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Houston at No. 6 Cincinnati
Nippert Stadium
Nov. 7, 2020
Final Score: Cincinnati 38, Houston 10
Coin Toss:
- Today's captains for Cincinnati were #5 Darrick Forrest, #9 Desmond Ridder, and #58 Darius Harper. #58 Darius Harper was out for the coin toss today for Cincinnati. Cincinnati won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. Houston received the opening kickoff and the kick was to the north end of the stadium.
Series Notes:
- Cincinnati won for the seventh time in its last nine meetings with Houston. Houston owns a 15-12 edge in the series. The Bearcats improve to 7-5 at home against the Cougars.
General Notes:
- Cincinnati improves to 28-5 overall since the start of 2018. The Bearcats entered today's game ranked among the top seven teams in CFB in winning percentage during that span.
- Cincinnati improves its record to 6-0 (4-0 Conference) this season. It marks the Bearcats best start to a season since beginning the 2018 campaign at 6-0.
- UC has won a school-record 18 consecutive games at Nippert Stadium (5-0 this season). The Bearcats entered today's game with the fourth-longest active home win streak in the FBS.
- UC is one of four teams in the FBS to go undefeated at home the last two-plus seasons, joining Ohio State, Clemson and Notre Dame.
- UC also extends its conference home win streak to 12 games.
- UC improves to 10-1 all-time when ranked in the top 10 with the only loss coming to No. 5 Florida in the 2009 Sugar Bowl.
- The Bearcats have held all five of their FBS opponents this season to 13 points or fewer.
- Cincinnati is outscoring their opponents 236 to 70 this season.
- ABC broadcasted the Cincinnati-Houston game, the network's first show inside Nippert Stadium since Nov. 28, 2009.
- Sean McDonough, doing play-by-play for ABC, called his very first game in Nippert. McDonough was part of one of the most famous calls in UC lore, the come-from-behind win over Pittsburgh on Dec. 5, 2009 at Heinz Field. The game-winning play was commemorated with the Pike to Binns bobblehead in 2019.
Player Notes:
- #9 Desmond Ridder accounted for 265 total yards of offense and four touchdowns. He completed 17 of 27 passes for 162 yards and one touchdown. He ran for 103 yards and three scores on 12 rushes. It marks his sixth 100-yard rushing game of his career. Over the past three games he is responsible for 13 TDs (eight rushing/five passes). UC improves to 27-4 (.871) during Ridder's 31 career starts.
- #37 James Smith recorded four punts for 174 yards Saturday to become Cincinnati's all-time leader in punting yards with 9,515 career yards. He passes Chet Ervin (9,446 yards from 2002-05).
- #23 Gerrid Doaks rushed for a career-high 184 yards with one touchdown on 16 carries. He posted a career-long 72-yard run on UC's opening drive and capped it off with a 1-yard run to give the Bearcats a 7-0 lead.
- #81 Josh Whyle had a career-best five receptions for 48 yards and one touchdown.
- #6 Bryan Cook and #8 Jarrell White led the Bearcats with eight tackles apiece against Houston. Cook had six solo tackles and a breakup while White assisted on seven tackles and was credited with half of a tackle for loss.
- #13 Ty Van Fossen led UC with 3.0 tackles for loss to go with eight tackles.
- #5 Darrick Forrest registered his first interception of the season and fifth of his career.
- #3 Ja'Von Hicks forced a fumble and earned a fumble recovery Saturday. It marked the third forced fumble and fifth fumble recovered of his career.
Houston at No. 6 Cincinnati
Nippert Stadium
Nov. 7, 2020
Final Score: Cincinnati 38, Houston 10
Coin Toss:
- Today's captains for Cincinnati were #5 Darrick Forrest, #9 Desmond Ridder, and #58 Darius Harper. #58 Darius Harper was out for the coin toss today for Cincinnati. Cincinnati won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. Houston received the opening kickoff and the kick was to the north end of the stadium.
Series Notes:
- Cincinnati won for the seventh time in its last nine meetings with Houston. Houston owns a 15-12 edge in the series. The Bearcats improve to 7-5 at home against the Cougars.
General Notes:
- Cincinnati improves to 28-5 overall since the start of 2018. The Bearcats entered today's game ranked among the top seven teams in CFB in winning percentage during that span.
- Cincinnati improves its record to 6-0 (4-0 Conference) this season. It marks the Bearcats best start to a season since beginning the 2018 campaign at 6-0.
- UC has won a school-record 18 consecutive games at Nippert Stadium (5-0 this season). The Bearcats entered today's game with the fourth-longest active home win streak in the FBS.
- UC is one of four teams in the FBS to go undefeated at home the last two-plus seasons, joining Ohio State, Clemson and Notre Dame.
- UC also extends its conference home win streak to 12 games.
- UC improves to 10-1 all-time when ranked in the top 10 with the only loss coming to No. 5 Florida in the 2009 Sugar Bowl.
- The Bearcats have held all five of their FBS opponents this season to 13 points or fewer.
- Cincinnati is outscoring their opponents 236 to 70 this season.
- ABC broadcasted the Cincinnati-Houston game, the network's first show inside Nippert Stadium since Nov. 28, 2009.
- Sean McDonough, doing play-by-play for ABC, called his very first game in Nippert. McDonough was part of one of the most famous calls in UC lore, the come-from-behind win over Pittsburgh on Dec. 5, 2009 at Heinz Field. The game-winning play was commemorated with the Pike to Binns bobblehead in 2019.
Player Notes:
- #9 Desmond Ridder accounted for 265 total yards of offense and four touchdowns. He completed 17 of 27 passes for 162 yards and one touchdown. He ran for 103 yards and three scores on 12 rushes. It marks his sixth 100-yard rushing game of his career. Over the past three games he is responsible for 13 TDs (eight rushing/five passes). UC improves to 27-4 (.871) during Ridder's 31 career starts.
- #37 James Smith recorded four punts for 174 yards Saturday to become Cincinnati's all-time leader in punting yards with 9,515 career yards. He passes Chet Ervin (9,446 yards from 2002-05).
- #23 Gerrid Doaks rushed for a career-high 184 yards with one touchdown on 16 carries. He posted a career-long 72-yard run on UC's opening drive and capped it off with a 1-yard run to give the Bearcats a 7-0 lead.
- #81 Josh Whyle had a career-best five receptions for 48 yards and one touchdown.
- #6 Bryan Cook and #8 Jarrell White led the Bearcats with eight tackles apiece against Houston. Cook had six solo tackles and a breakup while White assisted on seven tackles and was credited with half of a tackle for loss.
- #13 Ty Van Fossen led UC with 3.0 tackles for loss to go with eight tackles.
- #5 Darrick Forrest registered his first interception of the season and fifth of his career.
- #3 Ja'Von Hicks forced a fumble and earned a fumble recovery Saturday. It marked the third forced fumble and fifth fumble recovered of his career.