No. 10/11 Football Takes On Miami (OH) In The 114th Battle For The Victory Bell Saturday

Sept. 29, 2009

Game Notes | Roster | | Live Audio

• • Springer: UC-Miami (OH) Preview
  • Weekly Press Conference Quotes
  • UC Ticket Allotment For Miami (OH) Football Game Sold Out
  • Gilyard Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week
  • Football Achieves Highest Ever Weekly Ranking After 4-0 Start
  • Come Early, Be Loud, and Wear Black To Oxford
  • UC achieved its best-ever ranking entering the week, checking in at No. 10 in the Associated Press poll and No. 11 in the USA Today Coaches poll.
    
  • This marks the third-straight season UC has been ranked.
    
  • UC is 12-7-1 all -time when ranked.
  • The Bearcats have scored 173 points in four games and are 4-0 for the second time in three years (2007).
  • Cincinnati ranks fifth nationally in scoring offense, averaging 43.25 points per game. UC also ranks second nationally in passing efficiency with a QB rating of 175.88.
  • QB Tony Pike has thrown a touchdown pass in 14-straight starts and leads the BIG EAST in passing efficiency (172.75).
  • WR Mardy Gilyard has caught a touchdown pass in each of UC's four games in 2009, extending his TD reception streak to six games. He has 32 catches for 442 yards and 6 TDs in 2009.
  • Drew Frey has 23 tackles in the past two games and ranks second on the team with 25 stops.
  • UC ranks third nationally and leads the BIG EAST in tackles for a loss, averaging 9.25 per game.
  • Under third-year coach Brian Kelly, Cincinnati had its second straight 10-win season in 2008. Before Kelly arrived, Cincinnati had exactly one 10-win season (1951).
  • Cincinnati was picked third in the BIG EAST preseason media poll, despite the Bearcats' receiving as many first-place votes (eight) as favorite Pittsburgh.

• Game Notes | Roster | | Live Audio

  AT A GLANCE
  Date: Oct. 3, 2009
  Time: 1 p.m. (EST)
  Location: Oxford, Ohio
  Venue: Yager Stadium
  Capacity: 24,286
  Surface: FieldTurf
  Live Stats: GoBEARCATS.com
  Series Record: MU leads 59-47-7
  In Oxford: MU leads 14-7-2

  ON THE AIR
  The game will be televised online at ESPN360.com. Jim Barbar (play-by-play), Bob Chmiel (analyst) will have the call. The game will re-air on FOX Sports Ohio at 11 p.m. Sunday night.

  The game will air over the Cincinnati Bearcats Radio Network presented by IMG College starting at noon on 700 WLW AM, XM 203, nad Sirius 126. Dan Hoard (play-by-play), Jim Kelly Jr. (analyst), Tom Gelehrter (sideline), and Mo Egger (host/engineer) make up the UC broadcast team.

  The radio broadcast can also be heard over the internet at GoBEARCATS.com.

  No. 10/11 Football Takes On Miami (OH) In The 114th Battle For The Victory Bell Saturday
  The No. 10/11 University of Cincinnati football team heads to Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio, on Oct. 3 for the 114th Battle for the Victory Bell against Miami University (OH). Kickoff at Yager Stadium is set for 1 p.m. The Miami-Cincinnati series is the oldest non-conference college football rivalry in the United States. The Bearcats are 4-0 on the young season after knocking off Fresno State, 28-20, at Nippert Stadium on Sept. 26. Miami is coming off a 29-19 road loss to Kent State and will be playing in Yager for the first time this season. The RedHawks opened up the season with a home game against Kentucky at Paul Brown Stadium.
  
  THE SERIES
  The two schools have met 113 times on the field with Miami leading the all-time series 59-47-7. UC has won the past three matchups and four out of five. The winner of the yearly contest takes possession of the Victory Bell for the next year.
  
  THE COACHES
  Brian Kelly, the two-time reigning BIG EAST Coach of the Year, is in his third full season at the helm of the Cincinnati football program with a 26-6 record and a 19-year career mark of 163-57-2. Kelly led the Bearcats to a school-record 11 wins, a BIG EAST Championship, and a Bowl Championship Series game berth in 2008. He won two NCAA Division II National Championships at Grand Valley State and led Central Michigan to the 2006 Mid-American Conference Championship. He is the leader in victories among active BIG EAST coaches and is the only current BIG EAST coach with 150 or more career wins.
  
  Michael Haywood is 0-4 in his first season with the RedHawks.
  
  A LOOK AHEAD
  UC will have 12 days between games, heading to Tampa, Fla. on Oct. 15 for a Thursday night matchup with the USF Bulls at Raymond James Stadium. The game will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. and be televised nationally by ESPN. UC leads the all-time series 4-2 and has won the past three matchups, including a 38-33 win in Tampa during the 2007 campaign.

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