The Rutgers’ Scarlet Knights trailed the Bearcats 28-23 when they got the ball back on their own 20-yard line with 2:13 remaining. They were trailing, in part, because Cincinnati was able to convert two turnovers into 14 points. With 80 yards to go and only a short time to do it in, Quarterback Mike Teel went to work. He completed five consecutive passes at one point—most of them slants across the middle to Tim Brown—to get the Knights to the Bearcats’ 17 yard line. But he went to the well once too often on a second-and-three play. As Brown made the move across the middle, Bearcats’ linebacker Ryan Manalac closed fast, stepped in front and intercepted the pass from Mike Teel. That put the end to any chance Rutgers had for a fourth quarter comeback as Cincinnati ran out the minute that remained on the clock.
Ray Rice was held to just 96 net yards rushing as the offensive line just couldn’t seem to open many holes for him.
Mike Teel threw for a career high 344 yards but also tossed three interceptions. He had four against the Bearcats in last year’s 31-11 loss at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati is now 6-0, 1-0 in the Big East.
Rutgers falls to 3-2, 0-1. Their next opponent is Syracuse at the Carrier Dome. The Knights are on the road for the first time this year. It will be a sell-out crowd for the Orange’s Homecoming but a good portion of the crowd will be wearing Scarlet.
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