Tickets| RV/RV CINCINNATI @ NO. 5 OHIO STATE | |
| Date | Saturday, Sept. 7 | Noon ET |
| Venue | Columbus, Ohio | Ohio Stadium (102,780) |
| Preview Info | Game Notes | Press Conference Video |
| Records | Cincinnati (1-0) | Ohio State (1-0) |
| Head Coaches | Luke Fickell (Third Year) | Ryan Day (First Year) |
| Series Record | Ohio State leads 14-2 |
| Last Meeting | Sept. 27, 2014 - Ohio State won 50-28 |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| Watch | ABC | Watch Live |
| Listen | 700 WLW AM | 102.7 WEBN FM | TuneIn Radio | XM 383 | Sirius XM Internet 973 |
| @GoBearcatsFB | @GoBEARCATS | |
| Tickets | Starting at $75 |
| Gameday Information | Ohio State Gameday Information | Clear Bag Policy |
| Fan Color | Wear White |
CINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati football team heads out on the road Saturday, traveling north for a non-conference matchup with No. 5 Ohio State. Kickoff is slated for noon in Ohio Stadium. The game will be televised nationally ABC and air on 700 WLW AM and 102.7 WEBN FM.
THE SERIES
The teams have met 16 times previously, most recently in 2014. Ohio State holds a 14-2 advantage in the all-time series, which dates back to 1893. Cincinnati's two wins came in 1896 and 1897, respectively.
THE COACHES
Luke Fickell, the 2018 American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, is in his third season at Cincinnati. The 42nd head coach in program history, Fickell took the reins in December 2016 after 15 years at his alma mater, Ohio State. A veteran of nearly 20 years in the FBS ranks, Fickell was a part of nine Big Ten Conference titles (seven as a coach, two as a player) and two national championship squads with 16 postseason games and 13 NFL Draft selections under his belt.
Ryan Day is in his first season as the head coach at Ohio State. He had a three-game stint as the Buckeyes interim head coach in 2018 and holds a 4-0 career coaching mark. Day spent the 2017 and 2018 campaigns at OSU as co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The 18-year coaching veteran previously had stints in the NFL (San Francisco 49ers & Philadelphia Eagles) and at Boston College, Temple, Florida and his alma mater, New Hampshire.
TV: ABCPlay-by-Play: Bob Wischusen Analyst: Dan Orlovsky Sideline: Allison Williams
Online: Watch Live
RADIO: BEARCATS SPORTS NETWORK
Play-by-Play: Dan Hoard Analyst: Jim Kelly Jr. Sideline Reporter: Tony Pike Host/Engineer: Mo Egger
Local: 700 WLW AM * & 102.7 WEBN FM Satellite: XM 383, Sirius XM Internet 973
Online: TuneIn Radio
* - 700 WLW AM's coverage will end at 3:30 p.m. ET when the Cincinnati Reds pregame show begins.
STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS ...
- The Bearcats play their 132nd football season in 2019. UC's program dates to 1885 and is one of the 10 oldest in the NCAA FBS. UC has won a league title five times in the last 12 years and has played 10 bowl games in the past 13 years.
- UC has won four-straight American Athletic Conference FB Team Academic Excellence Awards in 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018.
- UC, picked second in the AAC preseason media poll, had 11 wins a year ago, marking only the third time in program history the feat has been achieved (2008, 2009). The Bearcats return more than 85% of the roster, over 5,000 yards of total offense, 10 of its Top-15 tacklers and 14 starters from the 2018 squad.
- The 2019 roster features players from 14 states and six countries with 72 hailing from Ohio and 26 from the Cincinnati area. Forty-five percent of the roster (53/117 players) is made up by freshmen and redshirt freshmen.
- The Bearcats are opening the season against the same team in back-to-back years for the first time since 1991 and 1992 with a home-and-home series against Penn State.
- UC is in its third year under OC Mike Denbrock and DC Marcus Freeman, the first time the Bearcats have had the same primary coordinations in three-straight years since 2004-06 (Don Treadwell and Pat Narduzzi).
- UC will not play consecutive home or road games this season, the first time in the modern era it has occurred.
- UC added several transfers to the roster, LB Darrian Beavers (UConn), S Bryan Cook (Howard), K Sam Crosa (Western Illinois), OL James Hudson (Michigan), S Kyriq McDonald (Alabama), WR Garyn Prater (Ohio State) and WR Blue Smith (Ohio State). Crosa (grad transfer) earned the starting kicker job. Beavers, McDonald and Smith received immediate-eligibility waivers, Prater is immediately-eligible as a walk-on-transfer and Cook and Hudson will sit out this season.
- The Bearcats opened the season with a 24-14 win over UCLA at Nippert Stadium, leading wire-to-wire and holding the Bruins' offense to 218 yards of total offense and 62 yards rushing. The Bruins accounted for 114 of their yards on two plays, passes of 75 and 39 yards.
- UC had six tackles for a loss against UCLA and have tallied 2.0 or more TFLs in each of the last 144 games.
- TE Josiah Deguara has a reception in 14-straight games and was UC's leading receiver vs. UCLA (4-53-1).
- P James Smith, a 2018 finalist for the Ray Guy Award, has 127 career punts and only two touchbacks.
- RB Michael Warren II had 92 yards against UCLA and has tallied 60 or more yards in 13 of the last 14 games.
- S Ja'Von Hicks started in place of an injured James Wiggins and responded with an interception and fumble recovery.
The Bearcats will honor the 10th Anniversary of the 2009 perfect regular season throughout the campaign with all season ticket holders set to receive an exclusive dual bobblehead commemorating one of the greatest plays in UC history, the 29-yard TD strike from Tony Pike to Armon Binns in UC's come-from-behind win over Pitt on Dec. 5, 2009.
All 2019 UC football season-ticket holders will receive the dual bobblehead, one per ticket purchased. The season-ticket book, also exclusive to season-ticket holders, features a dual 2009-2019 season-ticket design showcasing Bearcats stars of past and present.
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