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Cincinnati vs. Pacific

Cincinnati and Pacific first met in 1950 and have played 7 times; Cincinnati leads the series 5–⁠2. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Cincinnati 5–⁠2, and Cincinnati has won the last 3.

Cincinnati wins
5
Pacific wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1950
Longest streak
3 Cincinnati
Current streak
3 Cincinnati
Last 10 meetings
Cincinnati 5–⁠2
Most recent
1959

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s5–⁠2
Average margin
7.3 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cincinnati
4–⁠0 Cincinnati’s record at home
At Pacific
2–⁠1 Pacific’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Cincinnati’s biggest win1959: Cincinnati 21, Pacific 14by 7 points
  2. Pacific’s biggest win1955: Pacific 27, Cincinnati 13by 14 points
  3. Upset1958: Cincinnati 12, Pacific 6Cincinnati had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cincinnati and Pacific, 1950 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1954 game: Cincinnati Defeats College Of Pacific

    1954 · Evening star, Oct 31, 1954

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

Oct 24, 1959Cincinnati 21, Pacific 14at Cincinnati
Oct 18, 1958Cincinnati 12, Pacific 6at Pacific
Oct 26, 1957Cincinnati 7, Pacific 2at Cincinnati
Oct 6, 1956Pacific 21, Cincinnati 15at Pacific
Oct 1, 1955Pacific 27, Cincinnati 13at Pacific
Oct 30, 195420Cincinnati 13, Pacific 7at Cincinnati
Nov 11, 1950Cincinnati 14, Pacific 7at Cincinnati

Every game is listed as played on the field.