College Football Scores: Cincinnati Bearcats Stay Perfect, Hold Off Illinois in High-Scoring Affair

Tony Pike was 32/46 passing for 399 yards and six touchdowns, Ben Guidugli had 149 yards receiving and a pair of TDs and Mardy Gilyard had 102 yards receiving and two TDs as well as a 90-yard kick-off return for a touchdown as the Cincinnati Bearcats (11-0) knocked off the Illinois Fighting Illini (3-8) 49-36 on Friday.

Illinois jumped to an early 7-0 lead in the first quarter after Juice Williams hit Fred Sykes on a 21-yard touchdown pass but the Bearcats immediately as Mardy Gilyard returned the ensuing kickoff 90-yards for a game-tying touchdown. Cincinnati then grabbed a 14-7 lead after Pike hit Guidugli on a 59-yard TD toss and followed that with a Pike to D.J. Woods 6-yard touchdown pass and the Bearcats were up 21-7 at the end of one.

Pike opened the second quarter with his third TD toss of the game, hitting Guidugli on a 2-yard touchdown pass to pad their lead at 28-7. Illinois got back on the board on their next possession as Wiliams found Chris Duvalt on a 19-yard touchdown pass and after Derek Dimke kicked a 39-yard field goal the Illini were back within 28-17. Cincinnati managed to get back on the board when Pike found Gilyard on an 11-yard TD pass to push their advantage to 35-17 but the Illini managed to tack on a 48-yard field goal to go into the half trailing 35-20.

The third quarter wasn’t much help for Illinois as Pike tossed his fifth touchdown of the game, a 10-yarder to Armon Binns to move Cincinnati in front by 22 points. Illinois could manage just one field goal in the frame but opened the fourth with a 2-yard TD run from Williams and the Illini were within 42-30. Pike then iced the game with 4:19 left on the clock when he hit Gilyard on a 21-yard strike. Illinois would add a late touchdown as Williams hit Sykes on a 9-yard touchdown pass but by that point the game was already over.

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