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Cincinnati Heads To UCLA For Its 2018 Opener

CINCINNATI at UCLA
Saturday, Sept. 1 • 7 p.m. • ESPN
Rose Bowl (92,542/Natural Grass)
Pasadena, Calif.

Live Statistics

Television
ESPN
Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard and Allison Williams

THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the second meeting all-time for Cincinnati against current Pac-12 members … Cincinnati was a 28-18 winner at Oregon State in 2009 in the most recent matchup … UCLA is 1-1 against American Athletic Conference schools, having split a two-game series with Memphis in 2014 and 2017.

CINCINNATI

Head Coach
Luke Fickell (Ohio State ’97)
4-8, second season at Cincinnati
10-15, second season as collegiate head coach

Notes
Cincinnati has turned in back-to-back 4-8 seasons, but the Bearcats expect to be in contention for a bowl bid with 12 returning starters and a highly regarded class of newcomers … Cincinnati made five straight bowl appearances between 2011-15, before the current two-year absence … QB Hayden Moore has been the primary starter in each of the past two seasons and entered fall camp at No.