Regular season ·

Cincinnati beat Kansas

Cincinnati3-137
Kansas3-234Final
Sat, Sep 27 · Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kan. · Crowd 41,525 · 82°, fairTNT

Records are after this game.

Cincinnati had a 4 percent chance to win in the 4th quarter, by our win chance curve, and won 37-34, September 27, 2025.

How the game turned

Cincinnati aheadKansas aheadBiggest swing

Q4 0:29 Cincinnati 37, Kansas 34

Cincinnati 94% to win

Walker 2-yd TD run, Cincinnati goes ahead 37-34

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 11:42 · Cincinnati 0, Kansas 7Cincinnati's win chance fell from 28% to 15%.Daniels 93-yd TD pass to Henderson, Kansas goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q2 14:23 · Cincinnati 10, Kansas 7Rusnak 29-yd field goal, Cincinnati goes ahead 10-7
  3. 3Q2 7:09 · Cincinnati 17, Kansas 10Cincinnati's win chance rose from 48% to 57%.Sorsby 10-yd TD pass to Allen, Cincinnati goes ahead 17-10
  4. 4Q3 8:54 · Cincinnati 27, Kansas 20Cincinnati's win chance rose from 47% to 78%.Sorsby 14-yd TD pass to Allen, Cincinnati goes ahead 27-20
  5. 5Q3 1:24 · Cincinnati 30, Kansas 27Rusnak 24-yd field goal, Cincinnati goes ahead 30-27
  6. 6Q4 1:45 · Cincinnati 30, Kansas 34Cincinnati's win chance fell from 37% to 17%.Daniels 6-yd TD pass to Wentz, Kansas goes ahead 34-30
  7. 7Q4 0:29 · Cincinnati 37, Kansas 34Cincinnati's win chance rose from 27% to 94%.Walker 2-yd TD run, Cincinnati goes ahead 37-34

Cincinnati's lowest chance to win was 4 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

With 0:29 left in the 4th quarter, Cincinnati's chance to win went from 27 percent to 94 percent when Cincinnati scored a touchdown.

The score went from Cincinnati 30, Kansas 34 to Cincinnati 37, Kansas 34.

The play: Walker 2-yd TD run, Cincinnati goes ahead 37-34.

What happened next

  1. Cincinnati's next game: W 38-30 vs Iowa State, Oct 4

    7 days later
  2. Kansas's next game: W 27-20 at UCF, Oct 4

    7 days 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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