Tickets| CINCINNATI AT UCONN | |
| Date | Saturday, Sept. 29 | 3:30 p.m. ET |
| Venue | East Hartford, Connecticut | Pratt & Whitney Stadium At Rentschler Field (40,000) |
| Preview Info | Game Notes | Press Conference Video |
| Records | Cincinnati (4-0, 0-0 AAC) | UConn (1-3, 0-1 AAC) |
| Head Coaches | Luke Fickell (Second Year) | Randy Edsall (14th Year) |
| Series Record | Cincinnati lead 11-3 |
| Last Meeting | Nov. 25, 2017 - Cincinnati won 22-21 |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| Watch | CBS Sports Network (Channel Finder) | Watch Online |
| Listen | 102.7 WEBN FM | TuneIn Radio |
| @GoBearcatsFB | @GoBEARCATS | |
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| Gameday Information | UConn Gameday Information |
CINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati football team heads back on the road to open American Athletic Conference play against UConn inside Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET. The game will air on CBS Sports Network (Cincinnati Bell: 203, DirecTV: 221, Dish: 158, Spectrum: 1322) and the CBS Sports App and via radio on 102.7 WEBN FM, XM 387, Sirius XM Internet 977 and TuneIn.com.
THE SERIES
Saturday marks the 15th meeting of the schools who have played annually since 2005. Cincinnati leads 11-3 and has won six of the past seven meetings, but the series is knotted at three apiece in East Hartford.
THE COACHES
Luke Fickell was named the 42nd Football Head Coach at the University of Cincinnati in December 2016. He took the reins of UC's program after spending 15 years at his alma mater, Ohio State. A veteran of nearly 20 years coaching 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.
Randy Edsall is in his second stint as the UConn head football coach after being with the program for 12 seasons from 1999-2010. He led the program from Division I-AA status in 1999 to an appearance in the Fiesta Bowl following the 2010 season.
STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS ...
- 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 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.
- Entering 2018, UC is one of 36 NCAA FBS teams with 100 wins since 2005. The Bearcats' .638 winning percentage since 2007 ranks among the Top-30 teams in the NCAA FBS, winning at least nine games seven times in the last 12 years.
- UC won back-to-back-to-back American Athletic Conference FB Team Academic Excellence Awards in 2015, 2016 & 2017.
- 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.
- Almost sixty-nine percent of UC's roster (77 of 112) is made of up freshmen, RS freshmen and sophomores.
- UC is one of the five youngest teams in college football, featuring 81 underclassmen (29 sophomores, 17 redshirt freshmen, 35 true freshmen) on its 112-person roster.
- The 2018 roster is composed of student-athletes from 16 states and five countries. Sixty-four Bearcats hail from Ohio, with 24 from 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.
- The Bearcats (4-0) have equaled their 2017 win total and are off to their best start since the 2012 season (5-0).
- UC sits in the Top-20 of the FBS in: 4th Down Conversion Pct. (18), fewest passing yards allowed (10), red zone offense (t-1), scoring def. (10), team passing efficiency def. (3), total def. (10), and fewest turnovers lost (12).
- UC leads the American in total def. (274.5), scoring def. (13.5), pass def. (153.2), pass def. efficiency (91.0) and punting (41.6), sits tied for first in red zone offense (100.0) and ranks second in opponent 3rd-down conversions (32.3).
- DT Cortez Broughton leads the league in sacks (2.12) and ranks second in tackles for a loss (0.9).
- RB Michael Warren sits second in the American in rushing (108.8) and second in scoring (12.0).
- QB Desmond Ridder ranks fourth in the league in pass efficiency (157.7). He completed his final 10 passes against Ohio.
- P James Smith is third in punting, averaging 45.0 yards per kick.
- The 77-yard strike from QB Desmond Ridder to WR Rashad Medaris against Ohio is the second-longest play by an American Athletic Conference team this season.