UCLA sets home-and-home series against Cincinnati in 2018, 2019

UCLA has scheduled a home-and-home series against Cincinnati, set for the 2018 and 2019. The first game will be played at the Rose Bowl as the season opener, while the next game will be at Nippert Stadium.

Cincinnati athletic director Mike Bohn first announced those plans on Thursday, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer, but said then that the series was tentatively scheduled for the 2019 and 2020 seasons.

The games will mark the first-ever meetings between the Bruins and the Bearcats.

This is how UCLA’s nonconference schedule is currently constructed for the next decade:

2015
Sept. 5 Virginia
Sept. 12 at UNLV
Sept. 19 BYU

2016

Sept. 3 at Texas A&M
Sept. 10 UNLV
Sept. 17 at BYU

2017

Sept. 2 Texas A&M
Sept. 9 Hawai’i
Sept. 16 at Memphis

2018

Sept. 1 Cincinnati
Sept. 8 at Oklahoma
Sept. 15 Fresno State

2019

Aug. 31 San Diego State
Sept. 7 at Cincinnati
Sept. 14 Oklahoma

2020

Sept. 5 Rutgers
Sept. 12 TBD
Sept. 19 at San Diego State

2021

Sept. 4 LSU
Sept. 11 at Rutgers
Sept. 18 TBD

2022

Sept. 3 TBD
Sept. 10 at Michigan
Sept. 17 TBD

2023

Sept. 2 Michigan
Sept. 9 TBD
Sept. 16 TBD

2024

Aug. 31 at LSU

Updated at 4:53 p.m.