List of Cincinnati Bearcats football seasons

The Bearcats have played at Nippert Stadium since 1924.

This is a list of seasons completed by the Cincinnati Bearcats football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Since the team's creation in 1885, the Bearcats have participated in more than 1,100 officially-sanctioned games, including 12 bowl games.

The Bearcats have been a member of numerous athletic conferences. From 1910 through 1924, the Bearcats was a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference. In 1925, the team joined the defunct Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Association, where it won 2 conference championships. From 1947 to 1952, the Bearcats was a member of the Mid-American Conference. From 1957 though 1969, Cincinnati competed in the Missouri Valley Conference, where it won two conference championships. As one of the founding members, the Bearcats competed in Conference USA from 1995 through 2004. In 2005, Cincinnati joined its current conference, the Big East. The Bearcat have also competed as a football independent several periods in its existence.[1]

Seasons

Conference Champions Bowl game berth
Season Coach(es)[1][2] Conference Conference finish Record[1][3] Bowl/Postseason AP Poll Final Ranking
Wins Losses Ties
[A 1]
Cincinnati Bearcats
1885Ind—101N/A
1886Ind—200N/A
1887Ind—100N/A
1888Ind—101N/A
1889Ind—110N/A
1890Ind—211N/A
1891Ind—421N/A
1892Ind—120N/A
1893Ind—060N/A
1894Ind—330N/A
1895Ind—330N/A
1896Ind—431N/A
1897Ind—911N/A
1898Ind—513N/A
1899Ind—520N/A
1900Ind—341N/A
1901Ind—131N/A
1902Ind—422N/A
1903Ind—180N/A
1904Ind—710N/A
1905Ind—430N/A
1906Ind—072N/A
1907Ind—N/AN/AN/AN/A
1908Ind—141N/A
1909Ind—431N/A
1910OAC—630N/A
1911OAC—621N/A
1912OAC—341N/A
1913OAC—531N/A
1914OAC—630N/A
1915OAC—450N/A
1916OAC—081N/A
1917OAC—060N/A
1918OAC—302N/A
1919OAC—341N/A
1920OAC—450N/A
1921OAC—260N/A
1922OAC—171N/A
1923OAC—630N/A
1924OAC—261N/A
1925Buckeye—450N/A
1926Buckeye—351N/A
1927Buckeye—252N/A
1928Buckeye6th180N/A
1929Buckeye—441N/A
1930Buckeye3rd540N/A
1931Buckeye—540N/A
1932Buckeye—720N/A
1933Buckeye1st720N/A
1934Buckeye1st621N/A
1935Buckeye 2nd720N/A
1936Ind—153—
1937Ind—0100—
1938Ind—450—
1939Ind—432—
1940Ind—531—
1941Ind—630—
1942Ind—820—
1943Ind—N/AN/AN/A—
1944Ind—N/AN/AN/A—
1945Ind—440—
1946Ind—920Won 1947 Sun Bowl vs. Virginia Tech, 18-6—
1947MAC1st730—
1948MAC 2nd361—
1949MAC1st740Won 1949 Glass Bowl vs. Toledo, 33-13—
1950MAC 1st840—
1951MAC1st1010Lost 1951 Sun Bowl vs. West Texas State, 13-14—
1952MAC1st811—
1953Ind—910—
1954Sid GillmanInd—820—
1955George Blackburn Ind—162—
1956George Blackburn Ind—450—
1957George Blackburn MVC4th541—
1958George Blackburn MVC2nd622—
1959George Blackburn MVC5th541—
1960George Blackburn MVC3rd460—
1961Charles Studley MVC3rd370—
1962Charles Studley MVC3rd280—
1963Charles Studley MVC1st640—
1964Charles Studley MVC1st820—
1965Charles Studley MVC3rd550—
1966Charles Studley MVC3rd370—
1967Homer Rice MVC3rd360—
1968Homer Rice MVC3rd541—
1969Ray CallahanMVC3rd460—
1970Ray CallahanInd—740—
1971Ray CallahanInd—740—
1972Ray CallahanInd—290—
1973Tony Mason Ind—470—
1974Tony Mason Ind—740—
1975Tony Mason Ind—650—
1976Tony Mason Ind—920—
1977Ralph StaubInd—542—
1978Ralph StaubInd—560—
1979Ralph StaubInd—290—
1980Ralph StaubInd—290—
1981Mike Gottfried Ind—650—
1982Mike Gottfried Ind—650—
1983Watson BrownInd—461—
1984Dave Currey Ind—290—
1985Dave Currey Ind—560—
1986Dave Currey Ind—560—
1987Dave Currey Ind—470—
1988Dave Currey Ind—380—
1989Tim Murphy Ind—191—
1990Tim Murphy Ind—1100—
1991Tim Murphy Ind—470—
1992Tim Murphy Ind—380—
1993Tim Murphy Ind—830—
1994Rick MinterInd—281—
1995Rick MinterInd—650—
1996Rick MinterC-USA3rd65——
1997Rick MinterC-USA4th84—Won 1997 Humanitarian Bowl vs. Utah State, 35-19—
1998Rick MinterC-USA7th29——
1999Rick MinterC-USA9th38——
2000Rick MinterC-USA2nd75—Lost 2000 Motor City Bowl vs. Marshall, 14-25—
2001Rick MinterC-USA2nd75—Lost 2001 Motor City Bowl vs. Toledo, 14-26—
2002Rick MinterC-USA1st77—Lost 2002 New Orleans Bowl vs. North Texas, 19-24—
2003Rick MinterC-USA9th57——
2004Mark DantonioC-USA2nd75—Won 2004 Fort Worth Bowl vs. Marshall, 32-14—
2005Mark DantonioBig EastTied-6th47——
2006Brian Kelly, Mark Dantonio Big EastTied-4th85—Won 2007 International Bowl vs. Western Michigan, 27-24—
2007Brian Kelly Big EastTied-3rd103—Won 2007 PapaJohns.com Bowl vs. Southern Mississippi, 31-2117
2008Brian Kelly Big East1st113—Lost 2009 Orange Bowl vs. Virginia Tech, 7-2017
2009Brian Kelly, Jeff QuinnBig East1st121—Lost 2010 Sugar Bowl vs. Florida, 24-518
2010Butch JonesBig East7th48——
2011Butch JonesBig EastTied-1st103—Won 2011 Liberty Bowl vs. Vanderbilt, 31-2425
2012Butch Jones, Steve StriplingBig EastTied-1st103—Won 2012 Belk Bowl vs. Duke, 48-34—
2013Tommy TubervilleAAC3rd94—Lost 2013 Belk Bowl vs. North Carolina, 17-39 —
Total 580 559 51 (Through 2013 Season)

Notes

  1. ↑ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cincinnati Bearcats Index. Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. ↑ Cincinnati Coaching Records. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Year-by-Year Records . Gobearcats.com. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-09-29.

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