Miami (FL) Hurricanes vs Cincinnati Bearcats Match Player Stats On Oct 01, 2015

The Sports Xchange
Oct 1, 2015

Redshirt freshman quarterback Hayden Moore passed for 279 yards and two touchdowns in his first start as Cincinnati posted a 34-23 victory over Miami at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati.

Senior receiver Mekale McKay and sophomore tight end Tyler Cogswell had scoring receptions and senior running back Hosey Williams rushed for a touchdown for the Bearcats (3-2). Moore started in place of junior quarterback Gunner Kiel, who suffered his second concussion of the season in a loss to Memphis on Sept. 24.

Hurricanes sophomore quarterback Brad Kaaya passed for 255 yards but failed to throw for a touchdown to end a streak of 16 consecutive games with at least one. Sophomore running back Joe Yearby rushed for 113 yards for Miami (3-1).

The Hurricanes pulled within 27-23 on sophomore kicker Michael Badgley's 26-yard field goal with 8:59 left, but Cincinnati responded with Moore's 7-yard pass to Cogswell to make it an 11-point margin. Miami turned the ball over on downs with an incomplete pass in the end zone with 4:41 to play and the Bearcats ran out the clock.

Williams erupted for a 29-yard touchdown run on a play in which he was initially stuffed at the line of the scrimmage and Moore tossed an 11-yard scoring pass to McKay as the Bearcats took a 14-3 lead in the opening six minutes. A 47-yard field goal by Badgley and freshman Mark Walton's 6-yard scamper pulled Miami with 14-13 with 1:24 left in the first quarter.

Yearby scored on an 8-yard jaunt to push the Hurricanes into a 20-17 lead with 11:26 remaining in the first half. Moore scored on a 1-yard keeper to put Cincinnati back ahead and sophomore kicker Andrew Gantz booted a 26-yard field goal to end the half and provide the Bearcats with a 27-20 advantage.

The teams combined for 603 yards in the first half - 305 by Cincinnati - and just 270 in the second half.