2012 GAME SUMMARIES GAME # 12 • DECEMBER 1, 2012
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Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg McCombs 21 66 6 60 1 13 McCummings 2 6 2 4 0 6 Williams 1 3 0 3 0 3
CINCINNATI
Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Whitmer 16-31-1 264 1 74 McEntee 7-16-2 73 0 20
RENTSCHLER FIELD • EAST HARTFORD, CONN. UCONN STARTERS & PARTICIPANTS OFFENSE STARTERS WR 85 Davis TE 94 Griffin LT 72 Bennett LG 69 Greene C 73 Mateas RG 50 Bullock RT 77 Friend QB 10 Whitmer TB 43 McCombs TE 47 Frank WR 31 Williams
DEFENSE STARTERS DE 51 Willman DT 53 Wirth DT 59 Stephen DE 56 Pruitt LB 3 Moore LB 33 Smallwood LB 28 Johnson CB 5 Wreh-Wilson S 16 Jones S 15 Brown CB 7 Gratz
TOTAL PARTICIPANTS (46): 6 Smith, 8 Phillips, 11 McCummings,, 17 Puyol, 18 McEntee, 20 Allen, 21 J. Williams, 22 Adams, 23 Lee, 25 Hyppolite, 29 Mack, 32 Ashiru, 34 Kenney, 41 Steg, 46 Vann, 48 T. Williams, 60 Samra, 67 Mueller, 80 Shortell, 84 Jones, 86 Wagner, 89 Delahunt, 96 Parker, 97 McBryde
TEAM STATISTICS FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDS Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing PASSING YARDS Com.-Att.-Int Average Per Att. Average Per Com. Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE Total offense plays Avg. Gain Per Play Fumbles: No.-Lost Penalties: No.-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Avg. Yards Per Punt Punt rets: No.-Yards Kickoff rets: No.-Yds Average Per Return Int: No.-Yds Fumble Ret: No.-Yds Possession Time Third-Down Conv. Fourth-Down Conv. Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals
CIN UCONN 18 19 4 2 11 15 3 2 72 36 32 29 2.2 1.2 1 1 92 80 20 44 284 337 20-30-0 23-47-3 9.5 7.2 14.2 14.7 3 1 356 373 62 76 5.7 4.9 2-1 0-0 7-56 9-79 6-242 6-226 40.3 37.7 4--2 1-0 3-75 6-120 25.0 20.0 3-78 0-0 0-0 0-0 30:39 29:21 5 of 14 6 of 17 0 of 1 0 of 2 1-2 1-1 1-2 1-1 0-2 0-1 4-36 1-7 4-4 2-2 2-2 1-1
Cincinnati (9-3, 5-2) 7 Connecticut (5-7, 2-5) 0
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FIRST QUARTER CIN – Travis Kelce 25 yd pass from Brendon Kay (Miliano kick) 11:33 (6-76, 2:03) SECOND QUARTER CIN – Kay 39 yd pass from Kay (Miliano kick) 11:20 (1-39, 0:11) UC – Bobby Puyol 40 yd field goal 6:43 (5-53, 1:11) UC – Ryan Griffin 74 yd pass from Chandler Whitmer (Puyol kick) 5:23 (1-73, 0:13) THIRD QUARTER CIN – Kelce 21 yd pass from Kay (Miliano kick) 11:24 (7-65, 3:36) UC – Lyle McCombs 1 yd run (Puyol kick) 0:17 (15-69, 7:01) FOURTH QUARTER CIN – Miliano 38 yd field goal12:04 (8-51, 3:13) CIN – George Winn 4 yd run (Miliano kick) 10;52 (1-4, 0:09) CIN – Miliano 42 yd field goal 6:03 (8-40, 4:16)
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – Cincinnati quarterback Brandon Kay threw two touchdown passes to Travis Kelce, and caught one from the big tight end on a trick play, as the Bearcats beat the University of Connecticut football team by 34-17 on Saturday before a crowd of 33,112 at Rentschler Field. The win gave Cincinnati a final regular season record of 9-3 and was 5-2 in the BIG EAST to gain a share of the league championship with Louisville, Rutgers and Syracuse. Kelce caught five balls for 69 yards and the two scores while Kay completed 19 of his 29 passes for 245 yards and the two scores. UConn redshirt sophomore quarterback Chandler Whitmer threw for 264 yards and a touchdown for UConn, before leaving the game with a head injury in the third quarter. Kay hit Kelce for a 25-yard touchdown on the Bearcats’ opening drive, one of three passes of at least 25 yards during the six-play, 76-yard march. Kelce returned the favor to Kay in the second quarter. An interception return by Chris Williams set the Bearcats up on the UConn 39. On first down, Kelce took a backward screen pass from Kay and threw the ball back across the field to his quarterback, who ran down the right side for a touchdown that made it 14-0. Connecticut senior tight end Ryan Griffin got the Huskies into the game in the second quarter with a 74-yard TD catch. He caught the ball on the UConn 35 and outran the Bearcats’ defense, diving into the end zone after almost being tripped up at the six-yard line by Deven Drane to make it 14-10 at the half. UConn freshman kicker Bobby Puyol made the first field goal of his career, a 40-yarder to give the Huskies their first points. That was set up when Whitmer found redshirt senior wide receiver Michael Smith open over the middle for a 51-yard pass from the UConn 24-yard line. UConn’s regular kicker, junior Chad Christen, sat out the game with a hip injury. Whitmer started for UConn despite being knocked out of last week’s win over Louisville with a head injury. He left this game in the third quarter after taking a shot from Greg Blair on a trick play and hitting his head on the turf. Senior walk-on quarterback Johnny McEntee replaced Whitmer and completed the 15-play, 69-yard drive which ended with a one-yard touchdown plunge by redshirt sophomore Lyle McCombs. It was the first second-half touchdown in a BIG EAST game for UConn this season and brought the Huskies to within four at 21-17. McCombs finished with 21 carries for 60 yards. A bad pass by McEntee that was intercepted by Drane set up another Bearcats touchdown, a four-yard run by George Winn, his 12th touchdown this season. That came after Tony Miliano had made it a seven-point game, hitting a 38-yard field goal with 12 minutes left. His 42-yarder with six minutes left put a bow on the game. McEntee finished with 73 yards passing and two interceptions. Winn finished with just 70 yards rushing after coming in averaging 105 yards per game and 5.5 yards per carry. He had just eight yards at the half.
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No Yds TD Lg 7 93 0 19 5 46 0 13 3 85 1 74 3 54 0 51
Punting Wagner
No Yds Avg Lg In20 6 226 37.7 44 0
Field Goal Attempts Puyol 1st
6:43 40 yds Good
Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Johnson 5-4-9 0.5 Smallwood 3-6-9 Jones 3-6-9 Stephen 3-4-7 1.5
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CINCINNATI INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Winn 22 75 5 70 1 7 Abernathy 2 8 1 7 0 8 Poteat 4 4 4 0 0 2 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Kay 19-29-0 245 2 26 Kelce 1-1-0 39 1 39 Receiving McClung Kelce Winn
No Yds TD Lg 6 70 0 26 5 69 2 25 3 55 0 21
Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 O’Donnell 6 242 40.3 43 3 Field Goal Attempts Miliano 4th Miliano 4th
12:04 38 yds Good 6:03 42 yds Good
Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Drane 7-1-8 1 Blair 4-4-8 2.0 1.0 Temple 4-3-7 3.5 1.0 Giordano 3-3-6 2.0 2.0
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