Kay Lifts Cincinnati Past Rutgers, 52-17

Nov. 16, 2013

17 RUTGERS (5-4, 2-3 AAC) Rank: NR/NR	1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH F 7 0 0 10 17 24 14 7 7 52 Final Stats | Notes | Photo Gallery Piscataway, N.J. • Attendance: 40,870	52 CINCINNATI (8-2, 5-1 AAC) Rank: NR/NR

STATS COMPARISON First Downs 26 21 Rushing Att.-Yards 28-112 33-108 Passing Yards 507 249 Passing (C-A-I) 28-43-1 27-51-2 Total Offense 619 357 Punts-Avg. 4-50.0 9-41.9 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 7-70 8-70 Time of Possession 28:08 31:52 3rd-Down Conversions 5-12 8-20 4th-Down Conversions 1-1 1-2 SCORING SUMMARY FIRST QUARTER Miliano 30-yd field goal 3 0 McKay 24-yd pass from Kay (Miliano kick) 10 0 Coleman 16-yd pass from Nova (Federico kick) 10 7 McKay 66-yd pass from Kay (Miliano kick) 17 7 Moore 28-yd pass from Washington (Miliano kick) 24 7 SECOND QUARTER Luallen 9-yd run (Miliano kick) 31 7 Washington 41-yd pass from Kay (Miliano kick) 38 7 THIRD QUARTER Moore 14-yd pass from Kay (Miliano kick) 45 7 FOURTH QUARTER McKay 34-yd pass from Luallen (Miliano kick) 52 7 Huggins 1-yd run (Federico kick) 52 14 Federico 36-yd field goal 52 17

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - Brendon Kay threw for a career-best 408 yards and four touchdowns, Mekale McKay caught three TDs and Cincinnati rolled to its fifth straight win with a 52-17 thrashing of Rutgers on Saturday.

The Bearcats (8-2, 5-1 American Athletic Conference) gained 619 yards in total offense, including 422 in the first half when they jumped to a 38-7 lead behind Kay and couple of trick plays.

Kay hit McKay on touchdowns plays of 24 and 66 yards in the first quarter. He added a 41-yarder to Shaq Washington in the second and a 15-yarder to Chris Moore in the third quarter. McKay got his career-best final touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 34-yard pass from Jordan Luallen, who also had a 9-yard TD run.

Gary Nova threw a touchdown pass to Brandon Coleman for Rutgers (5-4, 2-3), which lost for the third time in four games.