Championship Preview: Tulsa, Cincinnati Clash for American Crown

TULSA at CINCINNATI
Saturday, Dec. 19• 8 p.m. ET • ABC
Nippert Stadium (40,000/UBU Speed Series 55-M)
Cincinnati, Ohio

Television
ABC
Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy and Holly Rowe

Satellite Radio
SiriusXM 108/203/966 (Tulsa)
SiriusXM 206/202/965 (Cincinnati)

Tulsa Radio
KXBL-FM 99.5 (flagship)

Cincinnati Radio
WLW-AM 700 (flagship)

THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 35th meeting between Cincinnati and Tulsa in a series that dates to 1946 … Tulsa holds a 17-15-2 series lead, but Cincinnati has won six of the last seven, including a 24-13 win at Nippert Stadium last year … Cincinnati is making its second consecutive appearance in The American Championship, while Tulsa is in the championship game for the first time … Tulsa becomes the seventh American Athletic Conference team to play in the championship game since 2015 … Cincinnati won a share of The American title in 2014, the year before the introduction of the conference championship game, while Tulsa will be looking for its first league title under The American’s banner … The schools tied for first place in The American’s regular-season standings with 6-0 league records, but Cincinnati is serving as the host institution for Saturday’s game based on a higher showing in the Dec.