2013 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

The 2013 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bearcat football team played their home games at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. The 2013 college football season was their first season as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The Bearcats were led by first year head coach Tommy Tuberville. They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in American Athletic play to finish in third place. They were invited to the Belk Bowl where they lost to North Carolina.

2013 Cincinnati Bearcats football
Belk Bowl, L 17–39 vs. North Carolina
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record9–4 (6–2 The American)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorEddie Gran (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorArt Kaufman (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorRobert Prunty (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumNippert Stadium
(Capacity: 35,097)
2013 American Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 UCF $  8 –0   12 –1  
No. 15 Louisville  7 –1   12 –1  
Cincinnati  6 –2   9 –4  
Houston  5 –3   8 –5  
SMU  4 –4   5 –7  
Rutgers  3 –5   6 –7  
UConn  3 –5   3 –9  
South Florida  2 –6   2 –10  
Memphis  1 –7   3 –9  
Temple  1 –7   2 –10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3112:00 pmPurdue*
ESPNUW 42–736,007
September 712:00 pmat Illinois*
ESPN2L 17–4543,031
September 147:00 pmNorthwestern State*
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
ESPN3W 66–930,384
September 214:00 pmat Miami (OH)*
ESPN3W 14–021,269
October 57:00 pmat South Florida
ESPN3L 20–2631,077
October 118:30 pmTemple
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
ESPNW 38–2032,220
October 1912:00 pmUConndagger
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
ESPNUW 41–1628,847
October 308:00 pmat Memphis
ESPN2W 34–2122,571
November 912:00 pmSMU
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
AANW 28–2528,069
November 1612:00 pmat Rutgers
ESPNewsW 52–1740,870
November 2312:00 pmat Houston
ESPNewsW 24–1720,197
December 57:30 pmNo. 16 LouisvilleNo. 23
ESPNL 24–31 OT35,097
December 283:20 pmvs. North Carolina*
ESPNL 17–3945,211

Game summaries

Purdue
1 234Total
Boilermakers 0 700 7
• Bearcats 0 141414 42
  • Location: Cincinnati, OH
  • Game attendance: 36,007
  • Referee: Alex Kemp
  • Television network: ESPNU
See also: 2013 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Illinois
1 234Total
Bearcats 0 7100 17
• Fighting Illini 7 14717 45
  • Location: Champaign, IL
  • Elapsed time: 3:34
  • Referee: John O'Neill
  • Television network: ESPN2
See also: 2013 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

Northwestern State
1 234Total
Demons 0 900 9
• Bearcats 14 211021 66
  • Location: Cincinnati, OH
  • Game attendance: 30,384
  • Referee: Todd LaPenta
  • Television network: ESPN3
See also: 2013 Northwestern State Demons football team

Miami, OH
Battle for the Victory Bell
1 234Total
• Bearcats 0 0014 14
RedHawks 0 000 0
  • Location: Oxford, OH
  • Game attendance: 21,269
  • Referee: Jeff Maconaghy
  • Television network: ESPN3
See also: 2013 Miami RedHawks football team

South Florida
1 234Total
Bearcats 0 6014 20
• Bulls 10 1330 26
  • Location: Tampa, FL
  • Game attendance: 31,077
  • Referee: John McDaid
  • Television network: ESPN3
See also: 2013 South Florida Bulls football team

Temple
1 234Total
Owls 13 700 20
• Bearcats 7 21100 38
  • Location: Cincinnati, OH
  • Game attendance: 32,220
  • Referee: Ed Ardito
  • Television network: ESPN
See also: 2013 Temple Owls football team

UConn
1 234Total
Huskies 3 076 16
• Bearcats 7 2077 41
  • Location: Cincinnati, OH
  • Game attendance: 28,847
  • Referee: Todd LaPenta
  • Television network: ESPNU
See also: 2013 UConn Huskies football team

Memphis
1 234Total
• Bearcats 0 14713 34
Tigers 7 077 21
  • Location: Memphis, TN
  • Television network: ESPN2
See also: 2013 Memphis Tigers football team

SMU
1 234Total
Mustangs 7 3015 25
• Bearcats 0 14140 28
  • Location: Cincinnati, OH
See also: 2013 SMU Mustangs football team

Rutgers
1 234Total
• Bearcats 24 1477 52
Scarlet Knights 7 0010 17
  • Location: Piscataway, NJ
See also: 2013 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

Houston
1 234Total
• Bearcats 0 1770 24
Cougars 0 7100 17
  • Location: Houston, TX
See also: 2013 Houston Cougars football team

Louisville
Keg of Nails
1 234OTTotal
• Cardinals 7 30147 31
Bearcats 0 77100 24
  • Location: Cincinnati, OH
  • Television network: ESPN
See also: 2013 Louisville Cardinals football team

Roster
2013 Cincinnati Bearcats

Running back

  • 1 Ralph David Abernathy IV – Junior
  • 7 Tion Green – Sophomore
  • 9 Patrick Coyne – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 10 Jordan Luallen Redshirt Senior
  • 21 Rodriguez Moore – Junior
  • 23 Hosey Williams – Junior
  • 38 EJ Junior – Redshirt Freshman
  • 39 Kyle Nutter – Freshman
  • 42 Jared Golden – Sophomore
  • 49 Anthony King – Senior

Wide receiver

  • 2 Mekale McKay – Sophomore
  • 3 Johnny Holton – Junior
  • 5 Mark Barr – Freshman
  • 6 Anthony McClung – Senior
  • 15 Chris Moore – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 17 Jeremy Graves – Sophomore
  • 19 Shaq Washington – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 20 Tshumbi Johnson – Freshman
  • 24 Chris Burrell – Junior
  • 34 Tim Helton – Freshman
  • 80 Alex Chisum – Junior
  • 82 Max Morrison – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 84 Nate Cole – Redshirt Freshman
  • 87 Javon Harrison – Freshman
  • 88 Shakim Alonzo – Redshirt Freshman

Offensive line

  • 59 Deyshawn Bond – Redshirt Freshman
  • 60 Sam Longo – Redshirt Senior
  • 62 Cory Keebler – Redshirt Junior
  • 63 Dan Sprague – Redshirt Senior
  • 64 Will Steur – Freshman
  • 65 Tyreek Burwell – Senior
  • 66 David Niehaus – Freshman
  • 66 Garrett Campbell – Freshman
  • 67 Kyle Williamson – Freshman
  • 69 Dominic Mainello – Junior
  • 71 Eric Lefeld – Redshirt Junior
  • 73 Ryan Leahy – Redshirt Freshman
  • 74 Justin Murray – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 75 Kevin Schloemer – Junior
  • 76 Austen Bujnoch – Redshirt Senior
  • 77 Ben Flick – Freshman
  • 78 Parker Ehinger – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 79 Andre Cureton – Redshirt Senior
  

Quarterback

  • 2 Michael Colosimo – Junior
  • 4 Munchie Legaux – Senior
  • 8 Gunner Kiel – Redshirt Freshman
  • 10 Bennie Coney Redshirt Freshman
  • 11 Brendon Kay – Redshirt Senior

Tight end

  • 18 Tyler Cogswell – Freshman
  • 35 Josh Russ – Junior
  • 46 Jared Golden – Freshman
  • 81 DJ Dowdy – Redshirt Freshman
  • 83 Chris Burton – Freshman
  • 85 Travis Johnson – Freshman
  • 86 Blake Annen – Redshirt Senior

Defensive line

  • 46 Mitch Meador – Redshirt Senior
  • 50 Alex Pace – Redshirt Freshman
  • 56 Mark Wilson – Freshman
  • 58 Dwight Jackson – Junior
  • 65 Connor Donnini – Sophomore
  • 70 Brandon Mitchell – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 89 Korey Cunningham – Freshman
  • 90 Camaron Beard – Redshirt Junior
  • 91 Adam Dempsey – Senior
  • 92 Silverberry Mouhon – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 93 Brad Harrah – Redshirt Junior
  • 94 Jordan Stepp – Redshirt Senior
  • 95 Terrell Hartsfield – Junior
  • 96 Josh Posley – Sophomore
  • 97 Marquis Aiken – Senior
  • 98 Chad West – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 99 Jerrell Jordan – Junior

Defensive back

  • 2 Trenier Orr – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 3 Howard Wilder – Junior
  • 5 Aaron Brown – Freshman
  • 7 Mike Tyson – Freshman
  • 8 Adrian Witty – Redshirt Junior
  • 9 Dionne Threatt-Vassar – Junior
  • 11 Deven Drane – Senior
  • 12 Leviticus Payne – Sophomore
  • 13 Grant Coleman – Freshman
  • 22 Zach Edwards – Freshman
  • 25 Arryn Chenault – Senior
  • 26 Braxton Lane – Reshirt Freshman
  • 27 Drake Bruns – Reshirt Freshman
  • 29 Andre Jones – Reshirt Freshman
  • 30 Darren Dotson – Junior
  • 35 Dylan Coombs – Reshirt Freshman
  • 36 Marcus Foster – Reshirt Freshman
  

Linebacker

  • 23 Eric Wilson – Redshirt Freshman
  • 32 Zach Higgenbotham – Freshman
  • 33 Solomon Tentman – Redshirt Junior
  • 37 Lindsay Crook – Freshman
  • 38 Mason Antoun – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 40 Kevin Brown – Sophomore
  • 41 Kevin Hyland – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 43 Nick Temple – Junior
  • 44 Corey Mason – Redshirt Junior
  • 45 Ey'Shawn McClain – Redshirt Freshman
  • 48 Jeff Luc – Junior
  • 51 Greg Blair – Senior
  • 53 Franklin Bruscianelli – Redshirt Freshman
  • 57 Clemente Casseus – Junior

Special teams

  • 14 Tony Miliano – Redshirt Junior (K)
  • 24 John Lloyd – Sophomore Junior (P)
  • 47 Jon Vincent – Freshman (LS)
  • 55 Andrew Gantz – Freshman (K)
  • 58 Sam Geraci – Freshman (P)
  • 61 Kirk Willis – Redshirt Sophomore (LS)

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • Eddie Gran – Offensive coordinator
  • Art Kaufman – Defensive coordinator
  • Robert Prunty – Associate head coach/defensive Ends
  • Steve Clinkscale – Defensive ends
  • Tyson Helton – Special teams coordinator/tight ends
  • Darin Hinshaw – Passing Game coordinator/quarterbacks
  • Darren Hiller – Offensive line
  • Blake Rolan – Wide receivers
  • Fred Tate – Defensive tackles
  • Joe walker – Director of Football Strength & Conditioning

[1]

Depth chart

as of December 27, 2013.

Awards and milestones

Offensive player of the week
  • Week 7: Brendon Kay[2]
  • Week 13: Brendon Kay[2]

Defensive player of the week
  • Week 10: Zach Edwards[2]

American Athletic Conference All-Conference First Team

[2]

American Athletic Conference All-Conference Second Team

[2]

Rankings
See also: 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
APRVRV——————————RVRVRVRV—
CoachesRVRV———RV—————RVRV2523RVRV
HarrisNot released—————RVRVRVRVNot released
BCSNot released————————Not released

References
  1. "2013 Cincinnati Bearcats football roster". gobearcats.com. University of Cincinnati Athletics.
  2. "American Athletic Conference Media Guide" (PDF). American Athletic Conference. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
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