Tickets| No. 17 CINCINNATI vs. TEMPLE | |
| Date | Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 | 7 p.m. ET |
| Venue | Cincinnati, Ohio | Nippert Stadium (40,000) |
| Preview Info | Game Notes | Press Conference Video |
| Records | No. 17/17/19 Cincinnati (9-1, 6-0 AAC) | Temple (7-3, 4-2 AAC) |
| Head Coaches | Luke Fickell (Third Year) | Rod Carey (First Year) |
| Series Record | Temple leads 13-6-1 |
| Last Meeting | Oct. 20, 2018 - UC L, 24-17 (OT) |
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| Listen | 700 WLW AM | TuneIn Radio | Sirius 138 / XM 201 / Internet 964 |
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CINCINNATI - The No. 17 University of Cincinnati football team closes out the regular-season home schedule Saturday, facing Temple at 7 p.m. ET inside Nippert Stadium. UC (9-1, 6-0 AAC) is riding an eight-game winning streak and 12-straight at home. The Bearcats knocked off USF 20-17 with a game-winning field goal from Sam Crosa as time expired. Temple (7-3, 4-2 AAC) is on a two-game winning streak, knocking off USF and Tulane. The game will air on ESPN2 and air on 700 WLW AM.
SENIOR SALUTE
UC will honor its 2019 senior class in a pregame ceremony Saturday. The Bearcats honored include: Tinashe Bere, Sam Crosa, Josiah Deguara, Chris Ferguson, Thomas Geddis, Alex Heil, Morgan James, Cam Jefferies, Ryan Jones, Rashad Medaris, Joe Schroer, Nick Staderman, Collin Widecan, Zach Wood, Bryan Wright and Perry Young.
THE SERIES
Saturday marks the 22nd meeting between the two schools in a series that dates back to 1973. Temple leads the series 13-7-1 after winning the last four contests against the Bearcats by a score of 127-80.
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.
Rod Carey is 7-3 in his first year at Temple and 59-33 in his seventh season as a collegiate head coach. Carey came to Temple after six years at Northern Illinois, where he led the Huskies in six bowl games, including against Florida State in the 2013 Discover Orange Bowl. He went 52-30 at NIU with a 38-10 record in Mid-American Conference play.
TV: ESPN2
• Play-by-Play: Anish Shroff Analyst: John Congemi Analyst: Kris Budden
• Online: WatchESPN.com / ESPN App
RADIO: BEARCATS SPORTS NETWORK
• Play-by-Play: Dan Hoard Analyst: Jim Kelly Jr. Sideline: Tony Pike Host/Engineer: Dave Armbruster
• Local: 700 WLW AM Satellite: Sirius 138 / XM 201 / Internet 964
• Online: TuneIn Radio
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.
- Cincinnati was the only school in the country in 2018-19 to tally 11 football wins, including a bowl win, and earn 24 or more wins in baseball, men's and women's basketball and volleyball.
- 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 returned more than 85% of the roster, over 5,000 yards of total offense, 10 of the 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.
- UC will not play consecutive home or road games this season, the first time in the modern era it has occurred.
- UC is 20-3 since the start of 2018 and ranked No. 17 in the College FB Playoff, Associated Press & Coaches polls.
I SAW YOU IN THE CROWD
UC's 2019 average of 37,161 fans per game is the highest in Nippert Stadium history and UC will surpass the 6-game, single-season mark of 203,741 with a crowd of 17,935 on Nov. 23 vs. Temple. The single-season attendance mark of 245,475 fans was set in 2010 when seven home games were played at Nippert Stadium. The previous best single-season average of 35,067 was also set in 2010.
TICKET INFORMATION
Single-game tickets are available for all remaining home games. The Football Flex Pack (five ticket vouchers) is $155 and group tickets for outings of 20 or more start at $24.
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