List of Cincinnati Bearcats football seasons explained

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 1,200 officially sanctioned games, including 16 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 the Big East, its first time in a conference with an automatic BCS bowl bid. After the fracturing of the Big East in 2012, the football-playing remnants of the conference, including Cincinnati, rebranded themselves as the American Athletic Conference (AAC), which they competed in until moving to the Big XII conference in 2023. The Bearcats have also previously played as a football "1-A" independent between 1970-1995 Throughout their history, the Bearcats have captured all or a share of 14 conference titles, despite these long bouts of gridiron nomadism.

Seasons

Conference Champions *Division Champions Bowl game berth ^
SeasonCoach(es)[1] ConferenceDivisionSeason results[2] [3] Bowl resultFinal ranking
Conference finish[4] Division finishWinsLossesTies

AP Poll [5] Coaches Poll
Cincinnati Bearcats
1885—Ind———101—N/AN/A
1886——200—N/AN/A
1887——100—N/AN/A
1888——101—N/AN/A
1889——110—N/AN/A
1890——211—N/AN/A
1891——421—N/AN/A
1892——120—N/AN/A
1893——060—N/AN/A
1894W. Durant Berry——330—N/AN/A
1895——330—N/AN/A
1896William A. Reynolds——431—N/AN/A
1897Tom Fennell——911—N/AN/A
1898Frank Cavanaugh——513—N/AN/A
1899Daniel A. Reed——520—N/AN/A
1900——341—N/AN/A
1901Henry S. Pratt——131—N/AN/A
1902Anthony Chez——422—N/AN/A
1903——180—N/AN/A
1904Amos Foster——710—N/AN/A
1905——430—N/AN/A
1906William Foley——072—N/AN/A
1907No teamN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
1908Ralph InottInd——141—N/AN/A
1909Robert Burch——431—N/AN/A
1910OAC——630—N/AN/A
19112nd—621—N/AN/A
1912Lowell Dana3rd—341—N/AN/A
1913 *1st *—531—N/AN/A
1914 *George Little1st *—630—N/AN/A
19155th—450—N/AN/A
1916Ion Cortright5th—081—N/AN/A
1917Frank Marty5th—060—N/AN/A
1918Boyd Chambers2nd—302—N/AN/A
19195th—341—N/AN/A
1920 *1st *—450—N/AN/A
19215th—260—N/AN/A
1922George McLaren4th—171—N/AN/A
1923 *1st *—630—N/AN/A
1924 *1st *—261—N/AN/A
19254th—450—N/AN/A
1926Buckeye——351—N/AN/A
1927George Babcock——252—N/AN/A
19286th—180—N/AN/A
1929——441—N/AN/A
19303rd—540—N/AN/A
1931Dana M. King——540—N/AN/A
1932——720—N/AN/A
1933 *1st *—720—N/AN/A
1934 *1st *—621—N/AN/A
1935Russ Cohen2nd—720—N/AN/A
1936Ind——153——N/A
1937Russ Cohen, Wade Woodworth——0100——N/A
1938Joseph A. Meyer——450——N/A
1939——432——N/A
1940——531——N/A
1941——630——N/A
1942——820——N/A
1943No teamN/A——N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
1944——N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
1945Ray NoltingInd——440——N/A
1946——920Won 1947 Sun Bowl vs. VPI, 18–6 ^—N/A
1947 *MAC1st *—730——N/A
19482nd—361——N/A
1949 *Sid Gillman1st *—740Won 1949 Glass Bowl vs. Toledo, 33–13 ^—N/A
19502nd—840Lost 1951 Sun Bowl vs. West Texas State, 13–14 ^——
1951 *1st *—1010———
1952 *1st *—811———
1953Ind——910———
1954——820———
1955——162———
1956——450———
1957MVC4th—541———
19582nd—622———
19595th—541———
19603rd—460———
19613rd—370———
19623rd—280———
1963 *1st *—640———
1964 *1st *—820———
19653rd—550———
19663rd—370———
19673rd—360———
19683rd—541———
1969Ray Callahan3rd—460———
1970Ind——740———
1971——740———
1972——290———
1973——470———
1974——740———
1975——650———
1976——920———
1977Ralph Staub——542———
1978——560———
1979——290———
1980——290———
1981——650———
1982——650———
1983Watson Brown——461———
1984——290———
1985——560———
1986——560———
1987——470———
1988——380———
1989——191———
1990——1100———
1991——470———
1992——380———
1993——830———
1994Rick Minter——281———
1995——650———
1996C-USA3rd—65————
19974th—84—Won 1997 Humanitarian Bowl vs. Utah State, 35–19 ^——
19987th—29————
19999th—38————
20002nd—75—Lost 2000 Motor City Bowl vs. Marshall, 14–25 ^——
20012nd—75—Lost 2001 Motor City Bowl vs. Toledo, 16–23 ^——
2002 *1st *—77—Lost 2002 New Orleans Bowl vs. North Texas, 19–24 ^——
20039th—57————
2004Mark Dantonio2nd—75—Won 2004 Fort Worth Bowl vs. Marshall, 32–14 ^——
2005Big EastT–6th—47————
2006Mark Dantonio, Brian KellyT–4th—85—Won 2007 International Bowl vs. Western Michigan, 27–24 ^——
2007Brian Kelly T–3rd—103—Won 2007 PapaJohns.com Bowl vs. Southern Mississippi, 31–21 ^1720
2008 *1st *—113—Lost 2009 Orange Bowl vs. Virginia Tech, 7–20 ^1717
2009 *Brian Kelly, Jeff Quinn1st *—121—Lost 2010 Sugar Bowl vs. Florida, 24–51 ^89
2010Butch Jones7th—48————
2011 *T–1st *—103—Won 2011 Liberty Bowl vs. Vanderbilt, 31–24 ^2521
2012 *Butch Jones, Steve StriplingT–1st *—103—Won 2012 Belk Bowl vs. Duke, 48–34 ^RV22
2013Tommy TubervilleAAC3rd—94—Lost 2013 Belk Bowl vs. North Carolina, 17–39 ^——
2014 *T–1st *—94—Lost 2014 Military Bowl vs. Virginia Tech, 17–33 ^——
2015East—3rd76—Lost 2015 Hawaii Bowl vs. San Diego State, 7–42 ^——
2016—T–4th48————
2017Luke Fickell—T–4th48————
2018—3rd112—Won 2018 Military Bowl vs. Virginia Tech, 35–31 ^2423
2019 2nd1st 113—Won 2020 Birmingham Bowl vs. Boston College, 38–6 ^2121
2020 *—1st *—91—Lost 2021 Peach Bowl vs. Georgia, 21–24 ^ 88
2021 *1st *—131—Lost 2021 Cotton Bowl Classic vs. Alabama, 6–27 (CFP Semifinal) ^44
2022Luke Fickell, Kerry Coombs3rd—94—Lost 2022 Fenway Bowl vs. Louisville, 7–24 ^––
2023Scott SatterfieldBig 12–14th—39———
Total66160650(Through 2023 season)

Notes

  1. http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/cincinnati_database.htm Cincinnati Football History Database
  2. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/cincinnati/ Cincinnati Bearcats Index
  3. http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/year.html Year-by-Year Records
  4. http://www.databasefootball.com/College/conferences/confpage.htm?ConfID=61&Season=1911 Ohio Athletic Conference Season-by-Season Standings
  5. Web site: Cincinnati Final AP Football Rankings | College Poll Archive .

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