CINCINNATI at TULANE
Saturday, Nov. 4 • 4 p.m. • ESPN3
Yulman Stadium (30,000/UBU Speed Series 5M)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Television
ESPN3
Shawn Kenney adn Wayne Gandy
Radio
The Project 100.7 FM (Cincinnati)
WMTI-FM 106.1 (Tulane)
SiriusXM 203 (Tulane feed)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 16th meeting between Cincinnati and Tulane in a series that dates to 1909 … Tulane holds an 11-4 series lead, but Cincinnati took the most recent matchup 38-14 in 2014 at Yulman Stadium … Saturday’s game will be the third straight in the series to be played in New Orleans.
CINCINNATI
2-6, 0-4 American
Head Coach
Luke Fickell (Ohio State ’97)
2-6, first season at Cincinnati
8-13, second season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Cincinnati returns from a Week 9 bye looking to snap a five-game slide … The Bearcats dropped a 31-28 heartbreaker to SMU in overtime Oct. 21 … The combined record of the six teams to have defeated the Bearcats is 37-9 … Cincinnati has averaged 119.6 rushing yards and 217.8 passing yards per game … QB Hayden Moore has thrown for 1,711 yards and 12 touchdowns with seven interceptions … RB Gerrid Doaks has a team-high 351 rushing yards … WR Khalil Lewis has 47 catches for 432 yards and four touchdowns … Cincinnati’s strength defensively is on the line, where DE Kevin Mouhon and DT Marquise Copeland lead the team with 5.5 tackles for loss each … LB Jaylyin Minor has a team-high 80 tackles and ranks 12th nationally with 10.0 tackles per game.
TULANE
3-5, 1-3 American
Head Coach
Willie Fritz (Pittsburg State ’83)
6-14, second season
Notes
Tulane looks to snap a three-game slide after the Green Wave fell 56-26 at Memphis last Friday … The Green Wave trailed 35-0 in the second quarter, but rallied to close within two scores during the second half … Tulane is 3-1 at home and 0-4 on the road … QB Jonathan Banks has completed 61 of 120 passes for 926 yards and nine touchdowns and has rushed for 305 yards and four TDs … RB Dontrell Hilliard has rushed for 768 yards, ranking third in The American, and has nine TDs … WR Terren Encalade is the top receiver with 20 catches for 374 yards and three touchdowns … LB Rae Juan Marbley leads the defense with 61 tackles … CB Parry Nickerson has three interceptions this season and holds The American’s career record with 13 picks … Nickerson is a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s top defensive back.