Team: Cincinnati Bearcats
Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Conference: Conference USA
Sport: College Football
Background: The University of Cincinnati
is located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 1819, Cincinnati College and the Medical College
of Ohio were founded in Cincinnati. In 1870, the City
of Cincinnati established the University of Cincinnati,
absorbing Cincinnati College and the Medical College
of Ohio. University of Cincinnati became a "municipally-sponsored,
state-affiliated" institution in 1968. During this
time, the University of Cincinnati was the second-oldest
and second-largest municipal university in the country.
It became one of Ohio's state universities in 1977.
It now has an annual enrollment of more than 30,000
students.
The school's sports teams are known as Bearcats. Cincinnati
competes in NCAA Division I sports (I-A for football)
as a member of Conference USA, but will move to the
Big East Conference in fall 2005. The school's best-known
athletic alumni are Baseball Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax
and all-time basketball great Oscar Robertson.