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2021 Week 1 Preview: Miami (OH) RedHawks @ Cincinnati Bearcats

Time and Date: Saturday, September 4 at 3:30 p.m. ET

Network: ESPN+

Location: Nippert Stadium — Cincinnati, OH

Spread: Cincinnati (-23)

ESPN FPI: Cincinnati has 90.3% chance to win

All-time series: Miami (OH) leads, 59-58-7

Current streak: Cincinnati has won 14 straight (2006-19)

Setting the scene

The battle for the Victory Bell is college football’s longest standing non-conference rivalry, dating back to 1888. Save for the 2020 pandemic season when the Mid-American Conference contracted all of its non-conference games, these Southwest Ohio schools have battled it out on the gridiron ever year since 1945.