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2007 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOOTBALL

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National AwardsTostitos Fiesta Bowl Team of the Week vs.Rutgers,Nov.18

BIG EAST HonorsFirst Team TerrillByrd,DT KevinMcCullough,LB DominicRoss,SSSecond Team TrevorCanfield,G BrentCelek,TE MikeMickens,CB

BIG EAST Player of the WeekBIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week DustinGrutza,QB,vs.Syracuse,Oct.28BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week KevinMcCullough,LB,vs.USF,Oct.22 DeAngeloSmith,DB,vs.Rutgers,Nov.18BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week KevinLovell,K,atConnecticut,Nov.25

BIG EAST ConferenceFootball BIG EAST All-Academic Team DiggerBujnoch,T BradBury,FB JonCarpenter,LB TonyCarvitti,DT BrentCelek,TE ChrisFlores,C KevinHuber,P JeffLinkenbach,T RyanManalac,LB BillPoland,WR DominicRoss,SS KurtShoemaker,WR BrianSteel,P JonTobin,OL CedricTolbert,S

CoSIDA Academic HonorsESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV First Team TonyCarvitti,Sr.,DT,Cincinnati,Ohio BillPoland,Sr.,WR,Cincinnati,OhioESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV Second Team BrentCelek,Sr.,TE,Cincinnati,Ohio

Cincinnati Team AwardsClaude Rost Award - Most Valuable Player BrentCelek,TE............. Sr.......... Cincinnati,OhioJohn Pease Award - Most Outstanding Lineman JeffReinstatler,C.......... Sr.......... FortThomas,Ky. TrevorAnderson,DE..... So......... Detroit,Mich.Brig Owens Award - Most Outstanding Back GregMoore,RB............ Jr.......... Dayton,Ohio KevinMcCullough,LB.. Sr.......... Hudson,OhioOutstanding Receiver DerrickStewart,WR..... So......... Youngstown,OhioC Club Strothman Award - Academic Excellence TonyCarvitti,DT........... Sr.......... Cincinnati,OhioCaptain’s Trophy BrentCelek,TE............. Sr.......... Cincinnati,Ohio DominicRoss,S............ Sr.......... Marion,OhioJim Kelly Coaches Spirit Award BillPoland,WR............. Sr.......... Cincinnati,Ohio DominicRoss,S............ Sr.......... Marion,OhioGlenn Sample Community Service Award NickDavila,QB............. Sr.......... AltoLoma,Calif.Iron Cat Award - Weight Training JonCarpenter,LB......... Jr.......... Lancaster,OhioSpecial Teams Player of the Year DominickGoodman,WR. So......... Cincinnati,OhioNewcomer of the Year JeffLinkenbach,T......... Fr.......... Sandusky,Ohio AaronWebster,S.......... Fr.......... Southfield,Mich.Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year JohnGoebel,RB........... Fr.......... Milford,Mich.Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year JasonKelce,LB............. Fr.......... Cleveland,OhioSpecial Teams Scout Team Player of the Year MarshwanGilyard,DB.. So......... PalmCoast,Fla.

International Bowl MVPToronto, Canada (Rogers Centre) W,27-24vs.WesternMichigan DominickGoodman

Postseason Game ParticipantsDell East-West Shrine Game BrentCelek,TETexas vs. the Nation All-Star Game JohnBowie,CB First-team all-BIG EAST linebacker Kevin

McCullough garnered BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honors after making a sack and return-ing a fumble 39 yards for a touchdown vs. USF.

An all-BIG EAST Second Team choice, Brent Celek received the 2006 Claude Rost Award as the Bearcats’ Most Valuable Player.

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Balanced Offense Suited Strengths Theoffensereturnedeightstartersfrom2005,butstillallowedforpositionbattlesearlyintheseason.Mostnoteworthywasthequarterbackbattle,whereincumbentstarterDustinGrutza,andNickDavilasplitthesnapsforthefirsttwogames.Grutzawentontostart11ofthefirst12games.Grutzathrewfor1,632yardsandninetouchdowns,whileDavilapassedfor1,057yardsandeightscores. ThetrioofGregMoore,ButlerBenton,andBradleyGlatthaarsharedtherushingduties.MoorepacedtheBearcatswith709yardsandfourscores.Bentonalsototaledfourtouchdowns.Glatthaarfinishedwith285yardsandtwoTDs.DougJonesservedastheprimaryfullback,carryingtheball11timesandcatching11passesoutofthebackfield. Two-timeteamcaptainBrentCelekfinishedtheseasonwith35receptionsandthreetouchdowns.Thosenumbersboostedhiscareertotalsto91catches,1,135receivingyards,and14TDs,allUCrecordsforthetightendspot. BillPoland,EarnestJackson,andDominickGoodmankeyedanexperiencedgroupofreceiversforthepassinggame.However,itwasDerrickStewart,whoinhisfirstyearonthefield,ledtheteamwith675receivingyardsanda20.5yardspercatchaverage.Goodmanfinishedwithateam-high40passreceptionsandsharedtheteamleadwithStewartfortouchdowncatchesatfive. SeniorsJeffReinstatlerandFrankStraubanchoredtheoffensiveline.JuniorDiggerBujnochstartedatrighttackleforthesecondyearandTrevorCanfieldearnedsecond-teamall-BIGEASTaccoladesattherightguardspot.RedshirtfreshmanJeffLinkenbachstartedall13gamesatlefttackle.JuniorsMarioDuenas,ChrisFlores,andJeremyBoltoneachsawdutyupfront.

The2006UniversityofCincinnatifootballseasoncouldhavebeensomethingoutofaHollywood

movie.No,theBearcatsdidnothaveanystandoutsdrawnfromcentralcasting,buttheydidovercomeadversityrepeatedly. Playingthethird-mostdifficultscheduleinthecountry,theBearcatsfacedfiveTop10teamsandsixbowlparticipantsontheir13-gameslate.Fromits11daysatCampHigherGroundinAugusttoaJanuarycelebrationinToronto,UCfootballdealtwiththegamutofemotions. WithseniorreservequarterbackNickDavilagettingthestartinhisfinalhomegame,UCdrubbedthen-No.7Rutgers,thehighest-rankedfoeevertofallatNippertStadium,30-11.Thefollowingweek,CincinnaticamefrombehindtowinatConnecticutandclaimeditsfifthbowlinvitationinsevenyears. ThescriptchangedtwodaysafterthelateheroicsinEastHartford,whenthird-yearmentorMarkDantonioandallbutoneassistantdepartedabruptlyforMichi-ganState.UCrespondedquicklybyhiringBrianKellyasitsnewheadcoach. Withthebenefitof34days,and15practicestoprepare,KellymaintainedtheBearcats’existingplaybookfortheInternationalBowl.Cincinnatiopenedthefirst-everbowlgamenorthoftheborderwithaninterceptionreturnforatouchdownandapairof21-yardscoringstrikesfromNickDavilatoDominickGoodmanandjumpedouttoa24-pointlead.TheKellyEra,alongwiththenewlycreatedInternationalBowl,wereinauguratedconcurrentlyundertheretractableroofattheRogersCentrewitha27-24victoryoverWesternMichigan.

Setting the Mood with Defense Aftertheyouthmovementin2005,theUCdefensewasloadedwithexperience,having10startersbackfromthepreviousyear.Toutedasaformidablegroup,theundersizedunitwasoneofthetoughestintheBIGEAST. Afirst-teamall-BIGEASTchoice,defensivetackleTerrillByrdkeyedtheBearcats’frontfour.Astarterinall24gamesofhiscareeratUC,ByrdtookondoubleteamsthatalloweddefensiveendsTrevorAndersonandAnthonyHoketomakeplays.TonyCarvittibeganapromisingseniorseasonwithtwosacksagainstEasternKentucky,buttheformerwalk-onplayedinjustfivegamesbeforesufferingakneeinjury.AdamHoppelandThomasClaggettfilledthevoidleftbyCarvitti. All-BIGEASTselectionKevinMcCulloughkeyedthelinebackingunit.Theteamleaderintackles(72)andtacklesforloss(14.5),McCulloughmadea39-yardfumblereturnforatouchdownagainstUSF.LeoMor-gancarded62stopsfromthestrongsidelinebackerspot,whileCoreySmithtotaled60tacklesin12games. Theteam’sleaderininterceptionswithfour,DominicRossfinishedhiscareerasafirst-teamall-BIGEASTselection.Secondonthesquadwith68stops,Rossledthesecondary.Onceagain,MikeMickensfoundhimselfamongthenationalleadersinpassesdefendedwith18,includingthreeinterceptions.Thesophomorecornerbackwasasecond-teamall-BIGEASThonoree. JuniorHarukiNakamurastartedall13gamesatfreesafety,whileseniorcornerbackJohnBowiestarted12.JuniorDeAngeloSmithfilledinatbothcornerspotsthroughouttheyearandfreshmanAaronWebstershowedhecouldmakeadifferencebeforeaninjurysidelinedhimforthebowlgame.

Brian Kelly won his debut 34 days after being introduced as head coach at Cincinnati. Dominic Ross earned First-Team All-BIG EAST honors. Dustin Grutza completed nine TD passes in 2006.

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Individual StatisticsRushing Cl. G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD LG Avg/GMoore,Greg Jr. 13 162 727 18 709 4.4 4 55 54.5Benton,Butler Jr. 13 118 521 24 497 4.2 4 43 38.2Glatthaar,Bradley Jr. 13 94 306 21 285 3.0 2 20 21.9Grutza,Dustin So. 12 85 405 159 246 2.9 0 29 20.5Jones,Doug Jr. 13 11 37 4 33 3.0 0 11 2.5Waugh,Marcus Fr. 13 2 7 0 7 3.5 0 7 0.5Ramsey,Jacob Fr. 13 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.3McKenzie,Donnell Fr. 12 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.2Steel,Brian Sr. 13 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1Stewart,Derrick So. 13 3 8 12 -4 -1.3 0 6 -0.3Goodman,Dominick So. 13 1 0 8 -8 -8.0 0 0 -0.6Davila,Nick Sr. 7 28 56 82 -26 -0.9 1 10 -3.7Team 6 0 8 -8 -1.3 0 0 -0.7Cincinnati 13 513 2074 337 1737 3.4 11 55 133.6Opponents 13 380 1754 371 1383 3.6 13 65 106.4

Passing Cl. G Att Com Int Pct. Yards TD Long Effic.Grutza,Dustin So. 12 225 137 13 60.9 1632 9 51 123.46Davila,Nick Sr. 7 118 70 3 59.3 1057 8 83 151.85Cincinnati 13 345 207 17 60.0 2689 17 83 131.88Opponents 13 419 219 14 52.3 2621 14 80 109.16

Receiving Cl. G Rec. Yards Avg TD Long Avg/GGoodman,Dominick So. 13 40 452 11.3 5 31 34.8Celek,Brent Sr. 13 35 481 13.7 3 83 37.0Stewart,Derrick So. 13 33 675 20.5 5 51 51.9Poland,Bill Sr. 12 18 180 10.0 1 21 15.0Jackson,Earnest Jr. 12 17 223 13.1 0 42 18.6Barwin,Connor So. 13 13 148 11.4 2 28 11.4Moore,Greg Jr. 13 12 86 7.2 0 20 6.6Jones,Doug Jr. 13 11 123 11.2 0 32 9.5Glatthaar,Bradley Jr. 13 8 36 4.5 0 9 2.8Benton,Butler Jr. 13 7 109 15.6 0 62 8.4Alli,Kazeem Fr. 13 6 81 13.5 0 29 6.2Martin,Jared Fr. 10 6 73 12.2 1 22 7.3Giddens,Antwuan Jr. 5 1 22 22.0 0 22 4.4Cincinnati 13 207 2689 13.0 17 83 206.8Opponents 13 219 2621 12.0 14 80 201.6

Total Offense Cl. G Plays Rush Pass Yards Avg./GGrutza,Dustin So. 12 310 246 1632 1878 156.5Davila,Nick Sr. 7 146 -26 1057 1031 147.3Moore,Greg Jr. 13 162 709 0 709 54.5Benton,Butler Jr. 13 118 497 0 497 38.2Glathaar,Bradley Jr. 13 94 285 0 285 21.9Jones,Doug Jr. 13 11 33 0 33 2.5Waugh,Marcus Fr. 13 2 7 0 7 0.5Ramsey,Jacob Fr. 13 1 4 0 4 0.3McKenzie,Donnell Fr. 12 1 3 0 3 0.2Steel,Brian Sr. 13 1 -1 0 -1 -0.1Stewart,Derrick So. 13 3 -4 0 -4 -0.3Goodman,Dominick So. 13 1 -8 0 -8 -0.6Team 13 7 -8 0 -8 -0.7Cincinnati 13 858 1737 2689 4426 340.5Opponents 13 799 1383 2621 4004 308.0

ResultsDate Opponent (AP/USA Today) Result Attend.Sept. 2 EasternKentucky W 31-0 18,792Sept. 8 Pittsburgh* L 15-33 20,611Sept.16 atOhioState (1/1) L 7-37 105,037Sept.23 atVirginiaTech (11/10) L 13-29 66,233Sept.30 Miami(OH) W 24-10 21,248Oct. 7 Akron W 20-14 18,123Oct. 14 atLouisville* (7/7) L 17-23 41,549Oct. 22 SouthFlorida* W 23-6 15,889Oct. 28 Syracuse* W 17-3 20,146Nov. 11 atWestVirginia* (10/10) L 24-42 57,174Nov. 18 Rutgers* (7/8) W 30-11 27,804Nov. 25 atConnecticut* W 26-23 37,515Jan. 6 vs.WesternMichigan! W 27-24 26,717*BIGEASTConferenceGame!InternationalBowl,Toronto,Canada(RogersCentre)

Team Statistics Cincinnati OpponentsScoring 274 255 PointsPerGame 21.1 19.6First Downs 223 198 Rushing 92 70 Passing 121 107 Penalty 10 21Rushing Yardage 1737 1383 Yardsgainedrushing 2074 1754 Yardslostrushing 337 371 RushingAttempts 513 380 AverageperRush 3.4 3.6 AverageperGame 133.6 106.4 TDsRushing 11 13Passing Yardage 2689 2621 Att.-Comp.-Int. 345-207-17 419-219-14 AverageperPass 7.8 6.3 AverageperCatch 13.0 12.0 AverageperGame 206.8 201.6 TDsPassing 17 14Total Offense 4426 4004 TotalPlays 858 799 AverageperPlay 5.2 5.0 AverageperGame 340.5 308.0Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 36-788 44-878 KickoffReturnAverage 21.9 20.0Punt Returns: No.-Yards 34-251 23-226 PuntReturnAverage 7.4 9.8Interception Returns: No.-Yards 14-180 17-209 InterceptionReturnAverage 12.9 12.3Fumbles-Lost 26-12 15-9Penalties-Yards 88-755 89-647 AveragePerGame 58.1 49.8Punts-Yards 73-2816 77-3061 AveragePerPunt 38.6 39.8 NetPuntAverage 35.5 36.5Time of Possession per Game 31:54 28:063rd-Down Conversions 80/196 60/180 3rd-DownPct. 41% 33%4th-Down Conversions 6/13 4/18 4th-DownPct. 46% 22%Sacks by-Yards 31-224 33-192Miscellaneous Yards 78 0Season Attendance (Average) 476,838 (36,680) Home 142,613 (20,373) Road 307,508 (61,502) Neutral 26,717

Scoring 1 2 3 4 OT TotalCincinnati 56 64 61 93 — 274Opponent 32 77 72 74 — 255

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PATIndividual Scoring Cl. G TD FG-A Kick Run Rec Pass DXP Sa TotalLovell,Kevin Sr. 13 0 18-23 28-28 0 0 0-0 0 0 82Goodman,Dominck So. 13 5 0 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 32Stewart,Derrick So. 13 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 30Moore,Greg Jr. 13 4 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 24Benton,Butler Jr. 13 4 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 24Celek,Brent Sr. 13 3 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 18Glatthaar,Bradley Jr. 13 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 12Barwin,Connor So. 13 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 12Poland,Bill Sr. 12 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 6Davila,Nick Sr. 7 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 6Martin,Jared Fr. 10 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 6McCullough,Kevin Sr. 13 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 6Bowie,John Sr. 13 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 6Smith,DeAngelo So. 13 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 6Jackson,Earnest Jr. 12 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 2Team 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 2Grutza,Dustin So. 12 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0Cincinnati 31 18-23 28-28 0 2 2-3 0 1 274Opponents 30 14-18 27-28 0 1 1-2 0 2 255 All-Purpose Yards Cl. G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Total Avg/GGoodman,Dominick So. 13 -8 452 6 541 0 991 76.2Stewart,Derrick So. 13 -4 675 231 81 0 983 75.6Moore,Greg Jr. 13 709 86 0 27 0 822 63.2Benton,Butler Jr. 13 497 109 0 0 0 606 46.6Celek,Brent Sr. 13 0 481 0 0 0 481 37.0Glatthaar,Bradley Jr. 13 285 36 0 0 0 321 24.7Grutza,Dustin So. 12 246 0 0 0 0 246 20.5Jackson,Earnest Jr. 12 0 223 0 0 0 223 18.6Poland,Bill Sr. 12 0 180 0 0 0 180 15.0Smith,DeAngelo So. 13 0 0 0 65 95 160 12.3Jones,Doug Jr. 13 33 123 0 0 0 156 12.0Barwin,Connor So. 13 0 148 0 0 0 148 11.4Alli,Kazeem Fr. 13 0 81 0 0 0 81 6.2Martin,Jared Fr. 10 0 73 0 0 0 73 7.3Waugh,Marcus Fr. 13 7 0 0 42 0 49 3.8Bowie,John Sr. 13 0 0 0 0 49 49 3.8Nakamura,Haruki Jr. 13 0 0 14 20 14 48 3.7Giddens,Antwuan Jr. 5 0 22 0 0 0 22 4.4Ross,Dominic Sr. 13 0 0 0 0 14 14 1.1Ferguson,Delbert So. 12 0 0 0 12 0 12 1.1Williams,Anthony Sr. 13 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.3Ramsey,Jacob Fr. 12 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.3McKenzie,Donnell Fr. 13 3 0 0 0 0 3 0.2Mickens,Mike So. 13 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2McCullough,Kevin Sr. 13 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2Steel,Kevin Sr. 13 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1Team 11 -8 0 0 0 0 -8 -0.7Davila,Nick Sr. 7 -26 0 0 0 0 -26 -3.7Cincinnati 13 1737 2689 251 788 180 5645 434.2Opponents 13 1383 2621 226 878 209 5317 409.0

Punting Cl. G No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I-20 BlkSteel,Brian Sr. 13 70 2715 38.8 64 7 18 24 0Huber,Kevin So. 1 2 101 50.5 51 0 1 0 0Team 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1Cincinnati 13 73 2816 38.6 64 7 19 24 1Opponents 13 77 3061 39.8 55 2 19 20 0

Field Goals Cl. 10-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total LongLovell,Kevin Sr. 7-7 6-9 5-7 0-0 18-23 47Opponents 3-3 5-6 5-6 1-3 14-18 52

Field Goal Sequence Cincinnati OpponentsEasternKentucky (34) 53Pittsburgh — (30)OhioState — (47),(43),(52)VirginiaTech (34),(46) (37),(21)Miami(OH) (47) (49)Akron (46),32,(35) —Louisville (23),37,47 (32),(42),(35)USF 32,47 —Syracuse (20) (23)WestVirginia (40) 44Rutgers (32),(19),(27) 31,(34)Connecticut (25),(28),(42),(29) (45)WesternMichigan (37),(33) (29),51

Punt Returns Cl. Ret Yds Avg TD LongStewart,Derrick So. 25 231 9.2 0 49Nakamura,Haruki Jr. 5 14 2.8 0 12Goodman,Dominick So. 3 6 2.0 0 8Horton,Antoine Sr. 1 0 0.0 0 0Cincinnati 34 251 7.4 0 49Opponents 23 226 9.6 1 80

Kickoff Returns Cl. Ret Yds Avg TD LongGoodman,Dominick So. 21 541 25.8 0 58Stewart,Derrick So. 4 81 20.2 0 40Smith,DeAngelo So. 4 65 16.2 0 19Waugh,Marcus Fr. 3 42 14.0 0 15Moore,Greg Jr. 2 27 13.5 0 20Ferguson,Delbert So. 1 12 12.0 0 12Nakamura,Haruki Jr. 1 20 20.0 0 20Cincinnati 36 788 21.9 0 58Opponents 44 878 20.0 0 40

Interceptions Cl. Int Yds Avg TD LongRoss,Dominic Sr. 4 14 3.5 0 11Mickens,Mike So. 3 2 0.7 0 2Smith,DeAngelo So. 2 95 47.5 1 84Bowie,John Sr. 2 49 24.5 1 25Nakamura,Haruki Jr. 1 14 14.0 0 14McCullough,Kevin Sr. 1 2 2.0 0 2Williams,Anthony Sr. 1 4 4.0 0 4Cincinnati 14 180 12.9 2 84Opponents 17 209 12.3 2 72

Fumble Returns Cl. Ret Yds Avg TD LongBowie,John Sr. 1 24 24.0 0 24Carvitti,Tony Sr. 1 15 15.0 0 15McCullough,Kevin Sr. 1 39 39.0 1 39Cincinnati 3 78 26.0 1 39Opponents 0 0 0 0 0

Kickoffs No. Yds Avg TB OB Ret. Net YdLnLovell,Kevin 61 3730 61.1 17 3 Steel,Brian 1 53 53.0 0 0 Cincinnati 62 3783 61.0 17 3 20.0 41.4 23Opponents 56 3375 60.3 18 0 21.9 39.8 25

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Defensive Statistics TACKLES QB Sacks PASS DEFENSE FUMBLES BLOCKED KICKS G Solo Ast Total TFL -Yds No. -Yds INT -Yds TD PBU QBH Rec. -Yds FF Punt FG PAT SafetyMcCullough,Kevin 13 39 33 72 14.5 -36 2.0 -10 1 -2 0 3 1 1-39 0 0 0 0 0Ross,Dominic 13 39 29 68 1.0 -1 0 -0 4 -14 0 4 1 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Nakamura,Haruki 13 43 23 66 1.0 -4 0 -0 0 -0 0 6 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Morgan,Leo 13 36 26 62 5.5 -19 1.0 -3 0 -0 0 1 0 0 -0 1 0 0 0 0Smith,Corey 12 34 26 60 9.0 -35 1.0 -3 0 -0 0 0 5 0 -0 1 0 0 0 0Mickens,Mike 13 39 20 59 2.5 -8 1.0 -6 3 -2 0 15 1 1 -0 1 0 0 0 0Anderson,Trevor 13 28 16 44 13.0 -50 6.0 -32 0 -0 0 2 13 1 -0 1 0 0 0 0Bowie,John 13 24 14 38 2.5 -9 0 -0 2 -49 1 4 0 1-24 0 0 0 0 0Williams,Anthony 12 19 16 35 4.0 -16 1.0 -8 1 -4 0 2 1 0 -0 2 0 0 0 0Hoke,Anthony 13 21 14 35 8.5 -46 5.5 -33 0 -0 0 0 3 1 -0 1 0 0 0 0Byrd,Terrill 13 17 14 31 8.5 -31 3.0 -18 0 -0 0 0 4 0 -0 1 0 0 0 0Smith,DeAngelo 13 17 6 23 1.5 -3 0 -0 2 -95 1 3 0 2 -0 0 0 0 0 0Craig,Angelo 13 10 6 16 7.5 -55 4.0 -47 0 -0 0 2 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0Manalac,Ryan 13 10 5 15 1.0 -4 0.5 -4 0 -0 0 2 1 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Carvitti,Tony 6 8 7 15 2.0 -17 2.0 -17 0 -0 0 0 4 1-15 0 0 0 0 0Young,Curtis 12 10 5 15 4.0 -43 3.5 -41 0 -0 0 0 2 0 -0 1 0 0 0 0Carpenter,Jon 13 5 8 13 0.5 -3 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 1 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Webster,Aaron 12 8 5 13 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Hoppel,Adam 8 6 6 12 0.5 -2 0.5 -2 0 -0 0 0 2 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Tolbert,Cedric 13 3 7 10 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Barwin,Connor 13 8 0 8 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Horton,Antoine 13 5 3 8 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Revels,Andre 7 4 1 5 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Sparks,Evan 12 3 2 5 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Cornett,Torry 12 1 4 5 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Lovell,Kevin 13 2 2 4 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0DeFilippo,Nick 12 4 0 4 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Hall,JaJuan 5 1 2 3 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Ramsey,Jacob 13 2 1 3 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0McKenzie,Donnell 12 1 2 3 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Clagett,Thomas 9 1 2 3 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Poland,Bill 12 1 1 2 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Moore,Greg 13 2 0 2 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Farfsing,Patrick 11 1 1 2 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Mathews,Ricardo 9 2 0 2 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Ferguson,Delbert 11 2 0 2 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Alli,Kazeem 13 1 0 1 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Goodman,Dominick 13 1 0 1 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Nelms,Lamonte 5 1 0 1 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Reinstatler,Jeff 13 1 0 1 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Jones,Brad 6 1 0 1 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Celek,Brent 13 1 0 1 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Steel,Brian 13 1 0 1 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Grutza,Dustin 12 0 1 1 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0Stewart,Derrick 13 1 0 1 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 11 0 0 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 1Cincinnati 13 464 308 772 87 -382 31 -224 14 -180 2 44 42 9 -78 10 0 0 0 1Opponents 13 509 450 959 85 -307 33 -192 17 -209 32 19 12 0 -15 0 1 0 0 2

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Game-by-Game Statistical Comparison First Rushing Passing Total Off. 3rd Dn. 4th Dn. Poss. Penalties Fumbles Punts Return Score Downs Att Yds Avg TD Att Cmp Int Yds Avg/Att TD Plays Yds Conv. Conv. Time No. Yds No-Lost No.-Avg YardsCincinnati 31 19 36 129 3.6 2 34 19 0 282 8.3 2 70 411 5-of-12 0-of-0 28:22 10 106 0-0 6-36.3 66EasternKentucky 0 15 31 73 2.4 0 33 17 3 177 5.4 0 64 250 5-of-14 0-of-2 31:38 6 39 0-0 6-35.3 81Cincinnati 15 16 30 35 1.2 1 40 25 2 221 5.5 1 70 256 4-of-15 1-of-3 31:12 6 38 1-1 9-44.2 179Pittsburgh 33 13 35 90 2.6 0 21 11 0 267 12.7 3 56 357 1-of-11 0-of-0 28:48 5 41 3-3 8-43.0 132Cincinnati 7 11 22 -4 -0.2 0 25 20 3 216 8.6 1 47 212 3-of-11 0-of-0 27:01 6 28 1-0 8-32.8 126OhioState 37 22 32 166 5.2 2 35 25 0 278 7.9 2 67 444 4-of-12 0-of-0 32:59 8 75 2-0 5-37.4 38Cincinnati 13 12 38 121 3.2 1 20 14 2 159 7.9 0 58 280 6-of-14 0-of-0 35:06 9 75 2-1 5-30.2 49VirginiaTech 29 15 33 145 4.4 1 23 11 1 188 8.2 1 56 333 6-of-12 0-of-0 24:54 7 52 1-1 3-39.0 159Cincinnati 24 15 42 253 6.0 2 11 5 1 43 3.9 1 53 296 6-of-13 0-of-0 27:07 6 41 2-2 6-34.5 159Miami(OH) 10 12 25 36 1.4 0 48 21 2 190 4.0 0 73 226 5-of-17 0-of-4 32:53 4 32 1-1 6-43.3 164Cincinnati 20 23 53 194 3.7 1 24 16 1 230 9.6 1 77 424 8-of-17 1-of-1 36:22 7 75 3-2 3-39.0 117Akron 14 10 19 36 1.9 1 33 16 0 183 5.5 1 52 219 4-of-13 0-of-2 23:38 11 59 0-0 7-42.0 74Cincinnati 17 19 52 212 4.1 0 28 10 0 129 4.6 2 80 341 11-of-22 1-of-2 36:43 7 65 3-1 6-39.2 125Louisville 23 22 25 105 4.2 1 37 20 1 324 8.8 1 62 429 3-of-11 0-of-1 23:17 7 60 2-2 4-38.0 40Cincinnati 23 17 46 191 4.2 2 18 11 0 105 5.8 0 64 296 4-of-14 1-of-2 34:26 5 55 1-0 7-35.6 102USF 6 13 29 92 3.2 0 36 19 1 127 3.5 1 65 219 3-of-14 2-of-4 25:34 6 35 2-2 6-37.0 83Cincinnati 17 16 42 147 3.5 1 18 13 2 205 11.4 1 60 352 5-of-13 0-of-2 30:41 4 36 2-0 5-36.8 57Syracuse 3 12 31 61 2.0 0 29 13 0 119 4.1 0 60 180 6-of-17 0-of-2 29:19 5 41 0-0 8-42.9 50Cincinnati 24 20 31 57 1.8 0 41 23 3 310 7.6 3 72 367 8-of-17 1-of-2 32:45 11 75 4-1 5-45.4 95WestVirginia 42 13 38 313 8.2 5 14 8 0 98 7.0 1 52 411 5-of-11 0-of-0 27:15 12 102 4-0 5-40.8 164Cincinnati 30 15 46 125 2.7 1 15 11 0 277 6.6 1 61 402 6-of-14 1-of-1 32:41 7 70 3-3 4-46.0 92Rutgers 11 14 50 21 2.4 1 42 21 4 288 5.7 0 63 288 7-of-17 1-of-2 27:19 6 45 0-0 5-41.4 147Cincinnati 26 22 41 151 3.7 0 34 20 1 291 8.6 2 75 442 7-of-18 0-of-0 32:06 8 71 1-0 4-41.5 86Connecticut 23 15 31 123 4.0 1 24 13 0 172 7.2 1 55 295 5-of-13 0-of-0 27:54 9 62 0-0 7-32.6 148Cincinnati 27 21 34 126 3.7 0 37 20 2 221 6.0 2 71 347 7-of-16 0-of-0 30:15 2 20 2-1 5-43.6 97WesternMichigan 24 19 29 108 3.7 1 45 24 2 260 5.8 2 74 368 6-of-18 1-of-1 29:45 3 19 0-0 7-41.6 33

Bearcat Game-by-Game Starters DEFENSE DE DT DT DE WLB MLB SLB CB SS FS CBEasternKentucky Hoke Byrd Carvitti Anderson Manalac McCullough Williams Mickens Ross Nakamura BowiePittsburgh Hoke Byrd Carvitti Anderson Manalac McCullough Morgan Mickens Ross Nakamura BowieOhioState Hoke Byrd Carvitti Anderson C.Smith McCullough Morgan Mickens Ross Nakamura BowieVirginiaTech Hoke Byrd Carvitti Anderson C.Smith McCullough Morgan Mickens Ross Nakamura BowieMiami(OH) Hoke Byrd Carvitti Anderson C.Smith McCullough Morgan Mickens Ross Nakamura BowieAkron Hoke Byrd Anderson Craig C.Smith McCullough Morgan Mickens Ross Nakamura BowieLouisville Hoke Byrd Young Anderson C.Smith McCullough Morgan Mickens Ross Nakamura BowieUSF Hoke Byrd Hoppel Anderson C.Smith McCullough Morgan Mickens Ross Nakamura BowieSyracuse Hoke Byrd Young Anderson C.Smith McCullough Morgan Mickens Ross Nakamura BowieWestVirginia Hoke Byrd Hoppel Anderson C.Smith McCullough Morgan Mickens Ross Nakamura BowieRutgers Hoke Byrd Hoppel Anderson C.Smith McCullough Morgan Mickens Ross Nakamura D.SmithConnecticut Hoke Byrd Hoppel Anderson C.Smith McCullough Morgan Mickens Ross Nakamura BowieWesternMichigan Hoke Byrd Hoppel Anderson C.Smith McCullough Morgan Mickens Ross Nakamura Bowie

OFFENSE WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB FB RBEasternKentucky Goodman Linkenbach Straub Flores Reinstatler Bujnoch Celek Poland Grutza Waugh BentonPittsburgh Goodman Linkenbach Straub Flores Canfield Bujnoch Celek Poland Grutza D.Jones BentonOhioState Goodman Linkenbach Straub Flores Canfield Bujnoch Celek Poland Grutza Barwin(TE) GlatthaarVirginiaTech Goodman Linkenbach Straub Reinstatler Canfield Bujnoch Celek Poland Grutza D.Jones MooreMiami(OH) Jackson Linkenbach Duenas Reinstatler Canfield Bujnoch Celek Poland Grutza D.Jones MooreAkron Goodman Linkenbach Straub Reinstatler Canfield Bujnoch Celek Poland Grutza Jackson(WR) MooreLouisville Jackson Linkenbach Straub Reinstatler Canfield Bujnoch Celek Poland Grutza D.Jones MooreUSF Jackson Linkenbach Straub Reinstatler Canfield Bujnoch Celek Barwin(TE) Grutza D.Jones MooreSyracuse Goodman Linkenbach Straub Reinstatler Canfield Bujnoch Celek Poland Grutza Alli(TE) MooreWestVirginia Goodman Linkenbach Straub Reinstatler Canfield Bujnoch Celek Poland Grutza D.Jones MooreRutgers Goodman Linkenbach Straub Reinstatler Canfield Bujnoch Celek Poland Davila D.Jones MooreConnecticut Goodman Linkenbach Straub Reinstatler Canfield Bujnoch Celek Stewart Grutza Alli(TE) BentonWesternMichigan Goodman Linkenbach Straub Reinstatler Canfield Bujnoch Celek Poland Davila Stewart Moore

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TotalOffensivePlays....... 80 atLouisville Low............. 47 atOhioStateTotalNetOffense.......... 442 atConnecticut Low........... 212 atOhioStateFumbles........................... 4 atWestVirginia Low............... 1 FourtimesFumblesLost.................... 3 vs.Rutgers Low............... 0 FivetimesPenalties........................ 11 atWestVirginia Low............... 4 vs.SyracusePenaltyYards................ 106 vs.EasternKentucky Low............. 28 atOhioStateQBSacksAllowed............. 8 atOhioState Low............... 0 vs.Rutgers

Opponent SuperlativesPointsScored.................. 42 WestVirginia Low............... 0 EasternKentuckyFirstDowns................... 22 Twice:OhioState,Louisville Low............. 10 AkronRushingPlays................. 38 WestVirginia Low............. 19 AkronNetRushingYards........ 313 WestVirginia Low............. 36 Twice:Miami(OH),AkronPassesAttempted........... 48 Miami(OH) Low............. 14 WestVirginiaPassesCompleted.......... 25 OhioState Low............... 8 WestVirginiaHadIntercepted............... 4 Rutgers Low............... 0 SixtimesPassingYards................ 278 OhioState Low............. 98 WestVirginiaTotalOffensivePlays....... 73 Miami(OH) Low............. 52 Twice:Akron,WestVirginiaTotalNetOffense.......... 444 OhioState Low........... 180 SyracuseFumbles........................... 4 WestVirginia Low............... 0 FivetimesFumblesLost.................... 3 Pittsburgh Low............... 0 FivetimesPenalties........................ 12 WestVirginia Low............... 5 PittsburghPenaltyYards................ 102 WestVirginia Low............. 32 Miami(OH)QBSacksAllowed............. 4 Fourtimes Low............... 0 Pittsburgh

Red Zone Efficiency (Inside opponent’s 20 yard line)

Times in Red Zone Failures Result Red Zone Scored Pts R-P FG-FGA Downs Int/Fum End/Half End/Game Pct.EasternKentucky W,31-0 5 5 31 2-2 1-1 0 0/0 0 0 100.0Pittsburgh L,33-15 3 2 15 1-1 0-0 1 0/0 0 0 66.7OhioState L,37-7 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0/0 0 0 —VirginiaTech L,29-13 4 3 13 1-0 2-2 0 0/1 0 0 66.7Miami(OH) W,24-10 2 2 14 1-1 0-0 0 0/0 0 0 100.0Akron W,20-14 4 2 10 1-0 1-2 0 0/0 0 1 50.0Louisville L,23-17 5 3 17 0-2 1-2 1 0/0 0 0 60.0USF W,23-6 2 1 7 1-0 0-1 0 0/0 0 0 50.0Syracuse W,17-3 3 2 10 1-0 1-1 1 0/0 0 0 66.7WestVirginia L,42-24 2 2 11 0-1 1-1 0 0/0 0 0 100.0Rutgers W,30-11 4 4 16 1-0 3-3 0 0/0 0 0 100.0Connecticut W,26-23 5 5 23 0-2 3-3 0 0/0 0 0 100.0WesternMichigan W,27-24 3 2 6 0-0 2-2 0 0/1 0 0 66.7Cincinnati 42 33 173 9-9 15-18 3 0/2 0 1 78.6Opponents 33 27 149 10-7 10-11 2 3/0 0 0 81.8

Opponent Individual HighsRushAttempts............... 25 BrandenOre,VirginiaTechNetRushingYards........ 170 BrandenOre,VirginiaTechRushingTDs..................... 2 SteveSlaton,WestVirginia PatrickWhite,WestVirginiaPassAttempts................ 48 DanielRaudabaugh,Miami(OH)PassCompletions........... 21 TroySmith,OhioState DanielRaudabaugh,Miami(OH) MikeTeel,RutgersHadIntercepted............... 4 MikeTeel,RutgersPassingYards................ 324 BrianBrohm,LouisvillePassingTDs...................... 3 TylerPalko,PittReceptions....................... 9 KennyBritt,RutgersReceivingYards............ 172 DerekKinder,PittTDReceptions.................. 2 DerekKinder,Pitt TedGinn,OhioStatePunts................................ 8 AdamGraessle,Pitt BrendanCarney,SyracusePuntAverage............... 43.3 JakeRichardson,Miami(OH)PuntsInside20................. 3 AdamGraessle,PittPuntReturnYards........... 89 RyneRobinson,Miami(OH)KickoffReturns................. 4 EddieRoyal,VirginiaTech AndreDixon,ConnecticutKORYards....................... 85 DariusReynaud,WestVirginiaFGAttempts..................... 3 ArtCarmody,LouisvilleFGsMade......................... 3 ArtCarmody,Louisville

Cincinnati SuperlativesPointsScored................. 31 vs.EasternKentucky Low............... 7 atOhioStateFirstDowns................... 23 vs.Akron Low............. 11 atOhioStateRushingPlays................. 53 vs.Akron Low............. 22 atOhioStateNetRushingYards........ 253 vs.Miami(OH) Low..............-4 atOhioStatePassingAttempts........... 41 atWestVirginia Low............. 11 vs.Miami(OH)PassesCompleted.......... 25 vs.Pittsburgh Low............... 5 vs.Miami(OH)HadIntercepted............... 3 Twice:atOhioState,atWestVirginia Low............... 0 FourtimesPassingYards................ 310 atWestVirginia Low............. 43 vs.Miami(OH)

Cincinnati Long PlaysRushing.......................... 55 GregMoorevs.Miami(OH)Passing........................... 83 BrentCelekfromDavilavs.RutgersFieldGoal....................... 47 KevinLovellvs.Miami(OH)Punt............................... 64 BrianSteelvs.PittPuntReturn.................... 49 DerrickStewartvs.AkronKickoffReturn................ 58 DominickGoodmanvs.Miami(OH)InterceptionReturn........ 84 DeAngeloSmithvs.RutgersFumbleReturn............... 39 KevinMcCulloughvs.USF

Cincinnati Individual HighsRushAttempts............... 20 GregMoorevs.Miami(OH)NetRushingYards........ 119 GregMoorevs.Miami(OH)RushingTDs..................... 1 ButlerBentonvs.EKU BradleyGlatthaarvs.EKU BradleyGlatthaarvs.Pitt GregMooreatVirginiaTech ButlerBentonvs.Miami(OH) GregMoorevs.Miami(OH) ButlerBentonvs.Akron GregMoorevs.USF ButlerBentonvs.USF GregMoorevs.SyracusePassAttempts................ 35 DustinGrutzavs.PittPassCompletions........... 21 DustinGrutzavs.PittHadIntercepted............... 2 DustinGrutzavs.Pitt DustinGrutzaatOhioState DustinGrutzaatVirginiaTech DustinGrutzavs.Syracuse DustinGrutzaatWestVirginiaPassingYards................ 277 NickDavilavs.RutgersPassingTDs...................... 2 DustinGrutzaatLouisville 2 NickDavilaatWestVirginiaReceptions....................... 9 DerrickStewartatConnecticutReceivingYards............ 166 DerrickStewartatConnecticutTDReceptions.................. 2 DominickGoodmanvs.EKU......................................... 2 ConnorBarwinatWestVirginiaPunts................................ 9 BrianSteelvs.PittPuntAverage............... 46.0 BrianSteelvs.RutgersPuntsInside20................. 6 BrianSteelvs.PittPuntReturns.................... 4 DerrickStewart(Twice) vs.Pitt,vs.AkronPuntReturnYards........... 71 DerrickStewartvs.AkronKickoffReturns................. 4 DominickGoodmanatLouisvilleKORYards....................... 94 DominickGoodmanatLouisvilleFGAttempts..................... 4 KevinLovellatConnecticutFG’sMade......................... 4 KevinLovellatConnecticutInterceptions.................... 2 MikeMickensvs.RutgersInterceptionYards.......... 84 DeAngeloSmithvs.RutgersTackles............................ 10 JohnBowievs.Pitt DominicRossatLouisville KevinMcCulloughvs.RutgersTacklesforLoss.............. 4.5 TrevorAndersonatConnecticutSacksBy........................... 2 TonyCarvittivs.EasternKentucky TrevorAndersonatConnecticut

Opponent Long PlaysRushing.......................... 65 SteveSlaton,WestVirginiaPassing........................... 80 TylerPalkotoDerekKenner,PittFieldGoal....................... 52 RyanPretorius,OhioStatePunt............................... 55 AdamGraessle,PittPuntReturn.................... 80 RyneRobinson,Miami(OH)KickoffReturn................ 40 DariusReynaud,WestVirginiaInterceptionReturn........ 72 VictorHarris,VirginiaTech

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TACKLING EKU PITT OHIO STATE VA. TECH MIAMI (OH) AKRON LOU USF SYR WVU RUTGERS CONN WMUMcCullough 1-4-5 2-3-5 1-3-4 2-4-6 3-4-7 1-2-3 2-0-2 3-1-4 6-1-7 4-4-8 9-1-10 3-4-7 2-2-4Ross 4-0-4 1-2-3 4-4-8 1-3-4 1-2-3 3-2-5 6-4-10 1-1-2 2-1-3 3-1-4 1-4-5 5-1-6 7-4-11Nakamura 5-1-6 2-3-5 2-2-4 3-2-5 6-3-9 4-1-5 3-0-3 2-2-4 2-2-4 1-1-2 3-1-4 3-3-6 7-2-9Morgan 2-0-2 2-3-5 2-1-3 2-2-4 2-3-5 3-1-4 4-2-6 5-0-5 7-0-7 2-3-5 2-1-3 2-5-7 1-5-6C.Smith DNP 2-3-5 5-4-9 2-2-4 4-0-4 2-1-3 2-0-2 4-4-8 2-2-4 1-3-4 3-2-5 1-3-4 6-2-8Mickens 1-2-3 2-2-4 2-2-4 3-1-4 5-1-6 1-4-5 8-1-9 2-2-4 4-0-4 3-0-3 2-2-4 3-3-6 3-0-3Anderson 3-1-4 4-2-6 2-1-3 4-2-6 2-2-4 1-0-1 2-0-2 2-3-5 1-1-2 1-3-4 1-0-1 5-1-6 0-0-0Bowie 4-2-6 5-5-10 1-1-2 2-1-3 2-0-2 2-0-2 1-0-1 2-0-2 1-1-2 1-0-1 0-0-0 2-2-4 1-2-3A.Williams 1-1-2 2-3-5 2-1-3 1-0-1 3-1-4 1-0-1 2-2-4 1-1-2 DNP 2-0-2 2-3-5 1-1-2 1-3-4Hoke 4-3-7 1-0-1 2-2-4 0-1-1 1-1-2 2-0-2 1-0-1 2-2-4 1-0-1 2-3-5 3-0-3 0-1-1 2-1-3Byrd 1-1-2 3-1-4 0-0-0 2-0-2 1-0-1 1-1-2 2-0-2 1-1-2 2-2-4 1-4-5 1-0-1 0-2-2 2-2-4D.Smith 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 3-0-3 1-1-2 0-0-0 1-0-1 2-0-2 0-0-0 1-1-2 5-1-6 1-1-2 1-2-3Craig 2-0-2 1-0-1 1-1-2 2-1-3 0-1-1 2-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1Manalac 0-0-0 1-0-1 4-1-5 1-4-5 0-0-0 2-0-2 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0Carvitti 4-0-4 0-3-3 0-2-2 1-0-1 2-0-2 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-2-3Young 1-0-1 0-0-0 3-0-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-2 1-0-1 2-3-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-2 DNPCarpenter 1-0-1 0-1-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-3-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-0-1 1-2-3 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-0-1Webster DNP 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-1-2 1-0-1 0-1-1 1-0-1 2-1-3 0-0-0 1-0-1 2-0-2 0-1-1 DNPHoppel 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-1-1 2-0-2 3-2-5 1-0-1 0-2-2 0-1-1 DNP 0-0-0Tolbert 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-2-2 0-2-2 0-0-0Barwin 1-0-1 2-0-2 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-0-1Horton 1-0-1 0-0-0 2-1-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0Revels DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-2 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-0-1Sparks DNP 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-1-2 0-0-0Nelms 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1

RUSHING EKU PITT OHIO STATE VA. TECH MIAMI (OH) AKRON LOU USF SYR WVU RUTGERS CONN WMU No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds Moore 10 45 5 11 3 14 16 48 20 119 19 96 15 52 12 66 17 70 10 34 16 56 9 40 10 62Benton 10 37 5 16 5 13 9 52 8 68 12 27 9 30 11 55 12 46 9 18 8 14 10 59 10 57Glatthaar 11 52 6 31 3 0 3 3 9 43 4 14 11 26 10 28 8 24 4 6 13 27 8 17 4 14Grutza 2 -8 6 22 9 -29 7 5 4 24 17 75 12 72 9 36 4 8 7 -5 DNP 5 25 3 22Jones,Doug 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 3 12 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 4 0 0Waugh 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ramsey 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0McKenzie 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Steel 0 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Stewart 0 0 1 -12 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Goodman 0 0 1 -8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Davila 2 -1 4 -24 1 -6 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1 4 6 23 7 7 7 -29

RECEIVING EKU PITT OHIO STATE VA. TECH MIAMI (OH) AKRON LOU USF SYR WVU RUTGERS CONN WMU No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds No. Yds Goodman 4 48 8 70 1 21 2 9 0 0 3 24 0 0 3 17 2 31 4 54 1 19 5 50 7 109Celek 6 81 3 26 3 39 3 45 2 15 3 39 4 60 2 32 1 7 1 5 1 83 2 28 4 21Stewart 1 51 0 0 5 64 1 51 2 22 2 35 3 41 1 19 3 91 3 63 2 63 9 166 1 9Poland 2 16 4 47 3 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 0 2 18 2 21 1 8 DNP 3 17Jackson 3 59 2 16 3 14 0 0 0 0 2 26 3 12 3 54 1 42 0 0 DNP 0 0 0 0Barwin 1 12 1 5 0 0 3 36 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 17 0 0 5 68 1 9 0 0 0 0Moore 0 0 2 17 1 5 3 16 0 0 1 20 0 0 1 -1 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20Jones,Doug 1 8 1 12 1 8 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 61 1 8 0 0 1 3 1 8 1 9 0 0Glatthaar 1 7 2 14 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0Benton 0 0 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 62 1 9 2 26Alli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 1 29 0 0 0 0 1 17 2 17 1 7 0 0Martin 0 0 0 0 1 22 DNP 0 0 0 0 DNP DNP 1 5 2 19 1 8 0 0 1 19Giddens 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1 22 0 0

PUNT AND KICKOFF RETURNS Stewart Goodman Nakamura D. Smith Waugh Horton Moore Ferguson P K0 P K0 P KO P KO P KO P KO P KO P KOEKU 1-2 - - 1-33 2-6 - - - - - - - - - - -PITT 4-53 2-31 - 3-71 - - - - - - - - - - - -OSU 1-3 - - 2-70 - - - - - - - - - - - -VT 2-15 - - 1-31 - - - - - - - - - - - -MIAMI 3-19 - - 1-58 - - - 2-32 - - - - - - - -AKR 4-71 - - 1-21 16 - - 1-14 - - - - - - - -LOU 1-15 - - 4-94 - - - 1-19 - - - - - - - -USF 1-1 1-40 1-8 1-12 2-2 - - - - - - - - - - -SYR 3-21 - - 1-36 - - - - - - - - - - - -WVU - - 2-(-2) 3-70 - - - - - - - - - - - -RUT 2-4 - - - - - - - - - 1-0 - - - - -CONN 2-14 1-10 - 2-27 - 1-20 - - - 1-20 - - - - - -WMU 1-13 - - 1-18 - - - - - - - - - 2-27 - 1-12

PASSING — Grutza, Dustin Att Cm In Pct Yards TDEKU 15 9 0 .600 161 1PITT 35 21 2 .600 189 1OSU 22 18 2 .818 202 1VT 20 14 2 .700 159 0MIAMI 11 5 1 .455 43 1AKR 24 16 1 .667 230 1LOU 27 10 0 .370 129 2USF 18 11 0 .611 105 0SYR 18 13 2 .722 205 1WVA 24 13 2 .542 143 1RUT DNPCONN 9 6 1 .667 59 0WMU 2 1 0 .500 7 0

Passing — Davila, Nick Att Cm In Pct Yards TDEKU 19 10 0 .526 121 1PITT 5 4 0 .800 32 0OSU 2 2 01.000 14 0VT DNPMIAMI DNPARK DNPLOU DNPUSF DNPSYR DNPWVA 17 10 1 .588 167 2RUT 15 11 0 .733 277 1CONN 25 14 1 .560 232 2WMU 35 19 2 .543 214 2

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Amisplayandabigplayspelledaneventual33-15lossbyCincinnatitoPittsburghintheBIGEASTopener.

ThemisplaywasaninterceptionthatsetupaPitttouch-downwith1:49togointhefirsthalfandbrokeascorelesstie.Thebigplaywasan80-yardtouchdownstrikebyTylerPalkotoDerrickKinderonthefirstplayofthesecondhalf. TheBearcatssurrenderedasafetyonapenaltyintheendzone,anda55-yardPalkobombonthefirstplayfol-lowingthefreekick.Sevenminutesintothethirdquarter,theBearcatsfoundthemselvesstaringata23-pointdeficit. TheBearcatstookadvantageofamisplaytogetontothescoreboardasaBrianSteelpuntwasfumbledonthePitt17yardline.BradleyGlatthaar’s1-yardtouchdownplungecappedafive-playscoringdrive. PittsburghturnedaUCfumbleintoa30-yardfieldgoalbyConorLeeinthefourthquarter. TheBearcatsaddedatouchdownwhenGrutzafoundBillPolandfora15-yardTDtoss.GrutzapassedtoEarnestJacksonforthetwo-pointPAT.Inthefinalseconds,Grutzawasinterceptedanditwasreturned57yardsforatouchdownbyDarrelleRevis.

Pittsburgh 0 7 16 10 — 33Cincinnati 0 0 7 8 — 15

SCORING SUMMARYSecond QuarterPIT—OderickTurner15ydpassfromTylerPalko(ConorLeekick),1:49

Third QuarterPIT—DerekKinder80ydpassfromTylerPalko(ConorLeekick),14:32PIT—Safety(int.groundinginendzone),8:33PIT—DerekKinder55-ydpassfromTylerPalko(ConorLeekick),8:00CIN—BradleyGlatthaar1ydrun(KevinLovellkick),2:41

Fourth QuarterPIT—FGConorLee30yd,7:23CIN—BillPoland15ydpassfromDustinGrutza(KevinLovellkick),4:35PIT—DarrelleRevis57ydinterceptionreturn(ConorLeekick),0:04

TEAM STATISTICS PITTSBURGH CINCINNATIFirstDowns 13 16Rushes-Yards 35-90 30-35PassingYards 267 221PassingA-C-I 21-11-0 40-25-2TotalPlays-Yards 56-357 70-256Punts-Avg. 8-43.0 9-44.2Fumbles-Lost 3-3 1-1Penalties-Yards 5-41 6-383rdDownConv. 1-11 4-154thDownConv. 0-2 1-3TimeofPossession 28:48 31:12

Rushing—Pittsburgh:Brooks22-67,Collins6-12,Porter21-6,Collier4-4,Palko2-1.Cincinnati:Glatthaar6-31,Grutza6-22,Benton5-16,Moore5-11,Waugh1-0,Steel1-(-1),Goodman1-(-8),Stewart1-(-12),Davila4-(-24).Passing—Pittsburgh:TylerPalko21-11-0,267,3TD.Cincinnati:Grutza35-21-2,189,1TD;Davila5-4-0,32,0TD.Receiving—Pittsburgh:Kinder3-172,Pestano2-37,Collins2-19,Turner1-15,Buches1-15,Porter1-5,Brooks1-4.Cincinnati:Goodman8-70,Poland4-47,Celek3-26,Moore2-17,Jackson2-16,Benton2-14,Glatthaar2-14,Jones1-12,Barwin1-5.

Eastern Kentucky 0 Cincinnati 31

Sept. 2, 2006Nippert StadiumlCincinnati, Ohio

Attendance: 18,792

Pittsburgh 33 Cincinnati 15


Attendance: 20,611

C incinnati’stwo-quarterbackoffenseproducedfourtouchdownswhilethedefenserecordeditsfirstshutout

in11seasonsasUCblankedEasternKentucky,31-0. TheshutoutwasUC’sfirstsincea16-0whitewashingofVirginiaTechonSept.16,1995,aspanof123games.Itwasaidedinpartbydrive-snuffinginterceptionsfromHarukiNakamura,DominicRoss,andDeAngeloSmith. DustinGrutzaandNickDavilaeachengineeredatouch-downdriveinthefirsthalf.GrutzamarchedtheBearcats66yardsinnineplaysonUC’ssecondpossessionoftheseasontosetupButlerBenton’stwo-yardTDplunge.Davila,whotookoverinthesecondquarter,gottheBearcatsontheboardwitha15-yardpassplaytoDominickGoodmanjustbeforethehalfended. Grutzaaddedatouchdownwithasix-yardtosstoGoodmanlateinthethirdquarterandwasatthecontrolswhenBradleyGlatthaarscoredfromsixyardsoutonthefirstplayofthefourthquarter.Davilageneratedaclock-killing,12-play,71-yarddriveinthefourthquarterthatsetupKevinLovell’s34-yardfieldgoal.

EasternKentucky 0 0 0 0 — 0Cincinnati 7 7 7 10 — 31

SCORING SUMMARYFirst QuarterCIN–ButlerBenton2ydrun(KevinLovellkick),7:41

Second QuarterCIN–DominickGoodman15ydpassfromNickDavila(KevinLovellkick),0:46

Third QuarterCIN–DominickGoodman6ydpassfromDustinGrutza(KevinLovellkick),4:21

Fourth QuarterCIN–BradleyGlatthaar6ydrun(KevinLovellkick),14:48CIN–FGKevinLovell34yards,3:40

TEAM STATISTICS EASTERN KENTUCKY CINCINNATIFirstDowns 15 19Rushes-Yards 31-73 36-129Passingyards 177 282PassingA-C-I 33-17-3 34-19-0TotalPlays-Yards 64-250 70-411Punts-Avg. 6-35.3 6-36.3Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0Penalties-Yards 6-39 10-1063rdDownConv. 5-14 5-124thDownConv. 0-2 0-0TimeofPossession 31:38 28:22

Rushing—EasternKentucky:Dunn15-58,C.J.Washington7-22,Walker2-14,Holland1-1,Greco6-(-20).Cincinnati:Glatthaar11-52,Moore10-45,Benton10-37,Ramsey1-4,Davila2-(-1),Grutza2-(-8).Passing—EasternKentucky:Greco30-16-3,159,0TD;Holland3-1-0,18,0TD.Cincinnati:Grutza15-9-0,161,1TD;Davila19-10-0,121,1TD.Receiving—EasternKentucky:Bugg4-58,Williams4-30,Barber3-23,Lurry2-60,Washington2-2,C.J.Washington1-6,Dunn1-(-2).Cincinnati:Celek6-81,Goodman4-48,Jackson3-59,Poland2-16,Stewart1-51,Barwin1-12,Jones1-8,Glatthaar1-7.

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Cincinnati 7 No. 1 Ohio State 37

Sept. 16, 2006Ohio StadiumlColumbus, Ohio

Attendance: 105,037

Cincinnati 13 No. 10 Virginia Tech 29

Sept. 23, 2006Lane StadiumlBlacksburg, Va.

Attendance: 66,233

Cincinnatiledthroughmuchofthefirsthalfandhadop-portunitiestoextendthemargin,butOhioStateproved

toomuch,takinga37-7decision. OhioStatescoredonitsfirstpossessionofthegameona47-yardfieldgoalbyAaronPettrey,buttheBearcatsrespondedwithafive-play,80-yardscoringdrivewhenDustinGrutzafoundfreshmanJaredMartinintheendzonefora22-yardTD. TheBearcatsfailedtotakeadvantageoftwootheropportunities.FollowingOSU’ssecondfieldgoal,DominickGoodmanreturnedtheensuingkickoff53yardsintoBuckeyeterritory.OhioStateheld,thenmarched80yardstotaketheleadwithTroySmithhittingTedGinn,Jr.fora12-yardTDthatgaveOSUthelead. UCadvancedtotheOSU42justbeforehalf,beforeGrutzasufferedthefirstoftwointerceptions.

Cincinnati 7 0 0 0 — 7OhioState 3 10 7 17 — 37

SCORING SUMMARYFirst QuarterOSU–FGAaronPettrey47yards,8:46CIN–JaredMartin22ydpassfromDustinGrutza(KevinLovellkick),6:36

Second QuarterOSU–FGAaronPettrey43yards,9:17OSU–TedGinn,Jr.12ydpassfromTroySmith(AaronPettreykick),3:00

Third QuarterOSU–TedGinn,Jr.9ydpassfromTroySmith(AaronPettreykick),7:10

Fourth QuarterOSU–AntonioPittman48ydrun(AaronPettreykick),9:57OSU–MauriceWells9ydrun(AaronPettreykick),7:45OSU–FGRyanPretorius52yards,1:14

TEAM STATISTICS CINCINNATI OHIO STATEFirstDowns 11 22Rushes-Yards 22-(-4) 32-166PassingYards 216 278PassingA-C-I 25-20-3 35-25-0TotalPlays-Yards 47-212 67-444Punts-Avg. 8-32.8 5-37.4Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0Penalties-Yards 6-28 8-753rdDownConv. 3-11 4-124thDownConv. 0-0 0-0TimeofPossession 27:01 32:59

Rushing— Cincinnati: Moore 3-14, Benton 5-13, Jones 1-4, Glatthaar 3-0, Davila 1-(-6),Grutza9-(-29).OhioState:Pittman16-155,Wells5-18,Boeckman2-9,Wells3-9,Smith4-0,Ginn1-(-6),Schoehoft1-(-19).Passing—Cincinnati:Grutza22-18-2,202,1TD;Davila2-2-0,14,0TD;Poland1-0-1,0,0TD.OhioState:Smith30-21-0,203,2TD;Zwick3-2-0,63,0TD;Boeckman1-1-0,7,0TD;Schoenhoft1-1-0,5,0TD.Receiving—Cincinnati:Stewart5-64,Celek3-39,Poland3-39,Jackson3-14,Glatthaar2-4,Martin 1-22, Goodman 1-21, Jones 1-8, Moore 1-5. Ohio State: Gonzalez 5-85, Ginn 5-33,Small3-41,Nicol3-36,White2-15,Pittman2-7,Hartline1-27,Robiskie1-19,Wells1-10,Hall1-5,Wells1-0.

TheUniversityofCincinnatiovercameanearlydeficittoleadNo.10VirginiaTechathalfandattheendofthe

thirdquarterbeforeeventuallyfalling,29-13. Cincinnati’sdefenseheldtheHokiesto14yardsrushingandamerefivepointsthroughthefirsthalf. AninterceptionbyDominicRosssetupa34-yardfieldgoalbyKevinLovellinthefinalsecondstogiveCincinnatia10-5leadatthehalf. VirginiaTechopenedthesecondhalfwithaquicktouch-down,butUCrespondedwithLovell’ssecondfieldgoaloftheday,thistimefrom46yards. Techregainedtheleadona21-yardfieldgoalbyBran-donPaceearlyinthefourthquarter,thentookthewindoutoftheBearcats’sailswithaneight-play,74-yardscoringdrivewith8:30remaining. GrutzamovedUCtotheVT32beforeVictorHarrispickedoffapassandreturnedit72yardsforaTD.

Cincinnati 0 10 3 0 — 13VirginiaTech 5 0 7 17 — 29

SCORING SUMMARYFirst QuarterVT–Safety,puntblockedoutofendzone,4:54VT–FGBrandonPace,37yards,1:09

Second QuarterCIN–GregMoore1ydrun(KevinLovellkick),3:15CIN–FGKevinLovell,34yards,0:58

Third QuarterVT–JustinHarper47ydpassfromSeanGlennon(BrandonPacekick),13:24CIN–FGKevinLovell,46yards,4:39

Fourth QuarterVT–FGBrandonPace,21yards,14:51VT–BrandenOre1ydrun(BrandonPacekick),8:30VT–VictorHarris72ydinterceptionreturn(BrandonPacekick),2:01

TEAM STATISTICS CINCINNATI VIRGINIA TECHFirstDowns 12 15Rushes-Yards 38-121 33-145PassingYards 159 188PassingA-C-I 20-14-2 23-11-1TotalPlays-Yards 58-280 56-333Punts-Avg. 5-30.2 3-39.0Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1Penalties-Yards 9-75 7-523rdDownConv. 6-14 6-124thDownConv. 0-0 0-0TimeofPossession 35:06 24:54

Rushing—Cincinnati:Benton9-52,Moore16-48,Waugh1-7,Grutza7-5,Jones1-3,McKenzie1-3,Glatthaar3-3.VirginiaTech:Ore25-170,Elan1-2,Royal1-(-5),Glennon5-(-21),Team1-(-1).Passing—Cincinnati:Grutza20-14-2,159,0TD.VirginiaTech:Glennon23-11-1,188,1TD.Receiving—Cincinnati:Celek3-45,Barwin3-36,Moore3-16,Goodman2-9,Glatthaar2-2,Stewart1-51.VirginiaTech:Morgan4-27,Harper2-64,Hyman2-10,Royal1-44,Ore1-34,Boone1-9.

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Miami (OH) 10 Cincinnati 24


Attendance: 21,248

The111theditionoftheBattlefortheBellwasdeter-minedbythedefenses,andCincinnati’sforcesheldthe

upperhandina24-10victoryoverMiami(OH). UCcameupwiththreeturnovers,cashingtwooftheminfortouchdowns. WithUCholdingatouchdownleadearlyinthefourthquarter,JohnBowiecameupwiththepivotaltakeawaytothwartaMiamiscoringthreat.Sixplayslater,DustinGrutzafoundDerrickStewartforagame-clinching20-yardTD. TheBearcatsstoppedtwomoreRedHawkdrivestoreturntheVictoryBelltoCincinnati. TheBearcatdefenseovercamea17-yardpuntandapairoffumbles,surrenderingamerefieldgoal,inthefirstquarter. DominickGoodman’s58-yardkickoffreturnbroughtlifeintotheBearcats,whoscoredoneplaylateronButlerBenton’s37-yardjauntaroundtherightend.OnMiami’snextpossession,TonyCarvitticameupwithafumbleandreturnedit15yardstotheMiami11.GregMooretookoverfromtherewiththreestraightcarries,thefinalfromtwoyardsout,givingUCa14-3lead. KevinLovellcappedalatefirst-halfdrivewitha47-yardfieldgoalfora17-3halftimeadvantage.Miami’slonetouchdowncameonRyneRobinson’s80-yardpuntreturn.

Miami(OH) 3 0 7 0 — 10Cincinnati 14 3 0 7 — 24

SCORING SUMMARYFirst QuarterMIA–FGTrevorCook,49yards,3:27CIN–ButlerBenton27-ydrun(KevinLovellkick),2:46CIN–GregMoore2ydrun(KevinLovellkick),0:17

Second QuarterCIN–FGKevinLovell47yards,1:00

Third QuarterMIA–RyneRobinson80ydpuntreturn(TrevorCookkick),7:15

Fourth QuarterCIN–DerrickStewart20ydpassfromDustinGrutza(KevinLovellkick),11:15

TEAM STATISTICS MIAMI (OH) CINCINNATIFirstDowns 15 12Rushes-Yards 25-36 42-253PassingYards 190 43PassingA-C-I 48-21-2 11-5-1TotalPlays-Yards 73-226 53-296Punts-Avg. 6-43.3 6-34.5Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-2Penalties-Yards 4-32 6-413rdDownConv. 5-17 6-134thDownConv. 0-4 0-0TimeofPossession 32:53 27:07

Rushing—Miami(OH):Murphy13-59,Sykes2-1,Raudabaugh10-(-24).Cincinnati:Moore20-119,Benton8-68,Glatthaar9-43,Grutza4-24,Team1-(-1).Passing—Miami(OH):Raudabaugh47-21-2,190,0TD.Cincinnati:Grutza11-5-1,43,1TD.Receiving—Miami(OH):Robinson4-52,Murphy4-0,Crabtree3-38,McVay3-25,Busing3-23,Woods2-34,O’Bryan1-11,Corbin1-7.Cincinnati:Stewart2-22,Celek2-15,Jones1-6.

Akron 14 Cincinnati 20

Oct. 7, 2006Nippert StadiumlCincinnati, Ohio

Attendance: 18,123

Cincinnatiovercameasluggishstartandfoughtbackfromanearly14-pointdeficittodefeatAkron,20-14.

ButlerBentonscamperedaroundleftendforaseven-yardtouchdownrunwith12:54remaininginthegametogiveUCitsfirstlead.TheBearcatdefenseheldAkrontojust34yardsoverthefinalthreequartersforthewin. TheZipsscoredtouchdownsontheirfirsttwopossessionsandwereonthethreshholdofathirdscorewhentheBearcatsheldondownsontheir19.Thedefensivestopseemedtokick-startUC,whichmarcheddownfieldtogetonthescoreboardwitha46-yardKevinLovellfieldgoal.OnthesecondUCscoringdrive,BrentCelekmadeacatchonfourthdownandbroketwotacklesenroutetoa26-yardtouchdown. Lovellkickeda35-yardfieldgoalinthethirdperiod.An82-yardpuntreturnforatouchdownbyDerrickStewartwasnullifiedbypenalty,butUCreboundedwiththego-aheadscoringdrive.

Akron 14 0 0 0 — 14Cincinnati 0 10 3 7 — 20

SCORING SUMMARYFirst QuarterAKR–JabariArthur3ydpassfromLukeGetsy(McClain,Jonkick),7:28AKR–AndreWalker1ydrun(McClain,Jonkick),3:55

Second QuarterCIN–FGKevinLovell46yd,12:13CIN–BrentCelek26ydpassfromDustinDustin(KevinLovellkick),8:24

Third QuarterCIN–FGKevinLovell35yd,5:17

Fourth QuarterCIN–ButlerBenton7ydrun(KevinLovellkick),12:54

TEAM STATISTICS AKRON CINCINNATIFirstDowns 10 23Rushes-Yards 19-36 53-194PassingYards 183 230PassingA-C-I 33-16-0 24-16-1TotalPlays-Yards 52-219 77-424Punts-Avg. 7-42.0 3-39.0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2Penalties-Yards 11-59 7-753rdDownConv. 4-13 8-174thDownConv. 0-2 1-1TimeofPossession 23:38 36:22

Rushing—Akron:Kennedy13-31,Walker3-15,Getsy3-(-8).Cincinnati:Grutza12-72,Moore15-52,Benton9-30,Glatthaar11-26,Jones3-12,Stewart1-6,Team2-(-4).Passing—Akron:Getsy33-16-0,183,1TD.Cincinnati:Grutza24-16-1,230,1TD.Receiving—Akron:Kennedy5-32,Harvey4-83,Arthur2-36,Lindsay2-10,Poindexter1-10,Long1-8,Kasparek1-4.Cincinnati:Celek4-60,Jones3-61,Stewart3-41,Jackson2-26,Alli1-29,Poland1-14,Barwin1-1,Benton1-(-2).

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Cincinnati 17 No. 7 Louisville 23

Oct. 14, 2006Papa John’s Cardinal StadiumlLouisville, Ky.

Attendance: 41,549

Cincinnatialmostpulledoffthebiggestupsetofthecol-legefootballweekendintheir23-16lossatLouisville.

TheBearcatswereontheLouisville16-yardlinewith17secondsleft,butwereunabletobringhometheKegofNails. DustinGrutzaralliedtheBearcats’offensewithhisarm,throwingtwotouchdowntosses,andhistimelyrunning.His29-yardrunwasthekeyplayinthelatescoringdrivethatnarrowedthedeficitto23-17.Grutzacappedthedrivewithan18-yardtouchdowntosstoDerrickStewart. UCtookpossessionwith2:38toplayonitsowneight-yardline,marchingtotheUofLredzone,butcomingawayemptyonthreepassattemptsintotheendzone. TheBearcatstookadvantageofafumblerecoverybyDeAngeloSmithtotallya23-yardfieldgoalbyKevinLovellinthefirstquarter.UCtooka10-3leadinthesecondquarteronGrutza’seight-yardpasstoBrentCelek. Louisvillescored10pointsinthefinalthreeminutesofthehalfandhelda23-10leadwith6:09toplay.BrianBrohmtossedaTDpasstoGaryBarnidgeinthesecondquarter.Brohm’s59-yardpasstoBarnidgesetupAnthonyAllen’s17-yardtouchdownruninthethirdperiod.

Cincinnati 3 7 0 7 — 17Louisville 0 13 7 3 — 23

SCORING SUMMARYFirst QuarterCIN–FGKevinLovell23yards,6:54

Second QuarterLOU–FGArtCarmody32yards,13:47CIN–BrentCelek8ydpassfromDustinGrutza(KevinLovellkick),5:55LOU–FGArtCarmody42yards,3:02LOU–GaryBarnidge1ydpassfromBrianBrohm(ArtCarmodykick),0:54

Third QuarterLOU–AnthonyAllen17ydrun(ArtCarmodykick),3:21

Fourth QuarterLOU–FGArtCarmody35yards,6:09CIN–DerrickStewart18ydpassfromDustinGrutza(KevinLovellkick),4:10

TEAM STATISTICS CINCINNATI LOUISVILLEFirstDowns 19 22Rushes-Yards 52-212 25-105PassingYards 129 324PassingA-C-I 28-10-0 37-20-1TotalPlays-Yards 80-341 62-429Punts-Avg. 6-39.2 4-38.0Fumbles-Lost 3-1 2-2Penalties-Yards 7-65 7-603rdDownConv. 11-22 3-114thDownConv. 1-2 0-1TimeofPossession 36:43 23:17

Rushing—Cincinnati:Moore19-96,Grutza17-74,Benton12-27,Glatthaar4-14.Louisville:Bolen6-45,Stripling7-27,Allen8-25,Smith3-4,Brohm1-4.Passing—Cincinnati:Grutza27-10-0,129,2TD.Louisville:Brohm37-20-1,324,1TD.Receiving—Cincinnati:Celek3-39,Goodman3-24,Stewart2-35,Moore1-20,Alli1-11.Louisville:Barnidge5-96,Urrutia5-67,Douglas5-65,Stripling3-67,Allen2-29.

USF 6 Cincinnati 23


Attendance: 15,889

Cincinnati’sdefenseoutscoredUSFandnearlyoutscoreditsownoffenseina23-6winbeforeaSundayNight

ShowdownaudienceonESPN. TrevorAndersonandKevinMcCulloughcombinedtocollarUSFrunningbackBenjaminWilliamsintheendzoneforasafetyinthefirstquarter. Thatduostruckagaininthethirdquarter,whenAnder-sonforcedafumbleandMcCulloughreturnedit39yardsforatouchdownanda9-0lead. USFreachedtheUC12inthethirdquarter,butDominicRosssnuffedoutthedrivewithaninterceptionontheUC8.ItwasRoss’ssixthcareerinterceptionandthirdofwhichendedascoringdriveinsidethe10. UC’soffensetalliedapairoftouchdownsinthefouthquarter.GregMoorescoredfromayardoutafterBrentCelek’s17-yardreceptionfromDustinGrutza,whichgaveCelektheUCca-reerrecordforreceptionsbyatightend.ButlerBentonburstupthemiddlefora27-yardscorelateinthefourthquarter.TheBullsmanagedtoaverttheshutoutwithan11-yardtouchdownpasswith50secondstoplay.

USF 0 0 0 6 — 6Cincinnati 0 2 7 14 — 23

SCORING SUMMARYFirst QuarterCIN–Safety,5:39

Third QuarterCIN–KevinMcCullough39ydfumblereturn(KevinLovellkick),1:20

Fourth QuarterCIN–GregMoore1ydrun(KevinLovellkick),12:52CIN–ButlerBenton27ydrun(KevinLovellkick),2:47USF–AmpHill11ydpassfromPatJulmiste(passfailed),0:50

TEAM STATISTICS USF CINCINNATIFirstDowns 13 17Rushes-Yards 29-92 46-191PassingYards 127 105PassingA-C-I 36-19-1 18-11-0TotalPlays-Yards 65-219 64-296Punts-Avg. 6-37.0 7-35.6Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0Penalties-Yards 6-35 5-553rdDownConv. 3-14 4-144thDownConv. 2-4 1-2TimeofPossession 25:34 34:26

Rushing—USF:Ponton 9-38,Grothe7-22,Williams6-20,Randolph2-7,P.Julmiste4-4,Teachey1-1.Cincinnati:Moore12-66,Benton11-55,Grutza9-36,Glatthaar10-28,Stewart1-2,Team1-(-2).Passing—USF:Grothe21-11-1,47,0TD;P.Julmiste15-8-0,80,1TD.Cincinnati:Grutza18-11-0,105,0TD.Receiving—USF:Randolph4-35,Hill3-26,Johnson3-12,Green2-25,Edwards2-12,Williams2-5,Bleakley1-7,Jackson1-4,Ponton1-1.Cincinnati:Goodman3-17,Jackson3-12,Celek2-32,Stewart1-19,Barwin1-17,Jones1-8.

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Syracuse 3 Cincinnati 17


Attendance: 20,146

GregMoorerushedforonetouchdownandDustinGrutzapassedforanothertoleadCincinnatitoa17-3winover

SyracuseintheBearcats’Homecomingcontest. Moorebrokea3-3tiewithatwo-yardruninthethirdquarter,cappingadriveinwhichhecarriedtheballsixtimesandgainedall42yards. TheBearcatsmountedamodestdriveontheirsecondpossessionthatculminatedwithKevinLovell’s20-yardfieldgoal.Grutzaignitedthedrivewitha47-yardpassoverthemiddletoStewart. Grutza’s37-yardTDstriketoDerrickStewartinthefourthquarterclinchedthevictory,Cincinnati’sfourthinitslastfivegames. Syracusemadeitsloneoffensiveimpactofthedayinthesecondquarter.TheOrangereachedtheUC4,butSyracusewasforcedtosettleforafieldgoalthattiedthegame. CincinnatireachedtheSU1onitsensuingpossession,butButlerBentonwasstoppedshortofthegoallineonfourthdown.

Syracuse 0 3 0 0 — 3Cincinnati 3 0 7 7 — 17


Second QuarterSYR–FGPatrickShadle23yards,7:56

Third QuarterCIN–GregMoore2ydrun(KevinLovellkick),4:47

Fourth QuarterCIN–DerrickStewart37ydpassfromDustinGrutza(KevinLovellkick),9:47

TEAM STATISTICS SYRACUSE CINCINNATIFirstDowns 12 16Rushes-Yards 31-61 42-147PassingYards 119 205PassingA-C-I 29-13-0 18-13-2TotalPlays-Yards 60-180 60-352Punts-Avg. 8-42.9 6-36.8Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0Penalties-Yards 5-41 4-363rdDownConv. 6-17 5-134thDownConv. 0-2 0-2TimeofPossession 29:19 30:41

Rushing—Syracuse:Carter21-85,Fiammetta2-4,Brinkley2-1,Patterson6-(-29).Cincinnati:Moore17-70,Benton12-46,Glatthaar8-24,Grutza4-8,Team1-(-1)Passing—Syracuse:Patterson29-13-0,119,0TD.Cincinnati:Grutza18-13-2,205,1TD.Receiving—Syracuse:Nesheiwat4-14,Ferron3-21,Moss2-25,Carter2-9,Williams1-31,Davis1-19.Cincinnati:Stewart3-91,Jackson3-54,Goodman2-31,Poland2-18,Celek1-7,Martin1-5,Moore1-(-1).

Cincinnati 24 No. 10 West Virginia 42

Nov. 11, 2006Mountaineer Field lMorgantown, W.Va.

Attendance: 57,174

SpeedKills.Thatisthedrivingsafetyslogan,andforUC,WestVirginia’sspeedwastoomuchina42-24loss.

SteveSlatonfinishedwith148yardsandPatrickWhiteadded93yardsonthegroundand98passing. Cincinnatiscoredthegame’sfirstpoints,a40-yardfieldgoalbyKevinLovelllateinthefirstquarter. Slatonscoredonrunsoftwoand65yardsandWhitetosseda34-yardstriketogiveWVUa21-3halftimelead. GrutzahookedupwithDerrickStewartfora45-yardtouchdownearlyinthethirdquarter,butWhitebrokefreefora53-yardscamper,fumblingtheballontheUC5beforeRayshawBoldenrecovereditintheendzoneforatouchdown. Cincinnati,withNickDavilaatquarterback,addedapairofscoresinthefourthquarter.

Cincinnati 3 0 7 14 — 24WestVirginia 0 21 21 0 — 42


Second QuarterWVU–PatrickWhite3ydrun(PatMcAfeekick),13:41WVU–BrandonMyles34ydpassfromPatrickWhite(PatMcAfeekick),9:23WVU–SteveSlaton65ydrun(PatMcAfeekick),5:07

Third QuarterCIN–DerrickStewart45ydpassfromDustinGrutza(KevinLovellkick),9:00WVU–PatrickWhite2ydrun(PatMcAfeekick),8:12WVU–RayshawBolden4ydrun(PatMcAfeekick),5:33WVU–SteveSlaton2ydrun(PatMcAfeekick),1:54

Fourth QuarterCIN–ConnorBarwin28ydpassfromNickDavila(KevinLovellkick),10:19CIN–ConnorBarwin15ydpassfromNickDavila(KevinLovellkick),5:34

TEAM STATISTICS CINCINNATI WEST VIRGINIAFirstDowns 20 13Rushes-Yards 31-57 38-313PassingYards 310 98PassingA-C-I 41-23-3 14-8-0TotalPlays-Yards 72-367 52-411Punts-Avg. 5-45.4 5-40.8Fumbles-Lost 4-1 4-0Penalties-Yards 11-75 12-1023rdDownConv. 8-17 5-114thDownConv. 1-2 0-0TimeofPossession 32:45 27:15

Rushing—Cincinnati:Moore10-34,Benton9-18,Glatthaar4-6,Davila1-4,Grutza7-(-5).WestVirginia:Slaton12-148,White10-93,Brown7-19,Schmitt3-18,Reynaud1-15,Colson4-12,Bruce1-4,Bolden0-4.Passing—Cincinnati:Grutza24-13-2,143,1TD;Davila17-10-1,167,2TD.WestVirginia:White13-7-0,98,1TD;Brown1-1-0,0,0TD.Receiving—Cincinnati:Barwin5-68,Goodman4-54,Stewart3-63,Poland2-21,Martin2-19,Moore2-9,Jackson1-42,Alli1-17,Glatthaar1-9,Celek1-5,Jones1-3.WestVirginia:Myles2-64,Reynaud2-21,Slaton2-4,Schmitt1-9,Bruce1-0.

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No. 7 Rutgers 11 Cincinnati 30

Nov. 18, 2006Nippert StadiumlCincinnati, Ohio

Attendance: 27,804

NickDavila,makinghisfirststartatquarterback,ledCincinnatitoa30-11upsetofNo.7andpreviously

unbeatenRutgers.DavilapassedforonetouchdownandranforanotherwhilehelpingUCgenerate403yardsoftotaloffenseagainstadefensethatwasrankedNo.4nationally. Anotherfirst-timestarter,DeAngeloSmith,returnedaninterception84yardsforascore.TheUCdefenselimitedthenation’sNo.15rushingteamto50yardsonthegroundandheldRayRice,rankedthirdindividually,to54yards. Davilafumbledhisfirstsnap,givingtheScarletKnightstheballontheUC31,butRutgersmissedtheensuingfieldgoaltry. Davilagotoveranyjittersonthenextseries,marchingUC65yardsin11playstosetupKevinLovell’s32-yardfieldgoal.Davilafollowedthatwitha10-playdrivehecappedwithaone-yardrun.Smith’sinterceptionmadeUC’slead17-0. Inthethirdquarter,UCsettledforanearlyfieldgoal.Laterintheframe,theplayofthegamecameasBrentCelekpulledinapassandranforan83-yardtouchdownreception,thethird-longestpassplayinCincinnatihistory.

Rutgers 0 3 0 8 — 11Cincinnati 3 14 10 3 — 30


Second QuarterCIN–NickDavila1ydrun(KevinLovellkick),14:16CIN–DeAngeloSmith84ydinterceptionreturn(KevinLovellkick),9:43RUT–FGJeremyIto34yards,5:38

Third QuarterCIN–FGKevinLovell19yards,5:35CIN–BrentCelek83ydpassfromNickDavila(KevinLovellkick),3:11

Fourth QuarterCIN–FGKevinLovell27yards,9:15RUT–RayRice1ydrun(TiquUnderwoodpassfromMikeTeel),5:34

TEAM STATISTICS RUTGERS CINCINNATIFirstDowns 14 15Rushes-Yards 21-50 46-125PassingYards 238 277PassingA-C-I 42-21-4 15-11-0TotalPlays-Yards 63-288 61-402Punts-Avg. 5-41.4 4-46.0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-3Penalties-Yards 6-45 7-703rdDownConv. 7-17 6-144thDownConv. 1-2 1-1TimeofPossession 27:19 32:41

Rushing—Rutgers:Rice18-54,Leonard2-3,Teel1-(-7).Cincinnati:Moore16-56,Glatthaar13-27,Davila6-23,Benton8-14,Jones3-5.Passing—Rutgers:Teel42-21-4,238,0TD.Cincinnati:Davila15-11-0,277,1TD.Receiving— Rutgers:Britt9-91,Harris5-102,Leonard4-13,Townsend2-24,Underwood1-8.Cincinnati:Stewart2-63,Alli2-17,Celek1-83,Benton1-62,Goodman1-19,Barwin1-9,Martin1-8,Poland1-8,Jones1-8.

Cincinnati 26 Connecticut 23

Nov. 25, 2006Rentschler Field lEast Hartford, Conn.

Attendance: 37,515

NickDavilapassedfor232yardsandtwotouchdownsandKevinLovellkickedfourfieldgoals,includingthe

game-winnerinthefinalsecondsasCincinnaticlosedthe2006regularseasonwitha26-23winoverConnecticut. TheUCdefenseforcedapuntwhichgavetheBearcatstheballwith1:01left.Davilalofteda50-yardstriketoDerrickStewarttomoveCincinnatiintofieldgoalrangeandLovellsplittheuprightswith10secondsleftinregulation. Connecticutscoredonthegame’sopeningpossessionandbuilta10-3halftimelead.Theteamstradedscoresinthethirdquarter,butUCpulledtowithinonepointearlyinthefourthquarterafterapairofLovellfieldgoals. A45-yardMattBonislawski-to-BradKanuchtouchdownpasscouldhaveputtheHuskiesaheadbyeightpoints,butMattNuzie’spointafterkickbouncedofftheleftupright.

Cincinnati 0 3 10 13 — 26Connecticut 7 3 7 6 — 23

SCORING SUMMARYFirst QuarterCONN–DonaldBrown14ydrun(TonyCiaravinokick),11:52

Second QuarterCIN–FGKevinLovell25yards,13:21CONN–FGMattNuzie45yards,5:43

Third QuarterCIN–DerrickStewart3ydpassfromNickDavila(KevinLovellkick),11:43CONN–AnthonyBarksdale88ydpassfromMattBonislawski(TonyCiaravinokick),4:58CIN–FGKevinLovell28yards,1:59

Fourth QuarterCIN–FGKevinLovell42yards,9:12CONN–BradKanuch45yardpassfromMattBonislawski(TonyCiaravinokickfailed),8:14CIN–DominickGoodman9yardpassfromNickDavila(KevinLovellkick),2:19CIN–FGKevinLovell29yards,0:10

TEAM STATISTICS CINCINNATI CONNECTICUTFirstDowns 22 15Rushes-Yards 41-151 31-123PassingYards 291 172PassingA-C-I 34-20-1 24-13-0TotalPlays-Yards 75-442 55-295Punts-Avg. 4-41.5 7-32.6Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 8-71 9-623rdDownConv. 7-18 5-134thDownConv. 0-0 0-0TimeofPossession 32:06 27:54

Rushing—Cincinnati:Benton10-59,Moore9-40,Glatthaar5-25,Davila7-7,Jones1-4,Team1-(-1).Connecticut:Brown18-80,Bonislawski6-17,Caulley2-14,Kanuch1-7,Allen4-5.Passing—Cincinnati:Davila25-14-0,232,2TD;Grutza9-6-1,59,0TD.Connecticut:Bonislawski24-13-0,172,2TD.Receiving—Cincinnati:Stewart9-166,Goodman5-50,Celek2-28,Giddens1-22,Jones1-9,Benton1-9,Alli1-7.Connecticut:Kanuch3-98,Brouse3-33,Caulley3-12,Barksdale2-9,Jeffers1-13,Brown1-7.

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2006 IN REVIEW

Western Michigan 24 Cincinnati 27

Jan. 6, 2007Rogers CentrelToronto, Canada

Attendance: 26,717

TheInternationalBowlprovidedCincinnatifanswithapreviewofwhatBrianKellyhasinstoreasUCknocked

offWesternMichigan,27-24. KevinLovell’s33-yardfieldgoalwith6:11remainingprovidedthewinningmarginforCincinnati,andWesternMichigan’s51-yardfieldgoaltrywith1:26leftfellshort. DominickGoodmanwasnamedthegame’sMostOutstand-ingPlayer.ButlerBenton62yardsrushingledUC’sgroundattack which combined for 126 yards against a Broncos’defensethatwasrankedfifthnationallyversustherun. JohnBowieputUConthescoreboardfirstwhenhegatheredinatippedpassandreturnedit25yardsforatouchdowninthefirstquarter.OnCincinnati’snextdrive,Davilaconnectedona21-yardTDtosstoGoodman.Goodmanlaterhauledinasecondtouchdownpassinthesecondquarter. ThereelingBroncosusedsometrickeryonthefirstplayfollowingLovell’sfieldgoal.E.J.Biggers,onadoublereverse,loftedtheballtoJamarkoSimmonsfora76-yardtouchdown. TheBroncos’defensegottheballrightbackandCubittosseda30-yardscoringpasstoclosethegapto24-14.AmiscuebytheUCoffense—Davila’spasswasdeflectedandinterceptedwith23secondstoplayinthehalf—setupNateMeyer’s29-yardfieldgoal.

WesternMichigan 0 17 0 7 — 24Cincinnati 14 10 0 3 — 27

SCORING SUMMARYFirst QuarterCIN–JohnBowie25ydinterceptionreturn(KevinLovellkick),11:32CIN–DominickGoodman21ydpassfromNickDavila(KevinLovellkick),6:27

Second QuarterCIN–DominickGoodman21ydpassfromNickDavila(KevinLovellkick),14:30CIN–KevinLovell37ydfieldgoal,10:23WMU–JamarkoSimmons76ydpassfromE.J.Biggers(NateMeyerkick),9:45WMU–HerbMartin30ydpassfromRyanCubit(NateMeyerkick),5:35WMU–NateMeyer29ydfieldgoal,0:08

Fourth QuarterWMU–BrandonWest7ydrun(NateMeyerkick),10:53CIN–KevinLovell33ydfieldgoal,6:11

TEAM STATISTICS WESTERN MICHIGAN CINCINNATIFirstDowns 19 21Rushes-Yards 29-108 34-126PassingYards 260 221PassingA-C-I 45-24-2 37-20-2TotalPlays-Yards 74-368 71-347Punts-Avg. 7-41.6 5-43.6Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1Penalties-Yards 3-19 2-203rdDownConv. 6-18 7-164thDownConv. 1-1 0-0TimeofPossession 29:45 30:15

Rushing—WesternMichigan:West21-109,Thompson6-24,Cubit2-(-10).Cincinnati:Benton10-62,Moore10-57,Grutza3-22,Glatthaar4-14,Davila7-(-29).Passing—WesternMichigan:Cubit23-43-2,184,1TD;Martin0-1-0,0,0TD;Biggers1-1-0,76,1TD.Cincinnati:Davila19-35-2,214,2TD;Grutza1-2-0,7,0TD.Receiving—WesternMichigan:Simmons13-172,Ledbetter5-38,Martin4-43,Maragos1-5,West1-2.Cincinnati:Goodman7-109,Celek4-21,Poland3-17,Benton2-26,Moore2-20,Martin1-19,Stewart1-9.

Dominick Goodman made seven catches for 109 yards, including two touch-downs, to earn the 2007 International Bowl MVP award.

A two-year starter on the defensive line, Anthony Hoke carded 5.5 quarter-back sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss in 2006.

Kevin Lovell converted 11 consecutive field goals on his way to a career-high 18 conversions in 2006.

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