Cincinnati Bearcats School History

Seasons: 70 (1954 to 2023)

Record (W-L-T): 397-382-12

Conferences: Big 12, American, Big East, CUSA, MVC, Ind

Conf. Championships: 10

Bowl Record: 19 Bowls, 8-11, .421 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 3 Times (Preseason), 8 Times (Final), 97 Weeks (Total)

Ranked in CFP Rankings: 3 Times (Final), 20 Weeks (Total)

Stadium: Nippert Stadium (cap. 40,000)

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

NFL/AFL stats for Cincinnati Bearcats players at Pro-Football-Reference

70 Years

70 Years Table
			Overall				Conference				SRS		Polls
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
1	2023	Big 12	3	9	0	.250	1	8	0	.111	-6.01	1.57						Scott Satterfield (3-9)
2	2022	American	9	4	0	.692	6	2	0	.750	5.85	-1.00	23	20		24		Luke Fickell (9-3), Kerry Coombs (0-1)	Fenway Bowl (L)
3	2021	American	13	1	0	.929	8	0	0	1.000	15.34	0.20	8	2	4	4	4	Luke Fickell (13-1)	Cotton Bowl (L)
4	2020	American	9	1	0	.900	6	0	0	1.000	14.92	-1.28	20	6	8	7	8	Luke Fickell (9-1)	Peach Bowl (L)
5	2019	American	11	3	0	.786	7	1	0	.875	10.87	2.51		17	21	17	21	Luke Fickell (11-3)	Birmingham Bowl (W)
6	2018	American	11	2	0	.846	6	2	0	.750	7.15	-3.93		19	24	24		Luke Fickell (11-2)	Military Bowl (W)
7	2017	American	4	8	0	.333	2	6	0	.250	-9.59	-0.76						Luke Fickell (4-8)
8	2016	American	4	8	0	.333	1	7	0	.125	-9.17	-1.58						Tommy Tuberville (4-8)
9	2015	American	7	6	0	.538	4	4	0	.500	1.19	-0.65						Tommy Tuberville (7-6)	Hawaii Bowl (L)
10	2014	American	9	4	0	.692	7	1	0	.875	2.42	-2.20						Tommy Tuberville (9-4)	Military Bowl (L)
11	2013	American	9	4	0	.692	6	2	0	.750	0.41	-6.90						Tommy Tuberville (9-4)	Belk Bowl (L)
12	2012	Big East	10	3	0	.769	5	2	0	.714	8.71	-3.37		21				Butch Jones (9-3), Steve Stripling (1-0)	Belk Bowl (W)
13	2011	Big East	10	3	0	.769	5	2	0	.714	7.34	-0.74		23	25			Butch Jones (10-3)	Liberty Bowl (W)
14	2010	Big East	4	8	0	.333	2	5	0	.286	-1.93	1.99						Butch Jones (4-8)
15	2009	Big East	12	1	0	.923	7	0	0	1.000	14.23	1.77		4	8			Brian Kelly (12-0), Jeff Quinn (0-1)	Sugar Bowl (L)
16	2008	Big East	11	3	0	.786	6	1	0	.857	6.03	-0.19		12	17			Brian Kelly (11-3)	Orange Bowl (L)
17	2007	Big East	10	3	0	.769	4	3	0	.571	13.40	0.48		15	17			Brian Kelly (10-3)	PapaJohns.com Bowl (W)
18	2006	Big East	8	5	0	.615	4	3	0	.571	5.29	3.29						Mark Dantonio (7-5), Brian Kelly (1-0)	International Bowl (W)
19	2005	Big East	4	7	0	.364	2	5	0	.286	-9.20	1.26						Mark Dantonio (4-7)
20	2004	CUSA	7	5	0	.583	5	3	0	.625	2.29	-1.21						Mark Dantonio (7-5)	Fort Worth Bowl (W)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
21	2003	CUSA	5	7	0	.417	2	6	0	.250	-5.93	-3.93						Rick Minter (5-7)
22	2002	CUSA	7	7	0	.500	6	2	0	.750	2.84	-0.02						Rick Minter (7-7)	New Orleans Bowl (L)
23	2001	CUSA	7	5	0	.583	5	2	0	.714	-2.24	-6.07						Rick Minter (7-5)	Motor City Bowl (L)
24	2000	CUSA	7	5	0	.583	5	2	0	.714	-0.11	-1.61						Rick Minter (7-5)	Motor City Bowl (L)
25	1999	CUSA	3	8	0	.273	0	6	0	.000	-2.52	0.57						Rick Minter (3-8)
26	1998	CUSA	2	9	0	.182	1	5	0	.167	-13.91	-0.36						Rick Minter (2-9)
27	1997	CUSA	8	4	0	.667	2	4	0	.333	1.41	-4.68						Rick Minter (8-4)	Humanitarian Bowl (W)
28	1996	CUSA	6	5	0	.545	2	3	0	.400	1.05	-1.05						Rick Minter (6-5)
29	1995	Ind	6	5	0	.545					6.92	3.01						Rick Minter (6-5)
30	1994	Ind	2	8	1	.227					-12.39	-1.57						Rick Minter (2-8-1)
31	1993	Ind	8	3	0	.727					-0.35	-8.44						Tim Murphy (8-3)
32	1992	Ind	3	8	0	.273					-8.02	-1.48						Tim Murphy (3-8)
33	1991	Ind	4	7	0	.364					-5.03	-1.58						Tim Murphy (4-7)
34	1990	Ind	1	10	0	.091					-18.87	-1.60						Tim Murphy (1-10)
35	1989	Ind	1	9	1	.136					-17.46	-3.37						Tim Murphy (1-9-1)
36	1988	Ind	3	8	0	.273					-11.56	-0.29						Dave Currey (3-8)
37	1987	Ind	4	7	0	.364					-7.96	-2.69						Dave Currey (4-7)
38	1986	Ind	5	6	0	.455					-2.90	1.92						Dave Currey (5-6)
39	1985	Ind	5	6	0	.455					-1.66	1.34						Dave Currey (5-6)
40	1984	Ind	2	9	0	.182					-12.55	1.46						Dave Currey (2-9)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
41	1983	Ind	4	6	1	.409					1.29	3.29						Watson Brown (4-6-1)
42	1982	Ind	6	5	0	.545					1.09	-1.55						Mike Gottfried (6-5)
43	1981	Ind	6	5	0	.545					2.91	1.91						Mike Gottfried (6-5)
44	1980	Ind	2	9	0	.182					-12.21	-0.39						Ralph Staub (2-9)
45	1979	Ind	2	9	0	.182					-6.88	3.76						Ralph Staub (2-9)
46	1978	Ind	5	6	0	.455					1.70	-0.85						Ralph Staub (5-6)
47	1977	Ind	5	4	2	.545					0.93	-4.53						Ralph Staub (5-4-2)
48	1976	Ind	8	3	0	.727					8.04	1.31		20				Tony Mason (8-3)
49	1975	Ind	6	5	0	.545					2.64	0.27						Tony Mason (6-5)
50	1974	Ind	7	4	0	.636					2.64	-0.99						Tony Mason (7-4)
51	1973	Ind	4	7	0	.364					-2.87	-6.87						Tony Mason (4-7)
52	1972	Ind	2	9	0	.182					-20.56	-7.38						Ray Callahan (2-9)
53	1971	Ind	7	4	0	.636					-0.43	-4.43						Ray Callahan (7-4)
54	1970	Ind	7	4	0	.636					-1.32	-8.50						Ray Callahan (7-4)
55	1969	MVC	4	6	0	.400	2	3	0	.400	-12.91	-5.01						Ray Callahan (4-6)
56	1968	MVC	5	4	1	.550	2	2	0	.500	-3.61	-3.01						Homer Rice (5-4-1)
57	1967	MVC	3	6	0	.333	2	2	0	.500	-8.23	-0.12						Homer Rice (3-6)
58	1966	MVC	3	7	0	.300	2	2	0	.500	-7.11	-1.11						Charles Studley (3-7)
59	1965	MVC	5	5	0	.500	1	2	0	.333	-7.31	-6.51						Charles Studley (5-5)
60	1964	MVC	8	2	0	.800	3	0	0	1.000	5.91	-4.49						Charles Studley (8-2)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
61	1963	MVC	6	4	0	.600	2	1	0	.667	0.37	-6.23						Charles Studley (6-4)
62	1962	MVC	2	8	0	.200	1	2	0	.333	-10.98	-3.38						Charles Studley (2-8)
63	1961	MVC	3	7	0	.300	1	2	0	.333	-14.22	-9.02						Charles Studley (3-7)
64	1960	MVC	4	6	0	.400	1	2	0	.333	-13.95	-11.15						George Blackburn (4-6)
65	1959	MVC	5	4	1	.550	0	3	1	.125	-3.01	-5.91						George Blackburn (5-4-1)
66	1958	MVC	6	2	2	.700	1	1	2	.500	0.30	-3.21						George Blackburn (6-2-2)
67	1957	MVC	5	4	1	.550	1	2	0	.333	-5.85	-8.75						George Blackburn (5-4-1)
68	1956	Ind	4	5	0	.444					-7.94	-9.83						George Blackburn (4-5)
69	1955	Ind	1	6	2	.222					-15.75	-6.53						George Blackburn (1-6-2)
70	1954	Ind	8	2	0	.800					2.32	-9.38		12				Sid Gillman (8-2)

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