Houston was not able to get anything going offensively and the Cincinnati offense ran all over the Cougars, as UH lost its first homecoming game in the Big 12 conference 24-14.
Cincinnati received to start the first half and went right down the field in 11 plays, scoring on a seven-yard receiving touchdown by Ryan Montgomery.
Early on, junior quarterback Donovan Smith had a lot of designed quarterback runs early in the game and scrambled effectively as well. Smith had a huge gain of 35 yards toward the end of the first quarter to set the Cougars up in prime position.