Victory Bell (Cincinnati–Miami)

Victory Bell
111th Victory Bell logo
SportFootball
First meetingDecember 8, 1888
Cincinnati 0, Miami 0
Latest meetingSeptember 14, 2024
Cincinnati 27, Miami 16
Next meetingSeptember 19, 2026
TrophyVictory Bell
Statistics
Meetings total128
All-time seriesCincinnati, 61–60–7
Largest victoryCincinnati, 46–0 (1904)
Longest win streakCincinnati, 16 (2006–2022)
Current win streakCincinnati, 1 (2024–present)
30km
19miles
Miami
Cincinnati
Locations of Cincinnati and Miami

The Victory Bell is the trophy awarded to the winner of the American college football rivalry game played by the Cincinnati Bearcats football team of the University of Cincinnati and the Miami RedHawks football team of Miami University. The Victory Bell is the oldest current non-conference college football rivalry in the United States (though the teams were briefly conference rivals in the late 1940s and early 1950s). Having first been played in 1888, the rivalry is tied for being the oldest in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, with the North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry and the Duke–North Carolina football rivalry also dating to 1888. It is also the fourth-most played college football rivalry game, with 127 meetings total.