Bearcats' Pike shines in first start vs. Redhawks

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	22	20
Total Yards	301	393
Passing	235	241
Rushing	66	152
Penalties	5-36	6-70
3rd Down Conversions	11-19	8-10
4th Down Conversions	1-2	0-0
Turnovers	1	2
Possession	34:57	25:03

Air/Ground Leaders
Miami (OH) Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Raudabaugh 28/42 235 2 1 Belton 0/2 0 0 0	Cincinnati Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Pike 20/24 241 3 0
Miami (OH) Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Merriweather 17 50 0 15 Bratton 7 11 0 5	Cincinnati Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Goebel 13 63 2 20 Ramsey 12 57 0 17
Miami (OH) Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Bratton 9 54 0 10 Givens 3 52 1 34	Cincinnati Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Goodman 6 94 0 49 Gilyard 6 69 1 30

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				M-OH	CIN
	FG	13:08	Jake Rogers 38 Yd	0	3
	TD	08:43	John Goebel 5 Yd Run (Jake Rogers Kick)	0	10
SECOND QUARTER				M-OH	CIN
	FG	14:57	Nathan Parseghian 19 Yd	3	10
	TD	11:27	Marshwan Gilyard 30 Yd Pass From Tony Pike (Jake Rogers Kick)	3	17
	TD	06:26	Armand Robinson 10 Yd Pass From Daniel Raudabaugh (Nathan Parseghian Kick)	10	17
	TD	01:14	John Goebel 20 Yd Run (Jake Rogers Kick)	10	24
	FG	00:00	Nathan Parseghian 41 Yd	13	24
THIRD QUARTER				M-OH	CIN
	TD	10:10	Chris Givens 34 Yd Pass From Daniel Raudabaugh (Nathan Parseghian Kick)	20	24
	TD	07:29	Mike Mickens 72 Yd Interception Return (Jake Rogers Kick)	20	31
	TD	00:26	Ben Guidugli 24 Yd Pass From Tony Pike (Jake Rogers Kick)	20	38
FOURTH QUARTER				M-OH	CIN
	TD	02:32	Kazeem Alli 8 Yd Pass From Tony Pike (Jake Rogers Kick)	20	45

CINCINNATI -- Junior quarterback Tony Pike, making his first career start for the Bearcats, was 20-of-24 passing for 241 yards and three touchdowns in a 45-20 victory over Miami of Ohio Saturday in the 113th meeting between the two schools.

Pike, who had just 38 career pass attempts going into the game, replaced senior Dustin Grutza who fractured his right fibula with a residual high ankle sprain in the fourth quarter on Sept. 6 at No. 4 Oklahoma.

Grutza, who passed for 514 yards and four touchdowns in two games, is out indefinitely.

Miami leads the nation's oldest non-conference rivalry 59-47-7. The first meeting, on Dec. 8, 1888, was the first collegiate football game played in Ohio.

John Goebel returned the opening kickoff 43 yards, helping set up a 38-yard field goal by Jake Rogers to put Cincinnati ahead 3-0. It was the Bearcats' first field goal attempt this season.

Goebel later scored on a 5-yard run to give the Bearcats a 10-0 lead.

Pike tossed a 30-yard TD pass to Mardy Gilyard, whose diving reception put Cincinnati ahead 17-3.

Gilyard, who had 365 all-purpose yards against Oklahoma, had six receptions Saturday for 69 yards and a touchdown.

The RedHawks drew closer when junior QB Daniel Raudabaugh threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Armand Robinson to make the score 17-10.

Raudabaugh was 28-of-42 for 235 yards and two TDs.

But Goebel's 20-yard TD run gave the Bearcats a 24-10 lead with 1:14 remaining in the first half.

Miami rallied back in the third quarter.

After Raudabaugh's second TD pass made the score 24-20, DeAndre Gilmore recovered an onside kick at the Cincinnati 46-yard line.

Mike Mickens intercepted a Raudabaugh pass and returned it 72 yards for a touchdown, putting the Bearcats ahead 31-20.

It was Mickens' third career interception return for a TD.

Pike's 24-yard touchdown pass to sophomore Ben Guidugli made the score 38-20 in the third quarter.