The University of Cincinnati football team plays college football as a member of the Big East Conference. Known as the Bearcats, the team plays their home games at Nippert Stadium on campus in Cincinnati, Ohio. The team has won eleven conference championships, including their second Big East championship in 2009.http://www.gobearcats.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/cinn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09fbguide_2-46

The 2009 team went undefeated in the regular season, including seven conference wins. The Cincinnati Bearcats lost to the Florida Gators, 51-24, in the Sugar Bowl on January 2, 2010, finishing the season 12-1. Following the regular season, head coach Brian Kelly left UC to take the head coaching job at Notre Dame. Butch Jones, formerly the head man at Central Michigan, was hired to take over the program.http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/cinn/sports/m-footbl/recaps/010210aab.html

The University of Cincinnati is one of the oldest football programs in the United States, having began playing the sport in 1885. Only Rutgers (1869), Michigan (1879), Navy (1880) and Minnesota (1883) have older programs.http://www.gobearcats.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/cinn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09fbguide_2-46

UC played in the very first college football game in the state of Ohio, taking on the Miami University (OH) on December 8, 1888. That game was the first contest in one of the oldest rivalries in college football. The Battle for the Victory Bell is the fifth-most played rivalry series in college football. In 1897, the Bearcats were invited to play in a postseason game in New Orleans as a reward for a successful season, a precursor to bowl games, the first of which was the Rose Bowl, held in 1902.http://www.gobearcats.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/cinn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09fbguide_2-46

The Bearcats have been led by some of the great coaches of college football. Frank Cavanaugh, a College Football Hall of Fame coach, began his 24-season coaching career at Cincinnati. Sid Gillman, a member of the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame led the Bearcats during one of the program's most successful eras. Under Gillman, UC won three conference championships and appeared in two bowl games over six seasons (1949-1954). At Cincinnati, Gilman developed the passing offenses that became legendary when he took them to the pro ranks in the 1950s. The Bearcats continued to be known for their passing game after he left. In 1968, quarterback Greg Cook led the NCAA in total offense whille leading UC's nation-leading passing attack. Cook continued his success in the National Football League with the Cincinnati Bengals.http://www.gobearcats.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/cinn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09fbguide_2-46

The Bearcats reached a level of success unprecedented in their football history in recent years under head coach Brian Kelly. In 2008, Cincinnati set a school record with 11 wins and won the Bearcats' first outright football conference championship since 1946. The Bearcats finished that season ranked 17th in both the Associated Press and USA Today Top 25 polls. Cincinnati won a spot in the Bowl Championship Series with their Big East Conference championship and faced Virginia Tech in the 2009 FedEx Orange Bowl, losing 20-7.http://www.gobearcats.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/cinn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09fbguide_2-46

• 2010 Sugar Bowl: 51-24 loss to Floridahttp://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigeast/cincinnati/bowl_history.php
• 2009 Orange Bowl: 20-7 loss to Virginia Techhttp://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigeast/cincinnati/bowl_history.php
• 2007 PapaJohns.com Bowl: 31-21 win over Southern MissCollege Football Data Warehouse: Cincinnati Bowl History
• 2007 International Bowl: 27-24 win over Western MichiganCollege Football Data Warehouse: Cincinnati Bowl History
• 2004 Forth Worth Bowl: 32-14 win over MarshallCollege Football Data Warehouse: Cincinnati Bowl History
• 2002 New Orleans Bowl: 24- 19 loss to North TexasCollege Football Data Warehouse: Cincinnati Bowl History
• 2001 Motor City Bowl:23-16 loss to ToledoCollege Football Data Warehouse: Cincinnati Bowl History
• 2000 Motor City Bowl: 25-14 loss to MarshallCollege Football Data Warehouse: Cincinnati Bowl History
• 1997 Humanitarian Bowl: 35-19 win over Utah StateCollege Football Data Warehouse: Cincinnati Bowl History
• 1951 Sun Bowl: 14-13 loss to West Texas A&MCollege Football Data Warehouse: Cincinnati Bowl History
• 1947 Sun Bowl: 18-6 win over Virginia TechCollege Football Data Warehouse: Cincinnati Bowl History

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