Cincinnati vs. Ohio State
Cincinnati and Ohio State have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1919; Ohio State leads the series 8–0 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Ohio State 8–0, and Ohio State has won the last 8. Share
- Cincinnati wins
- 0
- Ohio State wins
- 8
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1919
- Longest streak
- 8 Ohio State
- Current streak
- 8 Ohio State
- Last 10 meetings
- Ohio State 8–0
- Most recent
- 2019
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–2 |
- Average margin
- 30 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Cincinnati
- 0–1 Cincinnati’s record at home
- At Ohio State
- 7–0 Ohio State’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Ohio State’s biggest win1931: Ohio State 67, Cincinnati 6by 61 points
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
Biggest days
| Chris Moore Cincinnati | 3 catches, 221 yards, 3 TD | 2014 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1919 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 13, 1919
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
| Sep 7, 2019 | 5Ohio State 42, Cincinnati 0 | at Ohio State | ||
| Sep 27, 2014 | 22Ohio State 50, Cincinnati 28 | at Ohio State | ||
| Sep 16, 2006 | 1Ohio State 37, Cincinnati 7 | at Ohio State | ||
| Sep 4, 2004 | Ohio State 27, Cincinnati 6 | at Ohio State | ||
| Sep 21, 2002 | 6Ohio State 23, Cincinnati 19 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Sep 25, 1999 | 12Ohio State 34, Cincinnati 20 | at Ohio State | ||
| Oct 3, 1931 | Ohio State 67, Cincinnati 6 | at Ohio State | ||
| Oct 11, 1919 | Ohio State 46, Cincinnati 0 | at Ohio State |
Every game is listed as played on the field.