2014 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

2014 Cincinnati Bearcats football
American Athletic Co–Champions
Military Bowl vs. Virginia Tech, L 17–33
Conference	American Athletic Conference
2014 record	9–4 (7–1 The American)
Head coach	Tommy Tuberville (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Eddie Gran (2nd year)
Co-defensive coordinator	Robert Prunty (2nd year)
Co-defensive coordinator	Hank Hughes (1st year)
Home stadium	Paul Brown Stadium (Capacity: 65,535)

2014 American Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#25 Memphis +		7	–	1					10	–	3
Cincinnati +		7	–	1					9	–	4
UCF +		7	–	1					9	–	4
East Carolina		5	–	3					8	–	5
Houston		5	–	3					8	–	5
Temple		4	–	4					6	–	6
South Florida		3	–	5					4	–	8
Tulane		2	–	6					3	–	9
Tulsa		2	–	6					2	–	10
Connecticut		1	–	7					2	–	10
SMU		1	–	7					1	–	11
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played its home games at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio due to the renovation at Nippert Stadium, which will be completed at the start of the 2015 football season. The Bearcats were led by second-year head coach Tommy Tuberville. They finished the season 9–4, 7–1 in AAC play to finish in a three way tie for the America Athletic championship. They were invited to the Military Bowl where they lost to Virginia Tech.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	7:00 PM	Toledo*	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPNU	W 58–34	31,912
September 20	7:00 PM	Miami (OH)*	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, OH (119th Battle for the Victory Bell)	CBSSN	W 31–24	41,926
September 27	6:00 PM	at #22 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	BTN	L 28–50	108,362
October 4	7:00 PM	Memphis	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	CBSSN	L 14–41	25,456
October 11	12:00 PM	at Miami (FL)*	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ACCRSN	L 34–55	43,953
October 18	3:30 PM	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX	CBSSN	W 41–3	16,849
October 24	7:00 PM	South Florida	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN2	W 34–17	30,024
October 31	8:00 PM	at Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPN2	W 38–14	21,414
November 13	7:00 PM	East Carolina	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN2	W 54–46	19,113
November 22	8:00 PM	at Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	CBSSN	W 41–0	24,012
November 29	12:00 PM	at Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPNews	W 14–6	21,255
December 6	12:00 PM	Houston	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN	W 38–31	24,606
December 27	1:00 PM	vs. Virginia Tech*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD (Military Bowl)	ESPN	L 17–33	34,277
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[1]

Game notes

Toledo

1 2 3 4 Total Rockets 0 14 17 3 34 • Bearcats 20 21 0 17 58 Location: Cincinnati, OH Game start: 7:00 PM Game attendance: 31,912 Referee: Jeff Maconaghy TV announcers (ESPNU): Eamon McAnaney, Dan Hawkins, Niki Noto

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–3	2012	TOL, 29–23

Miami (Ohio)

119th Battle for the Victory Bell

1 2 3 4 Total RedHawks 7 7 7 3 24 • Bearcats 7 17 7 0 31 Location: Cincinnati, OH Game start: 7:00 PM Game attendance: 41,926 Referee: Mark Kluczynski TV announcers (CBSSN): Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous, Lauren Gardner

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
52–59–7	2013	CIN, 14–0

Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total Bearcats 7 14 7 0 28 • #22 Buckeyes 23 7 13 7 50 Location: Columbus, OH Game start: 6:00 PM Game attendance: 108,362 Referee: Daniel Capron TV announcers (BTN): Thom Brennaman, Glen Mason, Lisa Byington

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–13	2006	OSU, 37–7

Memphis

1 2 3 4 Total • Tigers 24 3 14 0 41 Bearcats 7 0 7 0 14 Location: Cincinnati, OH Game start: 7:00 PM Game attendance: 25,456 Referee: Ed Ardito TV announcers (CBSSN): Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous, Lauren Gardner

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–18	2013	CIN, 34–21

Miami (FL)

1 2 3 4 Total Bearcats 7 3 3 21 34 • Hurricanes 14 10 17 14 55 Location: Miami Gardens, FL Game start: 12:00 PM Game attendance: 43,953 Referee: John McDaid TV announcers (ACCRSN): Chip Carey, Jim Grobe, Hans Heiserer

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–10	1998	MIA, 38–12

SMU

1 2 3 4 Total • Bearcats 6 22 3 10 41 Mustangs 3 0 0 0 3 Location: University Park, TX Game start: 2:30 Game attendance: 16,849 Referee: Todd LaPenta TV announcers (CBSSN): Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous, Lauren Gardner

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2013	CIN, 28–25

South Florida

1 2 3 4 Total Bulls 3 0 0 14 17 • Bearcats 10 10 0 14 34 Location: Cincinnati, OH Game start: 7:00 PM Game attendance: 30,024 Referee: Michael Roche TV announcers (ESPN2): Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–4	2013	USF, 26–20

Tulane

1 2 3 4 Total • Bearcats 10 14 7 7 38 Green Wave 0 0 14 0 14 Location: New Orleans, LA Game start: 7:00 PM Game attendance: 21,414 Referee: Tracy Jones TV announcers (ESPN2): Dave Flemming, Danny Kanell, Allison Williams

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–11	2002	TUL, 35–17

East Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total Pirates 6 14 7 19 46 • Bearcats 14 17 7 16 54 Location: Cincinnati, OH Game start: 7:00 PM Game attendance: 19,113 Game weather: 27 F Referee: John McDaid TV announcers (ESPN2): Mark Neely, Gene Chizik, Kayce Smith

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–12	2004	CIN, 24–19

Connecticut

1 2 3 4 Total • Bearcats 7 20 14 0 41 Huskies 0 0 0 0 0 Location: East Hartford, CT Game start: 8:00 PM Game attendance: 24,012 Referee: Michael Roche TV announcers (CBSSN): Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous, Lauren Gardner

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–2	2013	CIN, 41–16

Temple

1 2 3 4 Total • Bearcats 0 14 0 0 14 Owls 3 0 3 0 6 Location: Philadelphia, PA Game start: 12:00 PM Game attendance: 21,255 Referee: Tracy Jones TV announcers (ESPNews): Wayne Randazzo, Brian Kinchen

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–9–1	2013	CIN, 38–20

Houston

1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 7 3 7 14 31 • Bearcats 7 14 14 3 38 Location: Cincinnati, OH Game start: 12:00 PM Game attendance: 24,606 Referee: Michael Roche TV announcers (ESPN): Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman, Todd McShay

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–13	2013	CIN, 24–17

Virginia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Bearcats 7 3 0 7 17 • Hokies 7 6 14 6 33 Location: Annapolis, MD Game start: 1:00 PM Television network: ESPN

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–5	2012	CIN, 27–24

Personnel

2014 Cincinnati Bearcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 2 McKay, MekaleMekale McKay Jr WR 3 Holton, JohnnyJohnny Holton  Jr QB 4 Legaux, MunchieMunchie Legaux  Sr RB 7 Green, TionTion Green  Jr WR 8 Gladney, CaseyCasey Gladney Jr QB 10 Moore, HaydenHayden Moore Fr TE 10 Golic, JakeJake Golic Sr QB 11 Kiel, GunnerGunner Kiel  So QB 12 Evans, JarredJarred Evans (S) Jr WR 15 Moore, ChrisChris Moore  Jr QB 16 Colosimo, MichaelMichael Colosimo  Jr TE 18 Cogswell, TylerTyler Cogswell  So WR 19 Washington, ShaqShaq Washington  Jr WR 20 Johnson, TshumbiTshumbi Johnson   Fr RB 21 Moore, RodRod Moore Sr RB 23 Williams, HoseyHosey Williams Sr RB 25 Rice, RobRob Rice   Jr RB 26 Brown, BobbyBobby Brown Fr RB 27 Boone, MikeMike Boone Fr RB 30 Banschbach, ChadChad Banschbach  Fr FB 38 Crook, LindsayLindsay Crook  Fr FB 39 Junior, EJEJ Junior  So OL 54 Callahan, LukeLuke Callahan Fr OL 56 Mainello, DominicDominic Mainello  Sr OL 58 West, ChadChad West  Jr OL 59 Bond, DeyshawnDeyshawn Bond  So OL 62 Keebler, CoryCory Keebler  Sr OL 63 Ferguson, ChrisChris Ferguson Fr OL 64 Steur, WillWill Steur  Fr OL 65 Burwell, TyreekTyreek Burwell  Sr OL 66 Niehaus, DavidDavid Niehaus  So OL 67 Williamson, KyleKyle Williamson   So OL 68 Duncan, JeffJeff Duncan Fr OL 69 Gordan, BrandenBranden Gordan Jr OL 69 Mainello, DominicDominic Mainello Sr OL 71 Lefeld, EricEric Lefeld  Sr OL 72 Campbell, GarrettGarrett Campbell  Sr OL 73 Leahy, RyanRyan Leahy  So OL 74 Murray, JustinJustin Murray  Jr OL 75 Schloemer, KevinKevin Schloemer  Sr OL 76 Cunningham, KoreyKorey Cunningham  Fr OL 77 Kurtz, JohnJohn Kurtz Fr OL 78 Ehinger, ParkerParker Ehinger  Jr OL 79 Stout, RyanRyan Stout Fr WR 80 Chism, AlexAlex Chism  Jr TE 81 Dowdy, DJDJ Dowdy  So WR 82 Morrison, MaxMax Morrison  Jr WR 84 Cole, NateNate Cole  So TE 85 Dolin, JeremyJeremy Dolin Sr WR 87 Sawmiller, JustinJustin Sawmiller Sr TE 88 Alonzo, ShaiShai Alonzo  So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 1 Luc, JeffJeff Luc  Sr LB 2 Gilbert, TyrellTyrell Gilbert Fr DB 3 Wilder, HowardHoward Wilder Sr S 5 Tyson, MikeMike Tyson So CB 6 Mundy, JeffJeff Mundy So LB 7 Brown, AaronAaron Brown  Fr S 8 Witty, AdrianAdrian Witty  Sr S 10 Dotson, DarrenDarren Dotson Sr CB 11 James, JohnJohn James   Jr CB 12 Payne, LeviticusLeviticus Payne Jr CB 13 Coleman, GrantGrant Coleman So CB 14 Pinckney, J.J.J.J. Pinckney Fr S 17 Graves, JeremyJeremy Graves  Jr S 20 Jacobs, CarterCarter Jacobs Fr CB 21 Witherspoon, DavonDavon Witherspoon Fr CB 22 Edwards, ZachZach Edwards So LB 23 Wilson, EricEric Wilson  So CB 25 Thomas, AlexAlex Thomas (S) Fr S 29 Jones, AndreAndre Jones  So CB 30 Murphy, ChrisChris Murphy Fr CB 32 Stephens, LindenLinden Stephens Fr LB 38 Antoun, MasonMason Antoun  Jr LB 39 Crook, LindsayLindsay Crook  Fr LB 40 Brown, KevinKevin Brown Jr LB 41 Hyland, KevinKevin Hyland  Jr LB 43 Temple, NickNick Temple Sr DE 47 Brazile, LandonLandon Brazile Fr LB 48 Mouhon, KevinKevin Mouhon Fr DL 50 Pace, AlexAlex Pace  So DE 51 Fitz, KimoniKimoni Fitz Fr DT 52 Minor, KeithKeith Minor Fr LB 53 Bruscianelli, FranklinFranklin Bruscianelli  So DT 54 Bowen, Ja'MerezJa'Merez Bowen Fr DE 56 Wilson, MarkMark Wilson  Fr LB 57 Casseus, ClementeClemente Casseus Sr LB 58 Ginn, TrevorTrevor Ginn  Fr DT 59 Harmon, BeauBeau Harmon  Fr DL 70 Mitchell, BrandonBrandon Mitchell  Jr DT 90 Beard, CamaronCamaron Beard  Sr DT 91 Allonce, HakeemHakeem Allonce Sr DL 92 Mouhon, SilverberrySilverberry Mouhon  Jr DE 93 Harrah, BradBrad Harrah  Sr DT 94 Burton, ChrisChris Burton  So DE 95 Hartsfield, TerrellTerrell Hartsfield Sr DT 96 Broughton, CortezCortez Broughton Fr DT 97 Tongamoa, SioneSione Tongamoa Fr DE 99 Jordan, JerrellJerrell Jordan Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 14 Miliano, TonyTony Miliano  Sr P 24 Lloyd, JohnJohn Lloyd  Sr DS 34 Hill, TylerTyler Hill Fr PK 55 Gantz, AndrewAndrew Gantz  Fr P 58 Geraci, SamSam Geraci  Fr DS 61 Willis, KirkKirk Willis  Jr	Head coach Tommy Tuberville Coordinators/assistant coaches Eddie Gran Offensive Coordinator Hank Hughes Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Robert Prunty Associate Head Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line Steve Clinkscale Linebackers Darren Hiller Offensive Line Darin Hinshaw Passing Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks Jeff Koonz Safeties Marc Nudelberg Special Teams/Tight Ends Blake Rolan Wide Receivers Joe Walker Director of Football Strength & Conditioning Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: November 11, 2014

Depth chart

Defense FS Zach Edwards Carter Jacobs WLB MLB SLB Brandon Bell Jeff Luc Leviticus Payne Eric Wilson Kevin Hyland Kevin Brown SS Andre Jones Mike Tyson CB Grant Coleman Aaron Brown DE DT DT DE Terrell Hartfield Brad Harrah Camaron Beard Silverberry Mouhon Mark Wilson Brandon Mitchell Alex Pace Jerrell Jordan CB Howard Wilder Linden Stephens Offense WR Mekale McKay Alex Chisum WR Shaq Washington Casey Gladney LT LG C RG RT Eric Lefeld Ryan Leahy Deyshawn Bond Parker Ehinger Justin Murray Korey Cunningham Kevin Schloemer Dominic Mainello Tyreek Burwell Chad West TE DJ Dowdy Jake Golic WR Chris Moore Johnny Holton QB Gunner Kiel Munchie Legaux Special Teams PK Andrew Gantz P Sam Geraci KR Johnny Holton, Casey Gladney PR Shaq Washington, Casey Gladney LS Kirk Willis H Sam Geraci RB Rod Moore Mike Boone

References

1. "2014 Cincinnati Bearcats Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 23, 2014.