Miami (OH) at Cincinnati

Saturday, September 11, 2004

Cincinnati beat Miami (OH) 45–⁠26. It was their 109th meeting; after it, Miami (OH) led the series 32–⁠18–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayMiami (OH)8–⁠5 in 2004
26
HomeCincinnati7–⁠5 in 2004
45

Final at Nippert Stadium, CincinnatiAttendance 30,368

At kickoff
78°F, clear, calmWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Cina Municipal Apt/Lukn Fd Airport (KLUK), 9 km from the stadium, seven minutes before kickoff

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Miami (OH)767626
Cincinnati14186745

Standouts

Player stats

Miami (OH)

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Josh Betts26/4341640
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Josh Betts732015
Mike Smith121208
Luke Clemens4705
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Josh Williams3120179
Martin Nance685026
Ryne Robinson683225
Dan Tyler352030
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Matt Pusateri100

Cincinnati

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Gino Guidugli12/2325821
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Richard Hall14238379
Butler Benton1042010
Doug Jones216013
Bradley Glatthaar41408
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Hannibal Thomas5175169
Derick Ross142142
George Murray II21609
Brent Celek110010

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

Miami (OH)Cincinnati
453Total yards599
428Passing yards258
37Rushing yards341
9.7Yards per pass11.2
1.5Yards per rush7.9
23First downs19
6–⁠15Third downs5–⁠11
0–⁠1Fourth downs0–⁠2
1Turnovers2
0–⁠0Penalties0–⁠0
16:43Possession19:18

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Miami (OH) 67% to win. Cincinnati pulled the upset.

Officially, Cincinnati leads 62–⁠60–⁠7; as played, 36–⁠34–⁠1 in the 71 games on file; the official count covers all 129 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Cincinnati 35, Miami (OH) 31
2024Cincinnati 27, Miami (OH) 16
2023Miami (OH) 31, Cincinnati 24
2022Cincinnati 38, Miami (OH) 17
2021Cincinnati 49, Miami (OH) 14
2019Cincinnati 35, Miami (OH) 13

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