The Cincinnati Bearcats led the Houston Cougars by just one point at halftime in the American Athletic Conference title game Saturday at Nippert Stadium.
The third quarter was a different story.
UC scored on its opening drive of the second half on a Desmond Ridder 8-yard pass to Leonard Taylor. The Bearcats got the ball back less than a minute later at the Houston 23 on Joel Dublanko's interception. They scored another touchdown two plays later on Ridder's 21-yard pass to Alex Pierce. And they tacked on another TD after a Houston 3-and-out on Jerome Ford's 42-yard run - his second long TD run of the game.