SportsDirect Inc. staff
Oct 6, 2012
No. 23 Cincinnati 52, Miami (Ohio) 14: Munchie Legaux passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another and George Winn ran for 128 yards and a pair of scores to lead the host Bearcats to their seventh straight victory over the archrival RedHawks.
Cincinnati (4-0) took advantage of three Miami turnovers in the first half and scored 24 straight points after falling behind early. The RedHawks (3-3) were driving again with a 6-0 lead in the first quarter before Camerron Cheatham intercepted Zac Dysert's pass and returned it 68 yards for a touchdown.
Following another interception by Dysert that set Cincinnati up at the Miami 15-yard line, Legaux threw a 11-yard touchdown pass to Danny Milligan for a 14-6 lead. Winn, who rushed for 103 yards in the first half, scored on a 6-yard run early in the second quarter and had another touchdown run in the third.
Dysert, who completed 25 of 49 passes for 303 yards, had two touchdown passes and three interceptions for the RedHawks, who scored their first touchdown against Cincinnati since 2009 on their opening drive before the turnovers changed the complexion of the game. Winn and Legaux, who completed 13 of 23 passes for 157 yards, did not see action in the fourth quarter.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The seven-game winning streak for Cincinnati over Miami is the longest for the Bearcats in the series. ... Cincinnati has outscored the RedHawks 124-17 in the last three meetings. ... Dysert surpassed 10,000 yards for his career and is No. 3 among current FBS quarterbacks, trailing only Oklahoma's Landry Jones and USC's Matt Barkley.