Tickets| No. 19 CINCINNATI @ No. 18 MEMPHIS | |
| Date | Friday, Nov. 29, 2019 | 3:30 p.m. ET |
| Venue | Memphis, Tennessee | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (58,325) |
| Preview Info | Game Notes | Press Conference Video |
| Records | No. 19 Cincinnati (10-1, 7-0 AAC) | No. 18 Memphis (10-1, 6-1 AAC) |
| Head Coaches | Luke Fickell (Third Year) | Mike Norvell (Fourth Year) |
| Series Record | Memphis leads 21-13 |
| Last Meeting | Nov. 18, 2016 - UC L, 34-7 |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| Watch | ESPN2 | Watch Live |
| Listen | 700 WLW AM | TuneIn Radio | Sirius 133 / XM 202 / Internet 965 |
| @GoBearcatsFB | @GoBEARCATS | |
| Tickets | Click HERE to Buy |
| Gameday Information | Memphis Gameday Information |
CINCINNATI - The No. 19 University of Cincinnati football team faces a short week, closing out the regular season on Friday, Nov. 29, 2019 against No. 18 Memphis in Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium at 3:30 p.m. ET. The Bearcats have won their past two games by a combined five points have won nine straight overall and in league play. Memphis (10-1, 6-1 AAC) is ranked ahead of UC in the College Football Playoff poll and enter on a five-game win streak. The game will air on ABC and 700 WLW AM.
WE ARE THE (EAST DIVISION) CHAMPIONS
The Bearcats (10-1, 7-0 AAC) have clinched the American Athletic Conference East Division and a spot in the league-championship game on Saturday, Dec. 7. If UC wins at Memphis Friday, it would earn the right to host the title game at Nippert Stadium against either Memphis or Navy. If Memphis wins, the Bearcats would head to Memphis for the title game, playing the same opponent two weeks in a row for the first time in school history.
THE SERIES
Friday marks the 35th meeting all-time between the two squads and the first since 2016 in a series that dates to 1984. The Tigers lead the all-time series 21-13. UC and UM have split the last two matchups in Memphis with the Tigers holding an overall three-game win streak.
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.
Mike Norvell is in his fourth year at Memphis with a 36-15 school and career mark. He has led the Tigers to a pair of AAC West Division titles and a number of dynamic offenses. He came to Memphis after three seasons as the OC at Arizona State and also had coaching stops at Pitt and Tulsa. He started his coaching career at his alma mater, Central Arkansas.
TV: ABC
• Play-by-Play: Jason Benetti Analyst: Rod Gilmore Analyst: Quint Kessenich
• Online: WatchESPN.com / ESPN App
RADIO: BEARCATS SPORTS NETWORK
• Play-by-Play: Dan Hoard Analyst: Jim Kelly Jr. Sideline: Tony Pike Host/Engineer: Mo Egger
• Local: 700 WLW AM Satellite: Sirius 133 / XM 202 / Internet 965
• 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 21-3 since the start of 2018 and ranked No. 17 in the Coaches Poll, No. 18 in the AP poll and No. 19 in the CFP ranks.
• UC's 2019 average of 35,984 fans per game is the highest in Nippert Stadium history and the total attendance of 215,908 is the most in Nippert history for a 6-game home schedule, surpassing the 203,741 fans in 2009.
• UC tallied 78 yards passing at USF and 62 against Temple, the first time since 1997 UC has failed to cross 100-yards passing in two consecutive games. UC has won five straight games when it has passed for 100 yards or less.
• Coby Bryant's 2-point return of a blocked PAT vs. Temple was only the second defensive extra point in school history.
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