Oklahoma State blows out Cincinnati via powerful second half | Replay, highlights

STILLWATER, Oklahoma – When it rains it pours as the University of Cincinnati football losing skid has hit six after Saturday night's loss to Oklahoma State 45-13. The defeat came on Oklahoma State's Homecoming. While the precipitation was a constant cold mist, the points came pouring in the second half from the "Pokes".

Six in a row is a first for Scott Satterfield as a head coach and the most consecutive losses for a UC team since 1998. That season Rick Minter's Bearcats lost nine straight before winning their final two games.

Oklahoma State held a 10-7 lead, then pulled away with 21 unanswered points in the third quarter.

Emory Jones was pulled for redshirt sophomore Brady Lichtenberg in the fourth quarter. Jones was 6-for-16 passing for 117 yards with one interception with 33 yards on the ground.

Lichtenberg did engineer a touchdown drive with a scoring pass to Aaron Turner in the fourth quarter.

Both Myles Montgomery and Corey Kiner were also pulled from the game. Montgomery didn't play after halftime after gaining 90 yards. Kiner finished with 79 yards. With Ethan Wright and Ryan Montgomery both banged up, Shaun Thomas was at running back for UC late in the game.

A jolly night for Ollie

Ollie Gordon II after gaining 282 yards against West Virginia last week, had 271 against the Bearcats for two touchdowns. Alan Bowman added a couple of touchdown passes and was 17-for-34 for 286 yards for the Cowboys who go to 6-2 (4-1 Big 12).

UC is now 2-6 (0-5 Big 12).

Groundhog Day

The game began with a familiar tone. Oklahoma State top rusher Gordon ripped off an 11-yard run on his first carry. Then, in less than two minutes, Bowman had found no one around receiver Josiah Johnson who trotted in with a crowd-pleasing opening score.

UC would come back and move the ball with Emory Jones completing a 51-yard pass to Xzavier Henderson to get to the Cowboys' 13-yard line. They would get stopped at the 5-yard line and be forced to try a 23-yard Carter Brown field goal.

It clanked off the bar.

An explosive run

Before the opening quarter ended, Corey Kiner had a series of successful runs, then was subbed out for Myles Montgomery. The redshirt sophomore proceeded to face 63 yards to the orange end zone to tie the game, briefly silencing the crowd.

At half, the Bearcats had outgained the Cowboys on the ground 194-79.

Lost momentum

UC had the ball to start the second half but had to punt within two minutes. Oklahoma State responded with a quick drive ending in a 15-yard pass to Brennan Presley to up their lead to 17-7. It quickly went to 24-7 after an overthrown pass to Dee Wiggins was picked by Cameron Epps giving the Cowboys favorable field position again. Ollie Gordon scored from the 9-yard line and the Cowboys began to roll.

From there, the Cowboys feasted on the happy momentum and sent the Homecoming crowd home wet, but happy.

Next on the menu

UC is home with UCF, who lost to West Virginia, Saturday, Nov. 4 at 3:30 p.m.

Gordon comes out, so Elijah Collins scores | Oklahoma State 45, Cincinnati 13

Collins goes 26 yards to wrap up a 34-yard drive that puts the Cowboys up 32.

Ollie Gordon II from 75. That was quick | Oklahoma State 38, Cincinnati 13

With 4:41 to go, Ollie Godeon II is still in the game for Oklahoma State and just rumbled 75 yards for the touchdown. He has 271 yards on the night.

UC back on board in 4th quarter | Oklahoma State 31, Cincinnati 13

Brady Lichtenberg gets his second touchdown pass of the season, this one to Aaron Turner on a 29-yard toss. UC goes eight plays and 65 yards. The two-point conversion fails.

End third quarter, Oklahoma State with comfortable lead | Oklahoma State 31, Cincinnati 7

The Cowboys have now outgained UC 413-347, mainly through the air (243-117). UC is still outrushing the Cowboys 230-170 but Ollie Gordon II has 150 and is the first opponent to surpass 100 yards against the Bearcats this season. UC has the ball 4th-and-10 on the Oklahoma State 48.

Oklahoma State pulling away from UC in 3rd quarter | Oklahoma State 31, Cincinnati 7

After UC drove to the Oklahoma State 35-yard-line but couldn't convert, Oklahoma State goes six plays, 65 yards in 2:41 with Brennan Presley going in from the 1-yard-line. Ollie Gordon II is up to 150 yards now on the Bearcats, the most they've given up to an opposing rusher.

Oklahoma State capitalizes on INT to up lead in 3rd quarter | Oklahoma State 24, Cincinnati 7

On UC's last drive, Emory Jones overthrew Dee Wiggins with the pass being intercepted by Cameron Epps. That gave the ball to the Cowboys on the UC 29-yard line. Ollie Gordon II eventually scored his first touchdown of the night from the 9-yard-line to go over the century mark for the fifth straight game.

UC sputters on 1st drive of 3rd quarter, Oklahoma State ups lead | Oklahoma State 17, Cincinnati 7

UC had the ball for less than two minutes to start the second half and had to punt. Oklahoma State then goes four plays, 66 yards in 1:21 with an Alan Bowman 15-yard touchdown pass to Brennan Presley. Ollie Gordon II broke through for his biggest run of the night for 42 yards.

At halftime, UC trails Oklahoma State by a field goal | Oklahoma State 10, Cincinnati 7

UC basically ran out the clock to end the first half. They receive the ball to start the third quarter. Emory Jones is just 2-for-5 passing for 64 yards, 51 of those on a first-quarter completion to Xzavier Henderson. Myles Montgomery leads the rushers with 90 yards, 63 on his opening-quarter touchdown. Corey Kiner has 56 yards.

For Oklahoma State, Alan Bowman is 11-for-23 for 174 yards and a touchdown. UC has held Ollie Gordon II to 60 yards. The Bearcats lead in total offense 258-253 with most of that coming on the ground (194 to 79). The Bearcats have been penalized four times for 50 yards with the Cowboys whistled twice for 10 yards.

UC hands Oklahoma State ball back on a fumble late in half, the gets it back on an INT | Oklahoma State 10, Cincinnati 7

Emory Jones ran for six yards on 3rd-and-12 from the UC 48 and fumbled giving the Cowboys the ball back in the final minute of the half. Jordan Young intercepted Bowman to give UC the ball on their own 39.

UC dodges Pistol Pete bullet on a missed field goal | Oklahoma State 10, Cincinnati 7

Oklahoma State drove into UC territory again and had to settle for a field goal attempt. Alex Hale's 40-yard try was no good. The Bearcats currently are driving at midfield.

Oklahoma State retakes lead on second-quarter field goal | Oklahoma State 10, Cincinnati 7

The Cowboys go six plays and 77 yards in 1:07 with the drive culminating in a 28-yard Alex Hale field goal. The big play was a 67-yard pass from Alna Bowman to Leon Johnson III taking the ball to the UC 11-yard-line.

UC stops a scoring drive with a fumble recovery early in second quarter | Cincinnati 7, Oklahoma State 7

Deshawn Pace with the hit on Ollie Gordon causes a fumble recovered by Jack Dingle on the UC 17-yard line.

End first quarter, Bearcats and Cowboys tied | Cincinnati 7, Oklahoma State 7

Oklahoma State has the ball 3rd-and-5 on their own 45. UC has outgained the Cowboys 172-83 and outrushed them 119-25. The Cowboys lead in passing 58-53 but Emory Jones has only thrown twice. Myles Montgomery has two carries for 74 yards, Corey Kiner has 36 yards and UC has held Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II to 21 yards on seven carries.

3:35 first quarter, UC ties it on 63-yard run by Myles Montgomery | Cincinnati 7, Oklahoma State 7

After several runs from Corey Kiner who now has 36 yards, Myles Montgomery subs in and takes it 63 yards to the house to tie the game. Four plays, 82 yard in 1:41 and for the time being, UC leads Oklahoma State in total offense 172-56.

UC gets to red zone and doesn't score | Oklahoma State 7, Cincinnati 0

The Bearcats got a 51-yard pass from Emory Jones to Xzavier Henderson to get to the Oklahoma State 14-yard line, then advanced to the Cowboys 6. On fourth down they elected for a 23-yard Carter Brown field goal attempt that failed. Corey Kiner had 14 yards rushing on the first series. Still early in the first quarter.

Oklahoma State scores in less than 2 minutes | Oklahoma State 7, Cincinnati 0

It took the Cowboys just 1:52 to score on UC as a five-play 64-yard drive ends with Alan Bowman finding Josiah Johnson open from here to Tulsa for the touchdown. Ollie Gordon II had 11 yards rushing in the series, all on his opening run.

Kickoff update

UC will be without the services of linebacker Dorian Jones who is out attending a family funeral. Jonathan Thompson has started the last two weeks. UC won the coin toss and deferred to the second half.

Preview

STILLWATER, Oklahoma – In front of a prime-time Saturday night audience, University of Cincinnati football returns to Stillwater for the first time since 1959 to face Oklahoma State.

The Bearcats are 1-2 in the series with the lone win coming in Oklahoma. The Cowboys have defeated the Bearcats twice at Nippert Stadium, the most recent coming 40 years ago when Jimmy Johnson's Cowboys downed Watson Brown's Bearcats 27-17.

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UC was coming off a season-opening notable upset of Penn State on the road 14-3 in 1983. UC quarterback Troy Bodine had the Bearcats up 17-14 early in the fourth quarter but the Cowboys had a pair of late touchdowns to secure the victory. Bodine finished with 321 yards passing and linebacker Jerome Brinson had 23 tackles.

Double-duty Dan, the traveling man

Bearcat play-by-play voice Dan Hoard has an eventful 24 hours before him. The UC kickoff is at 7 p.m. Central (8 ET) in Stillwater and the Bengals play the 49ers at 1:25 Pacific Sunday (4:25 ET). Immediately after the UC game, he'll drive a little over an hour (possibly more with post-game traffic) to Oklahoma City.

His original plan was to get a couple of hours of sleep at an airport hotel then catch a 6 a.m. flight to Denver. However, Denver has snow, so he's actively searching for a change.

His original plans had him getting to San Jose then Levi's Stadium by 9:45 a.m. Pacific time (12:45 p.m. ET). That would two hours and 40 minutes prior to kickoff.

He says this is the most demanding trip this season. Either way, it should be a big day for coffee consumption Sunday.

Wet and chilly

The Stillwater weather is expected to be 41 degrees at kickoff, making it 33 degrees in wind chill terms. Rain appears intermittent but at less than a 20% chance throughout the game with showers picking up after midnight.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Oklahoma State Cowboys blow out Cincinnati Bearcats