 2018 Pasadena, California ESPN / 102.7 WEBN FM 2018 SCHEDULE CINCINNATI BEARCATS (0-0) GAME INFORMATION DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV Head Coach: Luke Fickell Facility: Spieker Field at the Rose Bowl Sept. 1 @ UCLA 7 p.m. ESPN Record at Cincinnati: 4-8 (Second Year) Capacity: 80,616 Sept. 8 @ Miami (OH) ^ 8 p.m. Raycom/ESPN3 Overall Record: 10-15 (Third Year) TV: ESPN / ESPN App / WatchESPN.com Sept. 15 ALABAMA A&M 7 p.m. ESPN3 AT Radio: 102.7 WEBN FM Sept. 22 OHIO TBA TBA UCLA BRUINS (0-0) Online: TuneIn.com Sept. 29 @ UConn * TBA TBA Head Coach: Chip Kelly Series Record: First Meeting Oct. 6 TULANE * TBA TBA Record at UCLA: 0-0 (First Year) At UCLA: First Meeting Oct. 20 @ Temple * TBA TBA Overall Record: 46-7 (Fifth Year) Last Meeting: First Meeting Oct. 27 @ SMU * TBA TBA Nov. 3 NAVY * TBA TBA FOOTBALL OPENS 2018 AT UCLA ON SATURDAY Nov. 10 USF * TBA TBA ∆ The University of Cincinnati football team opens the 2018 season on the road, heading to Pasadena, California to face Nov. 17 @ UCF * TBA TBA UCLA in the Rose Bowl. The game kicks off at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN with radio coverage on 102.7 WEBN FM. The two programs Nov. 23 ECU * TBA TBA are squaring off for the first time in a home-and-home series which will see the Bruins open 2019 at Nippert Stadium. All times Eastern. Home games in BOLD CAPS, played at NIppert Stadium. THE SERIES ^ - Paul Brown Stadium. * - American Athletic Conference game. ∆ The Bearcats and Bruins are meeting for the first time on the gridiron. TV: ESPN/ESPN APP THE COACHES ∆ Play-by-Play..................................................................... Bob Wischusen ∆ LUKE FICKELL was named the 42nd Football Head Coach at the University of Cincinnati in December 2017. He took the ∆ Analyst ..................................................................................... Brock Huard reins of UC’s program after spending 15 years at his alma mater, Ohio State. A veteran of nearly 20 years coaching at ∆ Sideline ..............................................................................Allison Williams the FBS level, Fickell was a part of nine Big Ten Conference titles (seven as a coach, two as a player) and two national ∆ Online: WatchESPN.com / ESPN App championship squads with 15 postseason games and 12 NFL Draft selections under his belt. RADIO: BEARCATS SPORTS NETWORK ∆ CHIP KELLY, a 27-year coaching veteran at both the professional and collegiate levels, is in his first season at UCLA. Kelly was an an- ∆ Play-by-Play...............................................................................Dan Hoard alyst at ESPN in 2017 and served as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers (2016). He also was the head coach of the Philadelphia ∆ Analyst ......................................................................................Jim Kelly Jr. Eagles (2013-15) following four seasons as head coach at the University of Oregon (2009-12) where he posted a record of 46-7. ∆ Sideline Reporter ........................................................................Tony Pike ∆ Host/Engineer ..............................................................................Mo Egger STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS ... ∆ Local: 102.7 WEBN FM ∆ The University of Cincinnati football team plays its 131st season in 2018. The program dates to 1885 and is one of the 10 oldest in ∆ Satellite: n/a major college football. UC has won a league title five times in the last 11 years and played in nine bowl games in the last 12 seasons. ∆ Online: Tunein.com ∆ Entering 2018, UC is one of 36 NCAA FBS teams with 100 wins since 2005. The Bearcats’ .638 winning percentage since 2007 ranks ∆ Mobile Apps: TuneIn among the Top-30 teams in the NCAA FBS, winning at least nine games seven times in the last 12 years. ∆ The Bearcats returned to Nippert Stadium in 2015 after a 20 month, $86-million renovation and drew 222,578 fans in the first year LIVE STATS: Cincinnati.StatBroadcast.com back at Nippert Stadium, a single-season record average of 37, 096. The Oct. 24, 2015 attendance of 40,124 was the largest in Nippert Stadium history. The previous stadium record was 40,101 set on Oct. 1 against Miami (Fla.). TWITTER: #BEARCATS ∆ UC won back-to-back-to-back American Athletic Conference FB Team Academic Excellence Awards in 2015, 2016 & 2017. ∆ Official Accounts ......................................@GoBearcats | @GoBearcatsFB ∆ UC was picked fourth in the American Athletic Conference Preseason poll and is the only team in the conference to return its leading rusher (Gerrid Doaks), passer (Hayden Moore) and receiver (Kahlil Lewis) from the 2017 season. MOBILE APP: CINCINNATI BEARCATS ∆ Almost sixty-nine percent of UC’s roster (77 of 112) is made of up freshmen, RS freshmen and sophomores. Relaunched prior to the 2017 season, the Cincinnati Bearcats app ∆ UC is one of the five youngest teams in college football, featuring 81 underclassmen (29 sophomores, 17 redshirt freshmen, 35 true for iPhone, iPad and Android devices offers fans a wide variety of freshmen) on its 112-person roster. information on the Bearcats — home and away. The free app is ∆ The 2018 roster is composed of student-athletes from 16 states and five countries. Sixty-four Bearcats hail from Ohio, with 24 from available in the App Store and Google Play. Cincinnati, followed in order by Florida (10), Georgia (9), Indiana (6), Illinois (4), Kentucky (4), Virginia (4), Alabama (3), Michigan (2) with single players from California, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. CINCINNATI ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS ∆ UC returns 13 starters including All-American Athletic Conference selections DE Cortez Broughton, DT Marquise Copeland and P RYAN KOSLEN............................................. Assoc. AD / Football Contact James Smith along with a highly-touted signing class which ranked atop the American and included 15 signees from Ohio and 19 Phone (O/C): ....................................513-556-5186 / 513-497-3132 from the 300-mile radius surrounding UC's campus. Email: ....................................................................Ryan.Koslen@uc.edu ∆ The Bearcats added several transfers to the roster including: grad transfers LB Tinashe Bere (Duke), OL Dino Boyd (Rhode Island), CB Twitter......................................................................................... @Koz_UC Cameron Jefferies (Bowling Green) and transfers OL Darius Harper (Miami OH) and WR Aulden Knight (Hampton). ∆ The coaching staff added Special Teams Coordinator Brian Mason, cornerbacks coach Mike Mickens and defensive line coach Steve Web: ...................................................................................GoBEARCATS.com Stripling. On the offensive side of the ball, coordinator Mike Denbrock shifted over to tight ends, Gino Guidugli moved over to quar- Nippert Stadium Press Box: .............................................513-556-1010 terbacks and Doug Phillips shifted to running backs. 2018 CINCINNATI BEARCATS FOOTBALL GoBearcats GoBearcats GoBearcats gobearcats.com GET CONNECTED: GoBearcatsFootball GoBearcatsFB / Coach Fick GoBearcatsFB bearcats_fb ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS ON THE WEB 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. 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Conference ..........................American Athletic, East Division Cincinnati, OH 45221-0021 Nickname ..........................................................................Bearcats WEEKLY MEDIA LUNCHEON Colors ......................................................Red (PMS 186) & Black SID Phone ..................................................................513-556-5191 UC holds a weekly media luncheon each Tuesday in the Home Field .........................................................Nippert Stadium Press Box Phone ...................................................513-556-1010 second floor Bob Goin Team Room of Richard E. Lindner Surface/Capacity .............UBU Speed Series M6-M/40,000 Website ...............................................................GoBEARCATS.com Center. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m., selected players are President .....................................................Neville G. Pinto, PhD available for one-on-one interviews from 11:45-noon, and Director of Athletics ...................................................Mike Bohn COMMUNICATIONS head coach Luke Fickell takes the podium at noon. Players Faculty Representative .......................................................... TBA Ryan Koslen ..............................Associate AD/Football Contact will be made available at