Pacific at Cincinnati

Saturday, October 30, 1954

No. 20 Cincinnati beat Pacific 13–⁠7. It was their second meeting; after it, Cincinnati led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayPacific4–⁠5 in 1954
7
Home20Cincinnati8–⁠2 in 1954
13

FinalHigh 39°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Cincinnati Defeats College Of Pacific

    Evening star, October 31, 1954, page 64

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    Cincinnati Defeats College Of Pacific CINCINNATI. Oct. 30.-The Cincinnati Bearcats used a pass interceptjon and short. steady ground gains to trip the College of the Pacific, 1877, today for their 18th straight victory. Stalmated in the first half, Cincinnati marched Sc yards in Il plays at the start of the third quarter for touchdown. No play went for more than 10 yards in the series. Quarterback Mike Murphy sneaked over from one foot out for the touchdown. Later in the period, Murphy intercepted Bill Jacobs pass and in another Ia plays Jim Niemann scored from the 3. College of the Pacific couldn t get its passing attack going until the fourth quarter. Jacobs connected with A. D. Williams in the end zone from the 5 in the last 80 seconds of the game. Cincinnati 0 0 z 6–⁠1: College OF Pacific scoring: Touchdown q: p. Williams. Conyerslon-Grose. Murphy. Niemann. Conversions-Mac. ciOi.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Cincinnati 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cincinnati leads 5–⁠2 in seven meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1959Cincinnati 21, Pacific 14
1958Cincinnati 12, Pacific 6
1957Cincinnati 7, Pacific 2
1956Pacific 21, Cincinnati 15
1955Pacific 27, Cincinnati 13
1954Cincinnati 13, Pacific 7

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