By The Numbers: The Tuberville Tenure

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So I kinda got into it on Twitter last night. Given the bad taste in everyone’s mouth after the Miami win, I figured it was finally time to sit down and sort out my feelings about Tommy Tuberville. It’s something I’ve been avoiding, because I don’t want to hate the guy, and his resume at UC is kind of complicated. In his 43 games in Cincy, my feelings towards him have absolutely run the gamut. I’m sure everyone else feels the same. Without playing psychologist and trying to dissect why everyone seems to have turned on him (and whether or not those reasons are valid), I wanted to bring some kind of semblance to his first 43 games in Clifton. The last 75% of this season is going to make or break his Cincinnati tenure, so I’m here to establish a baseline. Here are the hard facts on Tuberville at UC, personal opinions aside:

[Note: You can’t glean anything––positive or negative––from an FCS game. Therefore, all stats include FBS games only. If there is a stat you think should be added, tweet me.]

Win-Loss Record:

2013: 8–4

2014: 9–4

2015: 6–6

2016: 2–1

Total: 25–15 (.625)

Conference Record:

2013: 6–2

2014: 7–1

2015: 4–4

2016: 0–1

Total: 17–8 (.680)

Non-Conference Record:

2013: 2–2

2014: 2–3

2015: 2–2

2016: 2–0

Total: 8–7

vs Teams With 8+ Wins:

2013: 1–1

2014: 3–2

2015: 1–6

2016: N/A

Total: 5–9 (.357)

vs Non-Bowl Eligible Teams:

2013: 6–2

2014: 5–0

2015: 3–0

2016: N/A

Total: 14–2 (.875)

Blowout Wins:

(Wins by 21 points or more.)

2013: 3

2014: 4

2015: 2

2016: 0

Total: 9

Blowout Losses:

(Losses by 21 points or more.)

2013: 2

2014: 3

2015: 2

2016: 1

Total: 8

Narrow Wins:

(Wins by eight points or less.)

2013: 2

2014: 4

2015: 2

2016: 1

Total: 9

Narrow Losses:

(Losses by eight points or less.)

2013: 2

2014: 0

2015: 3

2016: 0

Total: 5

Home Record:

(Any game played at Nippert or Paul Brown Stadium.)

2013: 4–1

2014: 5–1*

2015: 4–1

2016: 1–1

Total: 14–4 (.778)

Record Away From Home:

(Any game played outside of Nippert or Paul Brown Stadium.)

2013: 4–3

2014: 4–3

2015: 2–5

2016: 1–0

Total: 11–11 (.500)

Record on Short Week:

(Games with five or fewer days to prepare.)

2013: 0–0

2014: 0–0

2015: 0–1

2016: 0–1

Total: 0–2 (.000)

Record on Long Week:

(Games with nine or more days to prepare.)

2013: 2–3

2014: 2–1

2015: 0–2

2016: 2–0

Total: 6–6 (.500)

Weekdays:

2013: 2–1

2014: 4–0

2015: 1–4

2016: 0–1

Total: 7–6 (.538)

Saturdays:

2013: 6–3

2014: 5–4

2015: 5–2

2016: 2–0

Total: 18–9 (.667)

By Month:

August: 1–0 (1.000)

September: 6–5 (.545)

October: 9–4 (.692)

November: 8–2 (.800)

December: 1–4 (.200)

Big Games:

(I’ve defined “big games” as games against Miami OH and Louisville, games against conference teams with 8+ wins that season, and bowl games.)

2013: 2–2

2014: 3–2

2015: 1–5

2016: 1–0

Total: 7–9 (.438)

Must Win Games:

(This stat does include FCS teams. You “must win” against FCS teams, Miami OH, and teams who were not bowl eligible that season.)

2013: 7–2

2014: 5–0

2015: 4–0

2016: 2–0

Total: 18–2 (.900)

SportsCenter Games:

(I don’t know what else to call these, but they’re the games that are talked about in the national media: Bowl games and games against ranked teams.)

2013: 0–2

2014: 0–2

2015: 0–2

2015: 0–1

Total: 0–7 (.000)