The 2020 season's largest margin: Cincinnati 49, Memphis 10. A 39-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2020 — The Top-10 Year
Cincinnati finished 2020 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Desmond RidderQB2,296 passing yards
- Gerrid DoaksRB673 rushing yards
- Jerome FordRB483 rushing yards
- Josh WhyleTE353 receiving yards
- Jayshon JacksonWR337 receiving yards
- Michael YoungWR332 receiving yards
- Jarell WhiteLB77 tackles
- Darrian BeaversLB58 tackles
- Joel DublankoLB51 tackles
- Myjai SandersDE7 sacks
- Malik VannDE2.5 sacks
- Curtis BrooksDT2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2020.
The season's deepest loss: Cincinnati 21, Georgia 24. A 3-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Cincinnati fell to Georgia 21-24 in the postseason.
"Go Bearcats"
2020 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.