Cincinnati earned bragging rights between in-state rivals for at the least two years with a 27-16 victory over host Miami (Ohio) in Oxford, Ohio, on Saturday.
A pair of Ohio State transfers led the way in which for the Bearcats (2-1). Joe Royer’s 3-yard landing catch gave them a 10-3 lead within the second quarter and Evan Pryor made it 24-10 within the fourth quarter with a 65-yard run.
Pryor carried thrice for 76 yards, Corey Kiner had 21 rushes for 126 yards and Brendan Sorsby threw for 186 yards and a landing, finishing 21 of his 34 go makes an attempt.
Brett Gabbert’s 7-yard go to Cade McDonald pulled the RedHawks (0-2) to inside 24-16 with 7:57 to play after a failed two-point conversion.
Gabbert was 23-of-35 passing for 339 yards, two TDs and an interception.
Cincinnati’s Nathan Hawks made a 50-yard subject aim with 59 seconds left for the ultimate rating.
Cincinnati took a 61-60-7 total lead within the collection which dates to 1888 after Miami ended the Bearcats’ 16-game successful streak in “The Battle for the Victory Bell” final season.
Nonetheless, all future on-campus video games, together with a beforehand scheduled 2025 sport at Cincinnati, have been canceled. The groups will subsequent play in 2026 at Paycor Stadium, residence of the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals, and the athletic administrators at each faculties mentioned they wish to proceed the collection each few years at a impartial website.
The Bearcats acquired the second-half kickoff and went 75 yards in 12 performs to increase their result in 17-3 on a Kiner 1-yard plunge. Gabbert tossed a 58-yard scoring strike to Reggie Virgil to make it 17-10.
Cincinnati led 10-3 in a irritating first half for each groups. The Bearcats got here inside inches of TD with 18 seconds left within the first half however a 21-yard scoring catch by Royer was overturned upon evaluate when the ball was knocked out of his fingers as he stretched for the suitable pylon and it rolled out of bounds for a touchback.
Gabbert had three completions of greater than 35 yards however could not produce a TD.
The rating was 3-3 within the first quarter when Miami punter Alec Bevelhimer fumbled the snap for a 16-yard loss to the RedHawks’ 3 and Royer made the TD catch on the subsequent play.
— Area Degree Media
