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
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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 |
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 |