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Alabama A&M at Cincinnati
Sidney Jackson
7
Alabama A&M AAMU 1-2
63
Winner Cincinnati CIN 3-0
Alabama A&M AAMU
1-2
7
Final
63
Cincinnati CIN
3-0
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
AAMU Alabama A&M 0 0 7 0 7
CIN Cincinnati 28 14 14 7 63

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Alabama A&M falls at Cincinnati

CINCINNATI — Alabama A&M coach Connell Maynor needed just two words to summarize the scenario:

Learning experience.

On a night when gaining positive momentum was a grind, Alabama A&M left the stadium with plenty of things to build on.

Tavion Thomas rushed for two touchdowns as Cincinnati topped Alabama A&M 63-7 Saturday night at Nippert Stadium.

"We ran into a buzz saw," Maynor said. "That's a very talented (Cincinnati) team. It's a team that's going to be very successful this season. There were a lot of tough matchups for us.

But we learned some things about ourselves. We came away with some things to build on."

Cincinnati entered the game with consecutive wins against UCLA and Miami-Ohio. The Bearcats (3-0) showed why their expected to be contender in the American Athletic Conference.

Cincinnati scored on its first five possessions and built a 42-0 halftime lead.

Alabama A&M (1-2) did not stop competing.

Aqeel Glass led Alabama A&M on a lengthy scoring drive in the third quarter, capping the series with an 11-yard touchdown pass to Zabrian Moore to cut the lead to 49-7. Glass finished with 110 passing yards, completing 11 of 27 attempts.

Brian Jenkins Jr. led Alabama A&M with five catches for 52 yards.

Desmond Ridder led Cincinnati with 196 passing yards with three touchdowns, completing 9 of 10 attempts. Thomas rushed for 141 yards and two scores.

Alabama A&M enters SWAC play next week when the Bulldogs host Southern in the Gulf Coast Challenge in Mobile.

"I liked that we were able to get into the end zone in the second half," Maynor said. "Anytime you play a money game (against an FBS program) like this, you know it's going to be a challenge. But we were able to play a lot of guys and get some valuable experience.

"Now it's on to the next challenge and get ready for our first conference opponent. There's no time to dwell on this because we've got to get ready for the next game."
 
 
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