The game wasn’t very pretty, or very exciting, but the Cincinnati Bearcats made history by winning the Victory Bell for the 6th year in a row. The Bearcats defense was all over Miami, holding the Redhawks to 264 yards, -3 rushing. That’s the second week in a row UC has given up negative yards rushing. UC forced a pair of turnovers. One of them was a fumble recovery on a high snap for a punt, that JK Schaffer took in for his first career TD. Deven Drane had an INT in the red zone to help with the shutout. UC forced a goalline stand to start the second half, and Miami never threatened again.
The offense wasn’t that great. Zach Collaros had 3 turnovers. If that wasn’t bad enough, all 3 were in the red zone. 2 were poor throws on plays Zach should have thrown the ball away. The other was a fumble on a fake handoff, QB option type play. Isaiah Pead scored twice, but only had 49 yards.
The important thing is that the Bearcats won the game. 27-0 is a good score. They got their first shutout since 2006. Hell of an accomplishment. That’s something last year’s team would not have done. Folks, we have a good team on our hands.
Box scores courtesy of ESPN
Team Stat Comparison
| Cincinnati | Miami (OH) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 19 | 14 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 7-16 | 3-17 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| Total Yards | 398 | 264 |
| Passing | 251 | 267 |
| Comp-Att | 16-30 | 21-35 |
| Yards per pass | 8.4 | 7.6 |
| Rushing | 147 | -3 |
| Rushing Attempts | 40 | 38 |
| Yards per rush | 3.7 | -0.1 |
| Penalties | 5-40 | 8-105 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Fumbles lost | 2 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 2 | 1 |
| Possession | 29:50 | 30:10 |
| Cincinnati Passing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | |
| Z. Collaros | 16/30 | 251 | 8.4 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 16/30 | 251 | 8.4 | 1 | 2 |
| Miami (OH) Passing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | |
| Z. Dysert | 19/33 | 252 | 7.6 | 0 | 1 |
| A. Boucher | 2/2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 21/35 | 267 | 7.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Cincinnati Rushing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| Z. Collaros | 15 | 89 | 5.9 | 0 | 17 |
| I. Pead | 18 | 49 | 2.7 | 2 | 11 |
| J. Poteat | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 4 |
| D. Woods | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| R. Abernathy | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 40 | 147 | 3.7 | 2 | 17 |
| Miami (OH) Rushing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| E. Finklea | 12 | 18 | 1.5 | 0 | 7 |
| C. Dupuy | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 12 |
| T. Jones | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 9 |
| N. Harwell | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Boucher | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 0 | 5 |
| D. Green | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Z. Dysert | 10 | -14 | -1.4 | 0 | 11 |
| -. Team | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 38 | -3 | -0.1 | 0 | 12 |
| Cincinnati Receiving | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| K. Thompkins | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 0 | 33 |
| A. Robinson | 1 | 72 | 72.0 | 0 | 72 |
| A. McClung | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 0 | 36 |
| T. Kelce | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 1 | 30 |
| G. Winn | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| I. Pead | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 16 | 251 | 15.7 | 1 | 72 |
| Miami (OH) Receiving | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| N. Harwell | 6 | 149 | 24.8 | 0 | 66 |
| D. Frazier | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | 17 |
| A. Cruse | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | 13 |
| C. Dupuy | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | 9 |
| J. Wurzelbacher | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Team | 21 | 267 | 12.7 | 0 | 66 |
| Cincinnati Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| K. Thompkins | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami (OH) Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| D. Nunley | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Kick Returns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | |
| R. Abernathy | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 |
| Team | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 |
| Miami (OH) Kick Returns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | |
| D. Nunley | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 19 |
| D. Scott | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 |
| Team | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 19 |
| Cincinnati Punt Returns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | |
| D. Woods | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 21 |
| -. Team | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 21 |
| Miami (OH) Punt Returns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | |
| N. Harwell | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 |
| D. Frazier | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 |
| Team | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 6 |
| Cincinnati Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| T. Miliano | 0/0 | 0.0 | — | 3/4 | 3 |
| Team | 0/0 | 0.0 | — | 3/4 | 3 |
| Miami (OH) Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| M. Krysinski | 0/1 | 0.0 | — | 0/0 | 0 |
| Team | 0/1 | 0.0 | — | 0/0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| P. O’Donnell | 7 | 297 | 42.4 | 1 | 3 | 59 |
| Team | 7 | 297 | 42.4 | 1 | 3 | 59 |
| Miami (OH) Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| A. Kokal | 7 | 226 | 32.3 | 2 | 0 | 61 |
| Z. Murphy | 4 | 138 | 34.5 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Team | 11 | 364 | 33.1 | 2 | 0 | 61 |
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