1981 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

American college football season

1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Pittsburgh		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Penn State		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Miami (FL)		–		–				9	–	2	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				9	–	2	–	1
No. 17 West Virginia		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		–				7	–	3	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Navy		–		–				7	–	4	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Florida State		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Tulane		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
UNLV		–		–				6	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				6	–	6	–	0
Temple		–		–				5	–	5	–	0
Boston College		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
East Carolina		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Louisville		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Rutgers		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
William & Mary		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				4	–	6	–	1
Richmond		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Army		–		–				3	–	7	–	1
North Texas State		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Memphis State		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented University of Cincinnati during 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	Youngstown State		L 13–16
September 12	at No. 9 Penn State		L 0–52	84,342
September 19	at No. 7 Pittsburgh		L 7–38	40,172
September 26	Rutgers	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 10–0
October 10	at Ohio		W 19–9
October 17	Richmond	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 27–18		[1]
October 24	Temple	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 13–24
October 31	Tulane	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 17–13	19,486	[2]
November 7	Memphis State	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH (rivalry)	W 38–7
November 14	Louisville		W 24–0
November 21	at Miami (OH)		L 3–7
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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