The 2018 season's largest margin: Cincinnati 63, Alabama A&M 7. A 56-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2018 — The Ten-Win Year
Cincinnati's 2018 season (11-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Desmond RidderQB2,445 passing yards
- Hayden MooreQB312 passing yards
- Michael Warren IIRB1,328 rushing yards
- Tavion ThomasRB499 rushing yards
- Charles McClellandRB485 rushing yards
- Kahlil LewisWR782 receiving yards
- Rashad MedarisWR472 receiving yards
- Josiah DeguaraTE468 receiving yards
- Malik ClementsLB68 tackles
- Jarell WhiteLB56 tackles
- Bryan WrightLB55 tackles
- Cortez BroughtonDT5.5 sacks
- Kimoni FitzDE4.5 sacks
- Michael PittsDE4 sacks
Season leaders, 2018.
The season's deepest loss: Cincinnati 13, UCF 38. A 25-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Cincinnati beat Virginia Tech 35-31 in the postseason.
"Go Bearcats"
2018 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.