Cincinnati vs. North Texas
Cincinnati and North Texas have 17 meetings on file, the first in 1958; North Texas leads the series 9–7–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s North Texas 7–3. Share
- Cincinnati wins
- 7
- North Texas wins
- 9
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1958
- Longest streak
- 5 North Texas
- Current streak
- 1 North Texas
- Last 10 meetings
- North Texas 7–3
- Most recent
- 2002
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 3–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 16.7 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Cincinnati
- 4–4 Cincinnati’s record at home
- At North Texas
- 4–3–1 North Texas’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Cincinnati first
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Cincinnati’s biggest win1973: Cincinnati 52, North Texas 3by 49 points
- North Texas’s biggest win1966: North Texas 35, Cincinnati 13by 22 points
- Upset1965: North Texas 28, Cincinnati 24North Texas had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Cincinnati | Series | North Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958–1960 | George Blackburn | 1–1–1 | Odus Mitchell |
| 1961–1966 | Charles Studley | 3–3 | Odus Mitchell |
| 1969–1972 | Ray Callahan | 2–2 | Rod Rust |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Cincinnati’s side (Blackburn 1–1–1 against Mitchell). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| North Texas RB Kevin Galbreath | 2002 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers

1962 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 23, 1962
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Dec 17, 2002 | North Texas 24, Cincinnati 19 | Caesars Superdome | New Orleans Bowl | |
| Nov 3, 1973 | Cincinnati 52, North Texas 3 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Nov 4, 1972 | North Texas 27, Cincinnati 25 | at North Texas | ||
| Nov 6, 1971 | Cincinnati 40, North Texas 7 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Nov 7, 1970 | Cincinnati 30, North Texas 10 | at North Texas | ||
| Nov 1, 1969 | North Texas 31, Cincinnati 30 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Nov 2, 1968 | North Texas 55, Cincinnati 34 | at North Texas | ||
| Oct 28, 1967 | North Texas 34, Cincinnati 14 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Nov 5, 1966 | North Texas 35, Cincinnati 13 | at North Texas | ||
| Oct 30, 1965 | North Texas 28, Cincinnati 24 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Nov 7, 1964 | Cincinnati 27, North Texas 6 | at North Texas | ||
| Nov 9, 1963 | Cincinnati 39, North Texas 7 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Oct 20, 1962 | North Texas 14, Cincinnati 8 | at North Texas | ||
| Oct 28, 1961 | Cincinnati 21, North Texas 9 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Oct 1, 1960 | Cincinnati 21, North Texas 0 | at North Texas | ||
| Oct 10, 1959 | North Texas 21, Cincinnati 6 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Nov 1, 1958 | North Texas 8, Cincinnati 8 | at North Texas |
Every game is listed as played on the field.