The Cincinnati Bearcats football team represents the University of Cincinnati in the American Athletic Conference. The Bearcats have played football since 1885 under more than 30 head coaches, including interim coaches, and have played in more than 1200 games in their 130 seasons. Collectively, the Bearcats hold a 599-574-50 record (.510), with the best non-interim record under Thomas F. Fennell (9-1-1, 0.864) and the worst, a winless season, under three different coaches.