Cincinnati vs. West Virginia (Oct 17, 2026)

Passing Matchup

JC French IV

CIN QB #4

Michael Hawkins Jr.

WVU QB #3

322

Pass Yds

287

3

Pass TD

3

0

Int

0

Rushing Matchup

Gi'Bran Payne

CIN RB #6

Michael Hawkins Jr.

WVU QB #3

210

Rush Yds

199

8.1

Yds/Rush

7.7

2

Rush TD

3

Receiving Matchup

JV Gibson

CIN WR #11

DJ Epps

WVU WR #2

9

Rec

5

133

Rec Yds

148

2

Rec TD

1

CIN

Team Stats

WVU

48.0

PPG

41.5

12.5

Opp PPG

15.5

1,029

Total Yds

938

357

Pass Yds

341

672

Rush Yds

597

2026 Big 12

	Team	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	2	0	1.000
2	Cincinnati	2	0	1.000
3	Colorado	2	0	1.000
4	Houston	2	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
6	Texas Tech	2	0	1.000
7	Utah	2	0	1.000
8	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
9	Arizona State	1	1	.500
10	Baylor	1	1	.500
11	Iowa State	1	1	.500
12	Kansas	1	1	.500
13	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
14	TCU	1	1	.500
15	UCF	1	1	.500
16	Arizona	1	1	.500

CIN

Last 5

WVU

Sat, Sep 12

Sat, Sep 12

Sat, Sep 5

Sat, Sep 5

Game Info

October 17, 2026

Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium

Morgantown, West Virginia

Team Leaders

PASS

322

French

RUSH

210

Payne

REC

133

Gibson

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	RTG	TD%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
JC French IV	2	31	38	81.6	19.0	322	8.5	161.0	3	178.8	7.9	56	1	4
Liam O'Brien L. O'Brien	1	5	5	100.0	5.0	18	3.6	18.0	0	130.2	0.0	9	0	0
Samaj Jones S. Jones	2	2	2	100.0	1.0	9	4.5	4.5	0	137.8	0.0	7	0	0
Malachi Henry M. Henry	2	1	1	100.0	0.5	8	8.0	4.0	0	167.2	0.0	8	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Gi'Bran Payne G. Payne	2	26	13.0	210	8.1	105.0	2	40	28	224
Cole Tabb C. Tabb	2	11	5.5	109	9.9	54.5	1	36	11	109
JC French IV	2	17	8.5	104	6.1	52.0	3	20	17	104
Zylan Perry Z. Perry	2	12	6.0	97	8.1	48.5	1	40	13	97
Samaj Jones S. Jones	2	9	4.5	58	6.4	29.0	1	13	9	58
Zion Johnson Z. Johnson	2	11	5.5	57	5.2	28.5	1	18	12	68
Liam O'Brien L. O'Brien	1	4	4.0	23	5.8	23.0	1	11	4	23
James Lewis J. Lewis	1	2	2.0	11	5.5	11.0	0	7	2	11
Jayzon Thompson J. Thompson	1	1	1.0	4	4.0	4.0	0	4	1	4

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
JV Gibson	2	9	11	4.5	133	14.8	66.5	2	50	9	133
Malachi Henry M. Henry	2	3	3	1.5	87	29.0	43.5	0	56	3	87
Gavin Grover G. Grover	2	2	2	1.0	20	10.0	10.0	0	12	2	20
Isaiah Johnson I. Johnson	2	6	8	3.0	19	3.2	9.5	0	9	6	19
Cade Wolford C. Wolford	2	4	5	2.0	18	4.5	9.0	0	12	4	18
Gi'Bran Payne G. Payne	2	2	2	1.0	14	7.0	7.0	0	10	28	224
Larenzo Fenner L. Fenner	2	4	4	2.0	13	3.3	6.5	0	6	4	13
Giyahni Kontosis G. Kontosis	2	2	2	1.0	13	6.5	6.5	0	8	2	13
Zion Johnson Z. Johnson	2	1	1	0.5	11	11.0	5.5	0	11	12	68
Devyn Zahursky D. Zahursky	2	1	1	0.5	9	9.0	4.5	0	9	1	9
Max Fletcher M. Fletcher	2	1	1	0.5	8	8.0	4.0	0	8	1	8
Kellen Davis K. Davis	1	1	1	1.0	5	5.0	5.0	0	5	1	5
Elijah Jones E. Jones	2	1	1	0.5	5	5.0	2.5	0	5	1	5
Lyviel Waters L. Waters	2	1	1	0.5	2	2.0	1.0	1	2	1	2
Zylan Perry Z. Perry	2	1	3	0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	13	97

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	AVG
Jonathan Thompson J. Thompson	2	7	7	14	1	1.5	0	0
Antwan Peek Jr. A. Peek Jr.	2	6	7	13	0	0.0	0	0
Simeon Coleman S. Coleman	2	4	9	13	1	0.0	0	0
Damaine Wilson D. Wilson	2	5	6	11	0	0.0	0	0
Jacob Finley J. Finley	2	5	5	10	0	0.0	0	0
Jasper Beeler J. Beeler	2	4	4	8	0	0.0	0	0
Josh Hough J. Hough	2	1	6	7	1	1.5	0	0
Filip Maciorowski F. Maciorowski	2	1	6	7	0	0.5	0	0
Patrick Bauer P. Bauer	2	3	2	5	1	0.0	0	0
Thomas Johnson T. Johnson	2	2	3	5	0	0.0	0	0
Kenny Worthy K. Worthy	2	4	0	4	0	0.0	0	0
MJ Cannon	2	3	1	4	0	0.0	1	1	0
Chidera Otutu C. Otutu	2	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0
Jonathan Rulo J. Rulo	2	1	3	4	0	0.0	0	0
Drew Logan D. Logan	2	1	2	3	1	0.5	0	0
KK Meier	2	1	2	3	0	0.0	0	0
Brian Simms III B. Simms III	2	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0
Keegan Horn K. Horn	2	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0
CJ Crite	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
D'Angelo Hutchinson D. Hutchinson	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Daniel James D. James	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Gravy Johnson G. Johnson	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Marquaze Parker M. Parker	2	1	0	1	1	0.0	0	0
Montay Weedon M. Weedon	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Cam Roetherford C. Roetherford	1	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
Marqavious Saboor M. Saboor	2	0	1	1	0	0.0	1	1	0
Jaylon White-McClain J. White-McClain	2	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0