CFP Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic ·

CFP Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

CFP Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
No. 4 Cincinnati13-16
No. 1 Alabama13-127Final
Fri, Dec 31 · AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas (neutral site) · Crowd 76,313 · IndoorsESPN

Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.

No. 1 Alabama beat No. 4 Cincinnati by 21 points, the CFP Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.

It was played at a neutral site: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX.

How the game turned

Alabama aheadCincinnati ahead
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Q1 9:51 Alabama 7, Cincinnati 0

Alabama 87% to win

Young 8-yd TD pass to Bolden, Alabama goes ahead 7-0

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 9:51 · Alabama 7, Cincinnati 0Alabama's win chance rose from 85% to 87%.Young 8-yd TD pass to Bolden, Alabama goes ahead 7-0

Alabama was never below a 80 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

Alabama led after every score.

What happened next

  1. Cincinnati finished the 2021 season 13-1, No. 4 in the last AP poll before the bowls.

  2. Alabama's next game: L 18-33 vs Georgia in the CFP National Championship, Jan 10

    10 days later

  3. Cincinnati's first game of the 2022 season: L 24-31 at Arkansas, Sep 3, 2022

    about 8 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.

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