Western Carolina at Cincinnati
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Western Carolina | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Cincinnati | 7 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 62 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 8:57 | Western Carolina field goal. Bryan McCollum 33 Yd Field Goal |
| 3:34 | Cincinnati touchdown. JV Gibson 5 Yd pass from JC French IV (Stephen Rusnak Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 12:35 | Cincinnati touchdown. Lyviel Waters 2 Yd pass from JC French IV (Stephen Rusnak Kick) |
| 6:23 | Western Carolina touchdown. Lex Thomas 1 Yd Run (Bryan McCollum Kick) |
| 3:00 | Cincinnati touchdown. Cole Tabb 36 Yd Run (Stephen Rusnak Kick) |
| 0:38 | Cincinnati touchdown. Zion Johnson 3 Yd Run (Stephen Rusnak Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 9:10 | Cincinnati touchdown. Gi'Bran Payne 40 Yd Run (Stephen Rusnak Kick) |
| 5:03 | Cincinnati touchdown. Gi'Bran Payne 17 Yd Run (Stephen Rusnak Kick) |
| 2:02 | Cincinnati touchdown. Zylan Perry 40 Yd Run (Stephen Rusnak Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 11:51 | Cincinnati touchdown. Liam O'Brien 11 Yd Run (Max Lemasters PAT failed) |
| 0:43 | Cincinnati touchdown. Samaj Jones 4 Yd Run (Stephen Rusnak Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Western Carolina | Cincinnati |
| Total first downs | 13 | 32 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Western Carolina | Cincinnati |
| Third downs attempted | 12 | 11 |
| Third downs converted | 2 | 8 |
| Third down percentage | 17 % | 73 % |
| Fourth down | Western Carolina | Cincinnati |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Western Carolina | Cincinnati |
| Total yards | 241 | 690 |
| Total rushing yards | 74 | 418 |
| Total passing yards | 167 | 272 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 27:23 | 32:37 |
| Rushing | Western Carolina | Cincinnati |
| Total rushing plays | 20 | 49 |
| Total rushing yards | 74 | 418 |
| Average yards per rush | 3.7 | 8.5 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 7 |
| Passing | Western Carolina | Cincinnati |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 4.5 | 8.8 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties | Western Carolina | Cincinnati |
| Penalties committed | 5 | 11 |
| Penalty yards | 45 | 105 |
| Turnovers | Western Carolina | Cincinnati |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Marlin Cochran | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Josh Perry | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Lex Thomas | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Joshua Balloon | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jadarius Dobie | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Derrick Davis Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Anthony Benjamin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cincinnati | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Gi'Bran Payne | 12 | 102 | 8.5 | 2 | 40 | ||||
| Zylan Perry | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 1 | 40 | ||||
| Cole Tabb | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 1 | 36 | ||||
| Samaj Jones | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| JC French IV | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Zion Johnson | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Liam O'Brien | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| James Lewis | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Jayzon Thompson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Lex Thomas | 32 | 23 | 72 % | 165 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Isaac Lee | 3 | 1 | 33 % | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Patrick Harding | 2 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cincinnati | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| JC French IV | 24 | 21 | 88 % | 245 | 10.2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Liam O'Brien | 5 | 5 | 100 % | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Samaj Jones | 2 | 2 | 100 % | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jake Young | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Jai Boyd | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Santana Carlos | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| AJ Colombo | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Kha'leal Sterling | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Josh Perry | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Derrick Davis Jr. | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Bode Burns | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Kale Woodburn | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Austin Cunningham | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Cincinnati | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Malachi Henry | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 0 | 56 | ||||
| JV Gibson | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 1 | 50 | ||||
| Isaiah Johnson | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Cade Wolford | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Gi'Bran Payne | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Gavin Grover | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Zion Johnson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Devyn Zahursky | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Giyahni Kontosis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Elijah Jones | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Kellen Davis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Lyviel Waters | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Larenzo Fenner | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Anthony Benjamin | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Cincinnati | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Cincinnati | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Marqavious Saboor | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Andre Jackson Jr. | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alant'e Reese | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Moore Jr. | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ja'Torian Mack | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nassor Ashenafi | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Na'koma Simpson-Nealy | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ryan McKinnis | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jermiyah Douglas | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Braylon Jones | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Braeden Barger | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Caleb Young Jr. | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Beady Waddell V | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaden Meeks | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Caleb Turner-Allen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Devin Brown | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joshua Collins | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jayden Cornelius | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trystan Anderson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marseille Taylor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jayden Joselin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marco Patierno | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Martin-Durham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derrick Davis Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dylan Harris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hank Bodine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jakoby Diamond | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terrell Poyser | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Joseph II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Christian Robbins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chase Kerns | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cincinnati | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Damaine Wilson | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Simeon Coleman | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jonathan Thompson | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jacob Finley | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Antwan Peek Jr. | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Johnson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Filip Maciorowski | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kenny Worthy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| KK Meier | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marqavious Saboor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Patrick Bauer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Josh Hough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jasper Beeler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keegan Horn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| D'Angelo Hutchinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Montay Weedon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marquaze Parker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| CJ Crite | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zay Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jonathan Rulo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaylon White-McClain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cam Roetherford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MJ Cannon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chidera Otutu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Richard Hollis | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Jadarius Dobie | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Cincinnati | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Zylan Perry | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Cincinnati | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Cade Wolford | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Bryan McCollum | 1/1 | 33 | 1/1 | 4 | |||||
| Cincinnati | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Stephen Rusnak | 0/0 | 0 | 8/8 | 8 | |||||
| Max Lemasters | 0/0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Mark Fitzgerald | 6 | 266 | 44.3 | 0 | |||||
| Cincinnati | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Max Fletcher | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Saturday, September 12, 2026 11:10 PM.