GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NCAAF: CINCINNATI (8-3) at SYRACUSE (2-9)

NCAAF: CINCINNATI at SYRACUSE

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CINCINNATI (24) 14 14 14 10 52
SYRACUSE 3 14 14 0 31 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: CINCINNATI - TD, MARCUS BARNETT 33 YD PASS FROM
BENJAMIN MAUK (JACOB ROGERS
KICK), 1:29. CINCINNATI 7-0
CINCINNATI - TD, BRADLEY GLATTHAAR 2 YD RUN
(JACOB ROGERS KICK), 4:24.
CINCINNATI 14-0
SYRACUSE - FG, PATRICK SHADLE 43 YD, 12:51.
CINCINNATI 14-3
2ND QUARTER: SYRACUSE - TD, PAUL CHIARA 2 YD RUN (PATRICK
SHADLE KICK), 7:15. CINCINNATI
14-10
CINCINNATI - TD, MARCUS BARNETT 8 YD PASS FROM
BENJAMIN MAUK (JACOB ROGERS
KICK), 8:59. CINCINNATI 21-10
CINCINNATI - TD, EARNEST JACKSON 20 YD PASS
FROM BENJAMIN MAUK (JACOB
ROGERS KICK), 11:50.
CINCINNATI 28-10
SYRACUSE - TD, MIKE WILLIAMS 10 YD PASS FROM
ANDREW ROBINSON (PATRICK
SHADLE KICK), 13:34.
CINCINNATI 28-17
3RD QUARTER: SYRACUSE - TD, TAJ SMITH 78 YD PASS FROM
ANDREW ROBINSON (PATRICK
SHADLE KICK), 0:17. CINCINNATI
28-24
CINCINNATI - TD, MARCUS BARNETT 18 YD PASS FROM
BENJAMIN MAUK (JACOB ROGERS
KICK), 1:50. CINCINNATI 35-24
SYRACUSE - TD, JAWAD NESHEIWAT 3 YD PASS FROM
ANDREW ROBINSON (PATRICK
SHADLE KICK), 6:47. CINCINNATI
35-31
CINCINNATI - TD, ANGELO CRAIG 16 YD FUMBLE
RETURN (JACOB ROGERS KICK),
8:47. CINCINNATI 42-31
4TH QUARTER: CINCINNATI - FG, JACOB ROGERS 31 YD, 2:18.
CINCINNATI 45-31
CINCINNATI - TD, BENJAMIN MAUK 13 YD RUN (JACOB
ROGERS KICK), 13:58.
CINCINNATI 52-31</div>

 

SYRACUSE, New York (Ticker) -- Ben Mauk helped put thefinishing touches to one of Cincinnati's best regular seasons inover 50 years.


Mauk completed 29-of-42 passes for a career-high 431 yards andfour touchdowns - while running for a fifth - as the 24th-rankedBearcats posted a 52-31 Big East Conference victory overSyracuse on Saturday.


With the win, the Bearcats (9-3, 4-3 Big East) finished with atleast nine victories for the first time since 1953 and all butassured themselves of finishing the season with a top-25 rankingfor the first time in school history.


Cincinnati's season point total of 441 also broke the schoolrecord, as the Bearcats will be headed to a bowl game for thesecond consecutive season.


Marcus Barnett had 11 receptions for 127 yards and threetouchdowns for the Bearcats, who also recorded 12 sacks ondefense.


The Bearcats also held Syracuse to minus-16 yards on the ground,as Mauk marched the offense down the field early and often.

Cincinnati immediately jumped on the Orange when Mauk hitBarnett for a 33-yard touchdown just 1:33 into the game.Cincinnati also scored on its second possession when BradleyGlatthaar plowed in for a two-yard score for a 14-0 lead with10:36 left in the first quarter.


After Syracuse cut the Bearcats' lead to 14-10, Mauk answeredwith two consecutive touchdown passes to Barnett and EarnestJackson, respectively, before Mike Williams hauled in an 11-yardtouchdown from Andrew Robinson, cutting Cincinnati's lead to28-17 at the half.


Robinson threw a 78-yard touchdown pass to Taj Smith on thefirst play of the second half as the teams traded touchdowns inthe third quarter.


Corey Smith's 11-yard fumble return after a sack of Robinsongave the Bearcats a 42-31 lead with 6:13 left in the third.

Robinson also finished with a career high, throwing for 419yards on 29-of-47 passing for Syracuse (2-10, 1-6), whichfinished the season with 10 losses for the second time in threeyears.


Williams had nine catches for 160 yards and a touchdown, whichmarked the ninth straight game with a score, breaking the schoolrecord.

 

NCAAF: CINCINNATI at SYRACUSE

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
CINCINNATI (24) 52
SYRACUSE 31 FINAL</div>

 

NCAAF: CINCINNATI at SYRACUSE

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CINCINNATI (24) 14 14 14 10 52
SYRACUSE 3 14 14 0 31 FINAL

CINCINNATI-TD, M Barnett 33 YD PASS FROM B Mauk (J Rogers
KICK) 1:29 1st Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, B Glatthaar 2 YD RUN (J Rogers KICK) 4:24 1st
Qtr
SYRACUSE-FG, P Shadle 43 YD 12:51 1st Qtr
SYRACUSE-TD, P Chiara 2 YD RUN (P Shadle KICK) 7:15 2nd
Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, M Barnett 8 YD PASS FROM B Mauk (J Rogers
KICK) 8:59 2nd Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, E Jackson 20 YD PASS FROM B Mauk (J Rogers
KICK) 11:50 2nd Qtr
SYRACUSE-TD, M Williams 10 YD PASS FROM A Robinson (P
Shadle KICK) 13:34 2nd Qtr
SYRACUSE-TD, T Smith 78 YD PASS FROM A Robinson (P Shadle
KICK) 0:17 3rd Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, M Barnett 18 YD PASS FROM B Mauk (J Rogers
KICK) 1:50 3rd Qtr
SYRACUSE-TD, J Nesheiwat 3 YD PASS FROM A Robinson (P
Shadle KICK) 6:47 3rd Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, A Craig 16 YD FUMBLE RETURN (J Rogers KICK)
8:47 3rd Qtr
CINCINNATI-FG, J Rogers 31 YD 2:18 4th Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, B Mauk 13 YD RUN (J Rogers KICK) 13:58 4th
Qtr


CINCINNATI SYRACUSE
First downs 24 20
Rushed-yards 32-113 34--15
Passing yards 431 428
Sacked-yards lost 2-19 11-89
Return yards 26 0
Passes 29-43-0 31-51-0
Punts 4-51.3 7-36.6
Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-1
Penalties-yards 12-108 9-95
Time of possession 26:10 33:50


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: CINCINNATI-Butler Benton 9-63, Bradley Glatthaar 4-31, Greg
Moore 7-14, Benjamin Mauk 9-5, Dominick Goodman 1-1, Marcus Barnett
1-1, - Team 1-MINUS 2. SYRACUSE-Doug Hogue 8-30, Paul Chiara 9-28,
Andrew Robinson 17-MINUS 73.

PASSING: CINCINNATI-Benjamin Mauk 29-42-431- 0, - Team 0-1-0- 0.
SYRACUSE-Andrew Robinson 29-47-419- 0. Cameron Dantley 2-4-9- 0.

RECEIVING: CINCINNATI-Marcus Barnett 11-127, Dominick Goodman 8-98,
Connor Barwin 4-90, Earnest Jackson 2-52, Antwuan Giddens 2-28, Kazeem
Alli 1-20, Charley Howard 1-16. SYRACUSE-Mike Williams 9-160, Taj
Smith 5-126, Paul Chiara 3-26, Jawad Nesheiwat 2-26, Rice Moss 3-24,
Mike Owen 2-24, Tony Fiammetta 3-21, Doug Hogue 2-12, Kyle Bell 1-7,
Dan Sheeran 1-2.


Att: 30,040</div>

 

SYRACUSE, New York (Ticker) -- Ben Mauk helped put thefinishing touches to one of Cincinnati's best regular seasons inover 50 years.


Mauk completed 29-of-42 passes for a career-high 431 yards andfour touchdowns - while running for a fifth - as the 24th-rankedBearcats posted a 52-31 Big East Conference victory overSyracuse on Saturday.


"Ben Mauk was just outstanding, accounting for five touchdowns,and we needed every one of them," Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly."He was the difference today because Syracuse gave us someproblems."


With the win, the Bearcats (9-3, 4-3 Big East) finished with atleast nine victories for the first time since 1953 and all butassured themselves of finishing the season with a top-25 rankingfor the first time in school history.


"This is a great win for the program, and we want to keep it onthe rise," Mauk said. "The defense has been our biggest assetthis year, so tonight we knew we had to score. We were justtrying to get the win and to get the big bowl game."

Cincinnati's season point total of 441 also broke the schoolrecord, as the Bearcats will be headed to a bowl game for thesecond consecutive season.


Marcus Barnett had 11 receptions for 127 yards and threetouchdowns for the Bearcats, who also recorded 11 sacks ondefense.


"I felt we matched up well on the front line on defense and itwas pretty evident that there was not going to be much of arunning game that we had to account for, so we could line up andgo after the quarterback," Kelly said.


The Bearcats also held Syracuse to minus-15 yards on the ground,as Mauk marched the offense down the field early and often.

Cincinnati immediately jumped on the Orange when Mauk hitBarnett for a 33-yard touchdown just 1:33 into the game.Cincinnati also scored on its second possession when BradleyGlatthaar plowed in for a two-yard score for a 14-0 lead with10:36 left in the first quarter.


After Syracuse cut the Bearcats' lead to 14-10, Mauk answeredwith two consecutive touchdown passes to Barnett and EarnestJackson, respectively, before Mike Williams hauled in an 11-yardtouchdown from Andrew Robinson, cutting Cincinnati's lead to28-17 at the half.


Robinson threw a 78-yard touchdown pass to Taj Smith on thefirst play of the second half as the teams traded touchdowns inthe third quarter.


"With all of our seniors going out, it's just tough because forawhile there it looked like we were going to get something goingand it slipped away from us late in the third quarter and earlyfourth quarter," Syracuse coach Greg Robinson said. "You couldfeel that we just couldn't get back on it. I was proud of theteam. I thought they competed."


Angelo Craig's 16-yard fumble return after a sack of Robinsongave the Bearcats a 42-31 lead with 6:13 left in the third.

"The sack and the fumble we recovered for a touchdown was a bigmomentum thing," Kelly said. "But we were really starting tosettle down in the third quarter."


Robinson also finished with a career high, throwing for 419yards on 29-of-47 passing for Syracuse (2-10, 1-6), whichfinished the season with 10 losses for the second time in threeyears.


Williams had nine catches for 160 yards and a touchdown, whichmarked the ninth straight game with a score, breaking the schoolrecord.


"This was something to build on for the future," Williams said."I mean, we scored 31 points as an offense. That's good, we'reusually scoring six points, 10 points a game."

 

NCAAF: CINCINNATI at SYRACUSE

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CINCINNATI (24) 14 14 14 10 52
SYRACUSE 3 14 14 0 31 FINAL

CINCINNATI-TD, M Barnett 33 YD PASS FROM B Mauk (J Rogers
KICK) 1:29 1st Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, B Glatthaar 2 YD RUN (J Rogers KICK) 4:24 1st
Qtr
SYRACUSE-FG, P Shadle 43 YD 12:51 1st Qtr
SYRACUSE-TD, P Chiara 2 YD RUN (P Shadle KICK) 7:15 2nd
Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, M Barnett 8 YD PASS FROM B Mauk (J Rogers
KICK) 8:59 2nd Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, E Jackson 20 YD PASS FROM B Mauk (J Rogers
KICK) 11:50 2nd Qtr
SYRACUSE-TD, M Williams 10 YD PASS FROM A Robinson (P
Shadle KICK) 13:34 2nd Qtr
SYRACUSE-TD, T Smith 78 YD PASS FROM A Robinson (P Shadle
KICK) 0:17 3rd Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, M Barnett 18 YD PASS FROM B Mauk (J Rogers
KICK) 1:50 3rd Qtr
SYRACUSE-TD, J Nesheiwat 3 YD PASS FROM A Robinson (P
Shadle KICK) 6:47 3rd Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, A Craig 16 YD FUMBLE RETURN (J Rogers KICK)
8:47 3rd Qtr
CINCINNATI-FG, J Rogers 31 YD 2:18 4th Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, B Mauk 13 YD RUN (J Rogers KICK) 13:58 4th
Qtr


CINCINNATI SYRACUSE
First downs 24 20
Rushed-yards 32-113 34--15
Passing yards 431 428
Sacked-yards lost 2-19 11-89
Return yards 26 0
Passes 29-43-0 31-51-0
Punts 4-51.3 7-36.6
Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-1
Penalties-yards 12-108 9-95
Time of possession 26:10 33:50


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: CINCINNATI-Butler Benton 9-63, Bradley Glatthaar 4-31, Greg
Moore 7-14, Benjamin Mauk 9-5, Dominick Goodman 1-1, Marcus Barnett
1-1, - Team 1-MINUS 2. SYRACUSE-Doug Hogue 8-30, Paul Chiara 9-28,
Andrew Robinson 17-MINUS 73.

PASSING: CINCINNATI-Benjamin Mauk 29-42-431- 0, - Team 0-1-0- 0.
SYRACUSE-Andrew Robinson 29-47-419- 0. Cameron Dantley 2-4-9- 0.

RECEIVING: CINCINNATI-Marcus Barnett 11-127, Dominick Goodman 8-98,
Connor Barwin 4-90, Earnest Jackson 2-52, Antwuan Giddens 2-28, Kazeem
Alli 1-20, Charley Howard 1-16. SYRACUSE-Mike Williams 9-160, Taj
Smith 5-126, Paul Chiara 3-26, Jawad Nesheiwat 2-26, Rice Moss 3-24,
Mike Owen 2-24, Tony Fiammetta 3-21, Doug Hogue 2-12, Kyle Bell 1-7,
Dan Sheeran 1-2.


Att: 30,040</div>

 

NCAAF: CINCINNATI at SYRACUSE

<div class="pre">NCAAF CINCINNATI AT SYRACUSE
NOTE: RESENDING TO ADD SYRACUSE FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT.</div>

 

NCAAF: CINCINNATI at SYRACUSE

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CINCINNATI (24) 14 14 14 10 52
SYRACUSE 3 14 14 0 31 FINAL

CINCINNATI-TD, M Barnett 33 YD PASS FROM B Mauk (J Rogers
KICK) 1:29 1st Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, B Glatthaar 2 YD RUN (J Rogers KICK) 4:24 1st
Qtr
SYRACUSE-FG, P Shadle 43 YD 12:51 1st Qtr
SYRACUSE-TD, P Chiara 2 YD RUN (P Shadle KICK) 7:15 2nd
Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, M Barnett 8 YD PASS FROM B Mauk (J Rogers
KICK) 8:59 2nd Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, E Jackson 20 YD PASS FROM B Mauk (J Rogers
KICK) 11:50 2nd Qtr
SYRACUSE-TD, M Williams 10 YD PASS FROM A Robinson (P
Shadle KICK) 13:34 2nd Qtr
SYRACUSE-TD, T Smith 78 YD PASS FROM A Robinson (P Shadle
KICK) 0:17 3rd Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, M Barnett 18 YD PASS FROM B Mauk (J Rogers
KICK) 1:50 3rd Qtr
SYRACUSE-TD, J Nesheiwat 3 YD PASS FROM A Robinson (P
Shadle KICK) 6:47 3rd Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, A Craig 16 YD FUMBLE RETURN (J Rogers KICK)
8:47 3rd Qtr
CINCINNATI-FG, J Rogers 31 YD 2:18 4th Qtr
CINCINNATI-TD, B Mauk 13 YD RUN (J Rogers KICK) 13:58 4th
Qtr


CINCINNATI SYRACUSE
First downs 24 20
Rushed-yards 32-113 34--15
Passing yards 431 428
Sacked-yards lost 2-19 11-89
Return yards 26 0
Passes 29-43-0 31-51-0
Punts 4-51.3 7-36.6
Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-1
Penalties-yards 12-108 9-95
Time of possession 26:10 33:50


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: CINCINNATI-Butler Benton 9-63, Bradley Glatthaar 4-31, Greg
Moore 7-14, Benjamin Mauk 9-5, Dominick Goodman 1-1, Marcus Barnett
1-1, - Team 1-MINUS 2. SYRACUSE-Doug Hogue 8-30, Paul Chiara 9-28,
Andrew Robinson 17-MINUS 73.

PASSING: CINCINNATI-Benjamin Mauk 29-42-431- 0, - Team 0-1-0- 0.
SYRACUSE-Andrew Robinson 29-47-419- 0. Cameron Dantley 2-4-9- 0.

RECEIVING: CINCINNATI-Marcus Barnett 11-127, Dominick Goodman 8-98,
Connor Barwin 4-90, Earnest Jackson 2-52, Antwuan Giddens 2-28, Kazeem
Alli 1-20, Charley Howard 1-16. SYRACUSE-Mike Williams 9-160, Taj
Smith 5-126, Paul Chiara 3-26, Jawad Nesheiwat 2-26, Rice Moss 3-24,
Mike Owen 2-24, Tony Fiammetta 3-21, Doug Hogue 2-12, Kyle Bell 1-7,
Dan Sheeran 1-2.


Att: 30,040</div>