College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Louisville 34, Cincinnati 31
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, October 26, 2012
Where: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, Kentucky
Temperature: 46°
Head Official: Dennis Hennigan
Attendance: 53271


No. 14 Louisville
34, Cincinnati 31 (OT): Terell Floyd intercepted a pass and John Wallace hit the game-winning field goal in overtime as the Cardinal remained unbeaten with a dramatic comeback victory over the visiting Bearcats.

DeVante Parker caught four passes for 120 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns while Teddy Bridgewater threw for a career-high 416 yards for Louisville (8-0, 3-0 Big East), which ended Cincinnati’s four-game winning streak in this series.

The Cardinal entered the fourth quarter trailing 24-17, but forced a tie on Bridgewater’s 30-yard TD strike to Parker with 11:10 left in regulation and pulled ahead with 1:56 remaining when Parker took a short pass and outran the Bearcats’ secondary for a 64-yard score.

Cincinnati (5-2, 1-1) needed just 53 seconds to tie the game at 31 and send it into the extra period but quarterback Munchie Legaux floated a pass to Floyd in the end zone – his third interception of the game – and Wallace ended it with a 30-yard kick.

George Winn rushed for 175 yards and Ralph Abernathy rushed for two touchdowns for the Bearcats.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Cincinnati had won five straight and nine of its last 10 games against ranked conference opponents. … This was the first overtime game in the 52-game history of the “Battle for the Keg of Nails”. … The Cardinal improved to 5-0 this season in games decided by seven points or less.

Top Game Performances
Rushing
Cincinnati   Louisville
George Winn Player Jeremy Wright
26 Attempts 18
125 Yards 74
4.8 Avg Yards 4.1
0 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Receiving
Cincinnati   Louisville
Damon Julian Player DeVante Parker
4 Receptions 4
52 Yards 120
13.0 Avg Yards 30.0
1 Touchdowns 2
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Cincinnati 353 196 157 4 1 1 3.0 0
Louisville 524 108 416 4 2 3 1.0 1