Live updates from the University of Cincinnati's football Homecoming game against Tulane at Nippert Stadium:
Updated 12:18 p.m. - Tulane (two) and UC (one) have exchanged punts to start the game. There is 9:11 left in the first quarter.
Previous reporting: UC (5-0, 1-0 American Athletic Conference East) is facing a Tulane team (2-3, 1-0 AAC West) that comes off a 40-24 upset of Memphis. UC won 49-7 at UConn last week.
Game time temperature was an unseasonably hot 83 degrees, under sunny skies.
A win would give UC bowl eligibility for the first time since 2015, when the Bearcats reached the Hawaii Bowl and lost 42-7 to San Diego State.