Cincinnati Visits Kansas for Big 12 Opener on Saturday – College of Cincinnati Athletics

CINCINNATI – Having received its final two video games and coming off a bye week, Cincinnati will head to Lawrence, Kan. for its first Big 12 sport of the 12 months at Kansas this Saturday. The Bearcats and Jayhawks will kick off at midday ET at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.

The sport might be broadcast on TNT with simulcasts on truTV and HBO Max.

Saturday’s sport would be the fourth all-time between Cincinnati and Kansas and the second as Big 12 foes.

The Bearcats are coming off back-to-back house wins, the most recent being a 70-0 drubbing of Northwestern State on Sept. 13. The win was the biggest within the trendy period for the Bearcats and featured top-of-the-line quarterback performances in current reminiscence by Brendan Sorsby. The UC sign caller accomplished 15-of-15 passes for 253 yards and 5 touchdowns, all of which got here within the first quarter. Sorsby turned the primary QB in class historical past and eighth FBS quarterback since 1995 to throw 5 touchdowns in 1 / 4.

Sorsby has benefitted from excellent offensive line play by means of three video games. His linemen have stored him off the bottom by means of the primary three video games of the season, as Cincinnati is the one staff within the nation to not permit a sack to date.

Redshirt senior Gavin Gerhardt, who has began extra video games at UC than another present Bearcat, has been impressed together with his fellow offensive linemen to date. In truth, he thinks this line has an opportunity to be his finest since he arrived on campus.

“I think as the season progresses, it could be the best,” Gerhardt said prior to the Northwestern State game. “I truly believe that. I think we have a great group of guys in that room, top to bottom, freshmen included. Guys that are really talented, that love the game, love playing for one another. I think it could be the best one. Obviously, I won’t put that mark by us right now. We have to go out and prove it every day and every week, but that’s our goal for sure.”

Defensively, UC is once more forcing opponents to place the ball on the bottom after excelling at it a 12 months in the past. Cincinnati’s 4 compelled fumbles are tied for second within the Big 12. Redshirt junior Antwan Peek Jr. compelled a fumble vs. Northwestern State, the fifth of his profession. That ranks sixth in class historical past, although he nonetheless has a methods to go earlier than catching the report holder, his father Antwan Sr., who compelled 17 fumbles in his illustrious profession.

The Bearcats’ run protection has held every of the final two opponents to fewer than 100 yards speeding and ranks third within the Big 12 in speeding yards allowed per sport (92.0).

Kansas is 3-1 and received its first Big 12 sport of the 12 months this previous Saturday, a 41-10 victory vs. West Virginia. Quarterback Jalon Daniels threw for 3 landing passes and Emmanuel Henderson Jr. returned a 94-yard kickoff for a landing en path to Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors.

BROADCAST INFO

The sport might be broadcast on TNT and might be simulcast on truTV and HBO Max. J.B. Long (play-by-play) and Mike Golic Jr. (analyst), and Lauren Jbara (sideline) may have the decision. The sport might be broadcast on radio by way of 700 WLW and SiriusXM Channel 381 with Dan Hoard (pxp), Jim Kelly (analyst) and Tony Pike (sideline) on the decision.

BEARCATS OPEN BIG 12 PLAY FOLLOWING HISTORIC WIN AND BYE WEEK

• Following its first bye week of the season, the Cincinnati soccer staff will journey to Lawrence, Kan., to open Big 12 play on the highway towards Kansas at David Booth Stadium. The Jayhawks are 3-1 and coming off a 41-10 victory over West Virginia.
• The Bearcats picked up a powerful 70-0 victory over Southland Conference, FCS-opponent, Northwestern State of their final sport on Sept. 13. The Bearcats set a college report with seven landing passes and tied a college report with 10 whole touchdowns. QB Brendan Sorsby threw 5 touchdowns within the first quarter and UC recorded its second shutout in 15 video games.
• Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels, the 2023 Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year, ranks third within the nation with 12 TD passes.
• Led by Sorsby (12 whole TDs), All-Big 12 TE Joe Royer and an impressive group of switch WRs, the Bearcats rank third within the nation in yards per play (8.38). Sixth-year senior staff captain Gavin Gerhardt leads an offensive line that’s the solely o-line within the nation to not permit a sack but. The Bearcats’ line earned Big 12 Offensive Line of the Week for Week 2.
• Two-time All-American NT Dontay Corleone was injured within the BGSU sport. His standing is week-to-week.
• The Bearcats completed 1-1 following the bye week final season, profitable at UCF and falling at house to West Virginia.
• Saturday’s matchup marks the second sport UC will play within the Kansas City space, having opened the season towards Nebraska at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Cincinnati will keep in the identical lodge because it did for the season opener.

 

A GLANCE AT THE RECORD BOOK

• Cincinnati will play on Sept. 27 for the primary time in 11 years – since Sept. 27, 2014 – when 10-year NFL veteran Chris Moore had one of many biggest video games in UC historical past, tallying three catches for 221 yards and three touchdowns in a loss at Ohio State. His 221 receiving yards are nonetheless the third-most in class historical past. He had touchdowns of 83 yards, 78 yards and 60 yards.
• DUAL THREAT SORSBY NAMED BIG 12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• QB Brendan Sorsby was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for Week 3 following his unimaginable six-touchdown efficiency within the 70-0 win over Northwestern State on Sept. 13.
• He accomplished 15 of 15 passes for 253 yards and 5 touchdowns by means of the air to go together with a speeding rating.
• He turned simply the fifth FBS quarterback within the final 30 years to complete a sport with an ideal completion share on not less than 15 go makes an attempt. His 99.8 QBR is the second-highest in Big 12 historical past and the best by a quarterback within the nation this 12 months.
• All 5 of Sorsby’s passing touchdowns got here within the first quarter, making him the fifth FBS quarterback since 1995 to throw 5 touchdowns in 1 / 4. His 5 TDs set a college report for many passing touchdowns in 1 / 4 and in a half.
• Cincinnati threw for a school-record seven touchdowns vs. the Demons with Brady Lichtenberg and Samaj Jones additionally tossing TDs.
• The final two video games: Sorsby has accomplished 82.1% (32-39) passes for 586 yards and eight touchdowns with no interceptions and two speeding touchdowns. He has extra landing passes than incompletions during the last two video games.
• Through three video games this season, Sorsby is 45-for-64 (70.3%) passing with 655 yards and eight touchdowns, and he additionally leads the Bearcats in speeding yards (175) and touchdowns (4). He ranks sixth within the nation in whole QBR (89.0).
• Sorsby’s finest sport as a Bearcat got here in his first highway Big 12 sport final season when he handed for 426 yards and 4 touchdowns to go together with 52 speeding yards in a 44-41 shootout loss at Texas Tech. His 478 whole yards have been probably the most in a single sport within the Big 12 in 2024. His 9 speeding TDs in 2024 led all Big 12 QBs, as properly.

 

HISTORY VERSUS KANSAS

• Cincinnati is 1-2 towards Kansas all-time, choosing up a win in 1997 and losses in 1995 and 2023.
• In the final assembly – the common season finale at Nippert Stadium in 2023 – the Jayhawks used 562 yards of whole offense to defeat the Bearcats, 49-16. The spotlight for UC was Corey Kiner speeding for 106 yards to eclipse 1,000 yards. RB Ryan Montgomery caught a TD and threw a TD. LB Jonathan Thompson led UC with 9 tackles and DT Dontay Corleone had a compelled fumble.
• UC defeated Kansas, 34-7, on Sept. 20, 1997, at Nippert Stadium. Cincinnati held Kansas to simply 53 yards of whole offense, together with a college report low -46 yards speeding. The win was a part of a historic 1997 season underneath Rick Minter because the Bearcats completed 8-4 and went to its first bowl since 1951.

 

NEWS AND NOTES

• Senior LB Jake Golday was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week following his 12-tackle, one-sack efficiency versus Nebraska. He was one in all three Bearcats on Bruce Feldman’s annual “Freaks” List, becoming a member of WR Jeff Caldwell and Corleone. Fellow senior LB Jack Dingle was on the checklist in 2024. Golday began his profession as a DE at Central Arkansas. His 9.3 tackles per sport common ranks second within the Big 12.
• Led by Golday, Cincinnati’s protection ranks No. 18 within the nation in yards per play allowed (4.14).
• Ok Stephen Rusnak has made 14 straight FGs and is 3 for 3 in 2025 after making all 11 of his tries at Charlotte in 2024. He is the one kicker within the nation to be good in 2024 and 2025.
• Sorsby, Corleone, Gerhardt and seventh-year CB Logan Wilson are Cincinnati’s captains this season. Corleone and Gerhardt are the simply the third and fourth gamers to be named three-time staff captains in class historical past.
• UC introduced in 39 new scholarship gamers in 2025, together with 21 transfers – led by Tennessee DB Christian Harrison, All-MAC G Taran Tyo, All-Sun Belt CB Matthew McDoom and FCS All-Americans WR Jeff Caldwell and LT Joe Cotton.