Cincinnati's Bearcats Beats The Baylor Bears. They Would Not Let Them Pass

 

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The Cincinnati Bearcats outlasted the Baylor Bears 41-20 to win it's seventh game in a row with the last five in the Big-12 Conference.

The Bearcats held the Bears to 137 yards passing. Baylor led the nation with 344 passing yards per game coming into Cincinnati.

The Bearcats were dominant in the first half but had to hold on to complete the victory.

Tawee Walker picked up two tough yards on a fourth and one to set up Brendan Sorsby's 23-yard run that iced the game for the Bearcats. Cincinnati (7-1, 5-0 Big-12) finished off Baylor (4-4, 2-3 Big 12).

Walker's one yard run completed the Bearcats 11-play, 81-yard scoring drive off the opening kickoff. The series was extended by a pass interference penalty charged to Levar Thornton Jr. on a third and three play in Cincinnati territory.

Evan Pryor ran for five yards and a touchdown on Cincinnati's second possession. They led 14-0 with 1:22 left in the first quarter.

Stephen Rusnak kicked a 46-yard field goal in the second quarter. It was his 21st straight field goal without a miss.

Cincinnati's Logan Wilson recovered a fumble by Josh Cameron at the Baylor 29.

Brendan Sorsby completed the drive with a six-yard touchdown pass to Cyrus Allen with 2:37 to play in the first half to post a 24-0 lead.

Baylor fought back by driving 75 yards in 11 plays with 16 seconds left in the half. Sawyer Robertson found Michael Trigg in the endzone from six yards out on a fourth down and three play. Robertson's attempt to rush for a two-point conversion was short with Cincinnati leading 24-6 at the half.

Baylor took the second half kickoff 80 yards in 10 plays for a touchdown. Robertson's nine-yard pass to Cameron completed the drive. The two-point try failed. 

The Bearcats answered with a 36-yard field goal for Rasnak, his 11th straight this season and 22nd dating back to last season.

Robertson put the Bears within one score on a one-yard run with 13:34 left in the game. Two failed attempts at a two-point conversion were stopped by the Bearcats but a pass interference call against Ormanie Arnold and a face mask call against Dante Corleone gave Baylor a third shot. This time Michael Turner leaped across the goal line from the half yard line to cut the lead to a touchdown at 27-20.

The Bearcats held Baylor on fourth down on the next drive and scored on a short field. Sorsby threw to Isaiah Johnson for an eight-yard touchdown pass.

Cincinnati stopped Baylor again and drove to the 23 and took a knee to end the game. It is the only time this season, that UC did not score when it reached the "Red Zone" inside the opponents 25 yard line.