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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 1,200 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 12 Conference in 2023. The Bearcats have also previously played as a football "1-A" independent between 1970–1995[1] Throughout their history, the Bearcats have captured all or a share of 14 conference titles, despite these long bouts of gridiron nomadism.

Seasons

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Conference Champions * Division Champions ‡ Bowl game berth ^
Season Coach(es)[2] Conference Division Season results[1][3] Bowl result Final ranking
Conference finish[4] Division finish Wins Losses Ties
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 AP Poll[6] Coaches Poll
Cincinnati Bearcats
1885 — Ind — — — 1 0 1 — N/A N/A
1886 — — 2 0 0 — N/A N/A
1887 — — 1 0 0 — N/A N/A
1888 — — 1 0 1 — N/A N/A
1889 — — 1 1 0 — N/A N/A
1890 — — 2 1 1 — N/A N/A
1891 — — 4 2 1 — N/A N/A
1892 — — 1 2 0 — N/A N/A
1893 — — 0 6 0 — N/A N/A
1894 W. Durant Berry — — 3 3 0 — N/A N/A
1895 — — 3 3 0 — N/A N/A
1896 William A. Reynolds — — 4 3 1 — N/A N/A
1897 Tom Fennell — — 9 1 1 — N/A N/A
1898 Frank Cavanaugh — — 5 1 3 — N/A N/A
1899 Daniel A. Reed — — 5 2 0 — N/A N/A
1900 — — 3 4 1 — N/A N/A
1901 Henry S. Pratt — — 1 3 1 — N/A N/A
1902 Anthony Chez — — 4 2 2 — N/A N/A
1903 — — 1 8 0 — N/A N/A
1904 Amos Foster — — 7 1 0 — N/A N/A
1905 — — 4 3 0 — N/A N/A
1906 William Foley — — 0 7 2 — N/A N/A
1907 No team N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1908 Ralph Inott Ind — — 1 4 1 — N/A N/A
1909 Robert Burch — — 4 3 1 — N/A N/A
1910 OAC — — 6 3 0 — N/A N/A
1911 2nd — 6 2 1 — N/A N/A
1912 Lowell Dana 3rd — 3 4 1 — N/A N/A
1913 * 1st * — 5 3 1 — N/A N/A
1914 * George Little 1st * — 6 3 0 — N/A N/A
1915 5th — 4 5 0 — N/A N/A
1916 Ion Cortright 5th — 0 8 1 — N/A N/A
1917 Frank Marty 5th — 0 6 0 — N/A N/A
1918 Boyd Chambers 2nd — 3 0 2 — N/A N/A
1919 5th — 3 4 1 — N/A N/A
1920 * 1st * — 4 5 0 — N/A N/A
1921 5th — 2 6 0 — N/A N/A
1922 George McLaren 4th — 1 7 1 — N/A N/A
1923 * 1st * — 6 3 0 — N/A N/A
1924 * 1st * — 2 6 1 — N/A N/A
1925 4th — 4 5 0 — N/A N/A
1926 Buckeye — — 3 5 1 — N/A N/A
1927 George Babcock — — 2 5 2 — N/A N/A
1928 6th — 1 8 0 — N/A N/A
1929 — — 4 4 1 — N/A N/A
1930 3rd — 5 4 0 — N/A N/A
1931 Dana M. King — — 5 4 0 — N/A N/A
1932 — — 7 2 0 — N/A N/A
1933 * 1st * — 7 2 0 — N/A N/A
1934 * 1st * — 6 2 1 — N/A N/A
1935 Russ Cohen 2nd — 7 2 0 — N/A N/A
1936 Ind — — 1 5 3 — — N/A
1937 Russ Cohen, Wade Woodworth — — 0 10 0 — — N/A
1938 Joseph A. Meyer — — 4 5 0 — — N/A
1939 — — 4 3 2 — — N/A
1940 — — 5 3 1 — — N/A
1941 — — 6 3 0 — — N/A
1942 — — 8 2 0 — — N/A
1943 No team N/A — — N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1944 — — N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1945 Ray Nolting Ind — — 4 4 0 — — N/A
1946 — — 9 2 0 Won 1947 Sun Bowl vs. VPI, 18–6 ^ — N/A
1947 * MAC 1st * — 7 3 0 — — N/A
1948 2nd — 3 6 1 — — N/A
1949 * Sid Gillman 1st * — 7 4 0 Won 1949 Glass Bowl vs. Toledo, 33–13 ^ — N/A
1950 2nd — 8 4 0 Lost 1951 Sun Bowl vs. West Texas State, 13–14 ^ — —
1951 * 1st * — 10 1 0 — — —
1952 * 1st * — 8 1 1 — — —
1953 Ind — — 9 1 0 — — —
1954 — — 8 2 0 — — —
1955 George Blackburn — — 1 6 2 — — —
1956 — — 4 5 0 — — —
1957 MVC 4th — 5 4 1 — — —
1958 2nd — 6 2 2 — — —
1959 5th — 5 4 1 — — —
1960 3rd — 4 6 0 — — —
1961 Charles Studley 3rd — 3 7 0 — — —
1962 3rd — 2 8 0 — — —
1963 * 1st * — 6 4 0 — — —
1964 * 1st * — 8 2 0 — — —
1965 3rd — 5 5 0 — — —
1966 3rd — 3 7 0 — — —
1967 Homer Rice 3rd — 3 6 0 — — —
1968 3rd — 5 4 1 — — —
1969 Ray Callahan 3rd — 4 6 0 — — —
1970 Ind — — 7 4 0 — — —
1971 — — 7 4 0 — — —
1972 — — 2 9 0 — — —
1973 Tony Mason — — 4 7 0 — — —
1974 — — 7 4 0 — — —
1975 — — 6 5 0 — — —
1976 — — 9 2 0 — — —
1977 Ralph Staub — — 5 4 2 — — —
1978 — — 5 6 0 — — —
1979 — — 2 9 0 — — —
1980 — — 2 9 0 — — —
1981 Mike Gottfried — — 6 5 0 — — —
1982 — — 6 5 0 — — —
1983 Watson Brown — — 4 6 1 — — —
1984 Dave Currey — — 2 9 0 — — —
1985 — — 5 6 0 — — —
1986 — — 5 6 0 — — —
1987 — — 4 7 0 — — —
1988 — — 3 8 0 — — —
1989 Tim Murphy — — 1 9 1 — — —
1990 — — 1 10 0 — — —
1991 — — 4 7 0 — — —
1992 — — 3 8 0 — — —
1993 — — 8 3 0 — — —
1994 Rick Minter — — 2 8 1 — — —
1995 — — 6 5 0 — — —
1996 C-USA 3rd — 6 5 — — — —
1997 4th — 8 4 — Won 1997 Humanitarian Bowl vs. Utah State, 35–19 ^ — —
1998 7th — 2 9 — — — —
1999 9th — 3 8 — — — —
2000 2nd — 7 5 — Lost 2000 Motor City Bowl vs. Marshall, 14–25 ^ — —
2001 2nd — 7 5 — Lost 2001 Motor City Bowl vs. Toledo, 16–23 ^ — —
2002 * 1st * — 7 7 — Lost 2002 New Orleans Bowl vs. North Texas, 19–24 ^ — —
2003 9th — 5 7 — — — —
2004 Mark Dantonio 2nd — 7 5 — Won 2004 Fort Worth Bowl vs. Marshall, 32–14 ^ — —
2005 Big East T–6th — 4 7 — — — —
2006 Mark Dantonio, Brian Kelly T–4th — 8 5 — Won 2007 International Bowl vs. Western Michigan, 27–24 ^ — —
2007 Brian Kelly T–3rd — 10 3 — Won 2007 PapaJohns.com Bowl vs. Southern Mississippi, 31–21 ^ 17 20
2008 * 1st * — 11 3 — Lost 2009 Orange Bowl vs. Virginia Tech, 7–20 ^ 17 17
2009 * Brian Kelly, Jeff Quinn 1st * — 12 1 — Lost 2010 Sugar Bowl vs. Florida, 24–51 ^ 8 9
2010 Butch Jones 7th — 4 8 — — — —
2011 * T–1st * — 10 3 — Won 2011 Liberty Bowl vs. Vanderbilt, 31–24 ^ 25 21
2012 * Butch Jones, Steve Stripling T–1st * — 10 3 — Won 2012 Belk Bowl vs. Duke, 48–34 ^ RV 22
2013 Tommy Tuberville AAC 3rd — 9 4 — Lost 2013 Belk Bowl vs. North Carolina, 17–39 ^ — —
2014 * T–1st * — 9 4 — Lost 2014 Military Bowl vs. Virginia Tech, 17–33 ^ — —
2015 East — 3rd 7 6 — Lost 2015 Hawaii Bowl vs. San Diego State, 7–42 ^ — —
2016 — T–4th 4 8 — — — —
2017 Luke Fickell — T–4th 4 8 — — — —
2018 — 3rd 11 2 — Won 2018 Military Bowl vs. Virginia Tech, 35–31 ^ 24 23
2019 ‡ 2nd 1st ‡ 11 3 — Won 2020 Birmingham Bowl vs. Boston College, 38–6 ^ 21 21
2020 * — 1st * — 9 1 — Lost 2021 Peach Bowl vs. Georgia, 21–24 ^ 8 8
2021 * 1st * — 13 1 — Lost 2021 Cotton Bowl Classic vs. Alabama, 6–27 (CFP Semifinal) ^ 4 4
2022 Luke Fickell, Kerry Coombs 3rd — 9 4 — Lost 2022 Fenway Bowl vs. Louisville, 7–24 ^ — —
2023 Scott Satterfield Big 12 14th — 3 9 — — — —
2024 T–11th — 5 7 — — — —
Total 666 613 50 (Through 2024 season)

Notes

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  1. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cincinnati Bearcats Index. Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. ^ Cincinnati Football History Database. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  3. ^ Year-by-Year Records Archived 2011-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. Gobearcats.com. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  4. ^ Ohio Athletic Conference Season-by-Season Standings Archived 2015-11-30 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  5. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
  6. ^ "Cincinnati Final AP Football Rankings | College Poll Archive".
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