American Athletic Championship ·
American Athletic Championship
Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.
No. 3 Cincinnati beat No. 16 Houston by 15 points, the American Athletic Championship.
How the game turned
Q1 4:06 Cincinnati 14, Houston 10
Cincinnati 78% to win
Ford 79-yd TD run, Cincinnati goes ahead 14-10
Big moments
- 1Q1 11:55 · Cincinnati 0, Houston 3Witherspoon 37-yd field goal, Houston goes ahead 3-0
- 2Q1 9:38 · Cincinnati 7, Houston 3Cincinnati's win chance rose from 76% to 79%.Ridder 25-yd TD pass to Scott, Cincinnati goes ahead 7-3
- 3Q1 4:23 · Cincinnati 7, Houston 10Cincinnati's win chance fell from 74% to 72%.Tune 16-yd TD pass to Dell, Houston goes ahead 10-7
- 4Q1 4:06 · Cincinnati 14, Houston 10Cincinnati's win chance rose from 72% to 78%.Ford 79-yd TD run, Cincinnati goes ahead 14-10
Cincinnati was never below a 63 percent chance to win. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
How the lead changed
Cincinnati took the lead for good with 4:06 left in the 1st quarter, Cincinnati 14, Houston 10.
What happened next
Houston's next game: W 17-13 vs Auburn in the Ticketsmarter Birmingham Bowl, Dec 28
24 days later- 27 days later
The teams' next meeting after Dec 4, 2021: Cincinnati 24, Houston 14, Nov 11, 2023
about 23 months later
Related pages
Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.