Cincinnati·American Athletic

2015 — The 2015 Season

Cincinnati's 2015 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the Hawaii Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +0.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Alab A&M 52-10 L vs Temple 26-34 W @ Miam (OH 37-33 L @ Memphis 46-53 W vs Miami 34-23 L @ BYU 24-38 W vs UConn 37-13 W vs UCF 52-7 L @ Houston 30-33 W vs Tulsa 49-38 L @ Sout Flo 27-65 W @ East Car 19-16 L vs San Sta 7-42 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2015.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2015 season's largest margin: Cincinnati 52, UCF 7. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Cincinnati 27, South Florida 65. A 38-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Cincinnati fell to San Diego State 7-42 in the postseason.

"Go Bearcats"
— Cincinnati fanbase voice · 2015· synthesized
What it meant

2015 is a middle chapter for Cincinnati — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.