Overview
- Arizona beat Cincinnati 30-24 at Nippert Stadium to move to 7-3 (4-3 Big 12) and hand the Bearcats a damaging loss in the conference race.
- Noah Fifita went 23-of-31 for 294 yards, and his 15-yard strike to Gio Richardson was his 68th career touchdown pass, setting the program record.
- Jay'Vion Cole intercepted the first play from scrimmage, and two snaps later Ismail Mahdi scored on a 27-yard run just 57 seconds into the game.
- Kris Hutson led Arizona with eight catches for 123 yards, and Kedrick Reescano flipped momentum with a 50-yard third-quarter touchdown run.
- After an earlier miss and a block, Michael Salgado-Medina hit from 50 yards with 1:34 left, while Arizona's defense held Cincinnati to 50 rushing yards after the Bearcats ran for 140 in the first quarter and picked Brendan Sorsby off twice.