| CINCINNATI VS. ALABAMA A&M | |
| Date | Saturday, Sept. 15 | 7 p.m. ET |
| Venue | Cincinnati, Ohio | Nippert Stadium (40,000) |
| Preview Info | Game Notes | Press Conference Video |
| Records | Cincinnati (2-0) | Alabama A&M (1-1) |
| Head Coaches | Luke Fickell (Second Year) | Connell Maynor (First Year) |
| Series Record | Cincinnati lead 1-0 |
| Last Meeting | Sept. 5, 2015 - Cincinnati won 52-10 |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| Watch | ESPN3 | ESPN App |
| Listen | 102.7 WEBN FM | 700 WLW AM (After Reds Game) | TuneIn Radio |
| @GoBearcatsFB | @GoBEARCATS | |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Gameday Information | 2018 Gameday Page |
CINCINNATI, Ohio – The University of Cincinnati football team opens up the home schedule in week three, facing Alabama A&M at 7 p.m. inside Nippert Stadium after playing the first two weeks of the season on the road. The game will air exclusively on ESPN3 and the ESPN app and via radio on 102.7 WEBN, 700 WLW AM following the ending of the Reds game and TuneIn.com.
THE SERIES
Saturday marks the second all-time meeting between the two schools with both contests taking place in Cincinnati at NIppert Stadium. The Bearcats won the Sept. 5, 2015 matchup 52-10, the first home game following the Nippert Stadium renovation.
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.
Connell Maynor is in his first season leading the Alabama A&M program. Maynor has more than two decades of experience, both as a coach and as a player in the intercollegiate and professional ranks. He has been part of 10 championship teams, six as a player and four as a coach with previous head coach stints at Hampton and Winston-Salem State.
STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS ...
THE SERIES
Saturday marks the second all-time meeting between the two schools with both contests taking place in Cincinnati at NIppert Stadium. The Bearcats won the Sept. 5, 2015 matchup 52-10, the first home game following the Nippert Stadium renovation.
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.
Connell Maynor is in his first season leading the Alabama A&M program. Maynor has more than two decades of experience, both as a coach and as a player in the intercollegiate and professional ranks. He has been part of 10 championship teams, six as a player and four as a coach with previous head coach stints at Hampton and Winston-Salem State.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- UC started the season with two straight road games for the 12th time, winning both games for only the second time in program history and the first time since 1898. UC hadn't started a season with two-straight road games since 1991 when the Bearcats opened with three-straight away from home against Penn State, North Carolina and Bowling Green.
- UC is the only team in The American that did not play a home game in the first two weeks of the season.
- The Bearcats have held opponents scoreless in five straight quarters, beginning with the fourth period against UCLA in Week 1.
- UC's defense is tied for 7th in the country in fewest points allowed per game.
- UC's shutout over Miami (OH) was the Bearcats' first since a 14-0 win against Temple in the 2014 season and the 13th-straight win in the Battle for the Victory Bell.
- After two games, RB Michael Warren is tied for the national lead with five rushing touchdowns.
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