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 | |  | | Cincinnati (1-0) | 7 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 47 | | Rutgers (0-1) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
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| Scoring Summary | | Cincinnati: Isaiah Pead 2 yd run (Jake Rogers kick) | | | Rutgers: Joe Martinek 4 yd run (San San Te kick) | | | Cincinnati: Jake Rogers 30 yd FG | | | Cincinnati: Travis Kelce 4 yd run (Jake Rogers kick) | | | Cincinnati: Mardy Gilyard 5 yd pass from Tony Pike (Jake Rogers kick) | | | Cincinnati: Isaiah Pead 41 yd pass from Tony Pike (Jake Rogers kick) | | | Cincinnati: Travis Kelce 2 yd run (Jake Rogers kick) | | | Cincinnati: Jacob Ramsey 1 yd pass from Tony Pike (Jake Rogers kick) | | | Rutgers: Shamar Graves 7 yd pass from Tom Savage (Mohamed Sanu 2pt pass from Tom Savage) | | | Cincinnati: Team safety | |
| Team Statistics | | | Rutgers | Cincinnati | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 22 | 26 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 293 | 564 | | Total Plays | 70 | 70 | | Average Gain | 4.2 | 8.1 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 50 | 168 | | Rushes | 33 | 34 | | Average per rush | 1.5 | 4.9 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 243 | 396 | | Completions-attempted | 23-37 | 29-36 | | Sacked | 0 | 0 | | Yards Lost | 0 | 0 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 3 | 1 | | Interceptions | 3 | 1 | | Fumbles Lost | 0 | 0 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 4 | 2 | | Penalty Yards | 35 | 20 | | Time of Possesion | 31:49 | 28:11 | | Punts | 5 | 2 | | Punt Average | 43.8 | 31 | | Return Yards | 87 | 91 |
| Passing | | Rutgers | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Domenic Natale (0) | 8 | 12 | 108 | 0 | 3 | 9.0 | | | Jabu Lovelace (0) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | | | Tom Savage (0) | 15 | 23 | 135 | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | | | Cincinnati | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Tony Pike (0) | 27 | 34 | 362 | 3 | 1 | 10.6 | | | Zach Collaros (0) | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | |
| Rushing | | Rutgers | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Joe Martinek (0) | 15 | 54 | 1 | 3.6 | | | Jourdan Brooks (0) | 3 | 12 | 0 | 4.0 | | | Mason Robinson (0) | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12.0 | | | Mohamed Sanu (0) | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9.0 | | | Jabu Lovelace (0) | 3 | -2 | 0 | -0.7 | | | Tim Brown (0) | 2 | -9 | 0 | -4.5 | | | Domenic Natale (0) | 4 | -12 | 0 | -3.0 | | | Tom Savage (0) | 4 | -14 | 0 | -3.5 | | | Cincinnati | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Jacob Ramsey (0) | 8 | 77 | 0 | 9.6 | | | Isaiah Pead (0) | 8 | 47 | 1 | 5.9 | | | Travis Kelce (0) | 3 | 18 | 2 | 6.0 | | | Chazz Anderson (0) | 3 | 13 | 0 | 4.3 | | | Tony Pike (0) | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3.5 | | | Zach Collaros (0) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | | | Darrin Williams (0) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.8 | | | Mardy Gilyard (0) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | | | Team (0) | 2 | -8 | 0 | -4.0 | |
| Receiving | | Rutgers | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Mohamed Sanu (0) | 10 | 101 | 0 | 10.1 | | | Tim Brown (0) | 7 | 86 | 0 | 12.3 | | | Joe Martinek (0) | 3 | 33 | 0 | 11.0 | | | Shamar Graves (0) | 2 | 14 | 1 | 7.0 | | | Julian Hayes (0) | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9.0 | | | Cincinnati | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Mardy Gilyard (0) | 8 | 89 | 1 | 11.1 | | | Armon Binns (0) | 5 | 41 | 0 | 8.2 | | | DJ Woods (0) | 4 | 71 | 0 | 17.8 | | | Ben Guidugli (0) | 3 | 43 | 0 | 14.3 | | | Isaiah Pead (0) | 2 | 52 | 1 | 26.0 | | | Jamar Howard (0) | 2 | 41 | 0 | 20.5 | | | Jacob Ramsey (0) | 2 | 33 | 1 | 16.5 | | | Kazeem Alli (0) | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22.0 | | | Adrien Robinson (0) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | | | Darrin Williams (0) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | |
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