4 ranking in 2009 under head coach Brian Kelly. The Bearcats moved up two spots last week following losses by Penn State and Alabama. They could win the whole thing.”Ĭoach Luke Fickell says he doesn’t care about style points, but with no marquee games left on the schedule, the Bearcats need to keep winning impressively and maybe get help from other teams if they are going to become the first team outside the Power Five to reach the College Football Playoff.Ĭincinnati’s No. They can play with any team in the country. “We couldn’t run the football, we have a true freshman quarterback, we had to get him some help,” said UCF head coach Gus Malzhan. He’s going to be fresh the last half of the season.”Ĭincinnati led 35-0 at halftime, outgaining UCF 314-99.įreshman Mikey Keene, who became UCF’s starting quarterback after Dillon Gabriel was lost for the season with a broken clavicle, passed for 141 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions for the Knights (3-3, 1-2). “He just keeps getting stronger and stronger,” Fickell said. Ford is the first Bearcats player with four rushing touchdowns since Isaiah Pead in 2010.įord needed just 20 carries to amass his 189 yards. The 79-yard run matched his career-long against Georgia in last year’s Peach Bowl. “He makes my job a whole lot easier,” Ridder said. The Bearcats didn’t need to rely on Ridder and the passing game on Saturday, not with Ford gaining big chunks of yardage.įord, who ran for a then-career high 149 yards in last week’s win over Temple, sprinted 79 yards untouched for his third TD run to make it 28-0. “If you put a ball within a six or seven-foot radius, that kid is going to go up and get it,” Ridder said of Pierce. Ridder, who completed just six of his first 12 passes, hooked up with Alec Pierce in the back corner of the end zone for a 19-yard TD that put the Bearcats ahead 21-0 in the second quarter. That led to a 1-yard TD run by Ford to put them ahead 7-0. “The guys that are still here turned the culture around.”Ĭincinnati’s special teams made the first big play when Josh Whyle partially blocked a punt to give the Bearcats the ball at the UCF 38. “This is a far cry from where we were five years ago,” said Bearcats head coach Luke Fickell. It was just four seasons ago that UCF beat the Bearcats at Nippert Stadium by a similar score, 51-23.
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The all-time series was tied 3-3 coming in, with the Bearcats winning the previous two meetings by a combined six points. “It’s the physical runs that took the heart from the defense. “The offensive line was the highlight of the day,” Ford said. It was first time in school history that Cincinnati scored 50 or more points in consecutive games. 3 Cincinnati roll past UCF 56-21 on Saturday.ĭesmond Ridder passed for 140 yards and a touchdown as the Bearcats (6-0, 2-0 AAC) extended the nation’s second-longest home winning streak to 24 games. Jerome Ford ran all over UCF’s defense (courtesy UC Athletics)ĬINCINNATI (AP) - Jerome Ford rushed for a career-high 189 yards and four touchdowns, helping No.
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