Orlando, Fla. – Entering Saturday, the last regular-season loss in conference play for the University of Cincinnati football team came on Nov. 29, 2019. That's 17 straight American Athletic Conference regular-season wins.
Cincinnati had won 19 straight games in conference play including back-to-back wins in AAC title games.
Both of those streaks are over.
The No. 20/19-ranked Bearcats (Associated Press/coaches polls) Bearcats allowed 258 rushing yards and three touchdowns on the ground and fell to Central Florida 25-21 in front of a sold-out crowd Saturday inside UCF's FBC Mortgage Stadium.
"I think they had a good game plan going into our game," Cincinnati graduate linebacker Wil Huber said.