The University of Cincinnati football had a Homecoming for the ages Saturday at Historic Nippert Stadium.The host Bearcats came up with the shock of the college football world Saturday, beating eighth-ranked Texas Tech 37-24 on the university's 100th Homecoming.Watch first half highlights: First half Cincinnati Bearcats' highlights versus Texas TechThe victory marks the Bearcats' first win over a top 10 opponent in five years, when they upset Notre Dame 24-14.That year, the Bearcats made the college football playoff.It's also their first victory at home over a top 10 team since 2006.Overall, the Bearcats now have four wins against Associated Press Top 10 opponents over the last 45 seasons.With the win, the Bearcats move to (5-2, 2-2 Big 12), while Texas Tech falls to (6-1, 3-1 Big 12). Texas Tech entered Saturdays contest with a combined 18-2 record since the start of the 2025 season; 17 of those wins are by double digits.I thought we played outstanding on defense, UC head coach Scott Satterfield said. Holding these guys to a lot of field goal attempts, giving up one touchdown there late in the game. They forced four turnovers that they created. The defense played tremendously, but it was a team win today.Cincinnati's defense was strong all day, limiting Texas Techs offense to four field goals and one late offensive touchdown, while forcing three turnovers. The Bearcats' defense set the tone, delivering a dominant first-half performance, limiting the high-powered Red Raiders to just two field goals and forcing two turnovers and causing them to punt twice to help build a 24-6 halftime lead.The Bearcats set the tone on Texas Tech's opening possession when Cannon forced a fumble on a fourth-down run, which was recovered by Antwan Peek Jr. (Indian Hill High School graduate) to set up an early field goal. After Texas Tech bounced back with a 12-play, 44-yard drive that yielded a field goal, the Cincinnati defense repeatedly locked down. Cincinnati answered with a 10-play, 85-yard march capped by Frenchs 4-yard bootleg touchdown pass to Cole Tabb giving the Bearcats a 10-6 lead with 5:18 left in the second quarter. The Bearcats scored 14 more points in a flurry all under two minutes to build a 24-6 halftime lead.Tabb rushed for over 100 yards for a second consecutive week to balance the attack, tallying a career-high 173 yards on 16 carries, including an electric 58-yard rushing touchdown to ice the game in the fourth quarter. JC French threw a career-best four touchdowns, completing 19-of-30 passes for 172 yards to propel the Bearcats offense. Three of his passing touchdowns came in the first half to help UC build its early lead.Cincinnati now owns an all-time record of 63-32-4 on Homecoming and is 5-1 in the last six such contests. Since the 2000 season, UC is 21-5 in Homecoming games.What an awesome afternoon, Satterfield said. I know a lot of you guys circled this game with all the talk going on between our two programs. This was something that was circled, and I think certainly, as a team, we knew they were going to be ranked coming in here. It was a great atmosphere, starting with our students and our crowd, is an incredible advantage for us. Every time they're on offense, they're having to use silent cadence, and that's an advantage for us.  ...read more read less