Cincinnati Bearcats

Cincinnati Bearcats college football

First Season
1885
Team History
Cincinnati Bearcats (1914-present)
Conference
American Athletic Conference (2013-present) Big East Conference (2005-12) Conference USA (1996-2004) Missouri Valley Conference (1957-69) Mid-American Conference (1947-52) Buckeye Conference (1926-36) Ohio Athletic Conference (1910-25) Independent (1885-1909, 1937-46, 1953-56, 1970-1995)
Venue
Nippert Stadium (1901-89, 1991-2013, 2015-present) Paul Brown Stadium (2014) Riverfront Stadium (1990) Union Ball Park (1885–1900)
Key People
Players • Coaches

The Cincinnati Bearcats football program represents the University of Cincinnati in college football. They compete at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level as members of the American Athletic Conference and have played their home games in historic Nippert Stadium since 1924.

Publications

Programs by season

1930s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1931
October 3	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium

1940s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1942
October 31	vs. Boston University	Nippert Stadium
1947
November 8	vs. Miami	Nippert Stadium

1950s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1950
January 1, 1951	at West Texas	Kidd Field
1954
September 18	at Detroit	Titan Stadium
1955
October 22	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium
1956
October 20	at Navy	Thompson Stadium
1957
November 16	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium
1958
October 4	vs. Houston	Nippert Stadium

1960s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1961
October 21	vs. Houston	Nippert Stadium
October 28	vs. North Texas	Nippert Stadium
1965
September 24	at Houston	Astrodome

1970s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1972
November 11	at Memphis State	Memphis Memorial Stadium
1974
October 12	at Memphis State	Memphis Memorial Stadium
October 25	at Houston	Astrodome
1975
October 4	at Temple	Veterans Stadium
1979
November 3	vs. Florida State	Nippert Stadium

1980s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1981
September 19	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium
1983
September 10	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium
1986
October 11	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium
1988
October 22	at Miami	Orange Bowl

1990s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1994
September 10	vs. Syracuse	Nippert Stadium
1998
September 12	vs. Miami	Nippert Stadium
1999
September 4	vs. Kent State	Nippert Stadium

2000s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2000
September 16	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium
December 27	vs. Marshall	Pontiac Silverdome
2001
December 29	vs. Toledo	Pontiac Silverdome
2002
November 7	at Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
2004
September 18	at Syracuse	Carrier Dome
2007
December 22	vs. Southern Miss	Legion Field
2008
January 1, 2009	vs. Virginia Tech	Dolphin Stadium
2009
January 1, 2010	vs. Florida	Louisiana Superdome

2010s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2013
December 28	vs. North Carolina	Bank of America Stadium
2014
October 31	at Tulane	Yulman Stadium
December 27	vs. Virginia Tech	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
2018
December 31	vs. Virginia Tech	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

2020s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2021
October 2	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium

Media guides and yearbooks

Media guides

1960s	1960
1990s	1995
2000s	2005
2010s	2017 • 2018
2020s	2021 • 2022