Cincinnati Has Formula for Rout

Gino Guidugli threw three of his school-record five touchdown passes to Hannibal Thomas on Saturday to lead Cincinnati to a 52-24 rout of No. 21 Southern Mississippi at Hattiesburg, Miss.

Guidugli completed 19 of 26 passes for 308 yards for Cincinnati, which is to 5-4 overall and 4-2 in Conference USA and ended the Golden Eagles’ 13-game league winning streak and beat a ranked team for the first time in four years.

His 80-yard touchdown pass to Thomas -- the Bearcats’ longest completion in nearly a decade -- on the second play of the second half broke the game open. The two also connected on touchdown passes covering 15 and 47 yards, and Thomas finished with 168 yards in seven catches.

Cincinnati never trailed, turned three turnovers into 17 points and won its third straight since an embarrassing turnover-filled loss at Army that ended the Black Knights’ 19-game losing streak.

It was the first Conference USA defeat for Southern Miss (5-2, 4-1) since a 31-10 loss at Tulane in November 2002. The Golden Eagles were one win from tying their record of 14 straight conference victories, set in 2000, and fell behind 14th-ranked Louisville in the league standings.

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In games involving other Conference USA teams: Lester Ricard completed 18 of 19 passes for 323 yards and four touchdowns to lead Tulane (3-5) to a 42-10 victory over Navy (7-2) at New Orleans.... Quarterback Adam Fitch ran for 115 yards and scored a touchdown to lead Air Force (4-5) to a 31-22 win over Army (2-6) at West Point, N.Y. Carlton Jones rushed for 213 yards for Army.... Kevin Kolb threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more to lead Houston (3-5, 3-3) to a 34-24 victory over East Carolina (2-6, 2-4) at Houston.

EAST

Kay-Jay Harris caught two scoring passes and ran for two other touchdowns to lead No. 15 West Virginia (8-1, 4-0) to a 42-21 victory over Temple (1-8, 0-4) in a Big East Conference game at Morgantown, W.Va.... Paul Peterson scored on a one-yard run and threw for a touchdown to lead No. 24 Boston College (6-2, 2-1) to a 21-10 victory over Rutgers (4-5, 1-4) in a Big East game at Boston.... Damien Rhodes scored on a two-yard run in the second overtime and the defense held on a fourth-and-one play to lead Syracuse (5-4, 3-1) to a 38-31 victory over Pittsburgh (5-3, 3-2) in a Big East game at Syracuse, N.Y.

WEST

John Beck threw for 313 yards and three touchdowns to lead Brigham Young (5-4, 4-1) to its third straight victory, 49-16, over San Diego State (2-7, 0-5) in a Mountain West Conference game at Provo, Utah.... J.J. Raterinks 25-yard pass to Jovon Bouknight in the third overtime gave visiting Wyoming (6-3, 3-2) a 53-45 victory over Nevada Las Vegas (2-7, 1-4) in a Mountain West game.... Quarterback Jeff Rowe completed 25 of 34 passes, including a string of 11 in a row, and threw two touchdowns to lead Nevada (5-4, 3-2) to a 42-24 victory over San Jose State (2-6, 1-4) in a WAC game at Reno.

MIDWEST

Omar Jacobs threw four touchdown passes -- all in the first half as Bowling Green (7-2, 5-1) set a school record with 49 points -- in a 52-0 win over Western Michigan (1-8, 0-6) in a MAC game at Bowling Green, Ohio.... Andrew Wellock made a 24-yard field goal in the fourth overtime to give Eastern Michigan (4-5, 4-2) a 61-58 win over Central Michigan (3-6, 2-4) in a MAC game at Ford Field in Detroit.

SOUTH

Stafford Owens scored on a 21-yard pass from Ryan Hawk in overtime and Ohio (4-6, 2-5) posted a 17-16 victory over Central Florida (0-9, 0-6) in a MAC game at Orlando, Fla. Central Florida has lost a school record 13 games in a row.... Steven Jyles scored on a two-yard run in the last minute to lift Louisiana Monroe (4-5, 3-2) to a 32-25 win over visiting Utah State (2-7, 1-4) in a Sun Belt game.

SOUTHWEST

Paul Pinegar threw three first-half touchdowns and Richard Marshall returned an interception 100 yards to lead Fresno State (5-3, 2-3) to a 52-21 victory over Rice (3-6, 2-4) in a WAC game at Houston.... Cedrick Dorsey scored on a 25-yard touchdown run in overtime then Jamey Harper intercepted a pass at the goal line to lead Southern Methodist (2-7, 2-4) to a 41-35 victory over Tulsa (2-7, 1-4) in a WAC game at Dallas. Ashlan Davis of Tulsa set an NCAA record with his fourth kickoff return for a touchdown in a season, a 96-yarder.

SOUTHLAND

Andy Collins passed for 279 yards and three touchdowns to lead visiting Occidental (7-1, 5-0) to a 43-27 victory over La Verne (3-5, 2-3), clinching the SCIAC championship.... Tyler Ruiz and Charlie Brown each rushed for two touchdowns to lead visiting Cal Lutheran (5-3, 4-2) to a 42-20 victory over Whittier (2-6, 1-5) in a SCIAC game.... Jon Miller and Ben Buys each scored two touchdowns to lead Azusa Pacific (8-2) to a 58-6 victory over visiting Crown, Minn. (2-7).... Joseph Cappola rushed for 128 yards and three touchdowns to lead visiting Pomona-Pitzer (3-5) to a 38-14 victory over Colorado College (2-7) at Colorado Springs.

Erik Meyer threw four touchdown passes to lead Eastern Washington (7-3) to a 38-21 victory over Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (7-2) at Cheney, Wash.... Evan Harney scored on a one-yard run with 35 seconds left to give San Diego (6-4, 3-1) a 38-35 win over visiting Dayton (7-3, 2-2) in a Pioneer League game.