Bearcats shutout Houston for first ever Big 12 home win, matches win total from 2023

CINCINNATI -- , Cincinnati quarterback Brendan Sorsby threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, and the Bearcats defense kept Houston off the scoreboard in a 34-0 Bearcats win. It's Cincinnati's first shutout win since Nov. 3, 2018, when the Bearcats blanked Navy 42-0 at Nippert Stadium. Houston is the first Power Four team to be shut out this season, and it's the Bearcats first shutout of a Power Four team since they blanked Virginia Tech in 1995. The Bearcats (3-1, 1-0 Big 12) have already equaled their 2023 win total. “In college football, a shutout is hard to do,” Cincinnati sixth-year safety Derrick Canteen said. “It says a lot about this defense. This is such a hungry group and a team with such a chip on our shoulder." Sorsby threw touchdowns of 19 and 15 yards to wide receiver Xzavier Henderson in the first half.