Saturday, 11/12/11
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| (23) Cincinnati | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Attendance | |
|---|---|
| Attendance | 48,152 |
Play-by-Play
| 1st Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati - 15:00 | ||
| 15:00 | Cincinnati kicks off. Austin returns 26 yards to the WVU29. | |
| West Virginia - 14:54 | ||
| 1-10, WVU29 | 14:54 | Smith sacked by Hughes for -8 yards to the WVU21. |
| 2-18, WVU21 | 14:16 | Smith incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 3-18, WVU21 | 14:12 | Smith incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 4-18, WVU21 | 14:07 | West Virginia penalized -5 yards. |
| 4-23, WVU16 | 14:07 | Molinari punts. No return. Ball on Cin46. |
| Cincinnati - 14:00 | ||
| 1-10, Cin46 | 14:00 | Pead rush middle for 6 yards to the WVU48. |
| 2-4, WVU48 | 13:35 | Collaros pass completion to the middle to Thompkins for 8 yards to the WVU40. |
| 1-10, WVU40 | 13:19 | Pead rush left for 40 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 13:09 | Miliano PAT - GOOD. | |
| 13:09 | Cincinnati kicks off. Austin returns 25 yards to the WVU32. Austin fumbles, Austin of West Virginia recovers and returns 0 yards. West Virginia penalized -10 yards. | |
| West Virginia - 13:01 | ||
| 1-10, WVU22 | 13:01 | Garrison rush left for 4 yards to the WVU26. |
| 2-6, WVU26 | 12:40 | Smith pass completion to the middle to Austin for 7 yards to the WVU33. |
| 1-10, WVU33 | 12:11 | Garrison rush for 8 yards to the WVU41. |
| 2-2, WVU41 | 11:47 | Smith pass completion to the left to Bailey for 59 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 11:37 | Bitancurt PAT - GOOD. | |
| 11:37 | West Virginia kicks off. Touchback. Ball on Cin20. | |
| Cincinnati - 11:37 | ||
| 1-10, Cin20 | 11:37 | Pead rush middle for 3 yards to the Cin23. |
| 2-7, Cin23 | 11:15 | Collaros pass completion to the left to McClung for 17 yards to the Cin40. |
| 1-10, Cin40 | 10:55 | Collaros pass completion to the left to Pead for 19 yards to the WVU41. |
| 1-10, WVU41 | 10:29 | Pead rush right for 33 yards to the WVU8. |
| 1-8, WVU8 | 10:02 | Winn rush right for 2 yards to the WVU6. |
| 2-6, WVU6 | 9:26 | Collaros incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 3-6, WVU6 | 9:22 | West Virginia penalized 3 yards. |
| 3-3, WVU3 | 9:17 | Collaros incomplete pass to the right. |
| 4-3, WVU3 | 9:12 | West Virginia penalized 2 yards. |
| WVU1 | 9:12 | Cincinnati time out. |
| 4-1, WVU1 | 9:12 | Collaros rush right for 0 yards. |
| West Virginia - 9:07 | ||
| 1-10, WVU1 | 9:07 | West Virginia penalized 0 yards. |
| 1-10, WVU1 | 9:07 | Alston rush left for 0 yards. |
| 2-10, WVU1 | 8:29 | Smith incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 3-10, WVU1 | 8:24 | Smith incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 4-10, WVU1 | 8:20 | Molinari punts. Milligan returns 4 yards to the Cin47. Cincinnati penalized -10 yards. |
| Cincinnati - 8:08 | ||
| 1-10, Cin37 | 8:08 | Pead rush middle for -3 yards to the Cin34. |
| 2-13, Cin34 | 7:33 | Collaros rush for 7 yards to the Cin41. |
| 3-6, Cin41 | 7:15 | Pead rush for 5 yards to the Cin46. |
| 4-1, Cin46 | 6:50 | O'Donnell punts. No return. Ball on WVU21. |
| West Virginia - 6:42 | ||
| 1-10, WVU21 | 6:42 | Garrison rush middle for -5 yards to the WVU16. |
| 2-15, WVU16 | 6:10 | Smith pass completion to the right to McCartney for 17 yards to the WVU33. |
| 1-10, WVU33 | 5:43 | Garrison rush left for 7 yards to the WVU40. |
| 2-3, WVU40 | 5:09 | Smith pass completion to the middle to Bailey for 10 yards to the 50. |
| 1-10, 50 | 4:35 | Smith incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-10, 50 | 4:25 | Smith pass completion to the middle to Woods for 4 yards to the Cin46. |
| 3-6, Cin46 | 3:48 | West Virginia penalized -15 yards. |
| 3-21, WVU39 | 3:26 | Smith incomplete pass to the right. |
| 4-21, WVU39 | 3:21 | Molinari punts. No return. Ball on Cin25. |
| Cincinnati - 3:09 | ||
| 1-10, Cin25 | 3:09 | Collaros pass completion to the middle to Kelce for 3 yards to the Cin28. |
| 2-7, Cin28 | 2:36 | Collaros pass completion to the left to Woods for 12 yards to the Cin40. |
| 1-10, Cin40 | 2:18 | Collaros incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-10, Cin40 | 2:13 | Pead rush left for 0 yards. |
| 3-10, Cin40 | 1:35 | Collaros pass completion to the middle to Chisum for 13 yards to the WVU47. |
| 1-10, WVU47 | 1:15 | Pead rush middle for 2 yards to the WVU45. |
| 2-8, WVU45 | 0:42 | Collaros incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 3-8, WVU45 | 0:37 | Cincinnati penalized -10 yards. |
| 3-18, Cin45 | 0:18 | Collaros rush left for 5 yards to the 50. |
| 2nd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati - 15:00 | ||
| 4-13, 50 | 15:00 | O'Donnell punts. No return. Ball on WVU17. |
| West Virginia - 14:54 | ||
| 1-10, WVU17 | 14:54 | Garrison rush right for -1 yard to the WVU16. |
| 2-11, WVU16 | 14:21 | Garrison rush for -5 yards to the WVU11. |
| 3-16, WVU11 | 13:37 | Smith pass completion to the middle to Austin for 39 yards to the 50. |
| 1-10, 50 | 13:02 | Garrison rush middle for 2 yards to the Cin48. |
| 2-8, Cin48 | 12:23 | Smith pass completion to the left to Austin for 2 yards to the Cin46. |
| 3-6, Cin46 | 11:42 | Smith pass completion to the left to Austin for 10 yards to the Cin36. |
| 1-10, Cin36 | 11:20 | Smith pass completion to the middle to Austin for 21 yards to the Cin15. |
| 1-10, Cin15 | 10:57 | Garrison rush middle for 3 yards to the Cin12. |
| 2-7, Cin12 | 10:20 | Smith sacked by Giordano for -7 yards to the Cin19. |
| 3-14, Cin19 | 9:47 | Smith pass completion to the right to Nehlen for 8 yards to the Cin11. |
| 4-6, Cin11 | 9:38 | Bitancurt 28 yard FIELD GOAL. |
| 9:35 | West Virginia kicks off. Abernathy returns 16 yards to the Cin17. | |
| Cincinnati - 9:29 | ||
| 1-10, Cin17 | 9:29 | Collaros pass completion to the left to Pead for -2 yards to the Cin15. |
| 2-12, Cin15 | 9:01 | Pead rush right for 0 yards. |
| 3-12, Cin15 | 8:23 | Collaros sacked by Irvin for -15 yards to the Cin0. Collaros fumbles, Miller of West Virginia recovers and returns 0 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| West Virginia - 8:11 | ||
| 8:11 | Bitancurt PAT - GOOD. | |
| 8:11 | West Virginia kicks off. Kelce returns 12 yards to the Cin37. West Virginia penalized 15 yards. | |
| Cincinnati - 8:07 | ||
| 1-10, WVU48 | 8:07 | Legaux pass completion to the right to Pead for -1 yard to the WVU49. |
| 2-11, WVU49 | 7:35 | Pead rush right for 6 yards to the WVU43. |
| 3-5, WVU43 | 7:02 | Legaux pass to the middle intercepted by Tandy and returned 15 yards. |
| West Virginia - 6:53 | ||
| 1-10, WVU38 | 6:53 | Smith pass completion to the middle to Buie for 20 yards to the Cin42. |
| 1-10, Cin42 | 6:22 | West Virginia penalized -10 yards. |
| 1-20, WVU48 | 5:54 | Garrison rush middle for 3 yards to the Cin49. |
| 2-17, Cin49 | 5:16 | Smith pass completion to the middle to Bailey for 8 yards to the Cin41. |
| 3-9, Cin41 | 4:35 | Cincinnati penalized 15 yards. |
| 1-10, Cin26 | 4:28 | West Virginia penalized -5 yards. |
| 1-15, Cin31 | 4:28 | Smith incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-15, Cin31 | 4:23 | Smith incomplete pass to the left. |
| 3-15, Cin31 | 4:17 | Smith sacked by Stewart for -2 yards to the Cin33. |
| Cin33 | 3:31 | West Virginia time out. |
| 4-17, Cin33 | 3:31 | Molinari punts. Touchback. Ball on Cin20. |
| Cincinnati - 3:25 | ||
| 1-10, Cin20 | 3:25 | Legaux rush for 0 yards. |
| 2-10, Cin20 | 3:06 | Legaux rush middle for 13 yards to the Cin33. |
| 1-10, Cin33 | 2:48 | Legaux incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-10, Cin33 | 2:45 | Legaux incomplete pass to the left. |
| 3-10, Cin33 | 2:39 | Legaux incomplete pass to the right. |
| 4-10, Cin33 | 2:34 | O'Donnell punts. Austin returns 24 yards to the WVU39. |
| West Virginia - 2:20 | ||
| 1-10, WVU39 | 2:20 | Smith pass completion to the left to Garrison for 8 yards to the WVU47. |
| 2-2, WVU47 | 1:45 | Garrison rush right for 3 yards to the 50. |
| 1-10, 50 | 1:24 | Smith incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-10, 50 | 1:21 | Smith pass completion to the middle to Austin for 3 yards to the Cin47. |
| Cin47 | 0:45 | West Virginia time out. |
| 3-7, Cin47 | 0:45 | Smith rush for 5 yards to the Cin42. |
| 4-2, Cin42 | 0:37 | Molinari punts. No return. Ball on Cin5. |
| Cincinnati - 0:27 | ||
| 1-10, Cin5 | 0:27 | Pead rush left for 2 yards to the Cin7. |
| 3rd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia - 15:00 | ||
| 15:00 | West Virginia kicks off. Abernathy returns 19 yards to the Cin21. | |
| Cincinnati - 14:54 | ||
| 1-10, Cin21 | 14:54 | Pead rush left for 4 yards to the Cin25. |
| 2-6, Cin25 | 14:30 | Legaux pass completion to the left to Thompkins for 4 yards to the Cin29. |
| 3-2, Cin29 | 14:03 | Legaux rush for 1 yard to the Cin30. |
| Cin30 | 13:39 | West Virginia time out. |
| 4-1, Cin30 | 13:39 | O'Donnell punts. No return. Ball on WVU41. |
| West Virginia - 13:32 | ||
| 1-10, WVU41 | 13:32 | Smith pass completion to the right to Brown for 15 yards to the Cin44. |
| 1-10, Cin44 | 13:07 | Smith pass completion to the middle to Garrison for 16 yards to the Cin28. |
| 1-10, Cin28 | 12:39 | Garrison rush right for 3 yards to the Cin25. West Virginia penalized -10 yards. |
| 1-17, Cin35 | 12:25 | Smith pass completion to the middle to Urban for 15 yards to the Cin20. |
| 2-2, Cin20 | 11:51 | Garrison rush middle for -1 yard to the Cin21. |
| 3-3, Cin21 | 11:13 | Smith rush left for 5 yards to the Cin16. |
| 1-10, Cin16 | 10:47 | West Virginia penalized -10 yards. |
| 1-20, Cin26 | 10:25 | Smith incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-20, Cin26 | 10:19 | Buie rush right for 12 yards to the Cin14. |
| 3-8, Cin14 | 9:39 | Smith sacked by Stewart for -8 yards to the Cin22. Smith fumbles, Spain of West Virginia recovers and returns 0 yards. |
| 4-16, Cin22 | 8:58 | Bitancurt 39 yards field goal attempt - BLOCKED by Cheatham. Recovered by Jackson. Jackson fumbles, Schaffer of Cincinnati recovers and returns 0 yards. |
| Cincinnati - 8:48 | ||
| 1-10, Cin4 | 8:48 | Legaux rush middle for 65 yards to the WVU31. |
| 1-10, WVU31 | 8:27 | Legaux incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-10, WVU31 | 8:23 | Pead rush middle for 3 yards to the WVU28. |
| 3-7, WVU28 | 7:46 | Legaux pass completion to the right to McClung for 3 yards to the WVU25. |
| 4-4, WVU25 | 7:09 | 42 yard field goal attempt by Miliano is NO GOOD. |
| West Virginia - 7:04 | ||
| 1-10, WVU25 | 7:04 | Buie rush left for -1 yard to the WVU24. |
| 2-11, WVU24 | 6:30 | Smith pass completion to the right to Buie for -3 yards to the WVU21. |
| 3-14, WVU21 | 5:49 | Smith pass completion to the middle to Brown for 10 yards to the WVU31. |
| 4-4, WVU31 | 5:01 | West Virginia penalized -5 yards. |
| 4-9, WVU26 | 5:01 | Molinari punts. No return. Ball on Cin48. |
| Cincinnati - 4:54 | ||
| 1-10, Cin48 | 4:54 | Legaux pass completion to the left to Pead for 45 yards to the WVU7. |
| 1-7, WVU7 | 4:29 | Legaux rush right for 7 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 4:25 | Miliano PAT - GOOD. | |
| 4:25 | Cincinnati kicks off. Bailey returns 17 yards to the WVU35. | |
| West Virginia - 4:19 | ||
| 1-10, WVU35 | 4:19 | Garrison rush for -2 yards to the WVU33. |
| 2-12, WVU33 | 3:33 | Smith pass completion to the left to Bailey for 12 yards to the WVU45. |
| 1-10, WVU45 | 3:09 | Smith incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-10, WVU45 | 3:05 | West Virginia penalized -5 yards. |
| 2-15, WVU40 | 3:05 | Smith pass completion to the middle to Austin for 13 yards to the Cin47. |
| 3-2, Cin47 | 2:28 | Smith pass completion to the left to Garrison for -1 yard to the Cin48. Garrison fumbles, Stewart of Cincinnati recovers and returns 0 yards. |
| Cincinnati - 1:47 | ||
| 1-10, Cin48 | 1:47 | Pead rush for -6 yards to the Cin42. |
| 2-16, Cin42 | 1:21 | Legaux pass completion to the right to Woods for 15 yards to the WVU43. |
| 3-1, WVU43 | 0:49 | Winn rush middle for 1 yard to the WVU42. |
| 1-10, WVU42 | 0:31 | Pead rush for 6 yards to the WVU36. |
| 4th Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati - 15:00 | ||
| 2-4, WVU36 | 15:00 | Legaux incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-4, WVU36 | 14:55 | Legaux pass completion to the left to Thompkins for 7 yards to the WVU29. |
| 1-10, WVU29 | 14:36 | Legaux incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-10, WVU29 | 14:32 | Legaux rush left for 2 yards to the WVU27. |
| 3-8, WVU27 | 13:54 | Legaux pass completion to the middle to Robinson for 17 yards to the WVU10. |
| 1-10, WVU10 | 13:25 | Pead rush left for 10 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 13:20 | Miliano PAT - GOOD. | |
| 13:20 | Cincinnati kicks off. Austin returns 14 yards to the WVU26. | |
| West Virginia - 13:13 | ||
| 1-10, WVU26 | 13:13 | Alston rush left for 5 yards to the WVU31. |
| 2-5, WVU31 | 12:45 | Smith pass completion to the middle to Milhouse for 24 yards to the Cin45. |
| 1-10, Cin45 | 12:17 | Alston rush middle for 1 yard to the Cin44. |
| 2-9, Cin44 | 11:43 | Smith incomplete pass to the left. |
| 3-9, Cin44 | 11:37 | Smith pass completion to the left to Bailey for 13 yards to the Cin31. |
| 1-10, Cin31 | 11:05 | Smith sacked by Hughes for -5 yards to the Cin36. |
| 2-15, Cin36 | 10:24 | Smith incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 3-15, Cin36 | 10:20 | Smith pass completion to the middle to Austin for 23 yards to the Cin13. |
| 1-10, Cin13 | 10:04 | Smith pass completion to the right to McCartney for 3 yards to the Cin10. |
| 2-7, Cin10 | 9:32 | Buie rush left for 8 yards to the Cin2. |
| 1-2, Cin2 | 9:10 | Alston rush middle for 1 yard to the Cin1. |
| 2-1, Cin1 | 8:55 | Alston rush middle for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 8:52 | Bitancurt PAT - GOOD. | |
| 8:52 | West Virginia kicks off. Abernathy returns 22 yards to the Cin22. | |
| Cincinnati - 8:46 | ||
| 1-10, Cin22 | 8:46 | Pead rush right for 3 yards to the Cin25. |
| 2-7, Cin25 | 8:11 | Legaux incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 3-7, Cin25 | 8:06 | Cincinnati penalized -5 yards. |
| 3-12, Cin20 | 8:06 | Legaux sacked by Goode for -12 yards to the Cin8. |
| 4-24, Cin8 | 7:57 | O'Donnell punts. Austin returns 1 yard to the WVU32. |
| West Virginia - 7:39 | ||
| 1-10, WVU32 | 7:39 | Austin rush for 6 yards to the WVU38. |
| 2-4, WVU38 | 6:57 | Smith pass completion to the right to Austin for 8 yards to the WVU46. |
| 1-10, WVU46 | 6:27 | Buie rush right for 2 yards to the WVU48. |
| 2-8, WVU48 | 5:49 | West Virginia penalized 0 yards. |
| 3-8, WVU48 | 5:30 | Smith pass completion to the middle to Bailey for 2 yards to the 50. |
| 4-6, 50 | 5:10 | Molinari punts. No return. Ball on Cin18. |
| Cincinnati - 5:02 | ||
| 1-10, Cin18 | 5:02 | Legaux incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-10, Cin18 | 4:54 | Pead rush left for -2 yards to the Cin16. |
| 3-12, Cin16 | 4:19 | Cincinnati penalized -5 yards. |
| 3-17, Cin11 | 3:58 | Legaux incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 4-17, Cin11 | 3:53 | O'Donnell punts. Austin returns 26 yards to the Cin34. |
| West Virginia - 3:40 | ||
| 1-10, Cin34 | 3:40 | Alston rush right for -4 yards to the Cin38. |
| 2-14, Cin38 | 2:59 | Alston rush middle for 2 yards to the Cin36. |
| Cin36 | 2:55 | Cincinnati time out. |
| 3-12, Cin36 | 2:55 | Smith pass completion to the left to Alston for 6 yards to the Cin30. |
| Cin30 | 2:06 | West Virginia time out. |
| 4-6, Cin30 | 2:06 | 47 yard field goal attempt by Bitancurt is NO GOOD. |
| Cincinnati - 2:01 | ||
| 1-10, Cin30 | 2:01 | Legaux pass completion to the right to Thompkins for 34 yards to the WVU36. |
| 1-10, WVU36 | 1:49 | Pead rush right for 1 yard to the WVU35. |
| 2-9, WVU35 | 1:24 | Legaux pass completion to the middle to Thompkins for 14 yards to the WVU21. |
| 1-10, WVU21 | 1:06 | Pead rush middle for 6 yards to the WVU15. |
| 2-4, WVU15 | 0:42 | Legaux incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-4, WVU15 | 0:34 | Legaux rush for 1 yard to the WVU14. |
| WVU14 | 0:03 | Cincinnati time out. |
| 4-3, WVU14 | 0:03 | Miliano 31 yards field goal attempt - BLOCKED by Smith. |










