No. 21 Bearcats Roll Baylor, 41-20, on Homecoming for Seventh-Straight Win – College of Cincinnati Athletics

CINCINNATI – No. 21 Cincinnati jumped out to a 24-0 lead, and the protection did the remaining by holding the nation’s main passer to a season-low 137 yards in a 41-20 victory over Baylor on Saturday at Historic Nippert Stadium on Homecoming.

The victory propelled the Bearcats to 7-1 and 5-0 within the Big 12. Cincinnati’s seven-game win streak is its first for the reason that 2021 College Football Playoff season and the Bearcats stay tied for first within the Big 12 with the BYU Cougars (each 5-0 within the league).

Cincinnati star redshirt junior quarterback Brendan Sorsby had 196 whole yards and three touchdowns, throwing for 2 and dashing for one. His ultimate two touchdowns of the sport got here with lower than seven minutes to go, turning a one-score battle right into a 21-point triumph.

Sorsby and operating backs Evan Pryor and Tawee Walker all rushed for TDs. The Bearcats’ 265 dashing yards have been additionally a season-high.

The Bearcats’ protection was terrific, holding Baylor quarterback Sawyer Robertson to simply 137 yards passing. The Bears have been the nation’s high passing offense within the nation getting into the weekend, averaging 334.3 yards per sport coming into Saturday. The all-red Homecoming crowd, the stout defensive efficiency, and the season-best sport from the dashing assault had head coach Scott Satterfield happy together with his Bearcats after the sport.

“What an awesome atmosphere,” Satterfield stated. “I’m really proud of our defense, Coach [Tyson] Veidt and the whole defensive staff put together a game plan to contain the nation’s top passing offense, and what they did tonight was incredible, holding them to 137 yards passing. I can’t say enough about what those guys did, and how well our players executed the plan all week long in practice. I thought he did an outstanding job with that. And then to have our offense to go out there and rush for 266 yards and to control the game that way. We haven’t really won games this year like this, where we won the time possession by 10 minutes. We were controlling the game, running the football, and I thought it was a good game plan to come in and be able to do that, keep their offense off the field.”

Cincinnati scored on its first two drives of the sport with Sorsby main a pair of 10+ play drives and senior operating backs Evan Pryor and Tawee Walker each scoring touchdowns.

Senior kicker Stephen Rusnak made discipline objectives from 46 and 36 yards to stay good (11 of 11) on the season. He has made 22 straight discipline objectives courting again to the 2024 season at Charlotte.

Robertson stored Baylor within the sport, engineering three landing drives in between the tip of the primary half and the beginning of the fourth quarter.

Baylor’s livid comeback try was successfully ended with a fourth-and-one conversion by Tawee Walker from the Baylor 25-yard line with Cincinnati in entrance 27-20 with 7:05 left within the sport.

Two performs later, Sorsby supplied the icing on the win when he stored the ball on an possibility play, juked a Baylor defender, and sprinted 23 yards to the endzone to place the Bearcats forward 34-20 with 6:13 left.

The Bearcats put a bow on it when Tayden Barnes’ compelled fumble on the following kickoff was recovered by Jiquan Sanks, main to a different Sorsby passing landing to Isaiah Johnson three performs later.

First Quarter

Cincinnati had two methodical landing drive on its first two drives of the sport, whereas the protection compelled a pair of punts and allowed Baylor to tally simply 13 whole yards.

The Bearcats opened the sport with an 11-play, 81-yard drive that culminated with a 1-yard Tawee Walker landing.

On UC’s subsequent drive, Sorsby rushed for 33 yards and located Royer for a 12-yard acquire earlier than senior operating again Evan Pryor had back-to-back rushes, together with a five-yard landing to make the rating 14-0 with 1:22 left within the first quarter.

Second Quarter

After Robertson’s 4th-and-3 go was incomplete for Baylor, Sorsby led one other lengthy drive for UC, this one a nine-play, 27-yard drive that arrange a 46-yard discipline purpose by senior Stephen Rusnak.

On the very subsequent play, Robertson accomplished a four-yard go to receiver Ashtyn Hawkins, who was hit by Cincinnati senior cornerback Logan Wilson and fumbled. Wilson recovered the fumble and gave Sorsby and the offense the ball on the Baylor 25-yard line.

Five performs later, Sorsby zipped a 12-yard landing go to senior receiver Cyrus Allen to place the Bearcats in entrance 24-0 with 2:34 remaining the half.

Baylor bought on the board within the ultimate seconds of the primary half, as Robertson discovered Baylor’s star tight finish Michael Trigg for a 6-yard landing with 16 seconds left within the half. The Bearcats stuffed the two-point conversion try and took a 27-6 lead into the break.

Third Quarter

Baylor acquired the ball popping out of halftime and had Robertson lead a 10-play, 80-yard drive that ended with a nine-yard landing catch from receiver Josh Cameron. Baylor once more did not convert the two-point conversion and UC led 24-12 at 10:36 within the third quarter.

Cincinnati responded with a 36-yard discipline purpose from Rusnak to increase its result in 27-12 on the 5:15 mark within the third quarter.

Fourth Quarter

Baylor strung collectively one other lengthy scoring drive into the fourth quarter with Robertson’s one-yard keeper capping a 13-play stretch. Baylor operating again Michael Turner’s run gave the Bears the two-point conversion, however Cincinnati nonetheless led 27-20 with 13:34 left within the sport.

Baylor’s livid comeback try was successfully ended with a fourth-and-one conversion by Tawee Walker from the Baylor 25-yard line with Cincinnati in entrance 27-20 with 7:05 left within the sport.

Two performs later, Sorsby supplied the icing on the win when he stored the ball on an possibility play, juked a Baylor defender, and sprinted 23 yards to the endzone to place the Bearcats forward 34-20 with 6:13 left. Following a Baylor turnover, Sorsby added one more landing with an 8-yard toss to Isaiah Johnson to make it 41-20.

Up Next

Cincinnati visits Utah this upcoming Saturday, Nov. 1. The sport time and tv designation shall be introduced on Sunday.