Teddy Bridgewater escaped a fierce Bearcat pressure on two key plays on 13-play, 86-yard scoring drive.
Bridgewater escaped Nick Temple's attempt at a sack on a fourth and 12 at the Cincinnati 38 with a 14-yard scamper to the Bearcat 24.
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Cincinnati answered quickly.
Brendon Kay found Mekale McKay with a pass down the middle of the field. The play went 57 yards to the Louisville 15. Ralph David Abernathy IV outraced Louisville defenders to the endzone on the next play. Miliano's kick put Cincinnati back on top 21-17.
Louisville wasn't finished.
Senorise Perry returned the kickoff to the Louisville 40. Bridgewater completed four passes in between rushes by Dominique Brown. Louisville had a first and goal at the four. Brown rushed twice losing a yard. Louisville called a timeout with 2:31 to discuss its third and goal play from the five.
Bridgewater found DeVante Parker in the corner of the endzone. John Wallace kicked the extra point to give Louisville the lead back with 2:26 to play.
Cincinnati got the ball back on its 24 with 2:18 left and three time outs, needing a field goal to tie.
Kay ran for eight yards. The Bearcats picked up the first down on a five-yard pass to Anthony McClung. The next pass was incomplete. Chris Moore caught a 20-yard pass. Moore took another pass to the Louisville 13 with 1:09 left. The Bearcats misfired on two passes to make it third and 10 from the 13 with one minute to play.
After using its first time out, a shovel pass to Abernathy gained four yards to nine.
Miliano kicked a 27-yard field goal with seven seconds left to play to cap a 10-play, 65-yard, game-tying drive.
The kickoff ate the last seven seconds to send the rival game to overtime tied 24-24.
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