CINCINNATI (3-2) at rv/- BRIGHAM YOUNG (4-2)
Friday, Oct. 16 • 8 p.m. • ESPN
LaVell Edwards Stadium (63,470/Grass)
Provo, Utah
#CINvsBYU



Television
ESPN - WATCH LIVE - LIVE STATS
Adam Amin, Kelly Stouffer and Olivia Harlan

Cincinnati Radio
WLW-AM 700 (flagship)

THE GAME
Friday’s game will be the first meeting between Cincinnati and Brigham Young … It will be the third of three games in succession for BYU against an American Athletic Conference opponent … The Cougars hosted UConn two weeks ago and East Carolina week … Memphis, Houston and UConn faced BYU last season.

CINCINNATI

Head Coach
Tommy Tuberville (Southern Arkansas ’76)
21-10, third season at Cincinnati
151-87, 19th season as collegiate head coach

NOTES
Cincinnati improved to 3-2 with a 34-23 win against Miami (Fla.) Oct. 1 … The Bearcats had a bye in Week 6 … The Bearcats are 0-2 in American Athletic Conference play after a wild 53-46 loss at Memphis in a game that featured 12 lead changes … QB Gunner Kiel started the first four games, but QB Hayden Moore got the start against Miami (Fla.) the last two contests after Kiel was sidelined with head injuries against Miami (Ohio) and Memphis … Moore threw for an American Athletic Conference-record 557 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions against Memphis  and threw for 279 yards and two TDs in the win against the Hurricanes … RB Tion Green has rushed for 383 yards and three touchdowns, while RB Hosey Williams has 351 rushing yards with two TDs … WR Shaq Washington has 34 receptions for 392 yards and two touchdowns, leading a group of five receivers with at least 200 receiving yards on the year … LB Eric Wilson leads the defense with 53 tackles … The Bearcats have committed 15 turnovers in five games and have four takeaways on defense.

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Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall (Oregon State ’88)
94-41, 11th season

NOTES
Brigham Young has played one of the toughest schedules in the nation to a 4-2 record after a 45-38 win against East Carolina last Saturday … Three of the four wins have come in the final minute as the Cougars hit a Hail Mary to beat Nebraska, got the go-ahead touchdown against Boise State with 45 seconds left and got the game-winning points against East Carolina with 19 seconds remaining … The Cougars played three of their first four games on the road but play the third of four straight in Provo with the game against Cincinnati … BYU has gone 228-69 at LaVell Edwards Stadium … The Cougars are in their fifth season as a football-playing independent … QB Tanner Magnum has taken over as the starting signal-caller following the season-ending injury to QB Taysom Hill in the opening game of the year … Magnum has completed 125 of 200 passes (62.5 percent) for 1,416 yards and nine touchdowns with five interceptions … WR Mitch Mathews has 30 receptions for 339 yards and six touchdowns … he leading rusher is RB Adam Hine, who has 312 yards on 54 carries … The defense is paced by CB Kai Nacua, who has a team-high four interceptions, and S Michael Wadsworth, who has a team-leading 44 tackles.


24/rv HOUSTON (5-0) at TULANE (2-3)
Friday, Oct. 16 • 9 p.m. • ESPNU
Yulman Stadium (30,000/UBU Speed Series 5M)
New Orleans, La.
#HOUvsTULN



Television
ESPNU - WATCH LIVE - LIVE STATS
Shawn Kenney and Brian Kinchen

Houston Radio - KPRC-AM 950 (flagship)  
Temple Radio - WMTI-FM 106.1 (flagship)

THE GAME
Friday’s game will be the 20th matchup between Houston and Tulane … The Cougars hold a 14-5 series lead, though the Green Wave took last year’s meeting, 31-24, in Houston … Tulane’s win last year snapped a stretch of 10 straight Houston victories in the series … Tulane QB Tanner Lee threw for 237 yards and three touchdowns last year.

24/rv HOUSTON

Head Coach
Tom Herman (Minnesota ’96)
5-0, first season

NOTES
Houston is off to a 5-0 start under first-year head coach Tom Herman … Houston is one of the 16 unbeaten teams nationally and one of three in The American … Herman is the second Houston coach in program history to begin his career with four wins (John Jenkins, 1990) … Herman and Florida’s Jim McElwain are the only new head coaches who remain undefeated … Houston received votes in both of this week’s major national polls … Houston ranks ninth nationally in rushing defense through five games (95.8 ypg) and is eighth nationally in rushing offense (287.4 ypg) … QB Greg Ward Jr. leads Houston in both passing and rushing and is sixth nationally in total offense (371.0 ypg) … Ward has completed 99 of 137 passes (72.3 percent) for 1,301 yards and eight touchdowns with one interception … He has rushed for 554 yards and 11 TDs on 79 attempts … RB Kenneth Farrow has 425  rushing yards and five touchdowns … WR Demarcus Ayers has a team-leading 39 receptions for 468 yards and three touchdowns … LB Steven Taylor has eight sacks and 12.0 tackles for loss, while S Adrian McDonald has two interceptions and two fumble recoveries.



TULANE

Head Coach
Curtis Johnson (Idaho ’85)
14-28, fourth season

NOTES
Tulane saw a modest two-game winning streak come to an end with a 49-10 setback at Temple last week … Tulane built a 10-7 lead in the second quarter against Temple, but saw the Owls close the game with 42 unanswered points … A week earlier, the Green Wave set an American Athletic Conference record by holding UCF to -35 rushing yards in a 45-31 win … QB Tanner Lee has completed 85 of 154 passes for 973 yards and eight touchdowns with four interceptions this season … RB Dontrell Hilliard leads a talented group of running backs with 188 rushing yards and two touchdowns … RB Lazedrick Thompson has 133 yards and one TD … RB Sherman Badie has 130 rushing yards and two touchdowns and has 13 catches for 157 yards … WR Teddy Veal leads the Green Wave with 23 catches for 288 yards and three touchdowns, while WR Devon Breaux has 15 catches for 268 yards and three TDs … LB Nico Marley, the grandson of music legend Bob Marley, has a team-high 36 tackles … The Green Wave had registered one quarterback sack in its first three games, but has 10 sacks in its last two games … DE Royce LaFrance had three sacks seven tackles for loss against the Knights.