The seventh ranked Cincinnati Bearcats returned home to Nippert Stadium after three weeks on the road, trying to keep an unbeaten record from being blemished by the Memphis Tigers, their newest arch rival. The 49-10 victory accomplished the goal.
While, the Bearcats remained unbeaten by vanquishing previously unbeaten Southern Methodist University last weekend, 42-13 in Dallas, the Tigers come into the contest with a 3-1 record. The lone loss was a 30-27 decision to SMU.
Desmond Ridder threw for 271 yards and three touchdowns but he also ran for on while accumulating 43 yards rushing.
The Cincinnati defense bottled up an offense that came into the game averaging almost 39 points per game. The Bearcats limited the Tigers to five yards on the ground.
Ridder threw two touchdown passes to put the Bearcats up 21-10 at halftime. He connected with Alec Pierce, who made a leaping catch in the endzone, from 43 yards away. Ridder took a read option into the endzone from 13 yards out in the second quarter. He found Michael Young Jr. in heavy traffic for a six-yard score.
Tahj Washington took a short pass from Brady White, 92 yards for a game tying score 15 seconds into the second quarter. Patterson kicked a 42-yard field goal in the last minute of the first half.
White led the Tigers to the Cincinnati 10 yard line after the opening kickoff but was forced to run out of the pocket on a fourth and two, throwing an incomplete pass.
Ridder led the Bearcats to the end zone after getting the ball after the defenses fourth down hold. Ridder kept the drive alive with an 11-yard toss to Jordan Jones on a third and three. Jayshon Jackson made a diving catch on a 45-yard pass play to setup a two-yard rushing touchdown by Gerrid Doaks that put the Bearcats up 28-10 midway through the third quarter.
Ridder threw an interception in the fourth quarter but the Bearcat defense remained stingy. Ridder threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Tre Tucker in the third quarter. Jerome Ford dashed 33 yards with the football for Cincinnati's sixth touchdown. Ford added a 48-yard run with under two minutes in the game. Ford had 116 yards rushing for the game.
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