BEARCAT NATION · BIG 12 · SINCE 1893
Cincinnati Season by Season
Every Cincinnati football season on one page back to 1893: won-lost records, conference records, bowl results and final rankings for all 112 of them.
SEASON BY SEASON
112 SEASONS · 1893–2026 · 392–421–12 ALL-TIME · 13 NAMED BOWL GAMES
| SEASON | RECORD | CONFERENCE | BOWL | FINAL RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 2025 | 7–6 | 5–4 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl (L) | – |
| 2024 | 5–7 | 3–6 | – | – |
| 2023 | 3–9 | 1–8 | – | – |
| 2022 | 9–4 | 6–2 | Wasabi Fenway Bowl (L) | – |
| 2021 | 13–1 | 9–0 | CFP Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (L) | #4 |
| 2020 | 9–1 | 7–0 | Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (L) | #8 |
| 2019 | 11–3 | 7–2 | TICKETSMARTER BIRMINGHAM BOWL (W) | #21 |
| 2018 | 11–2 | 6–2 | Postseason (not named) | #24 |
| 2017 | 4–8 | 2–6 | – | – |
| 2016 | 4–8 | 1–7 | – | – |
| 2015 | 7–6 | 4–4 | HAWAI'I BOWL (L) | – |
| 2014 | 9–4 | 7–1 | MILITARY BOWL PRESENTED BY NORTHROP GRUMMAN (L) | – |
| 2013 | 9–4 | 6–2 | BELK BOWL (L) | – |
| 2012 | 10–3 | 5–2 | BELK BOWL (W) | – |
| 2011 | 10–3 | 5–2 | AutoZone LIBERTY BOWL (W) | #25 |
| 2010 | 4–8 | 2–5 | – | – |
| 2009 | 12–1 | 7–0 | ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL (L) | #8 |
| 2008 | 11–3 | 6–1 | FEDEX ORANGE BOWL (L) | #17 |
| 2007 | 10–3 | 4–3 | Postseason (not named) | #17 |
| 2006 | 8–5 | 4–3 | INTERNATIONAL BOWL AT TORONTO ON (W) | – |
| 2005 | 4–7 | 2–5 | – | – |
| 2004 | 7–5 | 5–4 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 2003 | 5–7 | 3–6 | – | – |
| 2002 | 7–7 | 6–3 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 2001 | 7–5 | 5–3 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 2000 | 7–5 | 5–2 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1999 | 3–8 | 0–6 | – | – |
| 1998 | 2–9 | 1–5 | – | – |
| 1997 | 8–4 | 2–4 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1996 | 6–5 | 2–3 | – | – |
| 1995 | 6–5 | – | – | – |
| 1994 | 2–8–1 | – | – | – |
| 1993 | 8–3 | – | – | – |
| 1992 | 3–8 | – | – | – |
| 1991 | 4–7 | – | – | – |
| 1990 | 1–10 | – | – | – |
| 1989 | 1–9–1 | – | – | – |
| 1988 | 3–8 | – | – | – |
| 1987 | 4–7 | – | – | – |
| 1986 | 4–6 | – | – | – |
| 1985 | 5–6 | – | – | – |
| 1984 | 2–9 | – | – | – |
| 1983 | 4–6–1 | – | – | – |
| 1982 | 5–5 | – | – | – |
| 1981 | 6–5 | – | – | – |
| 1980 | 2–8 | – | – | – |
| 1979 | 2–9 | – | – | – |
| 1978 | 5–6 | – | – | – |
| 1977 | 5–4–2 | – | – | – |
| 1976 | 8–3 | – | – | – |
| 1975 | 6–5 | – | – | – |
| 1974 | 6–4 | – | – | – |
| 1973 | 2–7 | – | – | – |
| 1972 | 2–7 | – | – | – |
| 1971 | 5–4 | – | – | – |
| 1970 | 5–4 | – | – | – |
| 1969 | 2–6 | – | – | – |
| 1968 | 2–4–1 | – | – | – |
| 1967 | 2–5 | – | – | – |
| 1966 | 2–6 | – | – | – |
| 1965 | 3–4 | – | – | – |
| 1964 | 5–1 | – | – | – |
| 1963 | 4–3 | – | – | – |
| 1962 | 1–6 | – | – | – |
| 1961 | 2–5 | – | – | – |
| 1960 | 3–3 | – | – | – |
| 1959 | 3–3 | – | – | – |
| 1958 | 3–2–1 | – | – | – |
| 1957 | 1–3–1 | – | – | – |
| 1956 | 1–3 | – | – | – |
| 1955 | 0–3–1 | – | – | – |
| 1954 | 4–1 | – | – | – |
| 1953 | 3–0 | – | – | – |
| 1952 | 2–1–1 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1951 | 5–0 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1950 | 2–3 | 0–0 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1949 | 2–2 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1948 | 0–4–1 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1947 | 1–1 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1946 | 3–2 | – | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1945 | 1–1 | – | – | – |
| 1942 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1941 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1940 | 1–1–1 | – | – | – |
| 1939 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1937 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1936 | 0–3 | – | – | – |
| 1935 | 1–0 | – | – | – |
| 1934 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1933 | 1–1 | – | – | – |
| 1932 | 1–0 | – | – | – |
| 1931 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1930 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1924 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1923 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1922 | 0–3 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1921 | 0–2 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1920 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1919 | 1–2 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1916 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1915 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1909 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1908 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1906 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1905 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1904 | 1–0 | – | – | – |
| 1903 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1900 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1899 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1898 | 1–0 | – | – | – |
| 1893 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
Conference records aren’t recorded for earlier seasons, so those rows show overall records only.
9 further seasons include postseason games our source doesn’t name. They may be bowls, conference championship games or other postseason games, so they aren’t added to the bowl total above.
Final rankings begin with the 1936 season, when the AP poll started. Earlier seasons are blank because no poll existed, not because the team was unranked.