How has the s' nocturnal success been at historic Nippert Stadium?
Adequate for 2 wins this season and a 4-0 begin.
For a second straight week, the Cincinnati Bearcats have come again from a halftime deficit to tug out a win, taking down the s 31-26 within the Massive 12 opener at Nippert Stadium.
The Bearcats scored 21 of their 31 factors within the second half after trailing 17-10.
UC tied, then took the lead within the sport within the third quarter on back-to-back drives ending with Cole Tabb dashing touchdowns. Tabb would end the sport with three dashing scores and 124 yards on the bottom, whereas Gi'Bran Payne ran for 126. It was Payne's third 100-yard sport as a Bearcat.
The efficiency gave a pair of 100-yard rushers for the primary time because the e sport in Ames in 2024 when Brendan Sorsby and Corey Kiner handed the century mark.
Kansas State obtained a late landing run from Rodney Fields Jr. to get inside 5, however missed on the two-point conversion. The Bearcats then recovered the onside kick. Given the ball again, they did little on offense, returning the ball to the Wildcats. Luckily, the UC protection held on to the much-needed Massive 12 victory.
JC French IV completed 8-for-13 passing for 165 yards and a rating, whereas Avery Johnson was as marketed, going 30-for-50 for 291 yards. The upside is he threw for only one landing and was held to 38 yards dashing after operating for 152 final week vs. Tulane.
UC goes to 4-0 for the primary time beneath Coach Scott Satterfield and for the seventh time because the flip of the century, the final being in 2021 beneath Luke Fickell once they superior to the Faculty Soccer Playoff semifinal vs. Alabama within the Cotton Bowl.
Kansas State falls to 3-1.
Evening time is correct time for Cincinnati Bearcats in 2026
Earlier than the a, the Bearcats beneath Scott Satterfield had no nighttime wins at residence in kickoffs of seven p.m. or later. Since 2006, UC was 40-16 when the occasion was labeled "Nipp at Evening".
It was Kansas State's second night time sport of the season, the primary coming in Manhattan in a 71-3 drubbing of Nicholls.
3 keys
- UC's night time imaginative and prescient opened up within the second half for the second straight week
- UC was ok within the trenches to pop Cole Tabb into the top zone thrice and end with two rushers over 100 yards
- UC's protection struggled with Avery Johnson, however discovered a approach
Earlier Massive 12 'Nipp at Evening' video games
In Satterfield's first season, the Bearcats ended 2023 with a 49-16 loss to Kansas. In 2024, the season finale was once more the one Massive 12 night time sport at residence with UC dropping within the snow to TCU, 20-13.
Final season, they’d an enormous alternative vs. No. 11 BYU. Sadly, they had been stopped on fourth down on the 3-yard line to forestall a rating; Brendan Sorsby had a expensive decide that gave BYU discipline place for a landing and UC had a fumble on the BYU 17-yard line. Add on three discipline targets, uncharacteristically missed, and the Bearcats fairly probably didn't convert on 23 factors. The Cougars gained the sport 26-14.
Different night time alternatives for Cincinnati Bearcats?
You may look no additional than subsequent weekend if you happen to're an evening owl and also you don't thoughts an 11 p.m. begin time. The Bearcats tackle Arizona, which is on Mountain Time in fall; it will likely be 8 p.m.
UC's final night time street win was Oct. 18 final 12 months, once they went to Oklahoma State because the No. 24 workforce within the nation and to safe bowl eligibility. However two weeks later, after ESPN GameDay in Salt Lake Metropolis, the , 45-14.
As for any extra potential residence video games beneath Nippert lights, these are all determined between the Massive 12 and their TV companions. Two presently ranked groups that will warrant primetime are Texas Tech, who come right here for Homecoming Oct. 24, and/or Utah, who involves Cincinnati for Halloween on Oct. 31.
After that, the one remaining residence sport can be vs. Colorado on Nov. 21, when evenings will be brisk.
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