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CINCINNATI BEARCATS (1-1)
Head Coach: Luke Fickell
Record at Cincinnati: 1-1 (First Year)
Overall Record: 7-8 (Second Year)
MIAMI REDHAWKS (1-1)
Head Coach: Chuck Martin
Record at Miami: 11-27 (Fourth Year)
Overall Record: 85-34 (10th Year)
GAME INFORMATION
Facility: Yager Stadium
Capacity/Surface: 24,286/FieldTurf
TV: FOX 19/ESPN3
Radio: 700 WLW AM
Online: TuneIn.com
Series Record: Miami leads 59-55-7
At Miami: Miami leads 14-11-2
Last Meeting: Sept. 24, 2016 - Cincinnati won 27-20
VICTORY BELL SERIES EXTENDED | FICKELL PRESS CONFERENCE | SEASON STATISTICS
CINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati football team plays longtime rival Miami (OH) in the 122nd Battle for the Victory Bell on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017 at 8 p.m. ET inside Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio. The game will air on FOX 19 in Cincinnati, FOX 8 in Cleveland and via radio on 700 WLW AM and TuneIn.com. If the Reds-Pirates game runs long (4:10 p.m. start), the UC-Miami game will start on 102.7 WEBN FM and move to 700 WLW AM after the conclusion of the Reds broadcast.
THE SERIES
Saturday marks the 122nd time the two schools will meet in the second-oldest NCAA FBS rivalry. Miami (Ohio) leads the all-time series 59-55-7 but UC has won 11-straight games, including a 27-20 win at Nippert Stadium a year ago.
THE COACHES
Ohio native Luke Fickell was named the 42nd Football Head Coach at the University of Cincinnati in December 2017.Fickell took the reins of the Bearcats program after spending 15 years at his alma mater, Ohio State. An experienced 18-year coaching veteran at the FBS level, Fickell was a part of nine Big Ten Conference titles (seven as a coach, two as a player) and two national championship squads with 15 postseason games and 12 NFL Draft selections under his belt.
Chuck Martin is in his fourth season as the head coach at Miami (OH) after four years on former UC coach Brian Kelly's staff at Notre Dame (2010-13). Martin was 74-7 in six years at Grand Valley State (2004-09) and is 11-27 at Miami (OH).
STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS
CINCINNATI BEARCATS (1-1)
Head Coach: Luke Fickell
Record at Cincinnati: 1-1 (First Year)
Overall Record: 7-8 (Second Year)
MIAMI REDHAWKS (1-1)
Head Coach: Chuck Martin
Record at Miami: 11-27 (Fourth Year)
Overall Record: 85-34 (10th Year)
GAME INFORMATION
Facility: Yager Stadium
Capacity/Surface: 24,286/FieldTurf
TV: FOX 19/ESPN3
Radio: 700 WLW AM
Online: TuneIn.com
Series Record: Miami leads 59-55-7
At Miami: Miami leads 14-11-2
Last Meeting: Sept. 24, 2016 - Cincinnati won 27-20
VICTORY BELL SERIES EXTENDED | FICKELL PRESS CONFERENCE | SEASON STATISTICS
CINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati football team plays longtime rival Miami (OH) in the 122nd Battle for the Victory Bell on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017 at 8 p.m. ET inside Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio. The game will air on FOX 19 in Cincinnati, FOX 8 in Cleveland and via radio on 700 WLW AM and TuneIn.com. If the Reds-Pirates game runs long (4:10 p.m. start), the UC-Miami game will start on 102.7 WEBN FM and move to 700 WLW AM after the conclusion of the Reds broadcast.
THE SERIES
Saturday marks the 122nd time the two schools will meet in the second-oldest NCAA FBS rivalry. Miami (Ohio) leads the all-time series 59-55-7 but UC has won 11-straight games, including a 27-20 win at Nippert Stadium a year ago.
THE COACHES
Ohio native Luke Fickell was named the 42nd Football Head Coach at the University of Cincinnati in December 2017.Fickell took the reins of the Bearcats program after spending 15 years at his alma mater, Ohio State. An experienced 18-year coaching veteran at the FBS level, Fickell was a part of nine Big Ten Conference titles (seven as a coach, two as a player) and two national championship squads with 15 postseason games and 12 NFL Draft selections under his belt.
Chuck Martin is in his fourth season as the head coach at Miami (OH) after four years on former UC coach Brian Kelly's staff at Notre Dame (2010-13). Martin was 74-7 in six years at Grand Valley State (2004-09) and is 11-27 at Miami (OH).
STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS
- The University of Cincinnati football team plays its 130th season in 2017. The program dates to 1885 and is one of the 10 oldest in major college football.
- UC has won a league title in five of the last 10 seasons and played in a bowl game nine time in the past 11 years.
- The Bearcats' 97 wins over the last 10 years rank among the top-20 teams in the NCAA FBS.
- UC's .664 winning percentage since 2007 ranks among the Top-20 teams in the NCAA FBS, winning at least nine games seven times in the last 11 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 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.).
- UC has won back-to-back American Athletic Conference FB Team Academic Excellence Awards in 2015 & 2016.
- UC started 2017 with four takeaways (1 INT, 3 FR) and four sacks after closing 2016 with 24 takeaways (17 INT/7 FR) and 21 sacks after UC forced only 14 takeaways (9 INT/5 FR) and 13 sacks during the 2015 season.
- UC had 20 players take the field for the first time during the opening two games of the 2017 season.
- Almost sixty-nine percent of UC's roster (77 of 112) is made of up freshmen, RS freshmen and sophomores.
- UC is in the middle of a three-game road trip with games at Michigan (Sept. 9), at Miami (Sept. 16) and at Navy (Sept. 23).
- UC and Miami meet annually in the Battle for the Victory Bell. Of the 121 meetings between the two schools, 52 have been decided by seven points or less, including the seven ties in series history. The teams have played every year since 1945, not playing in 1943 or 1944, but every year from 1909 through 1942. The 8 p.m. kickoff is the first night game for UC at Yager Stadium since Sept. 28, 2005.
- UC trailed Michigan 17-14 late in the third quarter before the No. 8-ranked Wolverines pulled away on Sept. 9.
- QB Hayden Moore has thrown four touchdown passes with two interceptions in the Bearcats' first two games.
- RB Mike Boone has averaged 72.0 yards per game and 4.6 yards per carry. He also has seven receptions for 37 yards.
- LB Malik Clements is second among all American Athletic Conference players with 22 tackles through two games.
- LB Jaylyin Minor has double-digit tackles in each of UC's first two games and LB Perry Young has a team-high 3.0 tackles for a loss and a pair of pass break-ups along with a forced fumble.