Cincinnati athletic director John Cunningham issued a statement of apology Monday in regards to offensive chants directed at BYU during the Cougars’ road football game against the Bearcats this past weekend.

“On behalf of the University of Cincinnati and Bearcats Athletics, I want to sincerely apologize to the BYU community and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” Cunningham said.

“The use of offensive or religiously derogatory language by a group of fans during Saturday’s game was unacceptable and does not reflect our values.”

The chant, which was recorded on video and shared various times on social media, was “(expletive) the Mormons,” as previously reported by the Deseret News . View Comments

Cincinnati is the fourth university over the past year to issue an apology

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