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CINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati football team will face the University of Notre Dame as part of its 2021 non-conference schedule, the schools jointly announced Thursday.

The matchup is set for Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. The Bearcats and Fighting Irish have met once on the gridiron, 119 years ago with Notre Dame earning a 58-0 home win on Oct. 20, 1900.

"We recognize the importance of our institution's presence on the national stage and this matchup fits our profile. Director of Athletics Mike Bohn said. "There are many ties between Cincinnati and Notre Dame constituents and we are excited to add these types of high-level games to our future football schedule that match the drive and competitiveness of the football program under Head Coach Luke Fickell."

When the teams last met, it would be 14 years before Cincinnati became the Bearcats and 27 before Notre Dame was the Fighting Irish.

Among NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision programs, UC and Notre Dame rank among the 15 oldest with the Bearcats sitting at No. 10 (1885) and Notre Dame at No. 13 (1887).

Things which have been invented since the teams last played each other include: the forward pass, artificial turf, supermarkets, air conditioning, traffic signals, cheeseburger, the jet engine, the internet and smart phones.

UC has long embraced its role as an innovator in the world, offering its own list of discoveries since 1900, including: cooperative education (1906), the first nursing baccalaureate program (1916), the electronic organ (1930s), Benadryl (1940s), heart-lung machine (1951), oral polio vaccine (1950s), the first medical laser lab (1961), the first emergency medicine residency program (1970) and the first degree program offered via satellite (1977).

Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly helmed UC's program from 2007-09, leading the Bearcats to 40 wins, three bowl games and back-to-back conference championships and BCS bowl appearances in 2008 and 2009.

The game completes UC's 2021 non-league schedule. The Bearcats will open the campaign with two-straight home games, facing Miami (OH) on Sept. 4, 2021 and Murray State on Sept. 11, 2021. UC will also travel to Indiana on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021.

The Notre Dame matchup is another in a series of upcoming noteworthy non-conference games, including contests against Nebraska (2021 – road, 2025 – home), Indiana (2021 – road, 2022 – home) and Pittsburgh (2023 – road, 2024 – home).

LOOKING AHEAD
UC opens the 2019 campaign against UCLA on Thursday, Aug. 29 in Nippert Stadium. The Bearcats finished 2018 with 11 or more wins for the third time in program history (2008, 2009) and knocked off Virginia Tech in the 2018 Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman. Looking ahead at 2019, UC is set to return more than 85% of its roster, over 5,000 yards of total offense, 10 of its Top-15 tacklers and 14 starters from the 2018 squad.

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FYI - this is from April 2019.

I'm hoping that we see more schedule announcements soon - perhaps we can replace Kennesaw State with Western Michigan in 2022 for starters.

I had forgotten about this game... this will be great! I will definitely road trip this one.

Planning to take a pretty big crew (12+) up for this one

The article appears to be old as it quotes our AD Mike Bohn. But it also updated some of the non-conference dates. I assume we're not playing on the road at Nebraska, IU, and ND. If the Nebraska game is rescheduled it can't be 2021, right?

As of right now our 2021 schedule is:
9/4 Miami Ohio
9/11 Murray State
9/18 at Indiana
10/2 at Notre Dame.

In before it’s canceled due to Covid

(12-08-2020 10:40 AM)RealDeal Wrote:  The article appears to be old as it quotes our AD Mike Bohn. But it also updated some of the non-conference dates. I assume we're not playing on the road at Nebraska, IU, and ND. If the Nebraska game is rescheduled it can't be 2021, right?

I give credit to Bohn for upgrading Nippert, but better scheduling should have coincided with the upgrade. I recognize that we don't have Ohio State money and we're not going to have either 3 or 4 OOC home games each year, but if we only have two, one needs to be a semi-marquee opponent. Next fall, we hosted Miami and Murray State. In 2023, it's Miami and EKU. We should always aim for something like what we have in 2022 - at Arkansas, Indiana, Miami at PBS, and Kennesaw State.

Hopefully they'll lift the hazmat suit mandate before the game.

(12-08-2020 12:23 PM)geef Wrote:  

(12-08-2020 10:40 AM)RealDeal Wrote:  The article appears to be old as it quotes our AD Mike Bohn. But it also updated some of the non-conference dates. I assume we're not playing on the road at Nebraska, IU, and ND. If the Nebraska game is rescheduled it can't be 2021, right?

I give credit to Bohn for upgrading Nippert, but better scheduling should have coincided with the upgrade. I recognize that we don't have Ohio State money and we're not going to have either 3 or 4 OOC home games each year, but if we only have two, one needs to be a semi-marquee opponent. Next fall, we hosted Miami and Murray State. In 2023, it's Miami and EKU. We should always aim for something like what we have in 2022 - at Arkansas, Indiana, Miami at PBS, and Kennesaw State.

Bolded, from what I know, UC has been trying continuously for more than a decade to get P5 opponents at home. The better the Bearcats get, the harder those games may be to come by. Certainly UCLA, Purdue, Oregon State, Miami, FL, or even lowly IL won't want any part of returning to a hostile Nippert and absorbing another loss. And we can be sure that those A.D.'s tell their peers in the B10, Pac 12, or ACC the hazard of a road loss in Nippert; a loss which may keep mid to lower tier P5's from becoming bowl eligible in any given year. In their eyes: high risk, low reward.

(12-08-2020 12:23 PM)geef Wrote:  

(12-08-2020 10:40 AM)RealDeal Wrote:  The article appears to be old as it quotes our AD Mike Bohn. But it also updated some of the non-conference dates. I assume we're not playing on the road at Nebraska, IU, and ND. If the Nebraska game is rescheduled it can't be 2021, right?

I give credit to Bohn for upgrading Nippert, but better scheduling should have coincided with the upgrade. I recognize that we don't have Ohio State money and we're not going to have either 3 or 4 OOC home games each year, but if we only have two, one needs to be a semi-marquee opponent. Next fall, we hosted Miami and Murray State. In 2023, it's Miami and EKU. We should always aim for something like what we have in 2022 - at Arkansas, Indiana, Miami at PBS, and Kennesaw State.

We have future home games with Indiana, Nebraska, Pitt, NC State and Boston College scheduled through 2026. I have heard a couple ADs say it is really hard for UC to get home and home agreements with these P5 schools due to our success rate for "Nipp at Night". The only quarrel I would have with Bohn was not getting a home and home with Arkansas, but I guess we needed the cash.

Sorry Fick. All OOC games are now away games, to pay your contract. lol.

Be nice to be a conference game...just saying

ND #15
Cincy #16

Done...let's roll.