UCONN at CINCINNATI
Saturday, Nov. 25 • Noon • ESPNews
Nippert Stadium (40,000/Speed Series M6-M)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Television
ESPNews
Bill Roth and Brian Kinchen
Radio
WTIC-AM 1080 (UConn)
The Project 100.7 FM (Cincinnati)
SiriusXM 119, 202, 962 (Cincinnati feed); 966 (UConn feed)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 14th meeting between UConn and Cincinnati in a series that dates to 2004 and has been played consecutively since then … The Bearcats hold a 10-3 series lead and have won five of the last six meetings, but the Huskies were 20-9 winners last season behind 116 rushing yards from RB Arkeel Newsome.
UCONN
3-8, 2-6 American
Head Coach
Randy Edsall (Syracuse ’80)
77-78, 13th season at UConn
99-112, 18th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
UConn looks to snap a four-game slide after the Huskies dropped a 39-16 decision to Boston College last Saturday at Fenway Park … The Huskies had scored back-to-back wins against Temple and Tulsa before the current streak … The Huskies, who averaged 320.0 yards per game last season, have averaged 412.1 yards in 2017 … QB David Pindell has taken over as the starter behind center … Pindell has thrown for 664 yards and three touchdowns in eight appearances, including three starts … Freshman RB Kevin Mensah is the leading rusher with 537 yards … WR Hergy Mayala has 39 catches for 584 yards and six touchdowns … LB Junior Joseph leads the defense with 87 tackles to go with 3.0 sacks and 5.5 tackles for loss … DE Cole Ormsby has a team-high 70 sacks.
CINCINNATI
3-8, 1-6 American
Head Coach
Luke Fickell (Ohio State ’97)
3-8, first season at Cincinnati
9-15, second season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Cincinnati looks to bounce back from back-to-back losses to Temple and ECU… The Bearcats were within eight points of ECU late in the first half, but the Pirates reeled off 17 straight points between the end of the second quarter and the 6:03 mark of the third … Cincinnati has averaged 135.3 rushing yards and 218.0 passing yards per game … QB Hayden Moore has thrown for 2,363 yards and 18 touchdowns with eight interceptions … RB Gerrid Doaks has a team-high 513 rushing yards in his freshman season … WR Khalil Lewis has 55 catches for 612 yards and five touchdowns … LB Jaylyin Minor has a team-high 110 tackles and leads the American Athletic Conference with 10.0 tackles per game (12th nationally) … LB Perry Young has a team-high 8.5 tackles for loss.