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Cinn. Bearcats Rally in Military Bowl 35-31

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December 31, 2018 at 7:04pm
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Ending the Hokies run of 25 consecutive winning seasons. Playing in a bowl game for the 26th successive year -- the longest current run in the nation -- Virginia Tech needed a victory to avoid its first losing season since 1992. 

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Michael Warren found his footing when it mattered most, scoring the go-ahead touchdown with 1:29 left for the Bearcats. Warren ran for a career-high 166 yards, including an 8-yard burst up the middle to cap a frantic five-play, 64-yard drive in which he had 54 yards rushing. That was enough to decide a tight game that featured 905 yards in offense and seven lead changes.

The victory gave Cincinnati (11-2) its third 11-win season in the 131-year history of the program following two straight 4-8 finishes.

"We learned a lot from the failures from last year and even from the failures we had throughout January, February and March," second-year coach Luke Fickell said.

*Congrats Coach Fick for bringing it back home to Ohio. Making Urban's coaching tree proud.

UV's, & Kudos.

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