Cincinnati Bearcats

CINCINNATI  –  Cincinnati senior linebacker Ivan Pace Jr. was named to the Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List on Wednesday. The Bednarik Award is given to the nation’s top defensive player. Through six games this fall, Pace leads the country in tackles for loss (12.5), ranks fifth in sacks (6.0) and eighth in tackles (63). He leads the AAC in all…

The Bearcats are also scheduled to welcome Pitt and travel to Miami (Ohio), too CINCINNATI – The No. 21-ranked Cincinnati football team added a future opponent on Tuesday when it was announced Towson (Md.) will come to Nippert Stadium to open the 2024 season. The Bearcats will welcome the Tigers, of the Colonial Athletic Conference, on…

Postgame NotesCincinnati 28, South Florida 24Oct. 8, 2022 | Nippert Stadium Highlights• Head coach Luke Fickell improves to 53-16 in his sixth season at Cincinnati. He ties Rick Minter’sfor the program record of 53.• Cincinnati extends its active home winning streak to 30 games, the second longest streak in thenation behind Clemson (37).• Cincinnati has…

Senior linebacker Ty Van Fossen led the defense with a career-high 16 tackles. Cincinnati has a bye week, this Saturday, October 15, before traveling on the road for back-to-back games at SMU and at UCF to end the month.  VAN FOSSEN BIO 2021: Started 10 of 14 games…Totaled 70 tackles (42 solo) and 7.0 TFLs… Season-high 11…

#24 Cincinnati improved to 5-1, 2-0 AAC and won its 30th consecutive home game in front of a sold-out crowd of 38,557, the seventh-largest attendance in stadium history with the 28-24 win over South Florida. South Florida took a 24-21 lead at the start of the fourth quarter when Bulls’ quarterback Gerry Bohanan found Xavier…

CINCINNATI – Redshirt senior running back Charles McClelland rushed for career-high 179 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead 35-yard score with 9:24 remaining, to lift the No. 24-ranked Cincinnati football team to a 28-24 victory over South Florida on Saturday at Nippert Stadium. McClelland, a Homerville, Ga., native who has overcome two season-ending injuries, also sealed the…

McClelland’s Career Day Leads Cincinnati CINCINNATI – Redshirt senior running back Charles McClelland rushed for career-high 179 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead 35-yard score with 9:24 remaining, to lift the No. 24-ranked Cincinnati football team to a 28-24 victory over South Florida on Saturday at Nippert Stadium. McClelland, a Homerville, Ga., native who has overcome two…

October 06, 2022 CINCINNATI – The No. 24-ranked Cincinnati football team returns home on Saturday looking to extend a number of streaks against South Florida at 2:30 p.m. (ESPN+) in a homecoming matchup inside Nippert Stadium. UC will look to extend its home winning streak to an astounding 30 games while winning its 18th consecutive game versus…

October 05, 2022 The junior speedster leads the AAC with six touchdown catches TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  –  Cincinnati junior wide receiver Tyler Scott was added to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List on Wednesday. The award is given annually to the most outstanding receiver at any position by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation. Scott has emerged as one of the nation’s top…

October 04, 2022 AUGUSTA, Ga.  –  Cincinnati sophomore punter Mason Fletcher collected National Punter of the Week honors from the Ray Guy Award and the Augusta Sports Council on Tuesday following his performance at Tulsa last Saturday. Fletcher punted six times for 264 yards for an average of 44.0. Only two of his punts were returned for -4…

October 01, 2022 The Bearcats’ 11 sacks were their most since 2007 and tied an AAC record TULSA, Okla. – Josh Whyle and Corey Kiner both scored touchdowns on fourth-down plays to lead the Cincinnati football team to a 31-21 victory over Tulsa at H.A. Chapman Stadium on Saturday in the American Athletic Conference opener. The Bearcats had 11…

September 27, 2022 Cincinnati’s senior linebacker tabbed nation’s best defensive player following Indiana win CINCINNATI – Cincinnati senior linebacker Ivan Pace Jr. collected National Player of the Week honors from the Chuck Bednarik Award on Tuesday. The Bednarik Award is given to the nation’s top defensive player. Pace Jr. led the Bearcats’ dominant defensive effort in the 45-24 victory…

September 26, 2022 CINCINNATI — Cincinnati senior quarterback Ben Bryant was named to the Davey O’Brien Award’s Great 8 List as one of the top-performing quarterbacks in the country following his Indiana performance. Bryant had as many touchdowns as incompletions in the first half, going 17-of-21 for 314 yards and four scores. It marked the highest first-half output…

September 24, 2022 The Bearcats won their 29th consecutive game at Nippert Stadium CINCINNATI – Junior wide receiver Tyler Scott became the first Bearcat player to record three touchdown receptions in a half, and Cincinnati used 21 second quarter points over a four-minute span to turn a one-score game into a 45-24 victory over Indiana at Nippert Stadium…

September 19, 2022 CINCINNATI – Cincinnati sophomore punter Mason Fletcher was named American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday by the league. The Melbourne, Australia native averaged an impressive 48.2 yards per punt on five tries against Miami (Ohio) in a 38-17 victory on Saturday. Fletcher’s performance included a career-long 67-yard punt, which is the…

September 17, 2022 CINCINNATI – Behind 337 yards and two touchdowns from redshirt senior quarterback Ben Bryant and a second-half shutout, Cincinnati used 31 unanswered points to run away from Miami (Ohio) 38-17 in the 126th Battle of the Victory Bell. Cincinnati won its 16th consecutive game in the rivalry to take the lead in the historic series, 60-59-7,…

Mon, Sep 26, 2022 Cincinnati’s Tyler Scott and Ivan Pace Jr. were named conference players of the week CINCINNATI – The Cincinnati football team swept American Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors on Monday with junior wide receiver Tyler Scott and senior linebacker Ivan Pace Jr. taking home awards following the Bearcats’ dominant 45-24 victory…

CINCINNATI — Conference play is here for the Cincinnati football team, and the Bearcats will start their trek towards a third-straight outright AAC title when they play Saturday night at Tulsa (7 p.m. ET on ESPNU). We don’t talk a lot about goals,” head coach Luke Fickell said. “We talk about objectives within our program, but we have…

CINCINNATI – The Cincinnati football team will look to take the series lead for the first time since 1915 in the 126th “Battle for the Victory Bell” on Saturday at Noon against Miami (Ohio) inside Paycor Stadium – home of the Cincinnati Bengals. UC has won 15 straight games in the historic rivalry that dates back…

September 10, 2022 Cincinnati extends its active home-winning streak to 28 games CINCINNATI – Senior quarterback Ben Bryant tossed three touchdowns and Cincinnati’s vaunted Blackcats defense added two more, while holding Kennesaw State’s triple-option offense to only 142 rushing yards in a 63-10 home opener win on Saturday. The Bearcats snapped the Owls’ 73-game streak of 150 or more…