The entire crowd of 37,978 let out a collective exhale Saturday night at Nippert Stadium.
The University of Cincinnati football team again flirted with disaster, but after back-to-back goal-line stands, the Bearcats held on for a 28-20 win over Tulsa on homecoming.
"I think the three times I've played them, I come out of the game every single time saying that's a much better football team than their record shows," Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell said of the Golden Hurricane (3-6, 2-3 American Athletic Conference).
What we learned from Saturday's win:
Jerome Ford's status is unknown for USF
Cincinnati (9-0, 5-0) left Nippert on Saturday with its 25th straight win at home, but the Bearcats didn't leave with a healthy starting running back.