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30–24
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#25 · 7-3

Cincinnati

 Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati
FINALArizona 30, Cincinnati 24

Highlights

4 CLIPS · ESPN
Ismail Mahdi scores opening TD for ArizonaVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
CIN WINNING
ARIZ WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: CIN 68% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 23 PTS

Scoring plays

10 SCORES
Q1
Rushing Touchdown

Ismail Mahdi 27 Yd Run (Michael Salgado-Medina Kick)

14:03
7-0
Rushing Touchdown

Brendan Sorsby 4 Yd Run (Stephen Rusnak Kick)

11:07
7-7
Passing Touchdown

Jeff Caldwell 7 Yd pass from Brendan Sorsby (Stephen Rusnak Kick)

6:34
7-14
Q2
Field Goal Good

Michael Salgado-Medina 24 Yd Field Goal

0:04
10-14
Q3
Field Goal Good

Michael Salgado-Medina 25 Yd Field Goal

9:42
13-14
Rushing Touchdown

Kedrick Reescano 50 Yd Run (Michael Salgado-Medina Kick)

5:20
20-14
Field Goal Good

Stephen Rusnak 28 Yd Field Goal

0:00
20-17
Q4
Passing Touchdown

Gio Richardson 15 Yd pass from Noah Fifita (Michael Salgado-Medina Kick)

10:53
27-17
Rushing Touchdown

Zion Johnson 1 Yd Run (Stephen Rusnak Kick)

6:38
27-24
Field Goal Good

Michael Salgado-Medina 51 Yd Field Goal

1:34
30-24

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Fifita becomes Arizona's all-time leader in TD passes in 30-24 win over No. 22 Cincinnati

CINCINNATI -- , Noah Fifita passed for 294 yards and a touchdown to become Arizona's all-time leader in TD passes as the Wildcats beat No. 22 Cincinnati 30-24 on Saturday in the first game between the teams. Fifita was 23 for 31 passing and his scoring pass in the fourth quarter was his 68th career TD pass, surpassing the marks of Nick Foles and Willie Tuitama. “It's a tremendous honor,” Fifita said of his career milestone. “I'm grateful, I really am. But we came to Cincinnati to get a win. That's what we did. We're going home as a team with a victory.” Kris Hutson had eight catches for 123 yards for Arizona (7-3, 4-3 Big 12), his fourth career 100-yard receiving game. Cincinnati, coming off a bye week following a 45-14 loss at No. 14 Utah, got within three points on Zion Johnson 's TD run with 6:38 left.

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Top performers

ARIZ
PASSINGNoah Fifita23/31, 294 YDS, 1 TD
RUSHINGKedrick Reescano13 CAR, 94 YDS, 1 TD
RECEIVINGKris Hutson8 REC, 123 YDS
CIN
PASSINGBrendan Sorsby15/28, 154 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT
RUSHINGTawee Walker12 CAR, 119 YDS
RECEIVINGJeff Caldwell5 REC, 68 YDS, 1 TD

Team stats

ARIZ · CIN
475
TOTAL YARDS
344
294
PASSING
154
181
RUSHING
190
24
1ST DOWNS
14
8-16
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
3-12
0
TURNOVERS
2
3-25
PENALTIES
5-58
36:41
POSSESSION
23:19

NIPPERT STADIUM, CINCINNATI · ATTENDANCE 37,099

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