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30–33
Final
#25 · 9-0

Houston

 TDECU Stadium, HoustonHOU -9
FINALCincinnati 30, Houston 33CIN covered +9CLOSED HOU -9

Highlights

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Scoring plays

10 SCORES
Q1
Rushing Touchdown

Kenneth Farrow 2 Yd Run (Ty Cummings Kick)

7:58
0-7
Q2
Passing Touchdown

Chris Moore 25 Yd pass from Gunner Kiel (Andrew Gantz Kick)

14:11
7-7
Passing Touchdown

Chance Allen 11 Yd pass from Greg Ward Jr. (Ty Cummings Kick)

11:27
7-14
Passing Touchdown

Nate Cole 7 Yd pass from Gunner Kiel (Andrew Gantz Kick)

6:05
14-14
Q3
Passing Touchdown

Tyler McCloskey 1 Yd pass from Greg Ward Jr. (Ty Cummings Kick)

10:39
14-21
Interception Return Touchdown

Brandon Wilson 51 Yd Interception Return (Ty Cummings Kick)

9:56
14-28
Safety

Team Safety

4:54
14-30
Passing Touchdown

Shaq Washington 20 Yd pass from Gunner Kiel (Shaq Washington Pass to Gunner Kiel for Two-Point Conversion)

0:56
22-30
Q4
Field Goal Good

Ty Cummings 29 Yd Field Goal

12:51
22-33
Passing Touchdown

Chris Moore 29 Yd pass from Gunner Kiel (Hayden Moore Pass to Chris Moore for Two-Point Conversion)

5:07
30-33

What happened

ESPN RECAP

No. 25 Houston improves to 9-0, beats Cincinnati 33-30

HOUSTON -- After six weeks of easy wins, Tom Herman's Houston Cougars (No. 25 CFP, No. 18 AP) found themselves in a struggle. Under pressure from locked-in quarterback Gunner Kiel , who had a career high 523 passing and four touchdown passes already, with two minutes to go, Houston needed to make a stand in the fourth quarter to preserve their undefeated season. Herman's defense came through, forcing four straight incompletions on the final drive to preserve a 33-30 win over Cincinnati on Saturday and remain unbeaten. "We hadn't had a four quarter battle like that since Louisville so it's been a while," Herman said.

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Top performers

CIN
PASSINGGunner Kiel28/51, 523 YDS, 4 TD, 2 INT
RUSHINGMike Boone6 CAR, 57 YDS
RECEIVINGChris Moore6 REC, 140 YDS, 2 TD
HOU
PASSINGGreg Ward16/24, 161 YDS, 2 TD, 2 INT
RUSHINGGreg Ward16 CAR, 119 YDS
RECEIVINGDemarcus Ayers5 REC, 56 YDS

Team stats

CIN · HOU
589
TOTAL YARDS
427
523
PASSING
161
66
RUSHING
266
24
1ST DOWNS
24
3-11
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
8-19
3
TURNOVERS
2
11-85
PENALTIES
4-40
22:27
POSSESSION
37:33

TDECU STADIUM, HOUSTON · ATTENDANCE 32,889

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