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Cincinnati looks for 10th straight win vs. reeling Louisville

Oct 13, 2007 - 10:48 AM Louisville (3-3) at No. 15 Cincinnati (6-0), 7:00 pm EDT

CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- Aside from top-ranked Louisiana State, nobody in the country has won more consecutive football games than Cincinnati.

The 15th-ranked Bearcats look to extend their winning streak to 10 games Saturday when they host sputtering Louisville in a Big East Conference matchup.

Cincinnati (6-0, 1-0 Big East) opened conference play with a tough 28-23 win at then-No. 21 Rutgers last weekend.

The Bearcats trailed, 20-14, before scoring a pair of touchdowns 19 seconds apart late in the third quarter to seize control.

Ben Mauk threw a two-yard TD to Marcus Barnett and after Andre Revel's interception on the next play, Mauk connected on a 27-yard score to Marshwan Gilyard.

With the win, Brian Kelly became the first Bearcats coach since Russ Cohen in 1935 to win his first seven games with the school.

Louisville (3-3, 0-1), meanwhile, has dropped three of its past four games, largely due to an inept defense.

The Cardinals rank second nationally in total offense (578.33 yards per game) and fifth in scoring (44.0 points) but have surrendered at least 38 points in four of their past five games.

Last week, Louisville came up short vs. Utah at home, 44-35, wasting 467 passing yards and four TDs from star quarterback Brian Brohm.

The Cardinals have won four straight over their former Conference USA rival but trail the all-time series, 26-19-1.