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Ridder, Ford relief No. 5 Cincinnati rout Temple 52-3

Desmond Ridder threw for 259 yards and three touchdowns and No. 5 Cincinnati routed Temple 52-3 on Friday night time for its 23rd straight home victory.

Jerome Ford ran for a profession-high 149 yards and two ratings to relief the Bearcats (5-0, 1-0 American) steer certain of a letdown after their titanic victory at Notre Dame closing week.

The home sail is the second-longest in the nation, on the relief of Clemson at 31. Temple is the closing crew to beat the Bearcats at Nippert Stadium, edging them 35-24 in 2017.

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Temple (3-3, 1-1) has performed Cincinnati sophisticated nowadays with the previous three meetings made up our minds by a blended 20 substances, including a 15-13 victory by the Bearcats in the closing assembly in 2019.

The Bearcats figured to receive off to a immediate initiate against Temple, which became once outscored 50-7 in the first quarter via the first five video games.

They took good thing a few Temple mistake when Jadan Blue’s muffed punt became once recovered by Ja’von Hicks on the 13. Two plays later, Alec Pierce caught a 9-yard touchdown cross for a 10-0 lead. Pierce had six catches for 93 yards.

Ford had an 8-yard touchdown bustle to relief the Bearcats build a 17-3 lead at halftime.

On the first snap of the second half, Ford stumbled on a gaping hole and sprinted 75 yards for a touchdown that made it 24-3.

Temple muffed one other punt and the Bearcats cashed in with Tyler Scott’s 38-yard desire-and-bustle touchdown that made it 31-3.

D’wan Mathis who threw for 614 yards and five touchdowns in Temple’s previous two video games, became once held to 120 yards passing with an interception. He became once sacked five conditions.

The Owls’ most engaging substances came on a profession-prolonged 55-yard self-discipline purpose by freshman Rory Bell. It became once the longest self-discipline purpose by a Temple kicker since Don Bitterlich hit from 56 yards against Akron in 1975.

UP NEXT

Temple: At South Florida on Oct. 23.

Cincinnati: Hosts Central Florida on Saturday, Oct. 16.

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