WR Mardy Gilyard (PHOTO CREDIT: Brett Hansbauer, UC Sports Communications)
2009 SCHEDULE
9-7-09 at Rutgers (Mon.)
9-12-09 SE MISSOURI STATE
9-19-09 at Oregon State
9-26-09 FRESNO STATE
10-3-09 at Miami OH
10-15-09 at South Florida (Thur.)
10-24-09 LOUISVILLE
10-31-09 at Syracuse
11-7-09 CONNECTICUT
11-13-09 WEST VIRGINIA (Fri.)
11-28-09 ILLINOIS
12-5-09 at Pittsburgh
Coach: Brian Kelly
22-6, 3 years

2008 Statistics
2008 RESULTS: 11-3
EASTERN KY WON 40-7
at Oklahoma LOST 26-52
MIAMI OH WON 45-20
at Akron WON 17-15
at Marshall WON 33-10
RUTGERS WON 13-10
at Connecticut LOST 16-40
SOUTH FLORIDA WON 24-10
at West Virginia WON 26-23 (OT)
at Louisville WON 28-20
PITTSBURGH WON 28-21
SYRACUSE WON 30-10
at Hawai'i WON 29-24
ORANGE BOWL
Virginia Tech LOST 7-20

2008 Final Rankings
AP-17, Coaches-17, BCS-12

 
2009 Outlook

Projected 2009 record: 9-3
OT Jeff Linkenbach (PHOTO CREDIT: Brett Hansbauer, UC Sports Communications)
CINCINNATI
2008 Statistical Rankings
OFFENSE
 
National
Conf.
Rushing:
95
8
Passing:
26
2
Total Off:
52
4
Sacks Allow:
82
5
DEFENSE
 
National
Conf.
Rushing:
19
3
Passing:
57
6
Total Def:
31
4
Sacks:
9
1
RETURNING LEADERS

Passing: Tony Pike, 199-324-11, 2407 yds., 19 TD

Rushing: Jacob Ramsey, 152 att., 664 yds., 2 TD

Receiving: Mardy Gilyard, 81 rec., 1276 yds., 11 TD

Scoring: Jake Rogers, 16-23 FG, 34-36 PAT, 82 pts.

Punting: None

Kicking: Jake Rogers, 16-23 FG, 34-36 PAT, 82 pts.

Tackles: Aaron Webster, 60 tot., 30 solo

Sacks: Curtis Young, 4 sacks

Interceptions: Brad Jones, 2 for 0 yds.

Kickoff Returns: Mardy Gilyard, 36 ret., 27.6 avg., 2 TD

Punt Returns: D.J. Woods, 12 ret., 9.4 avg., 0 TD

 
 
CINCINNATI
2009 College Football Preview
OFFENSE - 7
----RETURNING STARTERS----
DEFENSE - 2
KEY LOSSES
OFFENSE: Dustin Grutza-QB, Dominick Goodman-WR, Trevor Canfield-OG, Khalil El-Amin-OT
DEFENSE: Lamonte Nelms-DE, Connor Barwin-DE, Adam Hoppel-DT, Terrill Byrd-DT, Corey Smith-SLB, Ryan Manalac-MLB, Torry Cornett-WLB, Mike Mickens-CB, DeAngelo Smith-CB, Cedric Tolbert-SS, Brandon Underwood-FS, Kevin Huber-P
2009 OFFENSE

 

 

QB Tony Pike (PHOTO CREDIT: Brett Hansbauer, UC Sports Communications)

 
CINCINNATI 2009 DEPTH CHART
Returning Starters/Key Players
OFFENSE
QB Tony Pike-Sr (6-6, 210) Chazz Anderson-So (6-0, 209)
Zach Collaros-So (6-0, 209)
RB Jacob Ramsey-Sr (6-0, 216) John Goebel-Jr (6-1, 213)
WR Mardy Gilyard-Sr (6-1, 187) O.J. Woodard-So (6-2, 214)
WR Armon Binns-Jr (6-4, 200) Lynell Payne-RFr (6-3, 205)
WR D.J. Woods-So (6-0, 175) Charley Howard-Jr (6-3, 205)
TE Ben Guidugli-Jr (6-0, 237) Kazeem Alli-Sr (6-4, 258)
OT Jeff Linkenbach-Sr (6-6, 311) Sean Hooey-Fr (6-8, 296)
OG Alex Hoffman-So (6-5, 293) Frank Becker-So (6-1, 287)
C Chris Jurek-Sr (6-2, 286) Evan Davis-So (6-4, 262)
OG C.J. Cobb-Jr (6-4, 304) Randy Martinez-So (6-1, 277)
OT Jason Kelce-Jr (6-4, 290) Sam Griffin-Jr (6-4, 260)
K Jake Rogers-Jr (6-3, 205) Dan Milligan-RFr (5-9, 171)

 
2009 DEFENSE

 

 

DB Aaron Webster (PHOTO CREDIT: Brett Hansbauer, UC Sports Communications)

 
CINCINNATI 2009 DEPTH CHART
Returning Starters/Key Players
DEFENSE
DE Alex Daniels-Sr (6-4, 259) Rob Trigg-Jr (6-3, 264)
NT Ricardo Mathews-Sr (6-3, 294) John Hughes-So (6-2, 305)
DT Derek Wolfe-So (6-5, 302) Monte Taylor-Jr (6-5, 245) JUCO
DE/OLB Curtis Young-Sr (6-1, 269) Dan Giordano-RFr (6-4, 246)
ILB Marcus Waugh-Sr (6-0, 270) J.K. Schafer-So (6-1, 223)
ILB Andre Revels-Sr (6-0, 221) Collin McCafferty-Jr (6-3, 222)
OLB Craig Carey-Sr (6-4, 248) Demetrius Jones-Jr (6-4, 214)
CB Marcus Barnett-Jr (6-2, 174) Malik James-So (6-1, 190) JUCO
CB Brad Jones-Sr (6-1, 202) Dominique Battle-So (6-0, 184)
SS Aaron Webster-Sr (6-2, 211) Quincy Quetant-RFr (6-1, 209)
FS Drew Frey-RFr (6-4, 205) Patrick Lambert-RFr (6-1, 193)
P Jake Rogers-Jr (6-3, 205) Michael Cooke-So (6-2, 210)
Dustin Greenbury-So (6-2, 205)