PITT vs. SYRACUSE November 26, 2016 • 12:30 p.m., ET Heinz Field (68,400/Natural Grass) • Pittsburgh, Pa. ACC Network (WTAE-TV) • Pitt IMG Sports Radio Network PittsburghPanthers.com • @Pitt_FB • #CUSEvsPITT
Schedules and Results Game Storylines • Pitt closes the regular season by • James Conner, who overcame PITT (7-4, 4-3 ACC) hosting longtime rival Syracuse both a knee injury and Hodgkin Sept. 3 Villanova (ACCN Extra) W, 28-7 at Heinz Field. The Panthers are lymphoma during the past 12 Sept. 10 Penn State (ESPN) W, 42-39 looking for a third consecutive months, continues to amaze in his Sept. 17 at Oklahoma State (ESPN) L, 38-45 win after defeating Clemson (43- comeback season. Conner needs Sept. 24 at North Carolina* (ESPNU) L, 36-37 42) and Duke (56-14) the past just 55 rushing yards to reach Oct. 1 Marshall (RSN) W, 43-27 two weeks. 1,000 for the season. Through 11 Oct. 8 Georgia Tech* (ACC Network) (HC) W, 37-34 games, he has 945 yards on 189 Oct. 15 at Virginia* (ACC Network) W, 45-31 • A win over the Orange would carries (5.0 avg.). Oct. 27 (Thurs.) Virginia Tech* (ESPN) L, 36-39 give Pitt eight regular-season Nov. 5 at Miami* (ACC Network) L, 28-51 wins for the second consecutive • Running for two scores in Pitt's Nov. 12 at Clemson* (ABC) W, 43-42 year, something the Panthers victory over Duke, James Conner Nov. 19 Duke* (RSN) W, 56-14 have not achieved since 2008-09. is the ACC's newly minted career Nov. 26 Syracuse* (ACC Network) 12:30 p.m. An eighth victory would also bol- record holder for rushing touch- *ACC game (HC) Homecoming ster Pitt's postseason résumé. downs (50) and total touchdowns (53). SYRACUSE (4-7, 2-5 ACC) • The Panthers have victories Sept. 2 Colgate W, 33-7 over two teams ranked in the • The Panthers boast the nation's Sept. 9 Louisville* L, 28-62 Top 10 of this week's polls: No. No. 4 defense against the run. Pitt Sept. 17 USF L, 20-45 4/3 Clemson (43-42) and No. is limiting opponents to just 98.1 Sept. 24 at Connecticut W, 31-24 8/8 Penn State (42-39). Pitt was yards on the ground. Oct. 1 vs. Notre Dame# L, 33-50 edged by Oklahoma State, No. 10 Oct. 8 at Wake Forest* L, 9-28 in both polls this week, 45-38. • More than half of Ejuan Price's Oct. 15 Virginia Tech* W, 31-17 36 tackles this season have been Oct. 22 at Boston College* W, 28-20 • Pitt and Syracuse have played for a loss. The senior defensive Nov. 5 at Clemson* L, 0-54 every year since 1955, when both end has compiled 19 TFLs and 11 Nov. 12 NC State* L, 20-35 schools were independents. Pitt sacks on the year. Nov. 19 Florida State* L, 14-45 has won 12 of the past 14 games Nov. 26 at Pittsburgh* 12:30 p.m. in the series but tight games have • The Syracuse game will mark *ACC game # played in East Rutherford, N.J. been the rule. Three of the last the inal Heinz Field appearance four games have been decided by for 19 Pitt seniors. Broadcast Information three points or less. Television • ACC Network (WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh) Tom Werme, play-by-play Pitt-Syracuse History in Brief Dave Archer, analyst Series Began: 1916 Current Series Win Streak: Roddy Jones, reporter Series Overall: Pitt leads 37-31-3 Pitt has won three (2013-15) ACC Series: Pitt leads 3-0 Longest Pitt Series Win Streak: Pitt Radio • 93.7 The Fan & the Pitt IMG Sports Network At Pittsburgh: Pitt leads 21-11 11 games (1973-83) Bill Hillgrove, play-by-play At Syracuse: SU leads 18-16-3 Longest SU Series Win Streak: Bill Osborn, analyst At Neutral Sites: SU leads 2-0 11 games (1991-2001) Larry Richert, reporter Last Meeting: Oct. 24, 2015 Largest Pitt Margin of Victory: (Pitt 23, Syracuse 20) 38 points (38-0, 1975) SiriusXM Satellite Radio Last Meeting at Pitt: Nov. 22, 2014 Largest SU Margin of Victory: Sirius Channel 118, Internet Channel 956 (Pitt 30, Syracuse 7) 48 points (55-7, 1996)
WPTS Radio (Pitt Student Station) • 92.1 FM The Coaches Pitt Coach Pat Narduzzi Syracuse Coach Dino Babers Pitt IMG Sports Network Online Audio Options Overall (season): 15-9 (second) Overall (season): 41-23 ( ifth) PittsburghPanthers.com via CSLive At Pitt (season): same At Syracuse (season): 4-7 ( irst) Pitt Gameday LIVE App Alma Mater: Rhode Island, 1990 Alma Mater: Hawaii, 1984 TuneIn (free live and on-demand content) Record vs. Syracuse: 1-0 Record vs. Pitt: 0-0
1 MEDIA SERVICES SYRACUSE WEEK SCHEDULE SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 No scheduled media Pat Narduzzi Practice Window Pat Narduzzi Show: Happy Thanksgiving! No scheduled media Pitt vs. Syracuse opportunities Press Conference 9:05-9:35 a.m. Pitt IMG Sports Radio opportunities Heinz Field 11 a.m. Interviews Network/93.7 The Fan 12:30 p.m, ET 11:30 a.m. 6-7 p.m. ACC Network Pat Narduzzi on ACC Teleconference 12:10 p.m.
WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE WEEKLY INTERVIEWS PITT FOOTBALL MEDIA CONTACTS Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi will All interviews must be arranged through E.J. Borghetti, Executive Associate A.D. conduct his game week preview press the media relations of ice. Select play- (football contact) conferences on Mondays at noon (11 ers and assistant coaches are available Borghetti e-mail: [email protected] a.m. Thanksgiving week) at the UPMC for post-practice media sessions on R.J. Sepich, Assistant Media Relations Director Rooney Sports Complex. Press confer- Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m. (co-football contact) ence video will be posted on In addition to his Monday press confer- Sepich e-mail: [email protected] YouTube.com/pittlivewire. A transcript ences, Coach Narduzzi will have a inal Celeste Welsh, Media Relations Coordinator will be posted on PittsburghPanthers.com. media brie ing on Thursdays of game (credential contact) weeks at 1 p.m. Welsh e-mail: [email protected] ACC COACHES TELECONFERENCE Coach Narduzzi will be available for PITT MEDIA CREDENTIALS PITT MEDIA RELATIONS PHONE NUMBERS media questions via the ACC Football Credentials for Pitt home games are is- Pitt Media Relations Of ice: (412) 648-8240 Teleconference on Tuesday during sued to working media only and should Heinz Field Press Box: (412) 697-7198 Thanksgiving week from 12:10-12:20 be requested as early as possible due to Pitt Football Of ice: (412) 648-8700 p.m. Audio iles and transcripts for each space limitations and demand. All cre- ACC coach will be posted to theACC.com dential requests should be made online PITT FOOTBALL ON THE WEB by Wednesday afternoon. Contact the at sportssystems.com/pitt. Of icial Pitt Site: PittsburghPanthers.com Pitt media relations of ice for access to Media Info: collegepressbox.com the call. COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM Pitt Football Twitter/Instagram: @Pitt_FB The of icial media website for NCAA Pitt YouTube Page: YouTube.com/pittlivewire Teleconference Schedule: FBS football is collegepressbox.com. 10:30 a.m. Bronco Mendenhall (Virginia) Access and download weekly game PITT MEDIA RELATIONS ADDRESS 10:40 a.m. Dabo Swinney (Clemson) notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, University of Pittsburgh 10:50 a.m. Jimbo Fisher (Florida St.) headshots, logos and more for each Athletic Media Relations 11 a.m. Bobby Petrino (Louisville) conference and its member schools. Petersen Events Center 11:10 a.m. Dino Babers (Syracuse) Login information will be distributed to 3719 Terrace Street 11:30 a.m. Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech) accredited media or you can apply for Pittsburgh, PA 15261 11:40 a.m. Larry Fedora (North Carolina) access at collegepressbox.com/password. 11:50 a.m. Justin Fuente (Va. Tech) PITT PRACTICE FACILITY ADDRESS Noon Dave Clawson (Wake Forest) ACC VIDEO CLIP SERVICE Pitt Football Of ice 12:10 p.m. Pat Narduzzi (Pitt) Utilize the ACC Video Clip Service UPMC Rooney Sports Complex 12:20 p.m. Steve Addazio (Boston College) (AVCS) for access to game highlights and 3450 South Water Street 12:30 p.m. David Cutcliffe (Duke) press conference excerpts. This service Pittsburgh PA 15203 12:40 p.m. Dave Doeren (NC State) provides video content in an easily ac- 12:50 p.m. Mark Richt (Miami) cessible and downloadable format at no ACC COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS cost. ACC Advanced Media will provide Amy Yakola, Senior Associate Commissioner PRACTICE COVERAGE this service throughout the entire sea- (chief of external affairs) The initial 30 minutes of Pitt football son, including bowls. To register for the Yakola e-mail: [email protected] practice on Tuesdays and Wednesdays AVCS, contact Scott McBurney via e-mail Mike Finn, Associate Commissioner are open to the media for observation. ([email protected]) or by calling (football communications) Photographers are also free to shoot (336) 369-4646. Finn e-mail: m [email protected] practice during this time. The duration ACC Communications Phone: (336) 854-8787 of the workout is closed. Reporters ACC WEB MEDIA SECTION should contact the media relations of ice The media section of the ACC’s of icial ACC FOOTBALL ON THE WEB in advance for practice times and proper website is theACC.com/media. This portal Of icial ACC Site: theacc.com clearance. All practices will be held at provides authorized media with imme- Media Info: collegepressbox.com the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. diate access to the latest, original ACC ACC Football Twitter: @theACCfootball press information. To register, simply go ACC YouTube Page: YouTube.com/ACCDigitalNetwork to theACC.com/media.
2 PROBABLE PITT TWO-DEEP OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIALISTS
Wide Receiver Defensive End Placekicker 85 JESTER WEAH JR*, 6 3, 210 92 RORI BLAIR JR, 6 4, 245 OR 12 CHRIS BLEWITT SR, 5 9, 195 6 Aaron Mathews (FR, 6-4, 195) OR 96 ALLEN EDWARDS JR*, 6 4, 245 97 Alex Kessman (FR, 6-3, 180) 25 Maurice Ffrench (FR, 5-11, 185) 17 Rashad Weaver (FR, 6-5, 255) Punter Wide Receiver Nose Tackle 18 RYAN WINSLOW JR*, 6 5, 210 10 QUADREE HENDERSON SO, 5 8, 190 94 JEREMIAH TALENI JR*, 6 2, 290 OR 45 Nick Goldsmith (SO*, 6-2, 210) 19 Dontez Ford (SR*, 6-2, 210) 6 TYRIQUE JARRETT SR, 6 3, 335 82 Rafael Araujo-Lopes (SO*, 5-9, 185) 66 Mike Herndon (SO*, 6-4, 315) Holder 18 RYAN WINSLOW JR*, 6 5, 210 Tight End Defensive Tackle 45 Nick Goldsmith (SO*, 6-2, 210) 83 SCOTT ORNDOFF SR, 6 5, 255 52 SHAKIR SOTO SR, 6 3, 290 OR 31 Jaymar Parrish (SR, 6-2, 260) 34 AMIR WATTS FR, 6 3, 270 Long Snapper 93 Shane Roy (SO*, 6-4, 280) 61 PAT QUIRIN SR*, 6 1, 230 Left Tackle 81 Nathan Bossory (JR, 6-3, 235) 69 ADAM BISNOWATY SR*, 6 6, 305 Defensive End 60 Aaron Reese (JR*, 6-5, 310) 5 EJUAN PRICE SR*, 6 0, 255 Kickoff Returner 40 James Folston Jr. (SO*, 6-3, 245) 10 QUADREE HENDERSON SO, 5 8, 190 Left Guard 45 Devon Edwards (JR*, 6-4, 255) 14 Avonte Maddox (JR, 5-9, 175) 53 DORIAN JOHNSON SR, 6 5, 315 72 Carson Baker (JR*, 6-5, 320) Money Linebacker Punt Returner 30 MIKE CAPRARA SR*, 6 0, 225 10 QUADREE HENDERSON SO, 5 8, 190 Center 39 Saleem Brightwell (FR*, 6-0, 210) 14 Avonte Maddox (JR, 5-9, 175) 63 ALEX OFFICER JR*, 6 4, 335 76 Connor Dintino (SO*, 6-3, 310) Mike Linebacker 47 MATT GALAMBOS SR, 6 2, 245 Right Guard 58 Quintin Wirginis (JR, 6-2, 240) 78 ALEX BOOKSER SO*, 6 6, 315 62 John Guy (SR*, 6-7, 310) Star Linebacker 23 OLUWASEUN IDOWU SO*, 6 0, 215 Right Tackle 4 Bam Bradley (SR*, 6-2, 220) 70 BRIAN O’NEILL SO*, 6 6, 300 55 Jaryd Jones-Smith (JR*, 6-7, 325) Strong Safety 15 REGGIE MITCHELL SR*, 6 0, 200 Quarterback 20 Dennis Briggs (SO*, 5-10, 190) 4 NATHAN PETERMAN SR*, 6 2, 225 8 Manny Stocker (SR*, 6-2, 215) Free Safety 2 TERRISH WEBB SR, 5 11, 195 Tailback 43 Jay Stocker (FR*, 6-2, 185) 24 JAMES CONNER JR*, 6 2, 235 22 Darrin Hall (SO, 5-11, 225) Cornerback 37 Qadree Ollison (SO*, 6-2, 230) 14 AVONTE MADDOX JR, 5 9, 175 26 Chawntez Moss (FR, 5-11, 210) 3 Damar Hamlin (FR, 6-1, 185) OR 25 Maurice Ffrench (FR, 5-11, 185) Fullback 35 GEORGE ASTON SO*, 6 0, 245 Cornerback 31 Jaymar Parrish (SR, 6-2, 260) 38 RYAN LEWIS SR*, 6 0, 200 OR 11 DANE JACKSON FR*, 6 0, 180
3 2016 PITT FOOTBALL ROSTERS
Pitt Alphabetical Roster Pitt Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School No. Name Pos. 82 Rafael Araujo-Lopes WR SO* 5-9 185 Kissimmee, FL/Winter Park/Reedley (CA) 2 Terrish Webb*** ...... DB 35 George Aston* FB SO* 6-0 245 Stephens City, VA/Sherando 3 Ben DiNucci ...... QB 72 Carson Baker** OL JR* 6-5 320 Fairborn, OH/Fairborn 3(D) Damar Hamlin ...... DB 68 Kyle Benbrook OL FR* 6-3 295 Washington, NJ/Bethlehem Catholic (PA) 4 Nathan Peterman* ...... QB 34(D) Mark Bernsdorff WR JR 5-11 185 Sylvania, OH/Sylvania Northview/Wheaton (IL) 4(D) Bam Bradley*** ...... LB 69 Adam Bisnowaty*** OL SR* 6-6 305 Pittsburgh, PA/Fox Chapel 5 Ejuan Price*** ...... DL 92 Rori Blair** DL JR 6-4 245 Pittsburgh, PA/Upper St. Clair 5(D) Tre Tipton* ...... WR 12 Chris Blewitt*** PK SR 5-9 195 Alexandria, VA/West Potomac 6 Tyrique Jarrett** ...... DL 35(D) Rob Boatright DB JR* 5-10 185 Clairton, PA/Clairton/Blue ield College 6(D) Aaron Mathews ...... WR 78 Alex Bookser* OL SO* 6-6 315 Pittsburgh, PA/Mt. Lebanon 7 Thomas MacVittie ...... QB 81 Nathan Bossory TE JR 6-3 235 Chelsea, MI/Chelsea/Air Force 7(D) Henry Miller ...... DB 4(D) Bam Bradley*** LB SR* 6-2 220 Dayton, OH/Trotwood-Madison 8 Dewayne Hendrix ...... DL 55(D) Conrad Brake LS FR 6-0 230 Fairport, NY/Aquinas Institute 8(D) Manny Stocker ...... QB 20 Dennis Briggs* DB SO* 5-10 190 Wilkinsburg, PA/Shady Side Academy 9 Jordan Whitehead*...... DB 39 Saleem Brightwell LB FR* 6-0 210 Paterson, NJ/Paramus Catholic 10 Quadree Henderson*...... WR 64 Aaron Britton OL FR* 6-5 280 Washington, PA/Trinity 10(D) Keyshon Camp ...... DL 10(D) Keyshon Camp DL FR 6-4 275 Lakeland, FL/Lake Gibson 11 Dane Jackson ...... DB 24(D) Phil Campbell DB FR 6-1 195 Kendall Park, NJ/South Brunswick 11(D) Ruben Flowers III ...... WR 30 Mike Caprara*** LB SR* 6-0 225 Turtle Creek, PA/Woodland Hills 12 Chris Blewitt*** ...... PK 80 Zach Challingsworth** WR JR* 6-2 195 McDonald, PA/South Fayette 12(D) Bo Schneider ...... QB 87 Chris Clark TE SO 6-6 255 Ridgewood, NJ/Avon Old Farms (CT)/UCLA 14 Avonte Maddox** ...... DB 16 Therran Coleman DB FR 6-0 190 Pittsburgh, PA/Brashear 15 Reggie Mitchell** ...... DB 24 James Conner** RB JR* 6-2 235 Erie, PA/McDowell 16 Therran Coleman ...... DB 50(D) Dom Cuono DL SO* 6-2 235 Tampa, FL/Carrollwood Day School 17 Rashad Weaver ...... DL 76 Connor Dintino* OL SO* 6-3 310 Mashpee, MA/Choate Rosemary Hall (CT) 18 Ryan Winslow** ...... P 3 Ben DiNucci QB FR* 6-2 215 Wexford, PA/Pine-Richland 19 Dontez Ford** ...... WR 46 Rimoni Dorsey DB FR* 6-0 190 Richmond, VA/Trinity Episcopal School 20 Dennis Briggs* ...... DB 96 Allen Edwards DL JR* 6-4 245 Miami, FL/Immaculata-La Salle/Dean (MA) 21 Malik Henderson ...... DB 45 Devon Edwards* DL JR* 6-4 255 Columbus, OH/Eastmoor Academy 22 Darrin Hall* ...... RB 25 Maurice Ffrench WR FR 5-11 185 New Brunswick, NJ/New Brunswick 23 Oluwaseun Idowu* ...... LB 11(D) Ruben Flowers III WR FR 6-3 190 Lima, OH/Lima Senior 24 James Conner** ...... RB 40 James Folston Jr.* DL SO* 6-3 245 Cocoa, FL/Cocoa 24(D) Phil Campbell ...... DB 56 Brandon Ford OL FR 6-5 300 Pittsburgh, PA/Upper St. Clair 25 Maurice Ffrench ...... WR 19 Dontez Ford** WR SR* 6-2 210 McKees Rocks, PA/Sto-Rox/Syracuse 25(D) Elijah Zeise* ...... LB 47 Matt Galambos*** LB SR 6-2 245 Collingdale, PA/The Haverford School 26 Chawntez Moss ...... RB 77 Alex Galiyas OL SO* 6-2 290 Dexter, MI/Detroit Catholic Central 27 Bricen Garner ...... DB 27 Bricen Garner DB FR 6-1 175 Pittsburgh, PA/Pittsburgh Central Catholic 27(D) Nico Lodovico ...... LB 95 Zack Gilbert DL FR 6-1 240 Charlotte, NC/South Mecklenburg 28 Anthony McKee Jr...... LB 45(D) Nick Goldsmith P SO* 6-2 210 Dyer, IN/St. Rita of Cascia (IL) 29 Rachid Ibrahim** ...... RB 50 Mike Grimm OL SO* 6-6 320 Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park 30 Mike Caprara*** ...... LB 62 John Guy* OL SR* 6-7 310 Somerville, MA/New Hampton School (NH) 31 Jaymar Parrish*** ...... TE 22 Darrin Hall* RB SO 5-11 225 Youngstown, OH/Austintown Fitch 31(D) Kaezon Pugh ...... LB 70(D) Calvin Hamilton DL FR* 6-0 315 Philadelphia, PA/Eastern Christian (MD)/Milford (NY) 32 Phillipie Motley* ...... DB 3(D) Damar Hamlin DB FR 6-1 185 McKees Rocks, PA/Pittsburgh Central Catholic 34 Amir Watts ...... DL 71 Bryce Hargrove OL FR 6-4 300 Akron, OH/Coventry 34(D) Mark Bernsdorff ...... WR 21 Malik Henderson DB FR* 6-0 185 Plantation, FL/Hallandale 35 George Aston* ...... FB 10 Quadree Henderson* WR SO 5-8 190 Wilmington, DE/Alexis I. du Pont 35(D) Rob Boatright ...... DB 8 Dewayne Hendrix DL SO* 6-4 260 O’Fallon, IL/O’Fallon Twp./Tennessee 36 Chase Pine ...... LB 66 Mike Herndon* DL SO* 6-4 315 Greenville, VA/Riverheads 36(D) Shawn Wood ...... RB 29 Rachid Ibrahim** RB JR* 6-1 195 Rockville, MD/Avalon 37 Qadree Ollison* ...... RB 23 Oluwaseun Idowu* LB SO* 6-0 215 Wexford, PA/North Allegheny 37(D) Erik Sellers ...... DL 11 Dane Jackson DB FR* 6-0 180 Coraopolis, PA/Cornell (Quaker Valley) 38 Ryan Lewis*** ...... DB 6 Tyrique Jarrett** DL SR 6-3 335 Pittsburgh, PA/Taylor Allderdice/Milford (NY) 39 Saleem Brightwell ...... LB 53 Dorian Johnson*** OL SR 6-5 315 Belle Vernon, PA/Belle Vernon Area 39(D) Kyle Vreen ...... RB 91 Patrick Jones II DL FR 6-5 250 Chesapeake, VA/Grass ield 40 James Folston Jr.* ...... DL 55 Jaryd Jones-Smith* OL JR* 6-7 325 Camden, NJ/West Catholic (PA) 40(D) Colton Lively* ...... FB 97 Alex Kessman PK FR 6-3 180 Clarkston, MI/Clarkston 41 Jalen Williams ...... LB 57 Jake Knight LS FR* 6-3 225 Flint, MI/Powers Catholic 43 Jay Stocker ...... DB 38 Ryan Lewis*** DB SR* 6-0 200 Seattle, WA/Eastlake 44 Elias Reynolds ...... LB
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Alphabetical Roster Continued No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School Numerical Roster Continued 40(D) Colton Lively* FB JR* 6-0 240 Lake Dallas, TX/Lake Dallas No. Name Pos. 27(D) Nico Lodovico LB JR* 6-1 230 Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional/Kent State 45 Devon Edwards* ...... DL 7 Thomas MacVittie QB FR 6-5 225 Cincinnati, OH/Moeller 45(D) Nick Goldsmith ...... P 14 Avonte Maddox** DB JR 5-9 175 Detroit, MI/Martin Luther King 46 Rimoni Dorsey ...... DB 6(D) Aaron Mathews WR FR 6-4 195 Clairton, PA/Clairton 47 Matt Galambos*** ...... LB 48 Kellen McAlone* WR SO* 6-2 205 Dallas, TX/Jesuit College Preparatory School 48 Kellen McAlone* ...... WR 28 Anthony McKee Jr. LB FR* 6-2 210 Columbus, OH/Marion-Franklin 50 Mike Grimm ...... OL 51 Jim Medure LB FR* 6-2 220 New Castle, PA/Neshannock 50(D) Dom Cuono ...... DL 7(D) Henry Miller DB FR 6-3 205 Kissimmee, FL/Gateway 51 Jim Medure ...... LB 15 Reggie Mitchell** DB SR* 6-0 200 Pittsburgh, PA/Shady Side Academy/Wisconsin 52 Shakir Soto*** ...... DL 54 Justin Morgan OL FR 6-6 365 Bronx, NY/Poly Prep Country Day School 53 Dorian Johnson*** ...... OL 67 Jimmy Morrissey OL FR 6-3 295 Huntington Valley, PA/La Salle College H.S. 53(D) Brian Popp ...... LB 26 Chawntez Moss RB FR 5-11 210 Bedford, OH/Bedford 54 Justin Morgan ...... OL 32 Phillipie Motley* DB SO* 5-10 175 Columbus, OH/Hilliard Davidson 55 Jaryd Jones-Smith* ...... OL 63 Alex Of icer** OL JR* 6-4 335 Rochester, NY/Eastridge 55(D) Conrad Brake ...... LS 37 Qadree Ollison* RB SO* 6-2 230 Niagara Falls, NY/Canisius 56 Brandon Ford ...... OL 70 Brian O’Neill* OL SO* 6-6 300 Wilmington, DE/Salesianum School 57 Jake Knight...... LS 83 Scott Orndoff*** TE SR 6-5 255 Waynesburg, PA/Seton-LaSalle 58 Quintin Wirginis**...... LB 31 Jaymar Parrish*** TE SR 6-2 260 Monroeville, PA/Gateway 59 Tony Pilato ...... OL 74 Alex Paulina OL FR* 6-3 315 Canonsburg, PA/Canon-McMillan 60 Aaron Reese* ...... OL 4 Nathan Peterman* QB SR* 6-2 225 Jacksonville, FL/Bartram Trail/Tennessee 61 Pat Quirin** ...... LS 59 Tony Pilato OL FR* 6-5 320 Greensburg, PA/Hemp ield Area 62 John Guy*...... OL 36 Chase Pine LB FR 6-2 220 Williamsburg, VA/Lafayette 63 Alex Of icer** ...... OL 84 Zach Poker** TE JR* 6-4 240 Oconomowoc, WI/Oconomowoc 64 Aaron Britton...... OL 53(D) Brian Popp LB SO* 6-0 235 Loveland, OH/Loveland 66 Mike Herndon* ...... DL 5 Ejuan Price*** DL SR* 6-0 255 Rankin, PA/Woodland Hills 67 Jimmy Morrissey ...... OL 31(D) Kaezon Pugh LB FR 6-1 210 Aliquippa, PA/Aliquippa 68 Kyle Benbrook ...... OL 61 Pat Quirin** LS SR* 6-1 230 Pittsburgh, PA/Pittsburgh Central Catholic 69 Adam Bisnowaty*** ...... OL 60 Aaron Reese* OL JR* 6-5 310 Chambersburg, PA/Chambersburg Area 70 Brian O’Neill* ...... OL 44 Elias Reynolds LB FR 6-2 225 Brooklyn, NY/Poly Prep Country Day School 70(D) Calvin Hamilton ...... DL 93 Shane Roy DL SO* 6-4 280 Reading, OH/Reading 71 Bryce Hargrove ...... OL 98 DeAndre Schi ino TE FR* 6-2 235 Penn Hills, PA/Penn Hills 72 Carson Baker** ...... OL 12(D) Bo Schneider QB SO 6-3 225 Dallas, TX/Jesuit Dallas/UCF 74 Alex Paulina ...... OL 37(D) Erik Sellers DL FR* 6-1 230 Clear ield, PA/Clear ield Area 76 Connor Dintino* ...... OL 52 Shakir Soto*** DL SR 6-3 290 Wilkes-Barre, PA/G.A.R. Memorial 77 Alex Galiyas ...... OL 43 Jay Stocker DB FR* 6-2 185 Coatesville, PA/Coatesville Area 78 Alex Bookser* ...... OL 8(D) Manny Stocker QB SR* 6-2 215 Coatesville, PA/Coatesville Area/UT Martin 80 Zach Challingsworth**.... WR 94 Jeremiah Taleni** DL JR* 6-2 290 Kaneohe, HI/Kailua 81 Nathan Bossory ...... TE 5(D) Tre Tipton* WR FR* 6-0 190 Apollo, PA/Apollo-Ridge 82 Rafael Araujo-Lopes ...... WR 39(D) Kyle Vreen RB FR 5-10 180 Aliquippa, PA/Central Valley 83 Scott Orndoff*** ...... TE 34 Amir Watts DL FR 6-3 270 Chicago, IL/Wendell Phillips Academy 84 Zach Poker** ...... TE 85 Jester Weah** WR JR* 6-3 210 Madison, WI/Madison Memorial 85 Jester Weah** ...... WR 17 Rashad Weaver DL FR 6-5 255 Fort Lauderdale, FL/Cooper City 87 Chris Clark ...... TE 2 Terrish Webb*** DB SR 5-11 195 Clairton, PA/Clairton 90 Rashad Wheeler ...... DL 90 Rashad Wheeler DL FR 6-3 290 Pittsburgh, PA/Pittsburgh Central Catholic 91 Patrick Jones II ...... DL 9 Jordan Whitehead* DB SO 5-11 190 Aliquippa, PA/Central Valley 92 Rori Blair** ...... DL 41 Jalen Williams LB SO* 6-2 215 Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Academy 93 Shane Roy ...... DL 18 Ryan Winslow** P JR* 6-5 210 Maple Glen, PA/La Salle College H.S. 94 Jeremiah Taleni** ...... DL 58 Quintin Wirginis** LB JR 6-2 240 Pittsburgh, PA/Fox Chapel 95 Zack Gilbert ...... DL 36(D) Shawn Wood RB FR 6-0 210 New Castle, DE/William Penn/Jireh Prep (NC) 96 Allen Edwards ...... DL 25(D) Elijah Zeise* LB SO* 6-2 225 Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny 97 Alex Kessman ...... PK 98 DeAndre Schi ino ...... TE
* following name denotes letters earned * following name denotes letters earned * following class denotes redshirt season (D) denotes duplicate number (D) denotes duplicate number
5 PAT NARDUZZI CAREER NOTES
√ In his debut campaign at Pitt in 2015, Pat √ Dennard was a irst-round NFL Draft pick of Narduzzi led the Panthers to an 8-4 regular-sea- the Cincinnati Bengals in 2014, the irst Spartans son record, their best 12-game mark since 2009, defensive back taken in the initial round since and a Military Bowl invitation. Pitt inished as the 1961. In the 2015 draft, another Narduzzi pupil, runner-up in the ACC Coastal Division with a 6-2 Michigan State cornerback Trae Waynes, was a mark, its best conference record ever. irst-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings.
√ Pitt boasted the ACC’s top offensive and defen- √ Narduzzi coached 19 irst-team All-Big Ten sive newcomers in 2015. Safety Jordan Whitehead selections. Four players won the conference’s was named the league’s Overall and Defensive top individual awards under his watch, including Rookie of the Year. Tailback Qadree Ollison, a two Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year honorees third-string reserve when the season began, was (Dennard in 2013 and Drummond in 2014). Shi- named the Offensive Rookie of the Year following lique Calhoun was the Big Ten Defensive Lineman a 1,000-yard rushing campaign. of the Year in 2013 while Greg Jones was the over- all Defensive Player of the Year in 2009. √ Narduzzi arrived at Pitt following eight highly PERSONAL INFORMATION successful years as the defensive coordinator at √ Prior to Michigan State, Narduzzi spent three Born: April 22, 1966 Michigan State. Under his direction, the Spartans years (2004-06) as defensive coordinator under Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio were the only team to rank in the nation’s top 10 Dantonio at Cincinnati, helping the Bearcats to a Alma Mater: Rhode Island, 1990 in total defense and rushing defense each season pair of bowl invitations. Family: Narduzzi and his wife from 2011-14. Working under two-time Big Donna have four children: Arianna, Ten Coach of the Year Mark Dantonio, Narduzzi √ In 2003, Narduzzi was the defensive coor- Christina, Patrick and Isabella. helped Michigan State to ive Top 25 inishes. dinator at Miami of Ohio under the late Terry Hoeppner. The RedHawks stormed to a 13-1 COLLEGE PLAYING EXPERIENCE √ In 2014, the Spartans inished with a No. 5 record that season, capturing the Mid-American Rhode Island, three-year starter national ranking and 11-2 record following a stir- Conference (MAC) championship and defeating at linebacker (1987-89). ring 42-41 victory over Baylor in the AT&T Cotton nationally ranked Louisville in the GMAC Bowl to Youngstown State, starter at Bowl. Narduzzi’s defense shut out the high- inish No. 10 in the Associated Press poll. linebacker (1985). scoring Bears in the fourth quarter, opening the door for 21 unanswered points by Michigan State √ While quarterback Ben Roethlisberger head- COACHING EXPERIENCE in one of the most thrilling games of the 2014-15 lined Miami’s offense in 2003, Narduzzi’s stout Miami (Ohio), 1990-91, graduate bowl season. unit topped the MAC in rushing defense (19th assistant; 1992, wide receivers. nationally), scoring defense (22nd nationally) and Rhode Island, 1993-97, lineback- √ Michigan State boasted the nation’s top rush- pass ef iciency defense (34th nationally). ers; 1998-99, defensive coordina- ing defense in 2014, yielding just 88.5 yards per tor. game. The Spartans inished third nationally with √ Narduzzi served as linebackers coach at Northern Illinois, 2000-02, 34 turnovers gained and eighth in total defense, Northern Illinois for three seasons (2000-02). linebackers. holding opponents to just 315.8 yards per con- NIU won a pair of MAC divisional titles during his Miami (Ohio), 2003, defensive test. tenure and in 2002 had the league’s top rushing coordinator. defense. Cincinnati, 2004-06, defensive √ In 2013, Michigan State inished No. 3 in the coordinator. country following a Big Ten title and 24-20 vic- √ From 1993-99, Narduzzi coached at his alma Michigan State, 2007-14, tory over No. 5 Stanford in the Rose Bowl. In the mater, Rhode Island, serving as the Rams’ defen- defensive coordinator; 2013-14, wake of that championship season, Narduzzi was sive coordinator his inal two seasons. He began assistant head coach. named the 2013 recipient of the prestigious Bro- his coaching career at Miami of Ohio, working Pittsburgh, 2015-present, head yles Award, annually presented to the country’s as a graduate assistant in 1990 and 1991, before coach. top assistant coach. earning his irst full-time position as receivers coach for the 1992 season. BOWL GAMES COACHED √ Narduzzi has tutored an impressive list of 2003 GMAC Bowl decorated defensive players, including irst team √ Narduzzi was a starting linebacker under his 2004 Fort Worth Bowl All-Americans in cornerback Darqueze Dennard, father, the late Bill Narduzzi, as a freshman at 2007 Champs Sports Bowl safety Kurtis Drummond, linebacker Greg Jones Youngstown State University in 1985 before 2009 Capital One Bowl and defensive tackle Jerel Worthy. transferring to Rhode Island, where he became a 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl three-year starter for the Rams from 1987-89. 2011 Capital One Bowl √ Dennard was a unanimous All-American in 2012 Outback Bowl 2013, becoming the irst Michigan State corner- √ Bill Narduzzi was head coach at YSU from 2012 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl back to earn that distinction. He also was the 1975-85. He led the Penguins to two NCAA Divi- 2014 Rose Bowl school’s irst winner of the Jim Thorpe Award, sion II playoff appearances, including the national 2015 Cotton Bowl given annually to college football’s top defensive championship game in 1979, and twice was 2015 Military Bowl back. named the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Coach of the Year.
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Nov. 1, 1980 @ 43 6 SERIES NOTES Oct. 24, 1981 23 10 Pitt and Syracuse have met every year since 1955…Pitt holds a Oct. 23, 1982 @ 14 0 37-31-3 advantage in the all-time series, which began in 1916...the Oct. 29, 1983 13 10 Panthers have won 10 of the past 11 games against the Orange and Nov. 3, 1984 @ 7 13 12 of the past 14...Pitt won last year in the Carrier Dome, 23-20, on Nov. 2, 1985 0 12 a 25-yard Chris Blewitt ield goal as time expired...in the last game Nov. 1, 1986 @ 20 24 Oct. 31, 1987 10 24 played at Heinz Field, the Panthers routed the Orange, 30-7, in Dec. 3, 1988 @ 7 24 2014...Syracuse's last win in the series was in 2012, a 14-13 decision Sept. 23, 1989 30 23 in the Dome, which snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Pan- Sept. 22, 1990 @ 20 20 thers...the 2012 encounter marked the inal Big East game between Oct. 19, 1991 27 31 the two schools...Pitt and Syracuse met 20 times as Big East mem- Oct. 31, 1992 @ 10 41 bers from 1993-2012 and the Orange owned an 11-9 edge in those Oct. 16, 1993 21 24 contests...Pitt has won all three ACC meetings (2013-15)...since 1972 Oct. 8, 1994 @ 7 31 (44 seasons), 19 games have been decided by single digits (exclud- Nov. 11, 1995 10 42 ing a 20-20 tie in 1990)...the teams have played two double-overtime Oct. 12, 1996 @ 7 55 games and Syracuse won both (24-17 in 2000 and 38-31 in 2004)... Nov. 15, 1997 27 32 both overtime contests were played in the Carrier Dome...Pitt is 21- Oct. 31, 1998 @ 28 45 11 against Syracuse in Pittsburgh...that record includes a 6-1 mark at Oct. 7, 1999 17 24 Oct. 7, 2000 @ 17 24 (2OT) Heinz Field...the Orange’s only victory at Heinz came in the stadium’s Oct. 13, 2001 10 42 inaugural season, a 42-10 decision in 2001...the Orange hold an 18- Oct. 5, 2002 @ 48 24 16-3 advantage in games played in Syracuse...the Orange is also 2-0 Oct. 25, 2003 34 14 against Pitt in neutral site games (the last coming at Shea Stadium in Nov. 6, 2004 @ 31 38 (2OT) 1965)...Pitt is 8-10-1 all-time in the Carrier Dome, which opened in Oct. 22, 2005 34 17 1980...however, the Panthers have won six times in their last eight Oct. 7, 2006 @ 21 11 visits to the Dome. Nov. 3, 2007 20 17 Sept. 27, 2008 @ 34 24 SERIES GAME-BY-GAME Nov. 7, 2009 37 10 Oct. 16, 2010 @ 45 14 PITT LEADS, 37-31-3 Dec. 3, 2011 33 20 DATE PITT SYRACUSE Oct. 5, 2012 @ 13 14 Oct. 21, 1916 @ 30 0 Nov. 23, 2013 @ 17 16 Oct. 20, 1917 28 0 Nov. 22, 2014 30 7 Oct. 18, 1919 @ 3 24 Oct. 24, 2015 @ 23 20 Oct. 16, 1920 @ 7 7 Oct. 22, 1921 35 0 Pitt wins in bold *Yankee Stadium **Shea Stadium Oct. 21, 1922 @ 21 14 Oct. 20, 1923* N 0 3 TEAM NOTES Nov. 1, 1924 @ 7 7 Nov. 3, 1928 18 0 SEEKING WIN #8 Oct. 18, 1930 @ 14 0 Pitt owns a 7-4 overall record entering the regular-season inale Sept. 24, 1955 @ 22 12 against Syracuse. A victory over the Orange would give Pitt an 8-4 Sept. 29, 1956 14 7 regular-season mark for the second consecutive year. It would also Nov. 2, 1957 21 24 give Pitt 16 wins in two seasons, the most since the 2009-10 teams Nov. 1, 1958 @ 13 16 compiled 18 victories. (Pitt went 10-3 in 2009 and 8-5 in 2010.) Oct. 31, 1959 0 35 Oct. 29, 1960 @ 10 0 Nov. 4, 1961 @ 9 28 A RARE ROUT Nov. 3, 1962 24 6 Pitt cruised to a 56-14 demolition of Duke (Nov. 19), breaking the Nov. 2, 1963 35 27 trend of close games and dramatic inishes for the Panthers this Oct. 31, 1964 @ 6 21 season. The 42-point margin of victory was Pitt’s largest in an ACC Oct. 30, 1965** N 13 51 game, eclipsing a 23-point win over Syracuse in 2014 (30-7). It Oct. 29, 1966 @ 7 33 was also the Panthers’ biggest win over an FBS foe since a 45-point Nov. 4, 1967 7 14 victory at UCF in 2006 (52-7). Overall, it was Pitt's most lopsided vic- Oct. 12, 1968 @ 17 50 tory since blanking FCS program Delaware, 62-0, in the 2014 season Nov. 1, 1969 21 20 opener. Oct. 31, 1970 @ 13 43 Oct. 30, 1971 31 21 CLOSE SHAVES Oct. 28, 1972 @ 6 10 Under Pat Narduzzi, the Panthers have a winning record in close Nov. 3, 1973 28 14 Nov. 2, 1974 @ 21 13 contests. Narduzzi has directed Pitt to an 8-6 record in games de- Nov. 1, 1975 @ 38 0 cided by single digits, including victories this season over Clemson Oct. 30, 1976 23 13 (43-42, Nov. 12), Georgia Tech (37-34, Oct. 8) and Penn State (42-39, Oct. 22, 1977 28 21 Sept. 10). In contrast, the Panthers were 1-5 in single-digit contests Nov. 4, 1978 @ 18 17 in 2014, the year before Narduzzi's arrival. From 2010-14, Pitt was Nov. 3, 1979 28 21 8-17 in such games.
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HEARTBREAK HOTEL ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS Three of Pitt's four losses have been by a combined 11 points, an average margin of 3.7 points per game: Virginia Tech (39-36), North COASTAL DIVISION Carolina (37-36) and Oklahoma State (45-38). The 23-point loss at Team Conf. Pct. Overall Pct. Miami (51-28) was Pitt's largest margin of defeat this season. Two of Pitt's losses came on late scores. In the one-point defeat at North Carolina 5 - 2 .714 8 - 3 .727 North Carolina, the Tar Heels' winning points came on a two-yard Virginia Tech 5 - 2 .714 8 - 3 .727 touchdown pass with two seconds to go. At Oklahoma State, the Miami 4 - 3 .571 7 - 4 .636 Cowboys scored on a one-yard run with 1:28 remaining to claim a seven-point win. Pittsburgh 4 - 3 .571 7 - 4 .636 Georgia Tech 4 - 4 .500 7 - 4 .636 TOP 25 FOES Four Pitt opponents are ranked in the new Top 25 polls. Clemson is Duke 1 - 6 .143 4 - 7 .364 ranked No. 4 by Associated Press and No. 3 in the Amway Coaches Virginia 1 - 6 .143 2 - 9 .182 Poll. Additionally, Penn State (No. 8/8), Oklahoma State (No. 10/10) and North Carolina (NR/No. 25) are listed in this week's rankings. The Panthers have victories over two teams ranked in the Top 10: ATLANTIC DIVISION 43-42 over Clemson (Nov. 12) and 42-39 over Penn State (Sept. 10). Team Conf. Pct. Overall Pct. Clemson 7 - 1 .875 10 - 1 .909 A SWEET "W" IN DEATH VALLEY Pitt's 43-42 win over Clemson (Nov. 12) was a landmark victory in Louisville 7 - 1 .875 9 - 2 .818 many ways. It marked the Panthers' irst win over a ranked oppo- Florida State 5 - 3 .625 8 - 3 .727 nent since Nov. 9, 2013, when they defeated No. 24/25 Notre Dame, 28-21, at Heinz Field. Pitt lost its next four games against ranked foes Wake Forest 3 - 4 .429 6 - 5 .545 before the upset win at Clemson. NC State 2 - 5 .286 5 - 6 .455 Additionally, the Tigers, ranked No. 2 in the coaches poll and No. 3 by Associated Press at the time, were the highest rated opponent Syracuse 2 - 5 .286 4 - 7 .364 Pitt had defeated in nine years. On Dec. 1, 2007, the Panthers visited Boston College 1 - 6 .143 5 - 6 .455 West Virginia, ranked No. 1 by the coaches and No. 2 by AP. Pitt shocked the Mountaineers, 13-9, knocking them from the national title picture. FRESH FACES Five true freshmen have played for Pitt this season: wide receiver 127 YEARS AND COUNTING Maurice Ffrench, cornerback Damar Hamlin, wide receiver Aaron The 2016 campaign marks the 127th football season in Pitt history. Mathews, running back Chawntez Moss and defensive tackle Amir The Panthers, who played their inaugural season in 1890, have a Watts. Of that group, Moss has compiled the most playing time and 711-519-42 all-time record (.575). The program’s rich legacy in- production. Appearing in nine contests as a reserve, Moss has rushed cludes 90 irst team All-Americans, 24 College Football Hall of Fam- for 221 yards and a touchdown on 38 carries (5.8 avg.). ers, eight Pro Football Hall of Famers and nine national titles. Ffrench has played in seven games as a reserve. In the Oct. 1 Mar- shall win, he had an 11-yard touchdown run off a jet sweep. He also 700 CLUB saw time at cornerback in the Nov. 19 Duke win. Mathews has played Pitt’s 26-19 win over Virginia in 2015 marked the 700th victory in the last 10 games, making three starts, while Watts has played on in program history. The Panthers are one of 24 Bowl Subdivision the defensive line in six contests, earning a starting assignment at programs to achieve the 700-win milestone. Only ive ACC schools Clemson (Nov. 12). Hamlin made his collegiate debut in the Oct. 27 belong to the “700 Club”—Virginia Tech (726), Georgia Tech (721), Virginia Tech game and has played in three total contests. Clemson (713), Pitt (711) and Syracuse (705)—according to NCAA.org. BLUE & GOLD RALLY CAPS Since the 2002 season, Pitt has won 28 games with second-half come- TURNOVER MARGIN backs. The Panthers' most recent comeback was their 43-42 win at Pitt is on the plus side in the turnover margin department this Clemson (Nov. 12), when Chris Blewitt kicked a 48-yard ield goal season. The Panthers are plus-four with 16 takeaways compared to with six seconds left to secure the upset of the No. 2 Tigers. 12 turnovers. Pitt ranks fourth in the ACC and 34th nationally with It was the third time in his career, and second time this season, that an 0.36 turnover margin per game. Last season the Panthers ranked Blewitt capped a fourth-quarter rally with a game-winning ield goal. 66th in the country and seventh in the ACC with an 0.00 turnover In this season's 37-34 win over Georgia Tech (Oct. 8), Pitt scored 10 margin (16 turnovers gained and 16 lost). points in the inal 3:50, including a 31-yard ield goal by Blewitt as time expired. YOUR 2016 PITT TEAM CAPTAINS On Oct. 24, 2015, he kicked a 25-yard ield goal on the inal play to As selected by their teammates, the captains for the 2016 Panthers defeat host Syracuse, 23-20. Pitt entered the fourth quarter trailing are senior offensive tackle Adam Bisnowaty, junior running back the Orange, 17-13. James Conner and senior defensive end Ejuan Price. That Syracuse victory marked the irst time since 2009 that Pitt ral- lied to win when facing a fourth-quarter de icit. The Panthers pre- viously had not overcome a de icit in the inal period since Dec. 26, 2009, when they defeated North Carolina, 19-17, in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.
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PITT SECOND-HALF COMEBACKS (SINCE 2002) THE LAST TIME: #25/RV PITT 23 SYRACUSE 20 Date Opp. De icit (Qtr.) Result Oct. 24, 2015 • Carrier Dome • 29,832 For the second consecutive week, a Chris Blewitt ield goal provided 9/14/02 @UAB 20-17 (3rd) W, 26-20 the winning margin for Pitt on the road...Blewitt kicked a 25-yard 10/26/02 Boston College 16-13 (4th) W, 19-16 (OT) ield goal as time expired to give the Panthers a 23-20 win over the Orange in the Carrier Dome...the ield goal capped a 19-play, 89-yard 11/2/02 @Virginia Tech 21-7 (3rd) W, 28-21 drive that exhausted the inal 9:20 on the clock...the drive’s most crit- 11/9/02 Temple 19-14 (3rd) W, 29-22 ical play was a fake punt from the Pitt 48 with under ive minutes to go...facing 4th-and-7, punter Ryan Winslow threw a 12-yard pass to 9/27/03 @Texas A&M 13-9 (3rd) W, 37-26 Matt Galambos, setting Pitt up at the Orange 40...10 plays later Ble- witt kicked his second game winner in as many weeks (his school- 11/1/03 @Boston College 13-10 (4th) W, 24-13 record 56-yarder beat Georgia Tech)...Pitt trailed 17-13 entering 11/8/03 Virginia Tech 28-24 (4th) W, 31-28 the inal period...the fourth-quarter comeback was Pitt’s irst since a 19-17 victory over North Carolina in the 2009 Meineke Car Care 9/25/04 Furman 31-14 (3rd)/38-24 (4th) W, 41-38 (OT) Bowl...Qadree Ollison rushed for 103 yards and two TDs on 23 car- 10/9/04 @Temple 16-6 (4th) W, 27-22 ries (4.5 avg.)...Tyler Boyd had a career-high 12 catches, rushed for 34 yards on six attempts (5.7 avg.) and threw a 38-yard completion... 11/13/04 @Notre Dame 35-31 (4th) W, 41-38 Galambos had three TFLs and an interception from his MLB position, while corner Lafayette Pitts had six tackles and an INT of his own... 11/25/04 West Virginia 10-6 (3rd)/13-9 (4th) W, 16-13 Pitt improved to 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the ACC, continuing its best 10/20/07 Cincinnati 17-10 (3rd) W, 24-17 start since 2009...it was Pitt’s 10th win in the past 11 meetings with Syracuse (3-4, 1-2). 12/1/07 @West Virginia 7-3 (3rd) W, 13-9 PITT 3 10 0 10 23 9/20/08 Iowa 17-14 (4th) W, 21-20 SYRACUSE 7 10 0 3 20
9/27/08 @Syracuse 24-13 (3rd) W, 34-24 First Quarter PITT — Blewitt 33-yard ield goal 9:58 10/2/08 @USF 21-20 (4th) W, 26-21 SU — Philips 20-yard pass from Dungey (Murphy kick) 9:12 11/1/08 @Notre Dame 17-3 (3rd)/24-17 (4th) W, 36-33 (4OT) Second Quarter 11/28/08 West Virginia 12-7 (3rd)/15-7 (4th) W, 19-15 SU — Murphy 23-yard ield goal 7:44 PITT — Ollison 2-yard run (Blewitt kick) 1:37 10/2/09 @Louisville 10-7 (3rd) W, 35-10 SU — Ishmael 4-yard pass from Dungey (Murphy kick) 0:26 PITT — Blewitt 30-yard ield goal 0:00 10/10/09 Connecticut 21-6 (3rd) W, 24-21 Third Quarter 12/26/09 North Carolina* 17-16 (4th) W, 19-17 No scoring
11/9/13 Notre Dame 21-14 (3rd) W, 28-21 Fourth Quarter PITT — Ollison 1-yard run (Blewitt kick) 14:00 11/23/13 @Syracuse 16-10 (3rd) W, 17-16 SU — Murphy 37-yard ield goal 9:20 PITT — Blewitt 25-yard ield goal 0:00 12/26/13 Bowling Green# 20-17 (3rd) W, 30-27 9/13/14 @FIU 16-14 (3rd) W, 42-25 Team Stats PITT SU First Downs 24 16 10/24/15 @Syracuse 17-13 (4th) W, 23-20 Rushes-Yards 46-188 23-136 Comp-Att-Int 21-28-0 22-31-2 10/8/16 Georgia Tech 34-27 (4th) W, 37-34 Passing Yards 239 217 Total Yards 427 353 11/12/16 @Clemson 42-34 (4th) W, 43-42 Punt Returns-Yards 1-4 1-12 Kick Returns-Yards 5-104 0-0 * Meineke Car Care Bowl Interceptions-Yards 2-19 0-0 # Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Fumbles-Lost 3-0 0-0 Punts-Average 4-41.2 3-38.3 Penalties-Yards 6-60 4-39 OFFENSIVE NOTES Third Down Conv. 9-17 5-11 Fourth Down Conv. 2-2 1-1 Sacks By-Yards 0-0 2-13 HISTORIC SCORING PACE Possession Time 36:37 23:23 Pitt has totaled 432 points through 11 games, the highest season point total in school history. With their 56-14 victory over Duke Rushing (Nov. 19), the Panthers eclipsed the prior record of 428 points set in PITT — Ollison 23-103, 2 TD; Boyd 6-34; James 7-31; Peterman 8-24; Hall 2-(-4). SU — Fredericks 12-91; Dungey 6-38; Philips 3-8; Morris 1-1; McFarlane 1-(-2). 1977 over 12 contests. Pitt is averaging 39.27 points per game on the year to rank 15th in Passing the nation and second in the ACC. The Panthers' scoring is up 11.1 PITT — Peterman 19-25-0, 189 yards; Team 0-1-0, 0 yards; Winslow 1-1-0, points per game compared to last season (28.2 avg.). 12 yards; Boyd 1-1-0, 38 yards. SU — Dungey 21-30-2, 210 yards, 2 TD; Mahoney 1-1-0, 7 yards. Only 13 teams in Pitt football history have averaged more than 30 points per game. The Panthers' 2016 scoring average would rank Receiving second all-time in school history. Pitt's 1904 team—which went PITT — Boyd 12-93; Ford 4-78; James 1-22; Orndoff 1-17; Holtz 1-14; Galambos 1-12; Challingsworth 1-3. 10-0—holds the record at 40.70 points per contest. The 1977 squad, SU — Ishmael 7-114, 1 TD; Philips 6-50, 1 TD; Estime 3-22; Parris 3-19; Fred- which went 9-2-1, is next at 35.67. ericks 2-8; Morris 1-4. 9 PITT GAME NOTES & ANECDOTES
PITT TOP SCORING TEAMS (POINTS PER GAME) No. Year Points Points/Game Record SENIOR SALUTE AT HEINZ Pitt will pay tribute to 19 seniors who will make their inal appear- 1. 1904 407 40.70 10-0 ance at Heinz Field when the Panthers host Syracuse on Nov. 26. 2. 2016 432* 39.27 7-4# Those players are: offensive tackle Adam Bisnowaty, placekicker 3. 1977 428 35.67 9-2-1 Chris Blewitt, linebacker Bam Bradley, linebacker Mike Caprara, wide receiver Dontez Ford, linebacker Matt Galambos, offensive 4. 1905 405 33.75 10-2 lineman John Guy, defensive tackle Tyrique Jarrett, offensive guard 5. 1981 385 32.08 11-1 Dorian Johnson, cornerback Ryan Lewis, safety Reggie Mitchell, 6. 2009 417 32.07 10-3 tight end Scott Orndoff, tight end Jaymar Parrish, quarterback Na- than Peterman, defensive end Ejuan Price, long snapper Pat Quirin, 7. 1916 255 31.88 8-0 defensive tackle Shakir Soto, quarterback Manny Stocker and safety 8. 2014 414 31.85 6-7 Terrish Webb. 9. 1976 381 31.75 12-0 2006 381 31.75 6-6 CAP AND GOWN: THE GRADUATES 11. 1980 380 31.67 11-1 Eleven players on this year’s Pitt football team have already earned 12. 1910 282 31.33 9-0 their bachelor’s degrees. With 11 graduates on the roster, Pitt ranks 13. 1931 280 31.11 8-1 second (tied) among all Bowl Subdivision schools in terms of num- ber of players with their degree already in hand. 14. 1915 247 30.88 8-0
* point total is a school record 2016 PITT PLAYERS WITH UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES # season incomplete Player Pos. Degree Adam Bisnowaty OL Communication PANTHERS IN SUPER SCORING COMPANY Bam Bradley LB Economics The 2016 Panthers are the irst team in school history to score at Mike Caprara LB Communication least 36 points in seven consecutive games. That streak began with Dontez Ford WR Finance and Marketing a 42-39 win over Penn State (Sept. 10) and was snapped in a 51-28 John Guy OL History loss at Miami (Nov. 5). Ryan Lewis DB Administration of Justice Pitt became only the fourth team in ACC history to score 36 or Reggie Mitchell DB Marketing more points in seven consecutive games. The others are Florida Scott Orndoff TE Administration of Justice State in 2013 (13 straight games), Clemson in 2012 (10 games) and Nathan Peterman QB Communications* Florida State in 1995 (seven games). Ejuan Price DL Communication Manny Stocker QB Interdisciplinary Studies# POWER 5 SCORING STREAK Pitt has scored at least 28 points in 12 consecutive games dating * Peterman earned undergraduate degree from Tennessee back to last year. That is the longest active streak among Power 5 # Stocker earned undergraduate degree from Tennessee-Martin programs. BOWL SUBDIVISION: HIGHEST NUMBER LONGEST ACTIVE STREAKS: SCORING 28+ POINTS OF GRADUATES ON 2016 ROSTER No. Team Consecutive Games No. School Graduates 1. Pitt 12 1. Virginia 15 2. Oklahoma 8 2. PITTSBURGH 11 Georgia Southern 11 3. Oklahoma State 7 Illinois 11 4. Clemson 4 Northwestern 11 Penn State 4 Temple 11 West Virginia 11 8. Iowa State 10 RUSH HOUR Middle Tennessee 10 The Panthers feature one of the most potent rushing attacks in the 9. Alabama 9 ACC and nationally. Pitt is averaging 214.9 rushing yards per game to Kansas 9 rank third in the ACC and 31st in the nation. Michigan State 9 Two seasons ago, Pitt averaged 249.5 yards on the ground over 13 13. Baylor 8 games (15th in the nation and third in the ACC). It was the Panthers' Cincinnati 8 highest rushing output per game since the 1988 team averaged Minnesota 8 253.2. The school record for rushing yards per game is 290.5 set in Oregon 8 1976, the same season Heisman Trophy running back Tony Dorsett Penn State 8 ran for 2,150 yards in leading Pitt to a 12-0 record and the national Syracuse 8 championship. 18. Arkansas 7 Arizona State 7 East Carolina 7 Louisiana Tech 7 New Mexico 7
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TIME MANAGEMENT THE ACC'S TOUCHDOWN KING Pitt has been strong in time of possession this season, averaging Running for two scores in Pitt's 56-14 win over Duke (Nov. 19), 32:03 per game to rank 26th nationally and third in the ACC. The James Conner set ACC records for career rushing touchdowns (50) Panthers have won the time of possession battle in six of their 11 and total touchdowns (53). games. The ive exceptions were the Sept. 3 season opener against Villanova (30:17 to 29:43), Oct. 27 Virginia Tech game (33:17 to ACC RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS IN A CAREER 26:43), Nov. 5 contest at Miami (33:07 to 26:53), Nov. 12 game at No. Name (School) Years Rush TDs Clemson (34:02 to 25:58) and Nov. 19 Duke contest (30:37 to 29:23). 1. James Conner (PITT) 2013- 50 JAMES CONNER: COMEBACK KID 2. Ted Brown (NCSU) 1975-78 49 When Pitt opened the season against Villanova on Sept. 3, it had 3. James Davis (CU) 2005-08 47 been 364 days since James Conner ran onto the Heinz Field turf to play a game for the Panthers. During that nearly year-long absence, 4. Robert Lavette (GT) 1981-84 45 Conner defeated Hodgkin lymphoma and rehabilitated a signi icant 5. Dalvin Cook (FSU) 2013- 44 knee injury. Rick Badanjek (MD) 1982-85 44 Conner's return has been nothing short of spectacular. He cur- 7. Leon Johnson (UNC) 1993-96 43 rently leads the Panthers in rushing (945 yards on 189 carries, a 5.0 average) and scoring (104 points). His 17 total TDs rank eighth Wali Lundy (UVA) 2002-05 43 nationally, while his point total ranks 12th. 9. Mike Voight (UNC) 1973-76 42 In 2015, Conner appeared in only one game—the opener against 10. Travis Zachery (CU) 1998-01 41 Youngstown State—due to a torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee. He had entered the season as one of college football’s most decorated players. In 2014 Conner was selected an All-Ameri- ACC TOUCHDOWNS IN A CAREER can and the ACC Player of the Year after rushing for 1,765 yards and No. Name (School) Years Total TDs 26 touchdowns. 1. James Conner (PITT) 2013- 53 CONNER’S CENTURY RUSHING GAMES 2. Wali Lundy (UVA) 2002-05 52 James Conner has rushed for at least 100 yards 16 times in his Pitt 3. Ted Brown (NCSU) 1975-78 51 career, including eight in which he had more than 150 yards and four C.J. Spiller (CU) 2006-09 51 200-yard games. He has ive 100-yard games this season. 5. Leon Johnson (UNC) 1993-96 50 JAMES CONNER CAREER 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES 6. Warrick Dunn (FSU) 1993-96 49 Date Opponent Rush Att. Yards TDs Travis Zachery (CU) 1998-01 49 9/14/13 New Mexico 12 119 2 James Davis (CU) 2005-08 49 9/21/13 @Duke 26 173 1 9. Dalvin Cook (FSU) 2013- 46 11/16/13 North Carolina 19 102 1 Rick Badanjek (MD) 1982-85 46 12/26/13 Bowling Green* 26 229 1 Robert Lavette (GT) 1981-84 46 8/30/14 Delaware 14 153 4 CONNER PROMINENT ON PITT CAREER LISTS 9/5/14 @Boston College 36 214 1 James Conner has established himself as one of the greatest backs 9/13/14 @FIU 31 177 3 in school history—a contention that is reinforced by his incredible career production. Although he has played in just 37 career games, 9/20/14 Iowa 29 155 1 Conner ranks second at Pitt in all-time rushing yards and total touch- 10/25/14 Georgia Tech 10 120 3 downs. He trails only the legendary Tony Dorsett in both categories. 11/1/14 Duke 38 263 3 11/15/14 @North Carolina 30 220 4 PITT RUSHING YARDS IN A CAREER 9/10/16 Penn State 22 117 1 No. Name Seasons Yards 9/17/16 @Oklahoma State 24 111 1 1. Tony Dorsett 1973-76 6,526 10/27/16 Virginia Tech 19 141 3 2. James Conner 2013- 3,586 11/12/16 @Clemson 20 132 1 3. Ray Graham 2009-12 3,271 11/19/16 Duke 14 101 2 4. Curvin Richards 1988-90 3,192 5. Craig Heyward 1984, 1986-87 3,086 * Little Caesars Pizza Bowl 6. Dion Lewis 2009-10 2,860 7. LeSean McCoy 2007-08 2,816 8. Billy West 1993-97 2,803 9. Elliott Walker 1974-77 2,748 10. Curtis Martin 1991-94 2,643
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PITT TOUCHDOWNS IN A CAREER EFFICIENCY EXCELLENCE No. Name Years Total TDs Nathan Peterman ranks among the country's most ef icient pass- ers. Peterman owns an ef iciency rating of 156.70, which ranks 13th 1. Tony Dorsett 1973-76 63 nationally and third in the ACC. He has thrown for 2,351 yards on 2. James Conner 2013- 53 163-of-270 passing (60.4%) with 22 touchdowns and only ive in- 3. Ray Graham 2009-12 36 terceptions. Peterman is averaging a robust 14.42 yards per comple- tion, which ranks 10th nationally and second in the ACC. LeSean McCoy 2007-08 36 5. Larry Fitzgerald 2002-03 34 PROTECTING THE PIGSKIN 6. Elliott Walker 1974-77 33 Nathan Peterman has done a strong job taking care of the football 7. Antonio Bryant 1999-2001 30 this season, throwing just ive interceptions. The Panthers rank 12th nationally and third in the ACC this season in fewest INTs thrown. Andy Hastings 1914-16, ‘19 30 George McLaren 1915-18 30 AIR TIGHT PROTECTION The Pitt offensive line has provided exceptional pass protection, sur- PITT SCORING IN A CAREER rendering just nine sacks on the season. The Panthers lead the ACC and rank third nationally in sacks allowed per game with an average No. Name (Years) TD PAT FG Pts. of 0.82. The only teams to register sacks against Pitt this year are 1. Tony Dorsett (1973-76) 63 1(2 pt.) 0 380 Clemson (two), Oklahoma State (two), Duke (one), Georgia Tech 2. Chris Blewitt (2013- ) 0 185 54 347 (one), Miami (one), Virginia (one) and Villanova (one). In 2015 the Panthers surrendered 29 sacks, an average of 2.23 per 3. James Conner (2013- ) 53 1(2 pt.) 0 320 game, which ranked 73rd nationally and ninth in the ACC. 4. Carson Long (1973-76) 0 133 45 268 5. Conor Lee (2006-08) 0 113 50 263 O LINE EXPERIENCE Pitt boasts a combined 155 starts on the offensive line, led by senior 6. Andy Hastings (1914-16, ’19) 30 36 13 255 tackle Adam Bisnowaty with 41 career starts. Senior offensive guard 7. Ray Graham (2009-12) 36 0 0 216 Dorian Johnson is right behind with 40 career starting assignments. LeSean McCoy (2007-08) 36 0 0 216 9. Nick Lotz (1998-2001) 0 100 38 214 PITT OFFENSIVE LINE CAREER GAMES & STARTS 10. Dan Hutchins (2008-10) 0 86 41 209 Player 2016 GP/GS Career GP/GS T Adam Bisnowaty 11/11 43/41 PETERMAN'S GAME FOR THE AGES G Dorian Johnson 11/11 49/40 Senior quarterback Nathan Peterman was named the Walter Camp C Alex Of icer 11/11 37/34 National Offensive Player of the Week following his incredible per- formance in the Panthers’ 43-42 victory over previously unbeaten T Brian O’Neill 11/11 24/23 Clemson (Nov. 12). G Alex Bookser 11/11 24/13 In what will be remembered as one of the greatest games ever by T Jaryd Jones-Smith* 7/1 20/4 a Pitt quarterback, Peterman threw for a career-high 308 yards and ive touchdowns with zero interceptions on 22-of-37 passing. Enter- * Jaryd Jones-Smith started the Villanova opener as a sixth offensive lineman ing the game, the Tigers had only surrendered ive passing touch- downs the entire season. O'NEILL FINDS THE END ZONE Peterman threw for 242 yards and four TDs in the irst half alone. Brian O'Neill has started 23 consecutive games at right tackle for the His scoring strikes to James Conner (46 yards) and Scott Orndoff Panthers. However, the sophomore's contributions have gone beyond (55) were the longest against Clemson this season. the conventional duties of an offensive lineman. Following a fourth-down stop by the Pitt defense with 58 seconds While he has been instrumental for Pitt's nationally ranked run- left, Peterman led the Panthers into position for the game-winning ning game, O'Neill has actually carried the ball twice himself—scoring ield goal by completing two passes for 25 yards and running for an- touchdowns each time. His initial carry came on a throwback lateral other nine yards. Chris Blewitt capped the upset by nailing a 48-yard that went for a 24-yard touchdown in the Panthers' 37-34 win over ield goal with six seconds remaining. Georgia Tech (Oct. 8). O'Neill then reached the end zone again on an According to ESPN Stats & Info, Peterman became the irst player end-around play against Virginia Tech (Oct. 27) that resulted in a ive- with ive passing touchdowns and zero interceptions against an yard score. AP top-3 opponent since USC's Matt Leinart accomplished the feat Originally a tight end who moved to tackle during the 2015 offsea- against Oklahoma in the 2004 national championship game. son, O'Neill has two carries for 29 yards (14.5 avg.) this year. With the victory, the Panthers halted the nation’s longest home winning streak at 21 games. It was also the Tigers’ irst regular- ALL PURPOSE DYNAMO season loss since 2014. Sophomore wide receiver Quadree Henderson ranks as one of the nation's most productive all-purpose performers. Henderson is 12th nationally and second in the ACC with an average of 150.91 all-pur- pose yards per game. His 1,660 total all-purpose yards are second in the ACC only to Florida State running back Dalvin Cook's 1,867 (169.7 per game).
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JESTER'S BIG NIGHT PITT QUARTERBACK SACKS: 2014 16 Jester Weah was a catalyst in the Panthers' 43-27 win over Marshall Year Games Sacks Sacks/Game NCAA Rank (Oct. 1) by producing the highest receiving yardage by a Pitt player in 12 years. The junior compiled 176 yards on seven catches—both 2016* 11 36 3.27 9th career highs—and made the game's decisive play when he beat a 2015* 13 37 2.85 16th defender for a 54-yard touchdown to put Pitt up by 10 with 1:04 left. 2014 13 19 1.46 102nd His receiving yardage was the most by a Pitt player since Nov. 6, 2004, when Greg Lee had 188 yards (on nine catches) at Syracuse. In his irst season as a starter, Weah leads Pitt in receiving yards PITT TACKLES FOR LOSS: 2014 16 (696) and touchdown catches (seven). He is second in receptions (30). Year Games TFL TFL/Game NCAA Rank Weah's average of 23.20 yards per reception ranks third in the coun- 2016* 11 73 6.64 33rd try and tops the ACC. 2015* 13 88 6.76 41st JESTER WEAH CAREER 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES 2014 13 54 4.15 120th Date Opponent Rec. Yards TDs * under Pat Narduzzi 10/1/16 Marshall 7 176 1 11/5/16 @Miami 3 115 1 EJUAN PRICE: DISRUPTION IS HIS GAME Senior end Ejuan Price is one of the most disruptive defensive line- ORNDOFF'S STICKY FINGERS men in college football. Despite being the constant target of double Senior tight end Scott Orndoff leads Pitt in receptions (32) and ranks teams, Price ranks ifth nationally in tackles for loss (1.7 per game) second in receiving yards (540) and touchdown catches ( ive). Orndoff and ifth in sacks (1.00 per game). He is 28th in forced fumbles (0.27 was highly instrumental in the Panthers' 43-42 upset at Clemson per game). (Nov. 12) with nine catches for 128 yards (14.2 avg.) and two TDs—all More than half of Price’s 36 tackles this season have been for a career highs. loss. He has compiled 19 TFLs, 11 sacks, 11 QB hurries and three The last time Pitt was led in receptions by a tight end for the season forced fumbles on the year. He also has a tackle for a safety (at North was in 1991 when Dave Moore had 51 catches for 505 yards (9.9 avg.) Carolina). and a touchdown. NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT ON PRICE DEFENSIVE NOTES Ejuan Price was named a "Midseason All-American" by no fewer than ive national media outlets. With his impressive statistical produc- GROUND DEFENSE tion, he has established himself as a highly viable candidate for ACC Pitt ranks fourth nationally and irst in the ACC in rushing defense, Defensive Player of the Year. He was also named a semi inalist for the yielding just 98.1 yards per game. Under Pat Narduzzi, Pitt has held Chuck Bednarik Award, presented to the national defensive player of a total of nine opponents under the 100-yard rushing mark. The the year. Panthers are 8-1 in such games. The lone loss came Sept. 24 at North Carolina. PITT SACK MASTERS Pitt has an illustrious history of ierce pass rushers, evidenced by its all-time career sacks list. With 27.5 sacks, Ejuan Price ranks ifth on PITT OPPONENT SUB 100 YARD RUSHING GAMES that esteemed list. UNDER PAT NARDUZZI Date Opp. Att. Yds. Avg. W/L PITT SACKS IN A CAREER 9/12/15 @Akron 24 42 1.75 W, 24-7 No. Name Seasons Sacks 10/3/15 @Virginia Tech 33 9 0.27 W, 17-13 1. Hugh Green 1977-80 49 11/21/15 Louisville 24 (-1) (-0.04) W, 45-34 2. Randy Holloway 1974-77 33.5 9/3/16 Villanova 33 53 1.61 W, 28-7 3. Tony Woods 1983-86 31 9/10/16 Penn State 31 74 2.39 W, 42-39 4. Aaron Donald 2010-13 29.5 9/24/16 @North Carolina 22 18 0.82 L, 36-37 5. Ejuan Price 2011- 27.5 10/15/16 @Virginia 26 86 3.31 W, 45-31 6. Zeke Gadson 1984-87 26.5 11/12/16 @Clemson 25 50 2.00 W, 43-42 Keith Hamilton 1989-91 26.5 11/19/16 Duke 22 25 1.14 W, 56-14 8. Chris Doleman 1981-84 25 9. Bryan Knight 1998-2001 23.5 BRINGING THE HEAT Under Pat Narduzzi, Pitt has displayed an outstanding pass rush. The 10. Dennis Atiyeh 1983-85 23 Panthers rank ninth nationally and third in the ACC with an average of 3.27 sacks per game (36 total). For the second consecutive season, Ejuan Price is pacing Pitt's pass rush and has 11 sacks. Price had a team-high 11.5 last year. In 2015 Pitt ranked 16th nationally and third in the ACC in sacks with an average of 2.85 per game. Pitt had 37 total sacks, 18 more than it had the year before Narduzzi’s arrival (19 in 2014).
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TDS BY THE “D” WHITEHEAD A TWO-WAY TERROR Pitt has scored six defensive touchdowns in Pat Narduzzi's two sea- Sophomore safety Jordan Whitehead is the Panthers' second-leading sons as head coach. The Panthers have three defensive TDs this year tackler with 65 stops. His impact, however, has not been limited to to rank irst in the ACC (tied with Clemson, Miami and Wake Forest) the defensive side of the ball. and 11th nationally. Whitehead moonlights as an occasional offensive player and he Most recently, sophomore safety Jordan Whitehead had a 59-yard was a starter on both sides of the ball in the Panthers' 45-31 win at interception return for a touchdown to spur the Panthers to a 45-31 Virginia (Oct. 15). This year he has rushed for 98 yards on nine car- win at Virginia (Oct. 15). ries (10.9 avg.). Over the past two seasons, Whitehead has 21 carries The Pitt defense has scored 30 touchdowns since the 2001 season. for 220 yards (10.5 avg.). The Panthers are 25-3 when scoring at least one defensive TD in a Whitehead has also scored four touchdowns—two on offense and game during that span. (The losses occurred against Notre Dame and two on defensive returns—during his career. Navy in 2015, and Oklahoma State this season.) JORDAN WHITEHEAD CAREER TOUCHDOWNS PITT DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS SINCE 2001 Date Opponent Score Date Opponent Player Score 11/7/15 Notre Dame 10-yard rush 10/27/01 @Temple Brian Guzek 80-yard fumble return 11/7/15 Notre Dame 3-yard rush 11/3/01 Virginia Tech Shawntae Spencer 68-yard interception return 12/28/15 vs. Navy# 22-yard fumble return 12/20/01 vs. NC State* Tyre Young 16-yard fumble return 10/15/16 @Virginia 59-yard interception return
9/21/02 Rutgers Gerald Hayes 8-yard fumble return # Military Bowl 10/5/02 @Syracuse Lewis Moore 2-yard fumble return 11/9/02 Temple Claude Harriott 11-yard fumble return SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES 10/25/03 Syracuse Josh Lay 20-yard fumble return 9/11/04 Ohio Malcolm Postell 42-yard interception return HENDERSON TAKES IT TO THE HOUSE Quadree Henderson is college football's most dangerous return 9/25/04 Furman Malcolm Postell 44-yard interception return specialist. The sophomore leads the nation with a school-record 10/23/04 Rutgers Josh Lay 82-yard interception return three kickoff return touchdowns this year and has four over his last 12 games. He also added his irst career punt return TD, a 65-yarder 12/4/04 @USF Malcolm Postell 15-yard interception return against Duke (Nov. 19). 10/22/05 Syracuse H.B. Blades 38-yard interception return Henderson was named a "Midseason All-American" by no fewer 9/2/06 Virginia Darrelle Revis 19-yard interception return than six national media outlets. Since the 2000 season, Pitt has just 11 kickoff returns for touch- 9/2/06 Virginia Clint Session 78-yard interception return downs and Quadree Henderson is responsible for four of them. No 9/8/06 @Cincinnati Darrelle Revis 57-yard interception return Pitt player during that span has more than one. In the Panthers' 2015 Military Bowl game against Navy, Henderson 9/30/06 Toledo Gus Mustakas 9-yard interception return took the opening kickoff 100 yards for a score—Pitt's irst 100-yard 11/8/08 Louisville Ricky Gary 3-yard fumble return kickoff return since 1990 (Ricky Turner vs. West Virginia). Hender- 11/8/08 Louisville Scott McKillop 18-yard interception return son had his second 100-yard return at Miami on Nov. 5.
12/6/08 @Connecticut Greg Williams 20-yard interception return PITT KICKOFF RETURN TDs SINCE 2000 9/12/09 @Buffalo Greg Williams 50-yard fumble return Year Opponent Player Yds. 11/7/09 Syracuse Greg Williams 51-yard interception return 2000 Rutgers Torrie Cox 86 10/16/10 @Syracuse Ricky Gary 80-yard interception return 2004 Nebraska Marcus Furman 96 12/3/11 Syracuse Antwuan Reed 20-yard fumble return 2005 @Louisville Terrell Allen 97 9/21/13 @Duke Anthony Gonzalez 37-yard interception return @Ohio LaRod Stephens-Howling 95 11/7/15 Notre Dame Ejuan Price 32-yard fumble return 2006 @UCF Lowell Robinson 97 11/21/15 Louisville Avonte Maddox 30-yard interception return 2011 Utah Buddy Jackson 98 12/28/15 vs. Navy# Jordan Whitehead 22-yard fumble return 2015 YSU Avonte Maddox 89 Navy* Quadree Henderson 100 9/17/16 @Okla. State Matt Galambos 2-yard fumble return 2016 Villanova Quadree Henderson 96 10/1/16 Marshall Avonte Maddox 33-yard interception return @Virginia Quadree Henderson 93 10/15/16 @Virginia Jordan Whitehead 59-yard interception return @Miami Quadree Henderson 100 Names in bold denote current players. * Tangerine Bowl Names in bold denote current players. # Military Bowl * Military Bowl
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RETURN MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE BLEWITT ECLIPSES TWO PITT CAREER MARKS For his career, Quadree Henderson has six kickoff returns that have Senior placekicker Chris Blewitt this season became Pitt's all-time gone for more than 80 yards. But perhaps the most memorable career kick scoring leader, eclipsing a record that stood for more return of his brief career was one that didn't result in a touchdown. than four decades. Blewitt has 347 points, surpassing Carson Long In the Panthers' stirring 42-39 victory over Penn State (Sept. 10), (268 from 1973-76), who held the top spot since 1975. In the pro- Henderson made one of the game's critical plays when he returned a cess, Blewitt has also become the Panthers' all-time leader in ield kickoff 84 yards to the Nittany Lions' 10 in the fourth quarter. Three goals. He now has 54 for his career, surpassing the prior record of plays later James Conner scored on a shovel pass to put Pitt up 42- 50 held by Conor Lee (2006-08). In terms of overall scoring, Blewitt 31, providing the winning cushion. ranks second. The Panthers’ career scoring leader is legendary tail- back Tony Dorsett, who compiled 380 points from 1973-76. QUADREE HENDERSON: LONGEST KICKOFF RETURNS Date Opponent Yards PITT KICK SCORING IN A CAREER 11/5/16 @Miami 100 (TD) No. Name (Years) PAT FG Pts. 12/28/15 Navy* 100 (TD) 1. Chris Blewitt (2013- ) 185 54 347 9/3/16 Villanova 96 (TD) 2. Carson Long (1973-76) 133 45 268 10/15/16 @Virginia 93 (TD) 3. Conor Lee (2006-08) 113 50 263 11/27/15 Miami 89 4. Nick Lotz (1998-2001) 100 38 214 9/10/16 Penn State 84 5. Dan Hutchins (2008-10) 86 41 209 6. Kevin Harper (2009-12) 72 41 195 * Military Bowl 7. Mark Schubert (1977-79) 95 31 188 NO ONE TRICK PONY 8. Chris Ferencik (1995-98) 91 28 175 Quadree Henderson leads the ACC and ranks second nationally in 9. Scott Kaplan (1989-92) 67* 30 158 combined kick return yardage with 967. He has compiled a school single-season record 773 yards on kickoffs and 194 on punts. Hen- 10. David Abdul (2002-05) 83 24 155 derson's 33.2-yard kickoff return average (on 24 attempts) ranks * includes one 2-point conversion ifth in the nation. He is averaging 17.6 yards on 11 punt returns. PITT SCORING IN A CAREER PITT PUNT RETURN TDS Since the 2000 season, Pitt has eight punt return touchdowns, includ- No. Name (Years) TD PAT FG Pts. ing Quadree Henderson's 65-yarder in the Panthers' 56-14 win over 1. Tony Dorsett (1973-76) 63 1(2 pt.) 0 380 Duke (Nov. 19). 2. Chris Blewitt (2013- ) 0 185 54 347 Henderson's punt return TD was Pitt's irst that did not involve a block since the 2013 season when Tyler Boyd had a 54-yarder that 3. James Conner (2013- ) 53 1(2 pt.) 0 320 sparked the Panthers to a 30-27 victory over Bowling Green in the 4. Carson Long (1973-76) 0 133 45 268 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. 5. Conor Lee (2006-08) 0 113 50 263 6. Andy Hastings (1914-16, ’19) 30 36 13 255 PITT PUNT RETURN TDs SINCE 2000 7. Ray Graham (2009-12) 36 0 0 216 Year Opponent Player Yds. LeSean McCoy (2007-08) 36 0 0 216 2002 Oregon State* Shawn Robinson 66 9. Nick Lotz (1998-2001) 0 100 38 214 2005 Cincinnati Darrelle Revis 79 10. Dan Hutchins (2008-10) 0 86 41 209 2006 West Virginia Darrelle Revis 73 2011 Utah+ Antwuan Reed 10 (BLK) PITT FIELD GOALS IN A CAREER 2012 Louisville$ Todd Thomas 41 (BLK) No. Name (Years) FGM FGA Pct. 2013 Bowling Green# Tyler Boyd 54 1. Chris Blewitt (2013- ) 54 76 71.1% 2015 @Iowa% Pat Amara Jr. 28 (BLK) 2. Conor Lee (2006-08) 50 60 83.3% 2016 Duke Quadree Henderson 65 3. Carson Long (1973-76) 45 76 59.2% * Insight Bowl 4. Dan Hutchins (2008-10) 41 54 75.9% + Antwuan Reed returned blocked punt by Andrew Taglianetti for TD $ Todd Thomas recovered his own blocked punt in end zone Kevin Harper (2009-12) 41 59 69.5% # Little Caesars Pizza Bowl % Pat Amara Jr. returned blocked punt by Ryan Lewis for TD
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BLEWITT'S GAME WINNERS 11/12/05 Connecticut Adam Gunn Punt Chris Blewitt has kicked ive game-winning ield goals at Pitt, includ- 11/4/06 @USF H.B. Blades Field Goal ing his 48-yarder with six seconds left at Clemson (Nov. 12) that 11/25/06 Louisville H.B. Blades Field Goal upended the No. 2 Tigers, 43-42. 9/8/07 Grambling Brian Kaiser Punt CHRIS BLEWITT GAME-WINNING FIELD GOALS 9/15/07 @Michigan State Tommie Duhart Field Goal Date Opponent Yards Time Final Score 9/29/07 @Virginia Joe Clermond PAT 12/26/13 vs. Bowling Green* 39 1:17 30-27 10/27/07 @Louisville John Malecki Field Goal 10/17/15 @Georgia Tech 56# 1:11 31-28 8/30/08 Bowling Green Greg Romeus PAT 10/24/15 @Syracuse 25 0:00 23-20 9/6/08 Buffalo Tommie Duhart Field Goal 10/8/16 Georgia Tech 31 0:00 37-34 9/20/08 Iowa Andrew Taglianetti Punt 11/12/16 @Clemson 48 0:06 43-42 10/2/08 @USF Aaron Berry Field Goal * Little Caesars Bowl 10/25/08 Rutgers Greg Romeus 2 PATs # school record 11/1/08 @Notre Dame Andrew Taglianetti Punt 11/22/08 @Cincinnati Greg Williams Field Goal BIG KICKING FOOT Chris Blewitt has kicked four ield goals of 50 yards or longer during 11/22/08 @Cincinnati Andrew Taglianetti Punt his Pitt career. 12/6/08 @Connecticut Mike Toerper Punt 9/26/09 @NC State Chas Alecxih Field Goal CHRIS BLEWITT’S 50 YARD FIELD GOALS 11/14/09 Notre Dame Greg Romeus PAT Date Opponent Distance 12/05/09 Cincinnati Nate Nix Punt 1/2/15 vs. Houston* 52 9/2/10 @Utah Antwuan Reed Punt 10/17/15 @Georgia Tech 56 (school record) 11/20/10 @USF Andrew Taglianetti Punt 11/14/15 @Duke 51 1/8/11 vs. Kentucky Andrew Taglianetti Punt% 9/24/16 @North Carolina 50 10/15/11 Utah Andrew Taglianetti Punt# * Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl 10/13/12 Louisville Todd Thomas Punt$ PITT BLOCK PARTY 11/23/13 @Syracuse Aaron Donald PAT Pitt has 51 blocked kicks since the 2000 season. The Panthers have 10/4/14 @Virginia Dontez Ford Punt one block in 2016. Fullback George Aston got his hand on a punt at 1/2/15 vs. Houston Team PAT! Oklahoma State on Sept. 17. In 2015, the Panthers had ive blocks, 9/19/15 @Iowa Ryan Lewis Punt+ which led the ACC and ranked fourth nationally. 10/10/15 Virginia Ejuan Price PAT PITT’S BLOCKED KICKS SINCE 2000 10/17/15 @Georgia Tech Shakir Soto Field Goal Date Opponent Player Type 10/29/15 North Carolina Quintin Wirginis Punt 9/2/00 Kent State Ryan Smith Field Goal 12/28/15 vs. Navy Avonte Maddox PAT** 9/23/00 Rutgers Mark Ponko Punt 9/17/16 @Oklahoma State George Aston Punt 11/24/00 West Virginia Mark Ponko Field Goal Names in bold denote current players. 9/27/01 Miami (Fla.) Torrie Cox Punt * returned 71 yards for a TD by Bernard “Josh” Lay 10/27/01 @Temple Jay Junko Punt % BBVA Compass Bowl # returned 10 yards for a TD by Antwuan Reed 8/31/02 Ohio Lewis Moore Field Goal $ recovered in end zone for a TD by Todd Thomas 10/26/02 Boston College Brian Guzek Field Goal ! Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl + returned 28 yards for a TD by Pat Amara Jr. 11/9/02 Temple Shawntae Spencer Punt ** Military Bowl 11/21/02 @Miami (Fla.) Shawntae Spencer Punt 9/6/03 Kent State Sam Bryant Punt 10/18/03 @Rutgers J.J. Horne PAT 10/25/03 Syracuse H.B. Blades Punt 11/22/03 @Temple Claude Harriott Punt 9/11/04 Ohio Keith Malley Punt 11/25/04 West Virginia J.J. Horne Field Goal 10/8/05 Cincinnati Adam Gunn Punt 11/12/05 Connecticut Darrelle Revis Field Goal*
16 2016 PITT HONORS AND AWARDS
ADAM BISNOWATY OFFENSIVE TACKLE SCOTT ORNDOFF—TIGHT END Outland Trophy Watch List John Mackey Award Midseason Watch List Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List Wuerffel Trophy Watch List NATHAN PETERMAN—QUARTERBACK Senior CLASS Award Candidate ACC Offensive Back of the Week (Clemson) Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week (Clemson) CHRIS BLEWITT PLACEKICKER ESPN College Football Final Helmet Sticker (Clemson) ACC Specialist of the Week (Georgia Tech) Davey O'Brien Award "Great 8" Performance (Clemson) ACC Specialist of the Week (Clemson) Manning Award "Star of the Week" Lou Groza Award "Stars of the Week" (Georgia Tech) Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List
MIKE CAPRARA—LINEBACKER EJUAN PRICE—DEFENSIVE END Wuerffel Trophy Semi inalist Chuck Bednarik Award Semi inalist Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Rotary Lombardi Award Top 20 Candidate Senior CLASS Award Candidate CBSSports.com Midseason All-American FOXSports.com Midseason All-American JAMES CONNER—RUNNING BACK SI.com Midseason All-American (second team) ESPN.com ACC Helmet Sticker (Villanova) Sporting News Midseason All-American ESPN.com ACC Helmet Sticker (Duke) USA TODAY Midseason All-American Rotary Lombardi Award Top 20 Candidate ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week (Oklahoma State) Capital One Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award Nominee ESPN.com ACC Helmet Sticker (Penn State) Doak Walker Award Watch List Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List Maxwell Award Watch List Ted Hendricks Award Watch List Wuerffel Trophy Watch List JORDAN WHITEHEAD—SAFETY DONTEZ FORD—WIDE RECEIVER ACC Defensive Back of the Week (Virginia) National Football Foundation William V. Campbell Trophy Semi inalist Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll (Virginia) (presented to the nation's top Scholar-Athlete) Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List MATT GALAMBOS—LINEBACKER Jim Thorpe Award Watch List ACC Co-Linebacker of the Week (Clemson) Paul Hornung Award Watch List
QUADREE HENDERSON WIDE RECEIVER/KICK RETURNER RYAN WINSLOW—PUNTER CBSSports.com Midseason All-American Ray Guy Award Watch List FOXSports.com Midseason All-American Pro Football Focus Midseason All-America Team PAT NARDUZZI—HEAD COACH SI.com Midseason All-American ( irst team) The Dodd Trophy Coach of the Week (Clemson) Sporting News Midseason All-American USA TODAY Midseason All-American MATT CANADA—OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR ACC Specialist of the Week (Penn State) CoachingSearch.com Offensive Coordinator of the Week (Clemson) ACC Specialist of the Week (Virginia) CoachingSearch.com Offensive Coordinator of the Week (Penn State) Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll (Penn State) Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll (North Carolina) JOHN PETERSON—OFFENSIVE LINE ESPN.com ACC Helmet Sticker (Virginia) CoachingSearch.com Offensive Line Coach of the Week (Penn State) Dante Hall Award Watch List TEAM DORIAN JOHNSON OFFENSIVE GUARD Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) National Team of the Week ESPN.com Midseason All-American (Clemson) SI.com Midseason All-American ( irst team) Outland Trophy Watch List TEAM—OFFENSIVE LINE Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll (outstanding offensive line)
RYAN LEWIS—CORNERBACK (Honors and Awards as of Nov. 20) Jim Thorpe Player of the Week (Penn State) ACC Defensive Back of the Week (Penn State)
ALEX OFFICER—CENTER Rimington Trophy Award Watch List
BRIAN O'NEILL—OFFENSIVE TACKLE Pro Football Focus Midseason All-America Team ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week (Georgia Tech) SB NATION "Piesman Trophy" Watch List
17 PITT CAREER HIGHS: OFFENSE
#2 MAURICE FFRENCH FR QUARTERBACKS WIDE RECEIVERS • Ffrench Career Highs Receptions: 0 #4 NATHAN PETERMAN SR* #19 DONTEZ FORD SR* • Peterman Career Highs • Ford Career Highs Receiving Yards: 0 Receiving TDs: 0 Pass Yards: 308 at Clemson (11-12-16) Receptions: 4, twice, last vs. North Carolina (10-29-15) Rush Attempts: 3, twice, last vs. Duke (11-19-16) Completions: 27 vs. North Carolina (10-29-15) Receiving Yards: 78 vs. Syracuse (10-24-15) Rush Yards: 17 vs. Duke (11-19-16) Attempts: 42 vs. North Carolina (10-29-15) Receiving TDs: 1, four times, last vs. Duke (11-19-16) Rush TDs: 1 vs. Marshall (10-1-16) Pass TDs: 5 at Clemson (11-12-16) Long Reception: 42 vs. Youngstown State (9-5-15) Long Rush: 11 vs. Marshall (10-1-16) INTs: 3 vs. Navy (Military Bowl, 12-28-15) Rush Attempts: 1, three times, last at Clemson (11-12-16) Long Completion: 75 at Miami (11-5-16) Rush Yards: 6 vs. Penn State (9-10-16) Rush TDs: 0 #6 AARON MATHEWS FR Rush Yards: 60 vs. Notre Dame (11-7-15) • Mathews Career Highs Rush Attempts: 15 at Virginia Tech (10-3-15) Long Rush: 6 vs. Penn State (9-10-16) Receptions: 1, four times, last at Clemson (11-12-16) Rush TDs: 1, three times, last at North Carolina (9-24-16) Receiving Yards: 9 at Miami (11-5-16) Long Rush: 30 vs. Penn State (9-10-16) #10 QUADREE HENDERSON SO • Henderson Career Highs Receiving TDs: 0 #8 MANNY STOCKER SR* Receptions: 4 vs. Villanova (9-3-16) • Stocker Career Highs Receiving Yards: 47, twice, last vs. Virginia Tech (10-27-16) TIGHT ENDS/FULLBACKS Pass Yards: 5, at Jacksonville State* (10-4-14) Receiving TDs: 1 vs. Penn State (9-10-16) Completions: 1, twice, last at Jacksonville State* (10-4-14) Long Reception: 37 vs. Virginia Tech (10-27-16) #83 SCOTT ORNDOFF SR Attempts: 4, at Jacksonville State* (10-4-14) Rush Attempts: 9 at North Carolina (9-24-16) • Orndoff Career Highs Pass TDs: 0 Rush Yards: 107 at North Carolina (9-24-16) Receptions: 9 at Clemson (11-12-16) INTs: 1, at Jacksonville State* (10-4-14) Rush TDs: 2 at Oklahoma State (9-17-16) Receiving Yards: 128 at Clemson (11-12-16) Long Rush: 52 (TD) vs. Duke (11-19-16) Rush Yards: 70, vs. Cumberland* (9-11-14) Receiving TDs: 2 at Clemson (11-12-16) Kick Returns: 4, four times, vs. Virginia Tech (10-27-16) Rush Attempts: 3, vs. Wake Forest# (11-10-12) Long Reception: 74 vs. Georgia Tech (10-8-16) Kick Return Yards: 162 vs. Navy (Military Bowl, 12-28-15) Rush TDs: 1, vs. Cumberland* (9-11-14) Kick Return TDs: 1, four times, last at Miami (11-5-16) * at Tennessee-Martin #31 JAYMAR PARRISH SR Long Kick Return: 100 (TD), twice, last at Miami (11-5-16) # at NC State • Parrish Career Highs Punt Returns: 4 vs. Villanova (9-3-16) Rush Attempts: 1, four times, last vs. Bowling Green Punt Return Yards: 65 vs. Duke (11-19-16) (Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, 12-26-13) RUNNING BACKS Long Punt Return: 65 (TD) vs. Duke (11-19-16) Rush Yards: 5 vs. Navy (10-26-13) Punt Return TDs: 1 vs. Duke (11-19-16) Rush TDs: 0 #24 JAMES CONNER JR* All-Purpose Yards: 249 at North Carolina (9-24-16) • Conner Career Highs Long Rush: 5 vs. Navy (10-26-13) Rush Attempts: 38 vs. Duke (11-1-14) Receptions: 3 at Syracuse (11-23-13) #85 JESTER WEAH JR* Receiving Yards: 44 at Clemson (11-12-16) Rush Yards: 263 vs. Duke (11-1-14) • Weah Career Highs Receiving TDs: 0 Rush TDs: 4, twice, last at North Carolina (11-15-14) Receptions: 7 vs. Marshall (10-1-16) Long Reception: 44 at Clemson (11-12-16) Long Rush: 74 vs. Georgia Tech (10-25-14) Receiving Yards: 176 vs. Marshall (10-1-16) Receptions: 4, twice, last at North Carolina (9-24-16) Receiving TDs: 1, seven times, last vs. Duke (11-19-16) Receiving Yards: 64 at North Carolina (9-24-16) Long Reception: 75 at Miami (11-5-16) #35 GEORGE ASTON SO* Receiving TDs: 1, three times, last at Clemson (11-12-16) • Aston Career Highs Long Reception: 55 at Oklahoma State (9-17-16) #5 TRE TIPTON FR* Rush Attempts: 4, twice, last vs. Georgia Tech (10-8-16) • Tipton Career Highs Rush Yards: 19 vs. Georgia Tech (10-8-16) #37 QADREE OLLISON SO* Receptions: 3 at Oklahoma State (9-17-16) Rush TDs: 2 vs. Penn State (9-10-16) • Ollison Career Highs Receiving Yards: 27 at Oklahoma State (9-17-16) Long Rush: 14 at North Carolina (9-24-16) Rush Attempts: 28 vs. Louisville (11-21-15) Receiving TDs: 1 vs. Marshall (10-1-16) Receptions: 5 at Miami (11-5-16) Rush Yards: 207 vs. Youngstown State (9-5-15) Long Reception: 25 at Miami (11-5-16) Receiving Yards: 56 at Miami (11-5-16) Rush TDs: 2 at Syracuse (10-24-15) Rush Attempts: 3, three times, last at Virginia (10-15-16) Receiving TDs: 2, twice, last at Clemson (11-12-16) Long Rush: 71 vs. Youngstown State (9-5-15) Rush Yards: 26 vs. Marshall (10-1-16) Long Reception: 23 at Miami (11-5-16) Receptions: 2, ive times, last vs. Navy Rush TDs: 0 (Military Bowl, 12-28-15) Long Rush: 21 vs. Marshall (10-1-16) PLACEKICKERS Receiving Yards: 19 vs. Duke (11-14-15) Receiving TDs: 1 vs. Navy (Military Bowl, 12-28-15) #82 RAFAEL ARAUJO-LOPES SO* #12 CHRIS BLEWITT SR Long Reception: 15 vs. Duke (11-14-15) • Araujo-Lopes Career Highs • Blewitt Career Highs Receptions: 1, twice, last at North Carolina (9-24-16) FG Made: 3, ive times, last vs. Georgia Tech (10-8-16) #22 DARRIN HALL SO Receiving Yards: 7, twice, last at North Carolina (9-24-16) FG Attempted: 5 vs. Syracuse (11-22-14) • Hall Career Highs Receiving TDs: 0 Long FG: 56 at Georgia Tech (10-17-15) Rush Attempts: 14 at Iowa (9-19-15) Long Reception: 7, twice, last at North Carolina (9-24-16) PATs Made: 8 vs. Delaware (8-30-14) Rush Yards: 103 vs. Miami (11-27-15) Rush Attempts: 3 at Oklahoma State (9-17-16) PATs Attempted: 9 vs. Delaware (8-30-14) Rush TDs: 1, twice, last vs. Miami (11-27-15) Rush Yards: 16 at Virginia (10-15-16) Points: 13 vs. Georgia Tech (10-8-16) Long Rush: 35 vs. Miami (11-27-15) Rush TDs: 0 Kickoffs: 10, twice, last vs. Delaware (8-30-14) Receptions: 2, twice, last at Iowa (9-19-15) Long Rush: 12 at Virginia (10-15-16) Touchbacks: 7, twice, last vs. Louisville (11-21-15) Receiving Yards: 25 at Akron (9-12-15) Kick Returns: 3 at Virginia (10-15-16) Receiving TDs: 0 Kick Return Yards: 98 at Virginia (10-15-16) Long Reception: 14 at Akron (9-12-15) Long Kick Return: 69 at Virginia (10-15-16) All-Purpose Yards: 114 at Virginia (10-15-16) #26 CHAWNTEZ MOSS FR • Moss Career Highs #80 ZACH CHALLINGSWORTH JR* Rush Attempts: 12 vs. Marshall (10-1-16) • Challingsworth Career Highs Rush Yards: 97 vs. Marshall (10-1-16) Receptions: 3, twice, last vs. Duke (11-14-15) Rush TDs: 1 at North Carolina (9-24-16) Receiving Yards: 57 vs. Duke (11-14-15) Long Rush: 41 vs. Marshall (10-1-16) Receiving TDs: 1 vs. Duke (11-14-15) Receptions: 1, twice, last vs. Georgia Tech (10-8-16) Long Reception: 33 vs. Duke (11-14-15) Receiving Yards: 11 vs. Georgia Tech (10-8-16) Receiving TDs: 0
18 PITT CAREER HIGHS: DEFENSE
#2 TERRISH WEBB SR DEFENSIVE TACKLES LINEBACKERS • Webb Career Highs #6 TYRIQUE JARRETT SR #47 MATT GALAMBOS SR Tackles: 10 at Iowa (9-19-15) • Jarrett Career Highs • Galambos Career Highs TFLs: 1, twice, last at North Carolina (9-24-16) Interceptions: 1, ive times, last vs. Villanova (9-3-16) Tackles: 8 vs. Virginia Tech (10-27-16) Tackles: 19 vs. Navy (Military Bowl, 12-28-15) Forced Fumbles: 1 at Akron (9-12-15) TFLs: 3 at Akron (9-12-15) TFLs: 3 at Syracuse (10-24-15) Fumble Recoveries: 1, twice, last at Georgia Tech (10-17-15) Sacks: 1, twice, last vs. Virginia Tech (10-27-16) Sacks: 2 vs. Virginia (10-10-15) Interceptions: 1, three times, last at Syracuse (10-24-15) #15 REGGIE MITCHELL SR* #52 SHAKIR SOTO SR Forced Fumbles: 1, twice, last vs. Navy • Mitchell Career Highs • Soto Career Highs (Military Bowl, 12-28-15) Tackles: 10 vs. Virginia Tech (10-16-14) Tackles: 8 vs. Georgia Tech (10-8-16) Fumble Recoveries: 1, three times, last vs. Duke (11-19-16) TFLs: 1, three times, last at Miami (11-29-14) TFLs: 2, three times, last vs. Georgia Tech (10-8-16) Sacks: 1 vs. Delaware (8-30-14) Sacks: 1, ive times, last vs. Virginia Tech (10-27-16) #30 MIKE CAPRARA SR* Forced Fumbles: 2 vs. Virginia Tech (10-16-14) • Caprara Career Highs #20 DENNIS BRIGGS SO* #94 JEREMIAH TALENI JR* Tackles: 9 at Duke (11-14-15) • Briggs Career Highs • Taleni Career Highs TFLs: 3 at Duke (11-14-15) Tackles: 2, ive times, last vs. Georgia Tech (10-8-16) Tackles: 8 at Miami (11-5-16) Sacks: 3 at Duke (11-14-15) TFLs: 1, twice, last vs. Villanova (9-3-16) TFLs: 1.5, twice, last at Clemson (11-12-16) Interceptions: 1 at Virginia Tech (10-3-15) Sacks: 1, twice, last vs. Villanova (9-3-16) Sacks: 1.5 at Clemson (11-12-16) Forced Fumbles: 1 at Duke (11-14-15) Forced Fumbles: 1, twice, last vs. Penn State (9-10-16) Fumble Recoveries: 2 vs. Penn State (9-10-16) #93 SHANE ROY SO* #43 JAY STOCKER FR* • Roy Career Highs #23 OLUWASEUN IDOWU SO* • Stocker Career Highs Tackles: 2 at Oklahoma State (9-17-16) • Idowu Career Highs Tackles: 5 vs. Duke (11-19-16) TFLs: 0 TFLs: 1 vs. Duke (11-19-16) Tackles: 11 at Clemson (11-12-16) Interceptions: 0 Sacks: 0 TFLs: 1, twice, last vs. Virginia Tech (10-27-16) Fumble Recoveries: 1 at Oklahoma State (9-17-16) Sacks: 0 CORNERBACKS Forced Fumbles: 1, twice, last vs. Duke (11-19-16) #66 MIKE HERNDON SO* #14 AVONTE MADDOX JR • Herndon Career Highs #4 BAM BRADLEY SR* • Maddox Career Highs Tackles: 1, twice, last at Miami (11-5-16) • Bradley Career Highs Tackles: 11 at Clemson (11-12-16) TFLs: 1 vs. Georgia Tech (10-8-16) Tackles: 9 vs. Navy (Military Bowl, 12-28-15) TFLs: 3 vs. Villanova (9-3-16) Sacks: 2 vs. Villanova (9-3-16) Sacks: 1 vs. Georgia Tech (10-8-16) TFLs: 2 vs. Houston (Armed Forces Bowl, 1-2-15) Interceptions: 1, ive times, last at Clemson (11-12-16) Sacks: 1, four times, last at Virginia (10-15-16) Long INT Return: 33 (TD) vs. Marshall (10-1-16) #34 AMIR WATTS FR Interceptions: 1 vs. Syracuse (11-22-14) Kick Returns: 3, four times, last vs. Notre Dame (11-7-15) • Watts Career Highs Forced Fumbles: 1 vs. North Carolina (10-29-15) Kick Return Yards: 140 vs. Youngstown St. (9-5-15) Tackles: 1 at Miami (11-5-16) Fumble Recoveries: 1 vs. Virginia (9-28-13) Kick Return TDs: 1, 89 yards vs. Youngstown St. (9-5-15) TFLs: 0 Long Kick Return: 89 (TD) vs. Youngstown St. (9-5-15) Sacks: 0 #58 QUINTIN WIRGINIS JR Punt Returns: 3 vs. Notre Dame (11-7-15) • Wirginis Career Highs Punt Return Yards: 29 vs. Notre Dame (11-7-15) Punt Return TDs: 0 Tackles: 6 vs. Duke (11-19-16) DEFENSIVE ENDS Long Punt Return: 25 vs. Miami (11-27-15) TFLs: 1.5 vs. Duke (11-19-16) #5 EJUAN PRICE SR* Sacks: 1, four times, last vs. Duke (11-19-16) #38 RYAN LEWIS SR* • Price Career Highs Fumble Recoveries: 1 vs. Villanova (9-3-16) • Lewis Career Highs Tackles: 10 vs. Louisville (11-21-15) Tackles: 10 vs. Virginia Tech (10-27-16) TFLs: 6 vs. Louisville (11-21-15) #39 SALEEM BRIGHTWELL FR* TFLs: 1 vs. Duke (11-19-16) Sacks: 5 vs. Louisville (11-21-15) • Brightwell Career Highs Sacks: 1 vs. Duke (11-19-16) Interceptions: 1, twice, last at Clemson (11-12-16) Forced Fumbles: 2 vs. Penn State (9-10-16) Tackles: 5, twice, last vs. Duke (11-19-16) Fumble Recoveries: 1 vs. Notre Dame (11-7-15) TFLs: 1, three times, last vs. Duke (11-19-16) #11 DANE JACKSON FR* Sacks: 1, twice, last vs. Duke (11-19-16) • Jackson Career Highs #92 RORI BLAIR JR Interceptions: 1 at Clemson (11-12-16) Tackles: 4 vs. Georgia Tech (10-8-16) • Blair Career Highs Fumble Recoveries: 1 at North Carolina (9-24-16) TFLs: 0 Tackles: 5 vs. Notre Dame (11-7-15) Interceptions: 0 TFLs: 2 at Virginia (10-15-16) SAFETIES Sacks: 2 at Virginia (10-15-16) #32 PHILLIPIE MOTLEY SO* • Motley Career Highs Forced Fumbles: 1 vs. Penn State (9-10-16) #9 JORDAN WHITEHEAD SO • Whitehead Career Highs Tackles: 6 at Virginia (10-15-16) TFLs: 0 Tackles: 16 at Iowa (9-19-15) #40 JAMES FOLSTON JR. SO* Interceptions: 0 • Folston Career Highs TFLs: 1.5, twice, last vs. Notre Dame (11-7-15) Tackles: 2 at Miami (11-5-16) Sacks: 0.5 at Akron (9-12-15) #3 DAMAR HAMLIN FR TFLs: 0.5, twice, last at Miami (11-5-16) Interceptions: 1, twice, last at Virginia (10-15-16) • Hamlin Career Highs Sacks: 0 Long INT Return: 59 (TD) at Virginia (10-15-16) Tackles: 4, twice, last at Clemson (11-12-16) Forced Fumbles: 1, twice, last at North Carolina (9-24-16) TFLs: 0 #96 ALLEN EDWARDS JR* Fumble Recoveries: 1, twice, last vs. Penn State (9-10-16) Interceptions: 0 • Edwards Career Highs Rush Attempts: 4, twice, last at Duke (11-14-15) Tackles: 3 at Miami (11-5-16) Rush Yards: 43 vs. Navy (Military Bowl, 12-28-15) PUNTERS TFLs: 1 at Miami (11-5-16) Rush TDs: 2 vs. Notre Dame (11-7-15) #18 RYAN WINSLOW JR* Sacks: 1 at Miami (11-5-16) Long Rush: 22 vs. Navy (Military Bowl, 12-28-15 • Winslow Career Highs Receptions: 1, twice, last vs. Miami (11-27-15) Punts: 11 at Oklahoma State (9-17-16) Receiving Yards: 10 vs. Louisville (11-21-15) Punt Avg.: 48.8 at Virginia (10-15-16) Long: 60 at Georgia Tech (10-17-15) Inside 20: 5 vs. Virginia Tech (10-16-14)
19 PITT FOOTBALL BROADCASTERS GUIDE
Coaching Staff Game Day Locations FIELD LEVEL
Andre Powell Kevin Sherman John Peterson Dave Bucar Special Teams Coord./ Wide Receivers Offensive Line Offensive G.A. Running Backs
Rob Harley Tom Sims Renaldo Hill Rob Greene Linebackers Defensive Line Cornerbacks Defensive G.A. PRESS BOX
Matt Canada Josh Conklin Tim Salem Dan Gerberry Phil DeCapito Offensive Coord./QBs Defensive Coord. Tight Ends Offensive G.A. Defensive G.A. 2016 Pronunciation Guide PLAYERS Rafael Araujo-Lopes ..... ah-roo-joe (last name rhymes with “ropes”) Jaryd Jones-Smith ...... jair-rid Adam Bisnowaty ...... biz-NO-vah-tee Nico Lodovico ...... NEE-co low-doe-vee-co Mike Caprara ...... Kah-PRAYER-ruh Thomas MacVittie ...... mac-vit-tee Therran Coleman ...... THERE-un Avonte Maddox ...... ah-VON-tay Tristan Cunha ...... coo-nya Chawntez Moss ...... shawn-tez Dom Cuono ...... quo-no Phillipie Motley ...... phil-leap-PEE Connor Dintino ...... din-TEE-no Qadree Ollison ...... quad-dre Rimoni Dorsey...... ra-mon-knee Tony Pilato ...... pill-lah-tow Devon Edwards...... devin Ejuan Price ...... prefers to be called “Juan” Dontez Ford ...... DON-tez Kaezon Pugh ...... kay-zon Matt Galambos ...... gah-LAMB-bos Pat Quirin ...... CHOIR-in Alex Galiyas ...... ga-lee-yas Shakir Soto ...... sha-KEAR Bricen Garner ...... bri-sen Jeremiah Taleni ...... TA-len-e Malik Henderson ...... ma-leek Tre Tipton ...... tray Rachid Ibrahim ...... rah-sheed e-brah-heem Amir Watts ...... ah-mirror Oluwaseun Idowu ...... EYE-dough-woo Jester Weah ...... WE-uh (prefers to be called Seun, rhymes with “Shawn”) Quintin Wirginis ...... were-JIN-is Tyrique Jarrett ...... TIE-reek Elijah Zeise ...... zice (rhymes with “rice”)
20 2016 OPPONENTS: WEEK-BY-WEEK
VILLANOVA (8-3, 6-2 CAA) PENN STATE (9-2, 7-1 Big Ten) OKLAHOMA ST. (9-2, 7-1 Big 12) Sept. 3 at Pitt L, 7-28 Sept. 3 Kent State W, 33-13 Sept. 3 SE Louisiana W, 61-7 Sept. 10 Lehigh W, 26-21 Sept. 10 at Pitt L, 39-42 Sept. 10 Central Michigan L, 27-30 Sept. 17 Towson* W, 40-21 Sept. 17 Temple W, 34-27 Sept. 17 Pitt W, 45-38 Sept. 24 at Lafayette W, 31-14 Sept. 24 at Michigan* L, 10-49 Sept. 24 at Baylor* L, 24-35 Oct. 1 at Elon* W, 42-7 Oct. 1 Minnesota* W, 29-26 (OT) Oct. 1 Texas* W, 49-31 Oct. 8 Rhode Island* W, 35-0 Oct. 8 Maryland* W, 38-14 Oct. 8 Iowa State* W, 38-31 Oct. 15 at Richmond* L, 0-23 Oct. 22 Ohio State* W, 24-21 Oct. 22 at Kansas* W, 44-20 Oct. 22 Albany* W, 24-13 Oct. 29 at Purdue* W, 62-24 Oct. 29 West Virginia* W, 37-20 Nov. 5 at Maine* W, 26-7 Nov. 5 Iowa* W, 41-14 Nov. 5 at Kansas State* W, 43-37 Nov. 12 James Madison* L, 7-20 Nov. 12 at Indiana* W, 45-31 Nov. 12 Texas Tech* W, 45-44 Nov. 19 at Delaware* W, 41-10 Nov. 19 at Rutgers* W, 39-0 Nov. 19 at TCU* W, 31-6 Nov. 26 Michigan State* Dec. 3 at Oklahoma* *CAA game *Big Ten game *Big 12 game
NORTH CAROLINA (8-3, 5-2 ACC) MARSHALL (3-8, 2-5 C-USA) GEORGIA TECH (7-4, 4-4 ACC) Sept. 3 vs. Georgia L, 24-33 Sept. 10 Morgan State W, 62-0 Sept. 3 vs. Boston College* W, 17-14 Sept. 10 at Illinois W, 48-23 Sept. 17 Akron L, 38-65 Sept. 10 Mercer W, 35-10 Sept. 17 James Madison W, 56-28 Sept. 24 Louisville L, 28-59 Sept. 17 Vanderbilt W, 38-7 Sept. 24 Pitt* W, 37-36 Oct. 1 at Pitt L, 27-43 Sept. 22 Clemson* L, 7-26 Oct. 1 at Florida State* W, 37-35 Oct. 8 at North Texas* L, 21-38 Oct. 1 Miami* L, 21-35 Oct. 8 Virginia Tech* L, 3-34 Oct. 15 Florida Atlantic* W, 27-21 Oct. 8 at Pitt* L, 34-37 Oct. 15 at Miami* W, 20-13 Oct. 22 Charlotte* L, 24-27 Oct. 15 Georgia Southern W, 35-24 Oct. 22 at Virginia* W, 35-14 Oct. 29 at Southern Miss* L, 14-24 Oct. 29 Duke* W, 38-35 Nov. 5 Georgia Tech* W, 48-20 Nov. 5 at Old Dominion* L, 14-38 Nov. 5 at North Carolina* L, 20-48 Nov. 10 at Duke* L, 27-28 Nov. 12 Middle Tennessee* W, 42-17 Nov. 12 at Virginia Tech* W, 30-20 Nov. 19 The Citadel W, 41-7 Nov. 19 at FIU* L, 14-31 Nov. 19 Virginia* W, 31-17 Nov. 25 NC State* Nov. 26 Western Kentucky* Nov. 26 at Georgia
*ACC game *Conference USA game *ACC game
VIRGINIA (2-9, 1-6 ACC) VIRGINIA TECH (8-3, 5-2 ACC) MIAMI (7-4, 4-3 ACC) Sept. 3 Richmond L, 20-37 Sept. 3 Liberty W, 36-13 Sept. 3 Florida A&M W, 70-3 Sept. 10 at Oregon L, 26-44 Sept. 10 vs. Tennessee L, 24-45 Sept. 10 Florida Atlantic W, 38-10 Sept. 17 at Connecticut L, 10-13 Sept. 17 Boston College* W, 49-0 Sept. 17 at Appalachian State W, 45-10 Sept. 24 Central Michigan W, 49-35 Sept. 24 East Carolina W, 54-17 Oct. 1 at Georgia Tech* W, 35-21 Oct. 1 at Duke* W, 34-20 Oct. 8 at North Carolina* W, 34-3 Oct. 8 Florida State* L, 19-20 Oct. 15 Pitt* L, 31-45 Oct. 15 at Syracuse* L, 17-31 Oct. 15 North Carolina* L, 13-20 Oct. 22 North Carolina* L, 14-35 Oct. 20 Miami* W, 37-16 Oct. 20 at Virginia Tech* L, 16-37 Oct. 29 Louisville* L, 25-32 Oct. 27 at Pitt* W, 39-36 Oct. 29 at Notre Dame L, 27-30 Nov. 5 at Wake Forest* L, 20-27 Nov. 5 at Duke* W, 24-21 Nov. 5 Pitt* W, 51-28 Nov. 12 Miami* L, 14-34 Nov. 12 Georgia Tech* L, 20-30 Nov. 12 at Virginia* W, 34-14 Nov. 19 at Georgia Tech* L, 17-31 Nov. 19 at Notre Dame W, 34-31 Nov. 19 at NC State* W, 27-13 Nov. 26 at Virginia Tech* Nov. 26 Virginia* Nov. 26 Duke*
*ACC game *ACC game *ACC game
CLEMSON (10-1, 7-1 ACC) DUKE (4-7, 1-6 ACC) SYRACUSE (4-7, 2-5 ACC) Sept. 3 at Auburn W, 19-13 Sept. 3 North Carolina Central W, 49-6 Sept. 2 Colgate W, 33-7 Sept. 10 Troy W, 30-24 Sept. 10 Wake Forest* L, 14-24 Sept. 9 Louisville* L, 28-62 Sept. 17 South Carolina State W, 59-0 Sept. 17 at Northwestern L, 13-24 Sept. 17 USF L, 20-45 Sept. 22 at Georgia Tech* W, 26-7 Sept. 24 at Notre Dame W, 38-35 Sept. 24 at Connecticut W, 31-24 Oct. 1 Louisville* W, 42-36 Oct. 1 Virginia* L, 20-34 Oct. 1 vs. Notre Dame L, 33-50 Oct. 7 at Boston College* W, 56-10 Oct. 8 Army W, 13-6 Oct. 8 at Wake Forest* L, 9-28 Oct. 15 NC State* W, 24-17 (OT) Oct. 14 at Louisville* L, 14-24 Oct. 15 Virginia Tech* W, 31-17 Oct. 29 at Florida State* W, 37-34 Oct. 29 at Georgia Tech* L, 35-38 Oct. 22 at Boston College* W, 28-20 Nov. 5 Syracuse* W, 54-0 Nov. 5 Virginia Tech* L, 21-24 Nov. 5 at Clemson* L, 0-54 Nov. 12 Pitt* L, 42-43 Nov. 10 North Carolina* W, 28-27 Nov. 12 NC State* L, 20-35 Nov. 19 at Wake Forest* W, 35-13 Nov. 19 at Pitt* L, 14-56 Nov. 19 Florida State* L, 14-45 Nov. 26 South Carolina Nov. 26 at Miami* Nov. 26 at Pitt*
*ACC game *ACC game *ACC game
Combined Opponent Record ...... 79-53 Combined Winning % ...... 598
21 2016 GAME-BY-GAME STARTING LINEUPS OFFENSE GAME WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB TB FB
Villanova Parrish* Jones-Smith* Bisnowaty Johnson Of icer Bookser O’Neill Orndoff Peterman Conner Dintino
Penn State Weah Henderson Bisnowaty Johnson Of icer Bookser O’Neill Orndoff Peterman Conner Parrish#
Oklahoma State Weah Henderson Bisnowaty Johnson Of icer Bookser O’Neill Orndoff Peterman Conner Aston
North Carolina Weah Henderson Bisnowaty Johnson Of icer Bookser O’Neill Orndoff Peterman Conner Tipton%
Marshall Mathews Henderson Bisnowaty Johnson Of icer Bookser O’Neill Orndoff Peterman Conner Aston
Georgia Tech Weah Henderson Bisnowaty Johnson Of icer Bookser O’Neill Orndoff Peterman Conner Ollison
Virginia Weah Henderson Bisnowaty Johnson Of icer Bookser O’Neill Whitehead** Peterman Conner Aston
Virginia Tech Mathews Henderson Bisnowaty Johnson Of icer Bookser O’Neill Orndoff Peterman Conner Aston
Miami Weah Henderson Bisnowaty Johnson Of icer Bookser O’Neill Ford^ Peterman Conner Aston
Clemson Mathews Henderson Bisnowaty Johnson Of icer Bookser O’Neill Orndoff Peterman Conner Aston
Duke Parrish+ Ollison+ Bisnowaty Johnson Of icer Bookser O’Neill Orndoff Peterman Conner Aston
Syracuse * Parrish started as an H-Back and Jones-Smith as a sixth offensive lineman vs. Villanova. # Parrish started as a tight end vs. Penn State. % Tipton started as a third wide receiver at North Carolina. ** Whitehead started as a third wide receiver at Virginia. ^ Ford started as a third wide receiver at Miami. + Parrish started as a tight end and Ollison started as an H-Back vs. Duke. DEFENSE GAME DE NT DT DE OLB MLB OLB CB CB FS SS
Villanova Hendrix Jarrett Soto Price Zeise Galambos Caprara Maddox Lewis Webb Whitehead
Penn State Blair Jarrett Soto Price Idowu Galambos Caprara Maddox Lewis Webb Whitehead
Oklahoma State Blair Jarrett Soto Price Idowu Galambos Caprara Maddox Lewis Webb Whitehead
North Carolina Blair Jarrett Soto Price Idowu Galambos Brightwell Maddox Lewis Webb Whitehead
Marshall Blair Jarrett Soto Price Idowu Galambos Caprara Maddox Lewis Webb Mitchell
Georgia Tech Blair Jarrett Soto Price Idowu Galambos Bradley Maddox Lewis Webb Whitehead
Virginia Blair Jarrett Soto Price Idowu Galambos Bradley Motley Lewis Webb Whitehead
Virginia Tech Blair Jarrett Soto Price Idowu Galambos Caprara Motley Lewis Webb Whitehead
Miami Edwards Jarrett Soto Price Idowu Galambos Caprara Jackson Lewis Webb Whitehead
Clemson Edwards Taleni Watts Price Idowu Galambos Caprara Maddox Lewis Webb Whitehead
Duke Blair Taleni Soto Price Idowu Galambos Brightwell Maddox Jackson Webb Mitchell
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22 2016 GAME-BY-GAME REVIEW
PITT 28 VILLANOVA 7 PITT 42 PENN STATE 39 Sept. 3, 2016 • Heinz Field • 50,149 Sept. 10, 2016 • Heinz Field • 69,983 Pitt used a sti ling defensive effort to defeat Villanova in the season The return of the Pitt-Penn State rivalry after a 16-year hiatus proved opener for both teams...the Panthers did not surrender an offensive to be worth the wait as the Panthers triumphed in front of the largest touchdown and limited the Wildcats to 172 total yards, including a crowd to ever attend a sporting event in Pittsburgh...James Conner mere 53 on the ground...the game marked the return of tailback James rushed for 117 yards and scored two TDs and cornerback Ryan Lewis Conner, who saw his irst action since a season-ending knee injury in intercepted a Penn State pass in the end zone with 1:15 left to seal the 2015 opener and defeating Hodgkin lymphoma in the offseason... the 42-39 victory...behind a pounding rushing attack that produced Conner scored Pitt’s irst two touchdowns, on a three-yard run and 341 yards, Pitt (2-0) achieved its highest point total ever against nine-yard reception, to give the Panthers a 14-0 intermission lead... Penn State...the 81 combined points also marked a series high...Pitt Quadree Henderson extended Pitt’s advantage to 21 points when he scored touchdowns on four of its irst ive possessions to build a 28-7 took the second half’s opening kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown...it lead...Penn State (1-1) would rally to within single-digits four times was the second consecutive game Henderson had a kick return TD... in the second half and was poised to take the lead when it reached he had a 100-yard return in the 2015 Military Bowl vs. Navy...the Pan- the Pitt 31 with under two minutes to play...that’s when Lewis ended thers notched six sacks, including two by CB Avonte Maddox...safeties the threat, and the game, by intercepting Trace McSorley’s pass to Terrish Webb and Jordan Whitehead tied for team-high honors with the end zone...Nathan Peterman threw three TDs for Pitt, including a six tackles each...Webb added an interception...Chris Blewitt convert- 12-yard shovel pass to Conner that put the Panthers up 42-31 with ed four PATs to become Pitt’s all-time leading kick scorer with 271 10:24 left...the Panthers caused four PSU turnovers, with Ejuan Price points...Blewitt surpassed Carson Long (268 points from 1973-76)... forcing two fumbles and Mike Caprara posting two recoveries. Pitt improved to 14-1 all-time against FCS programs. PENN STATE 7 7 7 18 39 VILLANOVA 0 0 7 0 7 PITT 14 14 7 7 42 PITT 0 14 7 7 28 First Quarter First Quarter PITT — Aston 1-yard run (Blewitt kick) 8:03 No scoring PITT — Henderson 7-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 7:16 PSU — Barkley 3-yard run (Davis kick) 2:42 Second Quarter PITT — Conner 3-yard run (Blewitt kick) 7:08 Second Quarter PITT — Conner 9-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 0:19 PITT — Orndoff 2-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 13:38 PITT — Aston 3-yard run (Blewitt kick) 11:54 Third Quarter PSU — Barkley 1-yard run (Davis kick) 0:42 PITT — Henderson 96-yard kickoff return (Blewitt kick) 14:48 VU — Rolle 3-yard fumble return (Smith kick) 10:35 Third Quarter PSU — Barkley 40-yard pass from McSorley (Davis kick) 11:54 Fourth Quarter PITT — Conner 1-yard run (Blewitt kick) 7:24 PITT — Weah 16-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 6:00 Fourth Quarter Team Stats VU PITT PSU — Barkley 1-yard run (Davis kick) 13:42 First Downs 14 17 PSU — Davis 38-yard ield goal 12:04 Rushes-Yards 33-53 34-86 PITT — Conner 12-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 10:24 Comp-Att-Int 16-32-1 19-33-0 PSU — Barkley 2-yard run (Hamilton pass from McSorley) 5:00 Passing Yards 119 175 Total Yards 172 261 Team Stats PSU PITT Punt Returns-Yards 1-13 4-58 First Downs 20 19 Kick Returns-Yards 4-56 2-118 Rushes-Yards 31-74 56-341 Interceptions-Yards 0-0 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 24-35-1 11-15-1 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Passing Yards 332 91 Punts-Average 9-39.3 6-42.3 Total Yards 406 432 Penalties-Yards 7-55 3-40 Punt Returns-Yards 4-61 1-1 Third Down Conv. 4-16 6-15 Kick Returns-Yards 5-110 3-98 Fourth Down Conv. 0-2 0-0 Interceptions-Yards 1-8 1-0 Sacks By-Yards 1-16 6-58 Fumbles-Lost 5-3 2-1 Possession Time 30:17 29:43 Punts-Average 5-46.6 5-42.6 Penalties-Yards 4-35 10-79 Rushing Third Down Conv. 2-10 4-12 VU — White 13-37; McClenton 3-9; Forbes 2-6; Shockley 1-4; Bednarczyk Fourth Down Conv. 1-1 0-0 13-2; Team 1-(-5). Sacks By-Yards 0-0 4-33 PITT — Conner 17-53, 1 TD; Ollison 7-30; Hall 6-13; Team 1-(-2); Peterman Possession Time 24:31 35:29 3-(-8). Rushing Passing PSU — Barkley 20-85, 4 TD; Robinson 1-4; Allen 1-2;McSorley 9-(-17). VU — Bednarczyk 16-31-1, 119 yards; DaSilva 0-1-0, 0 yards. PITT — Conner 22-117, 1 TD; Henderson 4-58; Peterman 8-52; Ollison 9-36; PITT — Peterman 19-32-0, 175 yards, 2 TD; Team 0-1-0, 0 yards. Hall 4-33; Whitehead 1-28; Aston 4-14, 2 TD; Ford 1-6; Team 3-(-3).
Receiving Passing VU — Bell 6-52; McClenton 2-19; Phillips 2-14; White 2-10; Kerxton 1-15; PSU — McSorley 24-35-1, 332 yards, 1 TD. Collins 1-6; Chadbourn 1-6; Forbes 1-(-3). PITT — Peterman 11-15-1, 91 yards, 3 TD. PITT — Orndoff 5-68; Weah 4-38, 1 TD; Henderson 4-35; Conner 3-16, 1 TD; Ford 2-14; Parrish 1-4. Receiving PSU — Hamilton 8-82; Gesicki 4-47; Godwin 4-36; Thompkins 3-87; Barkley 2-45, 1 TD; Johnson 1-27; Allen 1-4; Polk 1-4. PITT — Conner 4-29, 1 TD; Orndoff 4-15, 1 TD; Henderson 3-47, 1 TD.
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OKLAHOMA STATE 45 PITT 38 NORTH CAROLINA 37 PITT 36 Sept. 17, 2016 • Boone Pickens Stadium • 53,514 Sept. 24, 2016 • Kenan Stadium • 54,500 Pitt could not contain a lethal Oklahoma State passing attack in a 45- Pitt’s frustrations against North Carolina continued with a 37-36 de- 38 loss in Stillwater...Cowboys quarterback Mason Rudolph was 26 feat in the ACC opener for both teams…it was the Panthers’ fourth of 46 for 540 yards and two touchdowns, while wide receiver James consecutive loss to the Tar Heels…Pitt fell to 0-5 all-time in games Washington hauled in nine receptions for an incredible 296 yards played in Chapel Hill…this one was particularly heartbreaking as Pitt and two TDs....despite those proli ic numbers, Pitt was deadlocked held a 13-point lead with under six minutes to play…North Caroli- with OSU, 38-38, entering the fourth quarter...but at the 12:55 mark na would rally behind the arm of quarterback Mitch Trubisky, who of the inal period, play was suspended for nearly two hours due threw for 453 yards and ive touchdowns… Trubisky threw two TDs to lightning...when action resumed, it was eventually Rudolph who to Bug Howard in the inal 5:24, including a two-yard score with two would make the decisive play—an 86-yard pass to Jhajuan Seales— seconds left…Nick Weiler’s extra-point kick provided the winning that put Oklahoma State at the Pitt 1...on the next play, Rennie Childs margin and gave North Carolina (3-1, 1-0) its irst and only lead of rushed in for the game-winning score, his fourth TD of the game, with the game…the winning march was a 17-play, 63-yard drive that in- 1:28 left...Pitt had one last chance, advancing to the OSU 45-yard line, cluded three fourth-down conversions…Pitt (2-2, 0-1) piled up 281 but Nathan Peterman was intercepted by Ramon Richards with 15 rushing yards, led by a 107-yard effort from Quadree Henderson… seconds left to seal the result...James Conner rushed for 111 yards the Panthers, however, went three-and-out on their inal two posses- and a touchdown in the loss for Pitt (2-1)...it was the inaugural meet- sions, opening the door for the Tar Heels’ rally. ing between the Panthers and Cowboys (2-1). PITT 5 14 14 3 36 PITT 10 14 14 0 38 NORTH CAROLINA 0 16 7 14 37 OKLAHOMA STATE 10 21 7 7 45 First Quarter First Quarter PITT — Safety (Price tackled Switzer in end zone) 10:30 OSU — Washington 91-yard pass from Rudolph (Grogan kick) 14:44 PITT — Blewitt 50-yard ield goal 2:16 PITT — Henderson 10-yard run (Blewitt kick) 13:09 PITT — Blewitt 48-yard ield goal 5:51 Second Quarter OSU — Grogan 45-yard ield goal 4:26 PITT — Conner 1-yard run (Blewitt kick) 12:55 UNC — Hollins 39-yard pass from Trubisky (Weiler kick) 11:40 Second Quarter PITT — Aston 3-yard run (Blewitt kick) 6:28 OSU — Washington 29-yard pass from Rudolph (Grogan kick) 13:09 UNC — Switzer 19-yard pass from Trubisky (Mangili pass failed) 3:12 OSU — Childs 1-yard run (Grogan kick) 9:44 UNC — Weiler 34-yard ield goal 0:00 PITT — Conner 1-yard run (Blewitt kick) 4:59 OSU — Childs 67-yard run (Grogan kick) 4:04 Third Quarter PITT — Weah 60-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 1:47 PITT — Moss 2-yard run (Blewitt kick) 10:54 UNC — Proehl 1-yard pass from Trubisky (Weiler kick) 8:32 Third Quarter PITT — Peterman 1-yard run (Blewitt kick) 2:24 PITT — Galambos 2-yard fumble return (Blewitt kick) 10:25 OSU — Childs 5-yard run (Grogan kick) 9:01 Fourth Quarter PITT — Henderson 50-yard run (Blewitt kick) 5:28 PITT — Blewitt 40-yard ield goal 11:03 UNC — Howard 2-yard pass from Trubisky (Weiler kick) 5:24 Fourth Quarter UNC — Howard 2-yard pass from Trubisky (Weiler kick) 0:02 OSU — Childs 1-yard run (Grogan kick) 1:28 Team Stats PITT UNC Team Stats PITT OSU First Downs 21 22 First Downs 21 25 Rushes-Yards 55-281 22-18 Rushes-Yards 54-290 32-100 Comp-Att-Int 14-18-0 35-46-0 Comp-Att-Int 14-30-1 26-46-0 Passing Yards 140 453 Passing Yards 237 540 Total Yards 421 471 Total Yards 527 640 Punt Returns-Yards 1-1 2-15 Punt Returns-Yards 1-7 4-34 Kick Returns-Yards 5-124 3-51 Kick Returns-Yards 2-31 2-34 Interceptions-Yards 0-0 0-0 Interceptions-Yards 0-0 1-3 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2 Punts-Average 4-39.8 3-42.7 Punts-Average 11-42.4 7-43.3 Penalties-Yards 4-40 5-41 Penalties-Yards 8-73 8-55 Third Down Conv. 10-17 4-12 Third Down Conv. 4-18 6-15 Fourth Down Conv. 1-1 4-4 Fourth Down Conv. 2-2 0-0 Sacks By-Yards 4-36 0-0 Sacks By-Yards 3-22 2-14 Possession Time 41:09 18:51 Possession Time 37:50 22:10 Rushing Rushing PITT — Henderson 9-107; Conner 16-66, 1 TD; Moss 7-47, 1 TD; Peterman PITT — Conner 24-111, 1 TD; Henderson 7-95, 2 TD; Peterman 9-33; White- 6-19, 1 TD; Hall 6-19; Aston 3-18, 1 TD; Whitehead 2-13; Ffrench 2-9; Tipton head 2-22; Hall 5-17; Moss 2-8; Araujo-Lopes 3-7; Aston 1-(-1); Tipton 1-(-2). 1-6; Ollison 2-5; Team 1-(-28). OSU — Childs 10-101, 4 TD; Hill 12-28; Sanders Jr. 1-(-5); Team 2-(-6); UNC — Hood 11-25; Logan 2-6; Trubisky 9-(-13). Rudolph 7-(-18). Passing Passing PITT — Peterman 14-18-0, 140 yards. PITT — Peterman 14-29-1, 237 yards, 1 TD; Team 0-1-0, 0 yards. UNC — Trubisky 35-46-0, 453 yards, 5 TD. OSU — Rudolph 26-46-0, 540 yards, 2 TD. Receiving Receiving PITT — Conner 4-64; Henderson 3-13; Tipton 2-18; Aston 2-2; Parrish 1-22; PITT — Tipton 3-27; Weah 2-85, 1 TD; Conner 2-60; Henderson 2-31; Aston Weah 1-14; Araujo-Lopes 1-7. 1-12; Ollison 1-8; Araujo-Lopes 1-7; Orndoff 1-5; Hall 1-2. UNC — Switzer 16-208, 1 TD; Proehl 7-99, 1 TD; Howard 6-66, 2 TD; Logan OSU — Washington 9-296, 2 TD; Seales 7-129; Lacy 4-64; McCleskey 3-17; 2-21; Jackson 2-11; Hollins 1-39, 1 TD; Hood 1-9. Hays 2-31; Jarwin 1-3.
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PITT 43 MARSHALL 27 PITT 37 GEORGIA TECH 34 Oct. 1, 2016 • Heinz Field • 45,246 Oct. 8, 2016 • Heinz Field • 47,425 Pitt bolted to a 27-0 intermission lead and then held off Marshall’s Pitt scored 10 points in the inal 3:50, including a 31-yard ield goal furious second-half rally to notch a 43-27 victory at Heinz Field…the by Chris Blewitt as time expired, to top Georgia Tech...Blewitt scored Panthers’ huge halftime advantage was sliced to 30-27 with four min- a career-high 13 points in the win, converting 3-of-3 ield goals and utes remaining in the game…trying to burn the clock and facing a 3rd- 4-of-4 PATs…with his three ield goals, Blewitt became Pitt’s all- and-3 at the Pitt 46, Nathan Peterman connected with Jester Weah time career leader with 52 (surpassing Conor Lee, who had 50 from on a 54-yard touchdown with 1:04 remaining to essentially seal the 2006-08)…it was the second consecutive year Blewitt provided the winning margin over the Yellow Jackets (in 2015, he kicked a school- result…Avonte Maddox would complete the scoring with a 33-yard record 56-yard ield goal to beat Georgia Tech, 31-28)...Pitt’s defense interception return on the game’s inal play…it was the second “pick set up the winning kick with a 4th-and-1 stand at the Georgia Tech 34 six” of Maddox’s career (Louisville, 2015)…Peterman completed 74% with 1:47 to play...Tyrique Jarrett and Matt Galambos stuffed Dedrick of his passes (17 of 23) for a career-high 280 yards and two touch- Mills for no gain, turning the ball over to the Panthers...Georgia Tech downs…Weah compiled 176 yards on seven receptions, an average seized their irst lead of the game, 34-27, when J.J. Green scored on of 25.1 yards per catch…his receiving yardage was the highest by a a 10-yard run with 5:22 remaining...Pitt struck back on a 74-yard TD Pitt player since 2004 (Greg Lee, 188 yards vs. Syracuse)…freshman pass from Nathan Peterman to Scott Orndoff with 3:50 left, setting tailback Chawntez Moss rushed for 97 yards on 12 carries (8.1 avg.) the stage for Blewitt’s inal kick...it was the ifth consecutive game Pitt as Pitt netted 252 on the ground and 532 total yards…Ejuan Price scored at least 36 points, a program irst...Pitt (4-2, 1-1) improved to had two sacks for 24 yards in losses…it was the irst-ever meeting 4-0 at Heinz Field for the irst time since 2009...Georgia Tech fell to between Pitt (3-2) and Marshall (1-3). 3-3 overall and 1-3 in the ACC.
MARSHALL 0 0 14 13 27 GEORGIA TECH 3 17 0 14 34 PITT 20 7 3 13 43 PITT 7 14 3 13 37
First Quarter First Quarter PITT — Aston 5-yard run (Blewitt kick failed) 11:17 PITT — O’Neill 24-yard run (Blewitt kick) 11:52 PITT — Conner 1-yard run (Blewitt kick) 5:03 GT — Butker 37-yard ield goal 3:42 PITT — Ffrench 11-yard run (Blewitt kick) 0:50 Second Quarter Second Quarter PITT — Ollison 4-yard run (Blewitt kick) 12:19 PITT — Tipton 15-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 0:53 GT — Green 96-yard kickoff return (Butker kick) 12:04 PITT — Henderson 10-yard run (Blewitt kick) 6:39 Third Quarter GT — Jeune 31-yard pass from Thomas (Butker kick) 1:48 MU — Knight 15-yard pass from Litton (Curraj kick) 9:12 GT — Butker 41-yard ield goal 0:02 MU — Anderson 11-yard run (Curraj kick) 5:20 PITT — Blewitt 20-yard ield goal 0:30 Third Quarter PITT — Blewitt 34-yard ield goal 2:51 Fourth Quarter MU — Clark 83-yard pass from Litton (Litton pass intercepted) 14:47 Fourth Quarter MU — Davis 1-yard run (Curraj kick) 4:01 PITT — Blewitt 41-yard ield goal 12:19 PITT — Weah 54-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 1:04 GT — Lynch 45-yard run (Butker kick) 10:01 PITT — Maddox 33-yard interception return 0:00 GT — Green 10-yard run (Butker kick) 5:22 PITT — Orndoff 74-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 3:50 Team Stats MU PITT PITT — Blewitt 31-yard ield goal 0:00 First Downs 18 29 Rushes-Yards 30-104 41-252 Team Stats GT PITT Comp-Att-Int 20-32-1 17-24-0 First Downs 18 22 Passing Yards 240 280 Rushes-Yards 45-241 42-215 Total Yards 344 532 Comp-Att-Int 7-10-0 14-20-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-7 0-0 Passing Yards 130 192 Kick Returns-Yards 5-101 2-43 Total Yards 371 407 Interceptions-Yards 0-0 1-33 Punt Returns-Yards 1-8 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Kick Returns-Yards 4-151 3-67 Punts-Average 5-37.2 1-39.0 Interceptions-Yards 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-67 3-34 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Third Down Conv. 7-15 7-12 Punts-Average 1-36.0 1-47.0 Fourth Down Conv. 1-2 1-3 Penalties-Yards 5-46 2-15 Sacks By-Yards 0-0 2-24 Third Down Conv. 5-11 6-11 Possession Time 27:06 32:54 Fourth Down Conv. 2-4 1-1 Sacks By-Yards 1-1 2-9 Rushing Possession Time 29:39 30:21 MU — Davis 12-68, 1 TD; Anderson 13-56, 1 TD; Pittman 3-4; Litton 2-(-24). PITT — Moss 12-97; Henderson 7-57; Conner 11-34, 1 TD; Tipton 3-26; Rushing Peterman 5-18; Ffrench 1-11, 1 TD; Aston 2-9, 1 TD. GT — Lynch 4-64, 1 TD; Mills 15-57; Thomas 11-55; Green 4-26, 1 TD; Marshall 4-16; Willis 1-12; Grif in 1-10; Searcy 4-5; Stewart 1-(-4). Passing PITT — Conner 14-60; Moss 8-45; Henderson 4-26, 1 TD; O’Neill 1-24, 1 TD; MU — Litton 20-32-1, 240 yards, 2 TD. Tipton 3-21; Ollison 3-20, 1 TD; Aston 4-19; Whitehead 1-7; Peterman 4-(-7). PITT — Peterman 17-23-0, 280 yards, 2 TD; Winslow 0-1-0, 0 yards. Passing Receiving GT — Thomas 7-10-0, 130 yards, 1 TD. MU — Knight 6-49, 1 TD; Clark 4-147, 1 TD; Yurachek 3-16; Byrd 3-11; PITT — Peterman 14-20-0, 192 yards, 1 TD. McManus 2-12; Johnson 1-7; Elzy 1-(-2). PITT — Weah 7-176, 1 TD; Henderson 3-32; Orndoff 2-29; Tipton 1-15, 1 TD; Receiving Aston 1-11; Parrish 1-8; Moss 1-7; Mathews 1-2. GT — Jeune 3-55, 1 TD; Stewart 3-46; Lynch 1-29. PITT — Weah 3-35; Aston 3-19; Orndoff 2-86, 1 TD; Tipton 2-18; Henderson 2-16; Moss 1-11; Mathews 1-7. 25 2016 GAME-BY-GAME REVIEW
PITT 45 VIRGINIA 31 #25/25 VIRGINIA TECH 39 PITT 36 Oct. 15, 2016 • Scott Stadium • 39,522 Oct. 27, 2016 • Heinz Field • 40,254 Pitt’s potent return game and sti ling second-half defense keyed a Pitt fell victim to Virginia Tech’s proli ic passing game in a Thursday 45-31 victory at Virginia...the Panthers had an incredible 315 total night ESPN nationally televised contest…Jerod Evans threw for 406 return yards...Quadree Henderson had his second kickoff return TD yards in leading the Hokies to their irst win at Heinz Field in ive of the season, and third in the past eight games, on a 93-yarder in the tries…Virginia Tech had not beaten the Panthers on the road since a opening quarter...Jordan Whitehead gave Pitt a lead it never surren- 1999 victory in Pitt Stadium…Joey Slye tied an ACC record by kick- dered when he returned an interception 59 yards for a touchdown ing six ield goals for the Hokies…James Conner rushed for 141 yards with four seconds left in the opening half...after giving up 28 irst-half and three touchdowns…his one-yard score to open the second half points, Pitt surrendered only a ield goal in the second…James Con- gave Pitt its irst lead, 21-16…Virginia Tech jumped back in front, 29- 21, late in the third quarter after two Slye ield goals and a two-yard ner ran for 90 yards and two scores, and even contributed as a pass run by Marshawn Williams…Pitt (5-3, 2-2) responded with a 75-yard rushing specialist in the fourth quarter…Whitehead also saw two- drive, capped by an end-around gadget play touchdown by offensive way duty…in addition to his INT return, he rushed three times for 28 tackle Brian O’Neill, his second rushing TD of the year…Conner took a yards…the Panthers compiled four sacks, all in the second half, led by shovel pass in for a two-point conversion to tie the game with 13:25 DE Rori Blair, who had two...the Panthers won their third consecutive left but the Hokies (6-2, 4-1) seized control by scoring the game’s game, improving to 5-2 overall and 2-1 in the ACC...it was Pitt’s irst next 10 points...Jester Weah caught a seven-yard TD pass with 2:31 win in Charlottesville since 1953…Virginia dropped to 2-4 and 1-1. left but the Hokies ran the clock out on their ensuing possession.
PITT 14 21 0 10 45 VIRGINIA TECH 6 10 13 10 39 VIRGINIA 21 7 0 3 31 PITT 0 14 7 15 36
First Quarter First Quarter UVA — Reid 5-yard run (Hayward kick) 10:31 VT — Slye 31-yard ield goal 11:05 PITT — Weah 38-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 5:41 VT — Slye 21-yard ield goal 8:05 UVA — Mizzell 44-yard run (Hayward kick) 2:51 PITT — Henderson 93-yard kickoff return (Blewitt kick) 2:35 Second Quarter UVA — Zaccheaus 74-yard pass from Benkert (Hayward kick) 1:48 VT — Slye 22-yard ield goal 13:08 PITT — Conner 6-yard run (Blewitt kick) 4:14 Second Quarter VT — Cunningham 11-yard pass from Evans (Slye kick) 2:00 PITT — Conner 1-yard run (Blewitt kick) 9:08 PITT — Conner 1-yard run (Blewitt kick) 0:14 UVA — Reid 1-yard run (Hayward kick) 5:57 PITT — Conner 1-yard run (Blewitt kick) 0:40 Third Quarter PITT — Whitehead 59-yard interception return (Blewitt kick) 0:04 PITT — Conner 1-yard run (Blewitt kick) 11:27 VT — Slye 26-yard ield goal 7:00 Third Quarter VT — Slye 37-yard ield goal 2:44 No scoring VT — Williams 2-yard run (Slye kick) 0:07
Fourth Quarter Fourth Quarter PITT — Aston 5-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 9:47 PITT — O’Neill 5-yard run (Conner pass from Peterman) 13:25 PITT — Blewitt 25-yard ield goal 3:21 VT — Slye 22-yard ield goal 9:39 UVA — Hayward 36-yard ield goal 2:04 VT — Ford 16-yard pass from Evans (Slye kick) 7:20 PITT — Weah 7-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 2:31 Team Stats PITT UVA First Downs 19 19 Team Stats VT PITT Rushes-Yards 49-209 26-86 First Downs 29 17 Comp-Att-Int 11-21-0 20-45-1 Rushes-Yards 39-150 32-180 Passing Yards 137 278 Comp-Att-Int 24-43-0 14-23-1 Total Yards 346 364 Passing Yards 406 278 Punt Returns-Yards 3-46 3-19 Total Yards 556 458 Kick Returns-Yards 5-210 5-94 Punt Returns-Yards 4-33 0-0 Interceptions-Yards 1-59 0-0 Kick Returns-Yards 5-64 4-57 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 Interceptions-Yards 1-1 0-0 Punts-Average 5-48.8 7-45.1 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-1 Penalties-Yards 8-69 10-67 Punts-Average 3-31.3 6-39.8 Third Down Conv. 8-17 6-17 Penalties-Yards 4-35 9-63 Fourth Down Conv. 1-1 2-2 Third Down Conv. 4-14 3-10 Sacks By-Yards 4-38 1-2 Fourth Down Conv. 0-0 0-0 Possession Time 36:14 23:46 Sacks By-Yards 0-0 3-10 Possession Time 33:17 26:43 Rushing PITT — Conner 20-90, 2 TD; Whitehead 3-28; Moss 7-26; Peterman 5-26; Rushing Araujo-Lopes 2-16; Tipton 3-10; Ffrench 3-7; Henderson 1-6; Aston 1-6; VT — Phillips 5-43; Evans 11-33; Williams 8-29, 1 TD; Ford 1-26; Motley 7-24; Ollison 1-0; Team 3-(-6). Team 1-(-2); McMillian 6-(-3). UVA — Mizzell 12-95, 1 TD; Reid 9-28, 2 TD; Ellis 1-1; Benkert 4-(-38). PITT — Conner 19-141, 3 TD; Peterman 5-33; O’Neill 1-5, 1 TD; Aston 1-4; Ford 1-1; Henderson 5-(-4). Passing PITT — Peterman 11-21-0, 137 yards, 2 TD. Passing UVA — Benkert 20-44-1, 278 yards, 1 TD; Team 0-1-0, 0 yards. VT — Evans 24-40-0, 406 yards, 2 TD; Motley 0-3-0, 0 yards. PITT — Peterman 13-22-1, 267 yards, 1 TD; Tipton 1-1-0, 11 yards. Receiving PITT — Orndoff 3-25; Weah 2-54, 1 TD; Conner 2-28; Tipton 2-20; Aston Receiving 2-10, 1 TD. VT — Ford 10-143, 1 TD; Hodges 6-145; Phillips 6-109; Cunningham 1-11, UVA — Johnson 5-41; Zaccheaus 3-83, 1 TD; Craft 3-50; Dowling 3-32; 1 TD; Rogers 1-(-2). Mizzell 3-15; Reed 1-25; Reid 1-16; Eldridge 1-16. PITT — Weah 4-46, 1 TD; Ford 3-59; Henderson 3-47; Orndoff 2-96; Tipton 1-19; Peterman 1-11.
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MIAMI 51 PITT 28 PITT 43 #3/2 CLEMSON 42 Nov. 5, 2016 • Hard Rock Stadium • 51,796 Nov. 12, 2016 • Memorial Stadium • 81,048 Pitt dropped its second consecutive game, losing 51-28 at Miami... Pitt stunned No. 3/2 Clemson and the nation when Chris Blewitt nailed two third-quarter turnovers were critical in the result...trailing 27- a 48-yard ield goal with six seconds left to upend the Tigers, 43-42, in 21 at intermission, Pitt fumbled at its own 8 on the opening posses- Death Valley...the winning kick came after Pitt (6-4, 3-3) stuffed Clem- sion of the second half, setting up a short Miami touchdown drive... son on 4th-and-1 at the Panthers’ 36 with 58 seconds left...Pitt’s vic- later in the quarter, Pitt was threatening at the Miami 4 but came up tory snapped the country’s longest home winning streak at 21 games… empty when the Hurricanes intercepted a pass in the end zone...the it was also Clemson’s irst regular-season loss since 2014...Clemson Panthers (5-4, 2-3) gave up 50 points for the irst time since 2014... (9-1, 6-1) was the highest ranked opponent Pitt had beaten since up- Quadree Henderson had a 100-yard kickoff return touchdown in the setting No. 2/1 West Virginia, 13-9, in 2007...Deshaun Watson threw opening quarter, his school-record third kick return TD of the sea- for an ACC-record 580 yards but Pitt intercepted him three times...the son and fourth in the past 10 games...Brad Kaaya was the offensive last INT was by Saleem Brightwell, who returned it 70 yards to set up catalyst for Miami (5-4, 2-3), throwing for 356 yards and four touch- James Conner’s 20-yard TD run, making it 42-40 with 5:17 left...Conner downs on 32-of-47 passing...Mark Walton rushed for 125 yards, the rushed for 132 yards and scored two TDs…Nathan Peterman threw for most by an opposing player against the Panthers this season…safety 308 yards and ive TDs, both career bests...Clemson had only given up Jordan Whitehead had a game-high 10 tackles for Pitt…the Panthers ive TD passes the entire season coming into the game…tight end Scott managed just one sack (by end Allen Edwards), their lowest total of Orndoff also posted career highs with nine catches for 128 yards and the season. two TDs...fullback George Aston also had two receiving scores...the Panthers became bowl eligible for a ninth straight season with the win. PITT 7 14 0 7 28 MIAMI 17 10 7 17 51 PITT 14 13 7 9 43 CLEMSON 14 14 14 0 42 First Quarter MIAMI — Njoku 12-yard pass from Kaaya (Badgley kick) 12:46 First Quarter PITT — Henderson 100-yard kickoff return (Blewitt kick) 12:30 PITT — Aston 15-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 13:08 MIAMI — Coley 1-yard pass from Kaaya (Badgley kick) 7:33 CLEMSON — Gallman 1-yard run (Huegel kick) 7:19 MIAMI — Badgley 46-yard ield goal 2:26 PITT — Conner 46-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 5:28 CLEMSON — Gallman 1-yard run (Huegel kick) 0:40 Second Quarter PITT — Conner 12-yard run (Blewitt kick) 13:44 Second Quarter MIAMI — Badgley 48-yard ield goal 11:18 CLEMSON — Williams 15-yard pass from Watson (Huegel kick) 10:06 PITT — Aston 23-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 8:45 PITT — Orndoff 55-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick failed) 9:33 MIAMI — Kaaya 1-yard run (Badgley kick) 6:05 PITT — Aston 1-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 2:23 CLEMSON — Scott 13-yard pass from Watson (Huegel kick) 1:09 Third Quarter MIAMI — Coley 3-yard pass from Kaaya (Badgley kick) 13:33 Third Quarter CLEMSON — Cain 27-yard pass from Watson (Huegel kick) 9:53 Fourth Quarter PITT — Orndoff 7-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 4:35 MIAMI — Njoku 5-yard pass from Kaaya (Badgley kick) 13:38 CLEMSON — Gallman 1-yard run (Huegel kick) 1:37 PITT — Weah 75-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 13:27 MIAMI — Badgley 25-yard ield goal 3:21 Fourth Quarter MIAMI — Walton 55-yard run (Badgley kick) 2:12 PITT — Conner 20-yard run (Peterman pass failed) 5:17 PITT — Blewitt 48-yard ield goal 0:06 Team Stats PITT MIAMI First Downs 22 22 Team Stats PITT CLEMSON Rushes-Yards 34-130 36-178 First Downs 23 33 Comp-Att-Int 17-36-1 32-47-0 Rushes-Yards 33-156 25-50 Passing Yards 287 356 Comp-Att-Int 22-38-0 52-70-3 Total Yards 417 534 Passing Yards 308 580 Punt Returns-Yards 1-17 2-22 Total Yards 464 630 Kick Returns-Yards 2-111 3-83 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 3-1 Interceptions-Yards 0-0 1-0 Kick Returns-Yards 1-16 7-117 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Interceptions-Yards 3-70 0-0 Punts-Average 5-44.6 5-45.4 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-25 8-71 Punts-Average 5-43.4 3-37.7 Third Down Conv. 6-14 8-16 Penalties-Yards 3-40 9-101 Fourth Down Conv. 0-2 0-0 Third Down Conv. 3-11 12-18 Sacks By-Yards 1-3 1-12 Fourth Down Conv. 1-1 1-2 Possession Time 26:53 33:07 Sacks By-Yards 2-8 2-7 Possession Time 25:58 34:02 Rushing PITT — Conner 12-40, 1 TD; Henderson 5-38; Hall 2-27; Peterman 8-25; Rushing Ollison 1-2; Ffrench 1-1; Aston 2-0; Team 1-(-1); Moss 2-(-2). PITT — Conner 20-132, 1 TD; Peterman 6-18; Hall 3-9; Ford; 1-1; Ffrench 1-0; MIAMI — Walton 14-125, 1 TD; Yearby 8-28; Kaaya 5-17, 1 TD; Edwards Henderson 2-(-4). 6-10; Williams 1-1; Team 2-(-3). CLEMSON — Gallman 18-36, 3 TD; Watson 5-8; Fuller 2-6.
Passing Passing PITT — Peterman 17-35-1, 287 yards, 2 TD; Winslow 0-1-0, 0 yards. PITT — Peterman 22-37-0, 308 yards, 5 TD; Team 0-1-0, 0 yards. MIAMI — Kaaya 32-47-0, 356 yards, 4 TD. CLEMSON — Watson 52-70-3, 580 yards, 3 TD.
Receiving Receiving PITT — Aston 5-56, 1 TD; Weah 3-115, 1 TD; Ford 3-20; Orndoff 2-30; Tipton PITT — Orndoff 9-128, 2 TD; Aston 4-29, 2 TD; Conner 3-57, 1 TD; Weah 2-38; 1-25; Araujo-Lopes 1-22; Henderson 1-10; Mathews 1-9. Ford 2-14; Parrish 1-44; Mathews 1-(-2). MIAMI — Coley 9-59, 2 TD; Richards 8-144; Njoku 6-86, 2 TD; Walton CLEMSON — Williams 15-202, 1 TD; Scott 13-125, 1 TD; Renfrow 7-77; 3-24; Lewis 2-22; Herndon 2-7; Harris 1-9; Berrios 1-5. Leggett 6-95; McCloud 4-26; Gallman 4-10; Cain 3-45, 1 TD. 27 2016 GAME-BY-GAME REVIEW
PITT 56 DUKE 14 Nov. 19, 2016 • Heinz Field • 35,425 Pitt followed its Clemson upset with a resounding 56-14 win over Duke…the 42-point margin of victory was Pitt’s largest in an ACC game, eclipsing a 23-point win over Syracuse in 2014 (30-7)…it was the Panthers’ biggest win over an FBS foe since a 45-point vic- tory at UCF in 2006 (52-7)…James Conner rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns, breaking a pair of ACC career records in the process…Conner pushed his career totals to 53 total touchdowns and 50 rushing TDs…he eclipsed the marks held by Virginia’s Wali Lundy (52 total TDs, 2002-05) and NC State’s Ted Brown (49 rush TDs, 1975-78)…Quadree Henderson, who already had three kickoff return touchdowns on the season, added his irst career punt return TD, a 65-yarder that put Pitt up 42-14 in the third…Pitt (7-4, 4-3) pushed its season point total to a school-record 432, surpassing the prior high mark of 428 set over 12 games in 1977…Pitt limited Duke (4-7, 1-6) to 268 total yards and just 25 on the ground...it was the sixth time in 2016 that Pitt kept an opponent under 100 yards rush- ing...the Panthers tallied nine tackles for loss and ive sacks, led by DE Ejuan Price’s three TFLs and two sacks.
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First Quarter PITT — Ford 16-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 13:33 DUKE — Taylor 6-yard pass from Jones (Reed kick) 11:11 PITT — Conner 1-yard run (Blewitt kick) 7:33
Second Quarter PITT — Henderson 52-yard run (Blewitt kick) 14:08 DUKE — Fields 36-yard interception return (Reed kick) 5:34 PITT — Weah 56-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 2:17
Third Quarter PITT — Conner 1-yard run (Blewitt kick) 12:04 PITT — Henderson 65-yard punt return (Blewitt kick) 11:01
Fourth Quarter PITT — Orndoff 48-yard pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick) 9:01 PITT — Ollison 2-yard run (Blewitt kick) 5:06
Team Stats DUKE PITT First Downs 18 18 Rushes-Yards 22-25 40-224 Comp-Att-Int 28-46-0 11-18-1 Passing Yards 243 237 Total Yards 268 461 Punt Returns-Yards 1-12 1-65 Kick Returns-Yards 9-198 1-14 Interceptions-Yards 1-36 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0 Punts-Average 7-33.7 3-38.0 Penalties-Yards 6-45 7-55 Third Down Conv. 4-14 9-13 Fourth Down Conv. 2-3 0-0 Sacks By-Yards 1-5 5-20 Possession Time 30:37 29:23
Rushing DUKE — Mann 3-12; Wilson 8-11; Jones 11-2. PITT — Conner 14-101, 2 TD; Henderson 5-73, 1 TD; Hall 5-17; Ffrench 3-17; Ollison 4-10, 1 TD; M. Stocker 2-9; Peterman 4-3; Team 3-(-6).
Passing DUKE — Jones 28-46-0, 243 yards, 1 TD. PITT — Peterman 11-18-1, 237 yards, 3 TD.
Receiving DUKE — Rahming 10-116; Schneider 4-26; Lloyd 4-21; Helm 3-16; Koppenhaver 2-29; Young 2-21; Taylor 2-16, 1 TD; Mann 1-(-2). PITT — Weah 2-95, 1 TD; Orndoff 2-58, 1 TD; Ford 2-39, 1 TD; Aston 2-23; Henderson 2-10; Hall 1-12.
28 THE LAST TIME... RUSHING INDIVIDUAL Four touchdown passes: 200 yards rushing: By Pitt: Nathan Peterman (5) at Clemson, 11-12-16. By Pitt: 207, Qadree Ollison vs. Youngstown State, 9-5-15 (16 att., 1 TD). By Opponent: Brad Kaaya, Miami, 11-5-16. By Opponent: 222, Jordan Todman, Connecticut, 11-11-10 (37 att.). Five touchdown passes: 300 yards rushing: By Pitt: Nathan Peterman at Clemson, 11-12-16. By Pitt: 303, Tony Dorsett vs. Notre Dame, 11-15-75 (23 att., 1 TD). By Opponent: Mitch Trubisky, North Carolina, 9-24-16. By Opponent: DNA Six touchdown passes: 30 or more rushing attempts: By Pitt: Tom Savage at Duke, 9-21-13. By Pitt: 30, James Conner at North Carolina, 11-15-14 (220 yards, 4 TD). By Opponent: Mike Teel, Rutgers, 10-25-08. By Opponent: 36, John White, Utah, 10-15-11 (171 yards). Seven touchdown passes: Three rushing touchdowns: By Pitt: Pete Gonzalez at Rutgers, 10-25-97. By Pitt: James Conner vs. Virginia Tech, 10-27-16. By Opponent: DNA By Opponent: Wayne Gallman, Clemson, 11-12-16. 60+ yard TD pass: Four rushing touchdowns: By Pitt: 75, at Miami, 11-5-16, Nathan Peterman to Jester Weah. By Pitt: James Conner at North Carolina, 11-15-14. By Opponent: 74, Virginia, 10-15-16, Kurt Benkert to Olamide Zaccheaus. By Opponent: Rennie Childs, Oklahoma State, 9-17-16. 70+ yard TD pass: 50+ yard touchdown run: By Pitt: 75, at Miami, 11-5-16, Nathan Peterman to Jester Weah. By Pitt: 52, Quadree Henderson, vs. Duke, 11-19-16. By Opponent: 74, Virginia, 10-15-16, Kurt Benkert to Olamide Zaccheaus. By Opponent: 55, Mark Walton, Miami, 11-5-16. 80+ yard TD pass: 60+ yard touchdown run: By Pitt: 80, at Cincinnati, 9-8-06, Tyler Palko to Derek Kinder. By Pitt: 71, Qadree Ollison vs. Youngstown State, 9-5-15. By Opponent: 83, Marshall, 10-1-16, Chase Litton to Michael Clark. By Opponent: 67, Rennie Childs, Oklahoma State, 9-17-16. 90+ yard TD pass: 70+ yard touchdown run: By Pitt: 91, at Rutgers, 9-17-92, Alex Van Pelt to Dietrich Jells. By Pitt: 71, Qadree Ollison vs. Youngstown State, 9-5-15. By Opponent: 91, Oklahoma St., 9-17-16, Mason Rudolph to James Washington. By Opponent: 75, Jody Webb, Youngstown State, 9-5-15. 45 or more pass attempts: 80+ yard touchdown run: By Pitt: 46, Tino Sunseri vs. West Virginia, 11-26-10 (28 comp., 284 yards, By Pitt: 85, Dion Lewis at Buffalo, 9-12-09. 1 TD, 1 INT). By Opponent: 88, Noel Devine, West Virginia, 11-27-09. By Opponent: 46, Daniel Jones, Duke, 11-19-16 (28 comp., 1 TD).
90+ yard touchdown run: 30 or more pass completions: By Pitt: 91, George McLaren vs. Syracuse, 10-20-17. By Pitt: 31, Tyler Palko vs. Louisville, 11-25-06 (50 att., 307 yards, By Opponent: 96, Antowain Smith, Houston, 9-14-96. 1 TD, 3 INT). By Opponent: 52, Deshaun Watson, Clemson, 11-12-16 (70 att., 3 TD, Two 100-yard rushers: 3 INT). By Pitt: 9-13-14 at FIU, James Conner (177) and Chad Voytik (114). By Opponent: 12-28-15 (Military Bowl), Navy, Keenan Reynolds RECEIVING INDIVIDUAL (144) and Chris Swain (114). 100+ yards receiving: By Pitt: 128, Scott Orndoff at Clemson, 11-12-16 (9 receptions, 2 TD). Three 100-yard rushers: By Opponent: 116, T.J. Rahming, Duke, 11-19-16 (10 receptions). By Pitt: 12-26-75 vs. Kansas (Sun Bowl), Tony Dorsett (142), Elliott Walker (123) and Robert Haygood (101). 150+ yards receiving: By Opponent: DNA By Pitt: 176, Jester Weah vs. Marshall, 10-1-16 (7 receptions, 1 TD). By Opponent: 202, Mike Williams, Clemson, 11-12-16 (15 receptions, 1 TD). Four different rushers with a touchdown: By Pitt: 9-24-16 at North Carolina, James Conner, George Aston, 200+ yards receiving: Chawntez Moss and Nathan Peterman. By Pitt: 207, Larry Fitzgerald at Rutgers, 10-18-03 (8 receptions, 2 TD). By Opponent: Georgia Tech (5), 10-25-14, Broderick Snoddy (3), By Opponent: 202, Mike Williams, Clemson, 11-12-16 (15 receptions, 1 TD). Justin Thomas, Tony Zenon, Matt Connors and Deon Hill. Two 100-yard receivers: PASSING INDIVIDUAL By Pitt: 9-21-13 at Duke, Devin Street (166) and Tyler Boyd (154). 300 yards passing: By Opponent: 11-12-16, Clemson, Mike Williams (202) and Artavis By Pitt: 308, Nathan Peterman at Clemson, 11-12-16 (37 att., 22 comp., 5 TD). Scott (125). By Opponent: 580, Deshaun Watson, Clemson, 11-12-16 (70 att., 52 comp., 3 TD, 3 INT). 10 or more receptions: By Pitt: 11, Tyler Boyd vs. Louisville, 11-21-15 (103 yards, 1 TD). 400 yards passing: By Opponent: 10, T.J. Rahming, Duke, 11-19-16 (116 yards). By Pitt: 424, Tom Savage at Duke, 9-21-13 (33 att., 23 comp., 6 TD). By Opponent: 580, Deshaun Watson, Clemson, 11-12-16 (70 att., 52 comp., 3 TD, 3 INT). 29 THE LAST TIME...
RECEIVING INDIVIDUAL (cont.) Two-point conversion (passing): Three receiving touchdowns: By Pitt: Nathan Peterman to James Conner, vs. Virginia Tech, 10-27-16. By Pitt: Tyler Boyd at Duke, 9-21-13. By Opponent: Trace McSorley to DaeSean Hamilton, Penn State, 9-10-16. By Opponent: Will Fuller, Notre Dame, 11-7-15. Defensive two-point conversion: Four receiving touchdowns: By Pitt: Doug Hetzler returned blocked PAT attempt at Syracuse, 9-22-90. By Pitt: Billy Davis vs. Rutgers, 11-19-94. By Opponent: Matt Taffoni, West Virginia, interception return, 10-15-94. By Opponent: Terry Glenn, Ohio State, 9-23-95. Safety: 60+ yard TD reception: By Pitt: 9-24-16 at North Carolina (Ryan Switzer tackled by Ejuan Price). By Pitt: 75, at Miami, 11-5-16, Nathan Peterman to Jester Weah. By Opponent: 9-13-14, FIU (Chad Voytik sacked by Jeremiah McKinnon). By Opponent: 74, Virginia, 10-15-16, Kurt Benkert to Olamide Zaccheaus. Two safeties in same game: 70+ yard TD reception: By Pitt: 9-13-14 at FIU (Punter Chris Ayers kicks ball out of end zone By Pitt: 75, at Miami, 11-5-16, Nathan Peterman to Jester Weah. on bad snap; E.J. Hilliard intentional grounding in end zone). By Opponent: 74, Virginia, 10-15-16, Kurt Benkert to Olamide Zaccheaus. By Opponent: DNA
80+ yard TD reception: One player throw, catch and rush for touchdown (same game): By Pitt: 80, at Cincinnati, 9-8-06, Tyler Palko to Derek Kinder. By Pitt: Jawan Walker at Boston College, 11-1-03 (35-yard pass to By Opponent: 83, Marshall, 10-1-16, Chase Litton to Michael Clark. Larry Fitzgerald; 47-yard catch from Rod Rutherford; 3-yard rush). By Opponent: DNA 90+ yard TD reception: By Pitt: 91, at Rutgers, 9-17-92, Alex Van Pelt to Dietrich Jells. SPECIAL TEAMS INDIVIDUAL By Opponent: 91, Oklahoma St., 9-17-16, Mason Rudolph to James Washington. Three ϐield goals: By Pitt: Chris Blewitt vs. Georgia Tech, 10-8-16. COMBOS By Opponent: Michael Badgley, Miami, 11-5-16. 100 yards rushing and 100 yards passing (one player): By Pitt: Billy Daniels vs. Syracuse (165 rushing/121 passing), 11-3-73. Four ϐield goals: By Opponent: Keenan Reynolds, Navy (144 rushing/126 passing), By Pitt: Kevin Harper at Notre Dame, 11-3-12. 12-28-15 (Military Bowl). By Opponent: Joey Slye (6), Virginia Tech, 10-27-16.
100-yard rusher and 300-yard passer: Five ϐield goals: By Pitt: 11-12-16 at Clemson, James Conner (132 rushing) and By Pitt: Conor Lee at Notre Dame, 11-1-08. Nathan Peterman (308 passing). By Opponent: Joey Slye (6), Virginia Tech, 10-27-16. By Opponent: 11-5-16, Miami, Mark Walton (125 rushing) and Brad Kaaya (356 passing). 50-yard ϐield goal: By Pitt: 50, Chris Blewitt at North Carolina, 9-24-16. 100-yard rusher and 400-yard passer: By Opponent: 51, Ross Martin, Duke, 11-14-15. By Pitt: 9-21-13 at Duke, James Conner (173 rushing) and Tom Sav- age (424 passing). Missed PAT kick (not blocked): By Opponent: 9-17-16, Oklahoma State, Rennie Childs (101 rushing) By Pitt: Chris Blewitt vs. Marshall, 10-1-16. and Mason Rudolph (540 passing). By Opponent: Team, North Carolina, 11-15-14.
100-yard rusher, 100-yard receiver and 300-yard passer: Blocked PAT kick: By Pitt: 11-12-16 at Clemson, James Conner (132 rushing), Scott By Pitt: Avonte Maddox vs. Navy (Military Bowl) (Navy kicker Austin Orndoff (128 receiving) and Nathan Peterman (308 passing). Grebe), 12-28-15. By Opponent: 11-5-16, Miami, Mark Walton (125 rushing), Ahmmon By Opponent: Dexter Lawrence, Clemson (Pitt kicker Chris Blewitt), Richards (144 receiving) and Brad Kaaya (356 passing). 11-12-16.
200-yard rusher, 200-yard receiver and 300-yard passer: 70+ yard punt: By Pitt: 10-21-00 vs. Boston College, Kevan Barlow (209 rushing), By Pitt: 71 yards, Dan Hutchins vs. Louisville, 10-30-10. Antonio Bryant (222 receiving) and John Turman (332 passing). By Opponent: 77 yards, Alec Vozenilek, Virginia, 9-28-13. By Opponent: DNA Blocked punt: SCORING INDIVIDUAL By Pitt: George Aston at Oklahoma State, 9-17-16. By Opponent: Tyriq McCord, Miami, 11-29-13. Three total touchdowns: By Pitt: James Conner vs. Virginia Tech (three rushing), 10-27-16. Blocked punt for a touchdown: By Opponent: Wayne Gallman, Clemson (three rushing), 11-12-16. By Pitt: Pat Amara Jr. at Iowa, 28 yards (blocked by Ryan Lewis), 9-19-15. By Opponent: Brandon Bing, Rutgers (recovered in end zone, Four total touchdowns: blocked by Wayne Warren), 10-23-10. By Pitt: James Conner at North Carolina (four rushing), 11-15-14. By Opponent: Rennie Childs, Oklahoma State (four rushing), 9-17-16. Blocked ϐield goal: By Pitt: Shakir Soto at Georgia Tech, 10-17-15. Two-point conversion (rushing): By Opponent: Dexter Lawrence, Clemson, 11-12-16. By Pitt: Nathan Peterman vs. Miami, 11-27-15. By Opponent: Everett Golson, Notre Dame, 11-3-12.
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SPECIAL TEAMS INDIVIDUAL (cont.) 60 points scored by team: Blocked ϐield goal for a touchdown: By Pitt: 62 vs. Delaware, 8-30-14. By Pitt: Bernard “Josh” Lay vs. Connecticut, 71 yards, 11-12-05. By Opponent: 60, Notre Dame, 11-16-96. By Opponent: Ronyell Whitaker, Virginia Tech, 71 yards, 11-3-01. 40+ point margin of victory (vs. FBS teams only): Kickoff return for a touchdown: By Pitt: 56-14 vs. Duke, 11-19-16. By Pitt: Quadree Henderson at Miami, 100 yards, 11-5-16. By Opponent: 60-6 at Notre Dame, 11-16-96. By Opponent: J.J. Green, Georgia Tech, 96 yards, 10-8-16. 50+ point margin of victory (vs. FBS teams only): Punt return for a touchdown (not blocked): By Pitt: 76-0 at Temple, 9-24-76. By Pitt: Quadree Henderson vs. Duke, 65 yards, 11-19-16. By Opponent: 60-6 at Notre Dame, 11-16-96. By Opponent: Ryan Switzer, North Carolina, 65 & 61 yards, 11-16-13. 20 ϐirst-quarter points: DEFENSE INDIVIDUAL By Pitt: 20 vs. Marshall, 10-1-16. 15+ tackles: By Opponent: 21, Virginia, 10-15-16. By Pitt: 19, Matt Galambos vs. Navy (Military Bowl), 12-28-15. By Opponent: 16, Quin Blanding, Virginia, 10-15-16. 20 second-quarter points: By Pitt: 21 at Virginia, 10-15-16. 20+ tackles: By Opponent: 21, Oklahoma State, 9-17-16. By Pitt: 20, H.B. Blades at Louisville, 11-3-05. By Opponent: 20, David Bavaro, Syracuse, 12-3-88. 20 third-quarter points: By Pitt: 24 at Connecticut, 12-6-08. Three sacks: By Opponent: 21, Louisville, 10-13-12. By Pitt: 5, Ejuan Price vs. Louisville, 11-21-15. By Opponent: 3.5, Kareem Martin, North Carolina, 11-16-13. 20 fourth-quarter points: By Pitt: 28 vs. FIU, 10-2-10. Four sacks: By Opponent: 29, Houston (Armed Forces Bowl), 1-2-15. By Pitt: 5, Ejuan Price vs. Louisville, 11-21-15. By Opponent: 4, Brandon Sharpe, Syracuse, 10-5-12. 30 points scored in ϐirst half: Four tackles for loss: By Pitt: 35 at Virginia, 10-15-16. By Pitt: 4, Ejuan Price at Oklahoma State, 9-17-16. By Opponent: 31, Oklahoma State, 9-17-16. By Opponent: 4, Cole Walterscheid, Oklahoma State, 9-17-16. 30 points scored in second half: Two fumble recoveries: By Pitt: 31 vs. FIU, 10-2-10. By Pitt: 2, Mike Caprara vs. Penn State, 9-10-16. By Opponent: 35, Syracuse, 10-13-01. By Opponent: 2, Quayshawn Nealy, Georgia Tech, 10-25-14. Failed to score a touchdown: Two interceptions: By Pitt: BBVA Compass Bowl vs. SMU, 1-7-12 (Pitt lost, 28-6). By Pitt: Ray Vinopal vs. Notre Dame, 11-9-13. By Opponent: Delaware, 8-30-14 (Pitt won, 62-0). By Opponent: Desmond King, Iowa, 9-19-15. Two defensive touchdowns (same game): Three interceptions: By Pitt: Ricky Gary (3-yard fumble return) and Scott McKillop (18- By Pitt: Shawntae Spencer, vs. Ohio, 8-31-02. yard interception return) vs. Louisville, 11-8-08. By Opponent: Keion Carpenter, Virginia Tech, 9-26-98. By Opponent: USF, Nate Allen (37-yard interception return) and Trae Williams (21-yard interception return), 11-24-07. Interception return for a touchdown: By Pitt: Jordan Whitehead, at Virginia, 59 yards, 10-15-16. Shutout: By Opponent: Bryon Fields, Duke, 36 yards, 11-19-16. By Pitt: 62-0 vs. Delaware, 8-30-14. By Opponent: Oregon State, 3-0, 12-31-08 (Sun Bowl). Two interception returns for touchdowns (same game): By Pitt: Darrelle Revis (19 yards) followed by Clint Session (78 Shutout at home: yards) vs. Virginia, 9-2-06. By Pitt: 62-0 vs. Delaware, 8-30-14. By Opponent: USF, Nate Allen (37 yards) followed by Trae Williams By Opponent: Miami (Fla.), 45-0, 9-28-96. (21 yards), 11-24-07. Shutout on the road: Fumble return for a touchdown: By Pitt: 42-0 at Rutgers, 11-10-01. By Pitt: Matt Galambos at Oklahoma State (two yards), 9-17-16. By Opponent: West Virginia, 34-0, 8-31-96. By Opponent: Rob Rolle, Villanova (three yards), 9-3-16. First half shutout: TEAM SCORING By Pitt: 27-0 vs. Marshall, 10-1-16 (Pitt won, 43-27). 40 points scored by team: By Opponent: Connecticut, 24-0, 11-9-12 (Pitt lost, 24-17). By Pitt: 56 vs. Duke, 11-19-16. By Opponent: 42, Clemson, 11-12-16. Second half shutout: By Pitt: 28-0 vs. Duke, 11-19-16 (Pitt won, 56-14). 50 points scored by team: By Opponent: Virginia, 3-0, 9-28-13 (Pitt won, 14-3). By Pitt: 56 vs. Duke, 11-19-16. By Opponent: 51, Miami, 11-5-16.
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OVERTIME GAMES Held an opponent to negative yards rushing: Overtime win at home: By Pitt: -1, vs. Louisville, 11-21-15 (24 att.). By Pitt: 20-17 vs. Boston College, 10-16-04. By Opponent: -5, Georgia Tech, 11-2-13 (21 att.). By Opponent: Notre Dame, 29-26 (3OT), 11-3-12. PENALTIES Overtime win on the road: 100+ yards in penalties: By Pitt: 36-33 (4OT) at Notre Dame, 11-1-08. By Pitt: 112 vs. Old Dominion, 10 penalties, 10-19-13. By Opponent: Duke, 51-48 (2OT), 11-1-14. By Opponent: 101, Clemson, 9 penalties, 11-12-16.
TEAM OFFENSE 10+ penalties 500 yards in total offense: By Pitt: 10 vs. Penn State, 79 yards, 9-10-16. By Pitt: 532, vs. Marshall, 10-1-16 (252 rush, 280 pass). By Opponent: 10, Virginia, 67 yards, 10-15-16. By Opponent: 630, Clemson, 11-12-16 (50 rush, 580 pass). Zero penalties: 600 yards in total offense: By Pitt: at Louisville, 11-12-11. By Pitt: 626 vs. Gardner-Webb, 9-22-12 (229 rush, 397 pass). By Opponent: West Virginia, 11-13-76. By Opponent: 630, Clemson, 11-12-16 (50 rush, 580 pass).
300 yards passing: By Pitt: 308, at Clemson, 11-12-16 (38 att., 22 comp., 5 TD). By Opponent: 580, Clemson, 11-12-16 (70 att., 52 comp., 3 TD, 3 INT). PITT HISTORY IN OVERTIME GAMES
400 yards passing: All-Time OT Games: 15 (6-9) By Pitt: 424 at Duke, 9-21-13 (33 att., 23 comp., 6 TD). By Opponent: 580, Clemson, 11-12-16 (70 att., 52 comp., 3 TD, 3 INT). 1OT Games: 6 (3-3) 2OT Games: 6 (1-5) 300 yards rushing: 3OT Games: 2 (1-1) By Pitt: 341 vs. Penn State, 9-10-16 (56 att., 3 TD). 4OT Games: 1 (1-0) By Opponent: 417, Navy (Military Bowl), 12-28-15 (71 att., 5 TD). DATE OPPONENT RESULT 400 yards rushing: Sept. 14, 1996 Houston L, 42-35 By Pitt: 409 vs. Delaware, 8-30-14 (56 att., 7 TD). By Opponent: 417, Navy (Military Bowl), 12-28-15 (71 att., 5 TD). Oct. 25, 1997 at Rutgers W, 55-48 (2OT) Nov. 28, 1997 at West Virginia W, 41-38 (3OT) 40 minutes in possession time: By Pitt: 41:09 at North Carolina, 9-24-16. Oct. 7, 2000 at Syracuse L, 24-17 (2OT) By Opponent: 42:05, Navy (Military Bowl), 12-28-15. Oct. 26, 2002 Boston College W, 19-16 99-yard touchdown drive: Sept. 25, 2004 Furman W, 41-38 By Pitt: vs. Penn State, 9-10-16 (10 plays, 4:43). By Opponent: Oklahoma State, 9-17-16 (7 plays, 2:33). Oct. 16, 2004 Boston College W, 20-17 Nov. 6, 2004 at Syracuse L, 38-31 (2OT) TEAM DEFENSE Held opponent under 100 yards in total offense: Sept. 9, 2005 at Ohio L, 16-10 By Pitt: 64, vs. Delaware, 8-30-14 (33 rushing, 31 passing). Nov. 11, 2006 at Connecticut L, 46-45 (2OT) By Opponent: 94, Boston College, 10-7-95 (-11 rushing, 105 passing). Oct. 10, 2007 Navy L, 48-45 (2OT) Held opponent under 100 yards passing: Nov. 1, 2008 at Notre Dame W, 36-33 (4OT) By Pitt: 91, at Virginia Tech, 10-3-15 (20 att., 9 comp. 1 TD, 3 INT). By Opponent: 91, Penn State, 9-10-16 (15 att., 11 comp., 3 TD, 1 INT). Sept. 2, 2010 at Utah L, 27-24 Nov. 3, 2012 at Notre Dame L, 29-26 (3OT) Held opponent under 100 yards rushing: By Pitt: 25, vs. Duke, 11-19-16 (22 att.) Nov. 1, 2014 Duke L, 51-48 (2OT) By Opponent: 86, Villanova, 9-3-16 (34 att.). Pitt wins in bold Held opponent under 75 yards rushing: By Pitt: 25, vs. Duke, 11-19-16 (22 att.) By Opponent: 55, Iowa, 9-19-15 (27 att.).
Held opponent under 50 yards rushing: By Pitt: 25, vs. Duke, 11-19-16 (22 att.) By Opponent: 21, Syracuse, 11-23-13 (27 att.).
Held opponent under 25 yards rushing: By Pitt: 18, at North Carolina, 9-24-16 (22 att.). By Opponent: 21, Syracuse, 11-23-13 (27 att.).
32 NCAA Statistics
Pittsburgh - 2016-17 Football Ranking Summary thru games 11/19/2016
National Conference Conference Statistic Rank Rank Value National Leader Value Leader Value
3rd Down Conversion Pct (128 ranked) 36 3 0.440 Western Mich. 0.558 Clemson 0.500
3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (128 ranked) 64 9 0.392 Michigan 0.211 Virginia Tech 0.276
4th Down Conversion Pct (128 ranked) 18 2 0.636 South Fla. 0.933 Louisville 0.692
4th Down Conversion Pct Defense (128 ranked) 110 12 0.650 Duke 0.182 Duke 0.182
Blocked Kicks (65 ranked) 65 11 1 Ga. Southern 7 Miami (FL) 5
Blocked Kicks Allowed (127 ranked) 93 9 3 38 teams tied 0 Virginia 0
Blocked Punts (18 ranked) 18 4 1 Michigan 4 Miami (FL) 3
Blocked Punts Allowed (128 ranked) 1 1 0 77 teams tied 0 8 teams tied 0
Completion Percentage (128 ranked) 56 9 0.594 Washington St. 0.718 North Carolina 0.701
Defensive TDs (31 ranked) 11 1 3 Alabama 9 4 teams tied 3
Fewest Penalties (128 ranked) 48 5 62 Navy 26 Georgia Tech 45
Fewest Penalties Per Game (128 ranked) 46 5 5.64 Navy 2.60 Georgia Tech 4.09
Fewest Penalty Yards (128 ranked) 44 5 533 Navy 206 Georgia Tech 383
Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (128 ranked) 42 5 48.45 Navy 20.60 Georgia Tech 34.82
First Downs Defense (128 ranked) 77 11 238 Michigan 148 Boston College 169
First Downs Offense (128 ranked) 71 9 228 Texas Tech 336 Florida St. 288 Louisville 288
Fumbles Lost (128 ranked) 53 4 7 Old Dominion 2 Miami (FL) 3 Nevada 2 Iowa 2
Fumbles Recovered (128 ranked) 34 6 9 Minnesota 15 Wake Forest 13
Kickoff Return Defense (128 ranked) 61 7 20.37 Memphis 14.92 Boston College 17.24
Kickoff Returns (128 ranked) 2 1 29.63 San Diego St. 29.68 Pittsburgh 29.63
Net Punting (128 ranked) 93 10 35.96 Utah 45.20 Virginia 41.20
Passes Had Intercepted (128 ranked) 12 3 5 Western Mich. 1 Georgia Tech 3
Passes Intercepted (128 ranked) 92 12 7 San Diego St. 20 Clemson 15
Passing Offense (128 ranked) 87 11 214.7 Texas Tech 451.8 Clemson 333.1
Passing Yards Allowed (128 ranked) 127 14 334.3 Michigan 137.0 North Carolina 178.5
Passing Yards per Completion (128 ranked) 13 3 14.40 Air Force 25.86 Georgia Tech 19.86
Punt Return Defense (128 ranked) 81 9 8.65 North Carolina 0.43 North Carolina 0.43
Punt Returns (128 ranked) 5 2 16.25 Texas A&M 28.58 Syracuse 18.88
Red Zone Defense (128 ranked) 114 13 0.915 Florida 0.654 Wake Forest 0.737
Red Zone Offense (128 ranked) 14 2 0.915 Florida St. 0.961 Florida St. 0.961
Rushing Defense (128 ranked) 4 1 98.1 Alabama 68.9 Pittsburgh 98.1
Rushing Offense (128 ranked) 31 3 214.9 New Mexico 342.1 Georgia Tech 260.3
Sacks Allowed (128 ranked) 3 1 0.82 Troy 0.50 Pittsburgh 0.82
Scoring Defense (128 ranked) 102 13 33.3 Michigan 10.9 Clemson 17.9
Scoring Offense (128 ranked) 15 2 39.3 Louisville 46.0 Louisville 46.0
Tackles for Loss Allowed (128 ranked) 75 9 6.00 Missouri 3.00 Clemson 4.73
Team Passing Efficiency (128 ranked) 14 3 153.99 Oklahoma 191.87 North Carolina 161.31
Team Passing Efficiency Defense (128 ranked) 106 13 144.13 Ohio St. 88.05 Clemson 101.59
Team Sacks (128 ranked) 9 3 3.27 Florida St. 3.73 Florida St. 3.73
Team Tackles for Loss (128 ranked) 33 7 6.6 Michigan 9.3 Clemson 8.7
Time of Possession (128 ranked) 26 3 32:03 Wisconsin 35:24 Boston College 33:44
Total Defense (128 ranked) 87 12 432.4 Michigan 245.6 Louisville 292.2
Total Offense (128 ranked) 53 6 429.6 Louisville 558.5 Louisville 558.5
Turnover Margin (127 ranked) 34 4 0.36 Western Mich. 1.36 Wake Forest 0.91 Washington 1.36 Old Dominion 1.36
Turnovers Gained (127 ranked) 74 11 16 BYU 27 Wake Forest 24
Turnovers Lost (128 ranked) 14 2 12 Western Mich. 5 Miami (FL) 10
Winning Percentage (128 ranked) 42 6 0.636 Western Mich. 1.000 Clemson 0.909 Alabama 1.000 National Conference Conference Statistic Player Rank Rank Value National Leader Value Leader Value
All Purpose (200 ranked) Quadree Henderson 12 2 150.91 Christian McCaffrey, Stanford 205.60 Dalvin Cook, Florida St. 169.73 James Conner 81 11 109.00
Blocked Kicks (4 ranked) Vincent Taylor, Oklahoma St. 4 Dexter Lawrence, Clemson 2 RJ McIntosh, Miami (FL) 2
Combined Kick Returns (198 ranked) Quadree Henderson 2 1 967 Charles Nelson, Oregon 986 Quadree Henderson, Pittsburgh 967
Completion Percentage (106 ranked) Nate Peterman 54 8 0.604 Luke Falk, Washington St. 0.714 Mitch Trubisky, North Carolina 0.697
Completions Per Game (100 ranked) Nate Peterman 80 11 14.82 Luke Falk, Washington St. 34.55 Eric Dungey, Syracuse 25.56
Field Goal Percentage (109 ranked) Chris Blewitt 96 10 0.600 Zane Gonzalez, Arizona St. 0.958 Mike Knoll, Boston College 0.909
Field Goals Per Game (128 ranked) Chris Blewitt 91 11 0.82 Austin Rehkow, Idaho 2.20 Joey Slye, Virginia Tech 1.73 Mike Weaver, Wake Forest 1.73
Forced Fumbles (55 ranked) Ejuan Price 28 5 0.27 Harold Landry, Boston College 0.64 Harold Landry, Boston College 0.64
Fumbles Recovered (19 ranked) Mike Caprara 19 3 2 Keishawn Bierria, Washington 5 Cameron Glenn, Wake Forest 3 Matt Galambos 19 3 2 Connor Strachan, Boston College 3
Interceptions Per Game (132 ranked) Avonte Maddox 119 11 0.2 Tarvarus McFadden, Florida St. 0.7 Tarvarus McFadden, Florida St. 0.7
Kickoff Return TDs (7 ranked) Quadree Henderson 1 1 3 Quadree Henderson, Pittsburgh 3 Quadree Henderson, Pittsburgh 3
Kickoff Returns (108 ranked) Quadree Henderson 5 2 32.2 Kylen Towner, Western Ky. 34.1 T.J. Logan, North Carolina 34.0
Passes Defended (29 ranked) Rashard Fant, Indiana 1.6 Breon Borders, Duke 1.3
Passing Efficiency (106 ranked) Nate Peterman 13 3 156.7 Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma 194.7 Mitch Trubisky, North Carolina 162.2
Passing TDs (155 ranked) Nate Peterman 28 5 22 Logan Woodside, Toledo 40 Lamar Jackson, Louisville 28 Deshaun Watson, Clemson 28
Passing Yards (130 ranked) Nate Peterman 53 11 2,351 Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech 4,466 Deshaun Watson, Clemson 3,279
Passing Yards Per Game (130 ranked) Nate Peterman 61 11 213.7 Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech 406.0 Deshaun Watson, Clemson 298.1
Passing Yards per Completion (106 ranked) Nate Peterman 10 2 14.42 Josh Allen, Wyoming 15.63 Lamar Jackson, Louisville 15.24
Points Responsible For (190 ranked) Nate Peterman 40 5 140 Lamar Jackson, Louisville 284 Lamar Jackson, Louisville 284 James Conner 75 12 104 Chris Blewitt 155 20 80
Points Responsible For Per Game (199 ranked) Nate Peterman 46 6 12.9 Lamar Jackson, Louisville 26.0 Lamar Jackson, Louisville 26.0 James Conner 88 12 9.5 Chris Blewitt 175 21 7.3
Punt Return TDs (6 ranked) Quadree Henderson 6 1 1 Christian Kirk, Texas A&M 3 6 players tied 1
Punt Returns (66 ranked) Brisly Estime, Syracuse 19.4 Brisly Estime, Syracuse 19.4
Punting (117 ranked) Ryan Winslow 36 5 42.6 Mitch Wishnowsky, Utah 48.6 Nicholas Conte, Virginia 44.6
Receiving TDs (143 ranked) Jester Weah 46 4 7 Corey Davis, Western Mich. 16 Deon Cain, Clemson 9 Scott Orndoff 101 17 5 Carlos Henderson, Louisiana Tech 16 Amba Etta-Tawo, Syracuse 9 George Aston 143 20 4
Receiving Yards (200 ranked) Jester Weah 81 9 696 Zay Jones, East Carolina 1,685 Amba Etta-Tawo, Syracuse 1,304 Scott Orndoff 147 17 540
Receiving Yards Per Game (200 ranked) Jester Weah 84 9 63.3 Zay Jones, East Carolina 153.2 Amba Etta-Tawo, Syracuse 118.5 Scott Orndoff 156 17 49.1
Receptions Per Game (199 ranked) Zay Jones, East Carolina 13.7 Amba Etta-Tawo, Syracuse 7.4
Rush Yards Per Carry (169 ranked) James Conner 90 8 5.00 Teriyon Gipson, New Mexico 8.41 Brandon Radcliff, Louisville 6.78
Rushing TDs (169 ranked) James Conner 12 3 14 Jeremy McNichols, Boise St. 22 Lamar Jackson, Louisville 19 Will Worth, Navy 22
Rushing Yards (200 ranked) James Conner 50 5 945 D'Onta Foreman, Texas 1,863 Dalvin Cook, Florida St. 1,467
Rushing Yards Per Game (200 ranked) James Conner 53 5 85.9 D'Onta Foreman, Texas 186.3 Dalvin Cook, Florida St. 133.4
Sacks (76 ranked) Ejuan Price 5 3 1.00 Hunter Dimick, Utah 1.27 Demarcus Walker, Florida St. 1.18
Scoring (197 ranked) James Conner 13 3 9.5 Jeremy McNichols, Boise St. 14.2 Lamar Jackson, Louisville 10.4 Chris Blewitt 82 10 7.3
Solo Tackles (45 ranked) Jordan Whitehead 37 6 5.1 Nate Holley, Kent St. 8.9 Quin Blanding, Virginia 5.9
Tackles For Loss (33 ranked) Ejuan Price 5 2 1.7 Haason Reddick, Temple 1.8 Bradley Chubb, North Carolina St. 1.8
Total Interceptions (49 ranked) Tarvarus McFadden, Florida St. 8 Tarvarus McFadden, Florida St. 8
Total Offense (200 ranked) Nate Peterman 66 11 233.0 Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech 430.2 Lamar Jackson, Louisville 406.9 James Conner 165 18 85.9
Total Points Scored (150 ranked) James Conner 14 3 102 Jeremy McNichols, Boise St. 156 Lamar Jackson, Louisville 114 Chris Blewitt 69 10 80
Total Tackles (148 ranked) Jordan Whitehead 130 17 7.2 Rodney Butler, New Mexico St. 13.9 Micah Kiser, Virginia 10.9
Total Touchdowns (130 ranked) James Conner 8 3 17 Jeremy McNichols, Boise St. 26 Lamar Jackson, Louisville 19 Quadree Henderson 97 8 9 George Aston 130 12 8
Yards per Pass Attempt (106 ranked) Nate Peterman 12 2 8.71 Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma 10.87 Lamar Jackson, Louisville 8.71
Yards per Reception (200 ranked) Jester Weah 3 1 23.20 Jalen Robinette, Air Force 26.33 Jester Weah, Pittsburgh 23.20 Scott Orndoff 56 9 16.88 University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Game Results (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time Attend 9/3/16 VILLANOVA W 28-7 1-0 0-0 3:15 50149 9/10/16 PENN STATE W 42-39 2-0 0-0 3:44 69983 9/17/16 at Oklahoma State L 38-45 2-1 0-0 5:40 53514 * 9/24/16 at North Carolina L 36-37 2-2 0-1 3:31 54500 10/1/16 MARSHALL W 43-27 3-2 0-1 3:08 45246 * 10/8/16 GEORGIA TECH W 37-34 4-2 1-1 3:16 47425 * 10/15/16 at Virginia W 45-31 5-2 2-1 3:38 39522 * 10/27/16 VIRGINIA TECH L 36-39 5-3 2-2 3:32 40254 * 11/5/16 at Miami (FL) L 28-51 5-4 2-3 3:34 51796 * 11/12/16 at Clemson W 43-42 6-4 3-3 3:50 81048 * 11/19/16 DUKE W 56-14 7-4 4-3 3:01 35425 University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
Team Statistics UP OPP SCORING 432 366 Points Per Game 39.3 33.3 Points Off Turnovers 75 44 FIRST DOWNS 228 238 R u s h in g 107 63 P a s s in g 100 157 P e n a lt y2118 RUSHING YARDAGE 2364 1079 Yards gained rushing 2609 1412 Yards lost rushing 245 333 Rushing Attempts 470 341 Average Per Rush 5.0 3.2 Average Per Game 214.9 98.1 TDs Rushing 29 21 PASSING YARDAGE 2362 3677 C o m p - A t t - I n t 164-276-5 284-452-7 Average Per Pass 8.6 8.1 Average Per Catch 14.4 12.9 Average Per Game 214.7 334.3 TDs Passing 22 22 TOTAL OFFENSE 4726 4756 Total Plays 746 793 Average Per Play 6.3 6.0 Average Per Game 429.6 432.4 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 30-889 52-1059 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 12-195 26-225 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 7-162 5-48 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 29.6 20.4 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 16.2 8.7 INT RETURN AVERAGE 23.1 9.6 FUMBLES-LOST 14-7 14-9 PENALTIES-Yards 62-533 71-618 Average Per Game 48.5 56.2 PUNTS-Yards 52-2215 55-2226 Average Per Punt 42.6 40.5 Net punt average 36.0 36.6 KICKOFFS-Yards 76-4703 69-4326 Average Per Kick 61.9 62.7 Net kick average 40.1 36.4 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 2 : 0 3 2 7 : 5 7 3RD-DOWN Conversions 66/150 62/158 3rd-Down Pct 44% 39% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 7/11 13/20 4th-Down Pct 64% 65% SACKS BY-Yards 36-261 9-57 MISC YARDS -16 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 58 46 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 9-15 15-18 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 1-3 RED-ZONE SCORES (43-47) 91% (43-47) 91% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (38-47) 81% (31-47) 66% PAT-ATTEMPTS (53-55) 96% (43-43) 100% ATTENDANCE 288482 280380 Games/Avg Per Game 6/48080 5/56076 Neutral Site Games 0/0
Score by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total PITT 105 153 76 98 0 432 Opponents 85 109 76 96 0 366 University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg James Conner 11 189 999 54 945 5.0 14 40 85.9 Quadree Henderson 11 194 17.6 1 65 Quadree Henderson 11 49 488 36 452 9.2 4 52 41.1 Avonte Maddox 1 1 1.0 0 0 Chawntez Moss 9 38 226 5 221 5.8 1 41 24.6 Total 12 195 16.2 1 65 Nathan Peterman 11 63 289 77 212 3.4 1 30 19.3 Opponents 26 225 8.7 0 59 Darrin Hall 10 31 142 7 135 4.4 0 20 13.5 Qadree Ollison 11 27 111 8 103 3.8 2 18 9.4 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Jordan Whitehead 9 9 98 0 98 10.9 0 28 10.9 Avonte Maddox 2 33 16.5 1 33 George Aston 10 18 74 5 69 3.8 4 14 6.9 Ryan Lewis 2 0 0.0 0 0 Tre Tipton 9 11 63 2 61 5.5 0 21 6.8 Terrish Webb 1 0 0.0 0 0 Maurice Ffrench 7 11 50 5 45 4.1 1 11 6.4 Saleem Brightwell 1 70 70.0 0 70 Brian O'Neill 11 2 29 0 29 14.5 2 24 2.6 Jordan Whitehead 1 59 59.0 1 59 Rafael Araujo-Lopes 11 5 23 0 23 4.6 0 12 2.1 Total 7 162 23.1 2 70 Manny Stocker 4 2 9 0 9 4.5 0 8 2.2 Opponents 5 48 9.6 1 36 Dontez Ford 6 3 8 0 8 2.7 0 6 1.3 TEAM 8 12 0 46 -46 -3.8 0 0 -5.8 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Total 11 470 2609 245 2364 5.0 29 52 214.9 Quadree Henderson 24 773 32.2 3 100 Opponents 11 341 1412 333 1079 3.2 21 67 98.1 Rafael Araujo-Lopes 3 98 32.7 0 69 Jaymar Parrish 1 2 2.0 0 2 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Rachid Ibrahim 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 Nathan Peterman 11 156.70 163-270-5 60.4 2351 22 75 213.7 Avonte Maddox 1 20 20.0 0 20 TEAM 8 0.00 0-3-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 30 889 29.6 3 100 Ryan Winslow 11 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Opponents 52 1059 20.4 1 96 Tre Tipton 9 192.40 1-1-0 100. 11 0 11 1.2 Total 11 153.99 164-276-5 59.4 2362 22 75 214.7 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Opponents 11 144.13 284-452-7 62.8 3677 22 91 334.3 Matt Galambos 2 10 5.0 1 8 Jordan Whitehead 1 9 9.0 0 9 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Total 3 19 6.3 1 9 Scott Orndoff 11 32 540 16.9 5 74 49.1 Opponents 4 16 4.0 1 9 Jester Weah 11 30 696 23.2 7 75 63.3 Quadree Henderson 11 23 241 10.5 1 37 21.9 George Aston 10 20 162 8.1 4 23 16.2 James Conner 11 18 254 14.1 3 55 23.1 Dontez Ford 6 12 146 12.2 1 32 24.3 Tre Tipton 9 12 142 11.8 1 25 15.8 Jaymar Parrish 11 4 78 19.5 0 44 7.1 Aaron Mathews 10 4 16 4.0 0 9 1.6 Rafael Araujo-Lopes 11 3 36 12.0 0 22 3.3 Chawntez Moss 9 2 18 9.0 0 11 2.0 Darrin Hall 10 2 14 7.0 0 12 1.4 Nathan Peterman 11 1 11 11.0 0 11 1.0 Qadree Ollison 11 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.7 Total 11 164 2362 14.4 22 75 214.7 Opponents 11 284 3677 12.9 22 91 334.3 University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g James Conner 17 - - - 1 - - - 104 Nathan Peterman 11 333 212 2351 2563 233.0 Chris Blewitt - 9-15 53-55 - - - - - 80 James Conner 11 189 945 0 945 85.9 Quadree Henderson 9 ------54 Quadree Henderson 11 49 452 0 452 41.1 George Aston 8 ------48 Chawntez Moss 9 38 221 0 221 24.6 Jester Weah 7 ------42 Darrin Hall 10 31 135 0 135 13.5 Scott Orndoff 5 ------30 Qadree Ollison 11 27 103 0 103 9.4 Qadree Ollison 2 ------12 Jordan Whitehead 9 9 98 0 98 10.9 Brian O'Neill 2 ------12 Tre Tipton 9 12 61 11 72 8.0 Maurice Ffrench 1 ------6 George Aston 10 18 69 0 69 6.9 Nathan Peterman 1 - - - - 1-2 - - 6 Maurice Ffrench 7 11 45 0 45 6.4 Chawntez Moss 1 ------6 Brian O'Neill 11 2 29 0 29 2.6 Tre Tipton 1 ------6 Rafael Araujo-Lopes 11 5 23 0 23 2.1 Dontez Ford 1 ------6 Manny Stocker 4 2 9 0 9 2.2 Avonte Maddox 1 ------6 Dontez Ford 6 3 8 0 8 1.3 Jordan Whitehead 1 ------6 TEAM 8 15 -46 0 -46 -5.8 Matt Galambos 1 ------6 Total 11 746 2364 2362 4726 429.6 Ejuan Price ------1 2 Opponents 11 793 1079 3677 4756 432.4 Total 58 9-15 53-55 - 1 1-2 - 1 432 Opponents 46 15-18 43-43 - 1 1-3 - - 366
Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Chris Blewitt 9-15 60.0 0-0 2-2 2-3 4-7 1-3 50 2 Ryan Winslow 52 2215 42.6 53 6 11 11 7 0 Total 52 2215 42.6 53 6 11 11 7 0 FG Sequence PITT Opponents Opponents 55 2226 40.5 69 1 25 26 8 1 Villanova 39,47 - Penn State 50 (38) Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Oklahoma State (48) 49,(45) Chris Blewitt 76 4703 61.9 24 0 North Carolina (50),(40) (34),35 Total 76 4703 61.9 24 0 20.4 40.1 24 Marshall (20) - Opponents 69 4326 62.7 37 2 29.6 36.4 28 Georgia Tech (34),(41),(31) (37),(41) Virginia 47,(25) (36) Virginia Tech - (31),(21),(22),(26),(37),(22 Miami (FL) 43 (46),(48),(25) Clemson 53,(48) - Duke - 31
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Quadree Hende 11 452 241 194 773 0 1660 150.9 James Conner 11 945 254 0 0 0 1199 109.0 Jester Weah 11 0 696 0 0 0 696 63.3 Scott Orndoff 11 0 540 0 0 0 540 49.1 Chawntez Moss 9 221 18 0 0 0 239 26.6 George Aston 10 69 162 0 0 0 231 23.1 Nathan Peterma 11 212 11 0 0 0 223 20.3 Tre Tipton 9 61 142 0 0 0 203 22.6 Jordan Whitehe 9 98 0 0 0 59 157 17.4 Rafael Araujo-L 11 23 36 0 98 0 157 14.3 Dontez Ford 6 8 146 0 0 0 154 25.7 Darrin Hall 10 135 14 0 0 0 149 14.9 Qadree Ollison 11 103 8 0 0 0 111 10.1 Jaymar Parrish 11 0 78 0 2 0 80 7.3 Saleem Brightw 10 0 0 0 0 70 70 7.0 Avonte Maddox 9 0 0 1 20 33 54 6.0 Maurice Ffrenc 7 45 0 0 0 0 45 6.4 Brian O'Neill 11 29 0 0 0 0 29 2.6 Aaron Mathews 10 0 16 0 0 0 16 1.6 Manny Stocker 4 9 0 0 0 0 9 2.2 Rachid Ibrahim 11 0 0 0 -4 0 -4 -0.4 TEAM 8 -46 0 0 0 0 -46 -5.8 Total 11 2364 2362 195 889 162 5972 542.9 Opponents 11 1079 3677 225 1059 48 6088 553.5 University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 38 Ryan Lewis 11 51 16 67 1.5-5 1.0-4 2-0 7 1 . . . . 9 Jordan Whitehead 9 46 19 65 1.5-5 . 1-59 2 . 1-9 1 . . 23 Oluwaseun Idowu 11 31 30 61 2.0-2 . . . 1 . 2 . . 47 Matt Galambos 11 30 27 57 2.5-7 0.5-3 . 1 5 2-10 . . . 2 Terrish Webb 11 38 17 55 1.0-1 . 1-0 6 . . 1 . . 14 Avonte Maddox 9 35 7 42 8.0-35 2.5-21 2-33 6 . . . . . 5 Ejuan Price 11 27 9 36 19.0-102 11.0-75 . . 11 . 3 . 1 52 Shakir Soto 11 27 9 36 7.0-21 2.5-12 . 1 2 . . . . 15 Reggie Mitchell 11 17 18 35 . . . 2 . . . . . 30 Mike Caprara 8 16 15 31 4.5-40 2.5-32 . 1 2 2-0 . . . 6 Tyrique Jarrett 9 19 11 30 1.5-6 1.0-6 . . 1 . . . . 58 Quintin Wirginis 11 16 7 23 4.5-28 4.0-27 . 1 . 1-0 . . . 92 Rori Blair 10 12 10 22 5.0-36 3.5-32 . . 4 . 1 . . 4 Bam Bradley 9 13 7 20 4.5-20 1.0-15 . 1 1 . . . . 39 Saleem Brightwell 10 11 9 20 3.0-14 2.0-13 1-70 1 1 1-0 . . . 94 Jeremiah Taleni 5 5 10 15 3.0-7 1.5-5 . . 1 . . . . 11 Dane Jackson 10 7 7 14 . . . 2 . . . . . 29 Rachid Ibrahim 11 6 4 10 ...... 20 Dennis Briggs 11 4 6 10 1.0-8 1.0-8 . 1 . . 1 . . 35 George Aston 10 4 4 8 . . . . . 1-0 . 1 . 43 Jay Stocker 9 5 3 8 ...... 3 Damar Hamlin 3 4 4 8 ...... 32 Phillipie Motley 8 5 3 8 . . . 2 . . . . . 96 Allen Edwards 9 3 4 7 1.0-3 1.0-3 . . 1 . . . . 84 Zach Poker 10 2 2 4 ...... 93 Shane Roy 8 3 1 4 1.0-1 . . . . 1-0 . . . 41 Jalen Williams 2 4 . 4 ...... 40 James Folston Jr. 10 3 1 4 0.5-0 . . . 1 . . . . 26 Chawntez Moss 9 1 2 3 ...... 1 . . 12 Chris Blewitt 11 2 1 3 ...... 6M Aaron Mathews 10 3 . 3 ...... 82 Rafael Araujo-Lopes 11 3 . 3 ...... 83 Scott Orndoff 11 2 1 3 ...... 31 Jaymar Parrish 11 2 . 2 ...... 1 . . 66 Mike Herndon 4 1 1 2 1.0-5 1.0-5 ...... 45 Devon Edwards 4 . 2 2 ...... 5T Tre Tipton 9 1 1 2 ...... 19 Dontez Ford 6 2 . 2 ...... 37 Qadree Ollison 11 1 . 1 ...... 61 Pat Quirin 11 1 . 1 ...... 85 Jester Weah 11 1 . 1 ...... 70 Brian O'Neill 11 . 1 1 ...... 34 Amir Watts 6 1 . 1 ...... 4P Nathan Peterman 11 1 . 1 ...... Total 11 466 269 735 73-346 36-261 7-162 34 32 9-19 11 1 1 Opponents 11 415 329 744 66-186 9-57 5-48 35 34 7-16 9 3 . University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Team Game-by-Game (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
TEAM STATISTICS
Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off 9/3/16 VILLANOVA 34 86 1 11 19 175 2 19 19-33-0 175 2 19 2 118 1 96 4 58 0 31 261 9/10/16 PENN STATE 56 341 3 38 11 91 3 24 11-15-1 91 3 24 3 98 0 84 1 1 0 0 432 9/17/16 at Oklahoma State 54 290 3 50 14 237 1 60 14-30-1 237 1 60 2 31 0 16 1 7 0 7 527 9/24/16 at North Carolina 55 281 4 37 14 140 0 39 14-18-0 140 0 39 5 124 0 46 1 1 0 1 421 10/1/16 MARSHALL 41 252 3 41 17 280 2 54 17-24-0 280 2 54 2 43 0 23 0 0 0 0 532 10/8/16 GEORGIA TECH 42 215 3 24 14 192 1 74 14-20-0 192 1 74 3 67 0 31 0 0 0 0 407 10/15/16 at Virginia 49 209 2 20 11 137 2 38 11-21-0 137 2 38 5 210 1 93 3 46 0 29 346 10/27/16 VIRGINIA TECH 32 180 4 40 14 278 1 71 14-23-1 278 1 71 4 57 0 20 0 0 0 0 458 11/5/16 at Miami (FL) 34 130 1 22 17 287 2 75 17-36-1 287 2 75 2 111 1 100 1 17 0 17 417 11/12/16 at Clemson 33 156 1 27 22 308 5 55 22-38-0 308 5 55 1 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 464 11/19/16 DUKE 40 224 4 52 11 237 3 56 11-18-1 237 3 56 1 14 0 14 1 65 1 65 461 PITT 470 2364 29 52 164 2362 22 75 164-276-5 2362 22 75 30 889 3 100 12 195 1 65 4726 Opponents 341 1079 21 67 284 3677 22 91 284-452-7 3677 22 91 52 1059 1 96 26 225 0 59 4756
Games: 11 • Avg/rush: 5.0 • Avg/catch: 14.4 • Pass effic: 153.99 • KR avg: 29.6 • PR avg: 16.2 • All purpose avg/game: 542.9 • Total offense avg/gm: 429.6
Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts 9/3/16 VILLANOVA 41 16 57 8.0-65 6.0-58 1 1-0 1-0 11 5 0 4-4 0 0 0 0 28 9/10/16 PENN STATE 54 10 64 7.0-44 4.0-33 5 3-9 1-0 4 2 0 6-6 0 0 0 14 42 9/17/16 at Oklahoma State 40 16 56 10.0-42 3.0-22 1 2-2 0-0 0 6 1 5-5 0 0 0 14 38 9/24/16 at North Carolina 41 20 61 8.0-45 4.0-36 1 1-0 0-0 1 2 0 4-4 0 0 1 7 36 10/1/16 MARSHALL 37 24 61 4.0-27 2.0-24 0 0-0 1-33 0 3 0 4-5 0 0 0 6 43 10/8/16 GEORGIA TECH 43 18 61 6.0-15 2.0-9 0 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 4-4 0 0 0 0 37 10/15/1 at Virginia 26 36 62 4.0-38 4.0-38 0 0-0 1-59 0 4 0 6-6 0 0 0 7 45 10/27/1 VIRGINIA TECH 45 28 73 8.0-20 3.0-10 1 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 4-4 0 1 0 0 36 11/5/16 at Miami (FL) 43 38 81 4.0-6 1.0-3 0 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 4-4 0 0 0 0 28 11/12/1 at Clemson 52 44 96 5.0-16 2.0-8 0 0-0 3-70 1 2 0 4-5 0 0 0 13 43 11/19/1 DUKE 44 19 63 9.0-28 5.0-20 2 2-8 0-0 7 5 0 8-8 0 0 0 14 56 PITT 466 269 735 73.0-346 36.0-261 11 9-19 7-162 32 34 1 53-55 0 1 1 75 432 Opponents 415 329 744 66.0-186 9.0-57 9 7-16 5-48 34 35 3 43-43 0 1 0 44 366
Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob 9/3/16 VILLANOVA 6 254 42.3 53 01113 0-201530260.4 1 0 9/10/16 PENN STATE 5 213 42.6 48 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0 0 7 430 61.4 2 0 9/17/16 at Oklahoma State 11 466 42.4 53 00514 1-1480745064.3 5 0 9/24/16 at North Carolina 4 159 39.8 53 0 0 1 1 1 2-2 50 0 7 450 64.3 4 0 10/1/16 MARSHALL 1 39 39.0 39 00000 1-1200745164.4 2 0 10/8/16 GEORGIA TECH 1 47 47.0 47 0 0 0 0 0 3-3 41 0 7 450 64.3 3 0 10/15/1 at Virginia 5 244 48.8 52 01121 1-2250848060.0 3 0 10/27/1 VIRGINIA TECH 6 239 39.8 46 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 6 342 57.0 1 0 11/5/16 at Miami (FL) 5 223 44.6 53 02110 0-100532264.4 2 0 11/12/1 at Clemson 5 217 43.4 52 0 1 0 1 0 1-2 48 1 8 479 59.9 1 0 11/19/1 DUKE 3 114 38.0 48 01101 0-000954760.8 0 0 PITT 52 2215 42.6 53 0 6 11 7 11 9-15 50 2 76 4703 61.9 24 0 Opponents 55 2226 40.5 69 1 1 25 8 26 15-18 48 0 69 4326 62.7 37 2 University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
OPPONENT STATISTICS
Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off 9/3/16 VILLANOVA 33 53 0 24 16 119 0 15 16-32-1 119 0 15 4 56 0 19 1 13 0 13 172 9/10/16 PENN STATE 31 74 4 29 24 332 1 40 24-35-1 332 1 40 5 110 0 33 4 61 0 59 406 9/17/16 at Oklahoma State 32 100 4 67 26 540 2 91 26-46-0 540 2 91 2 34 0 19 4 34 0 11 640 9/24/16 at North Carolina 22 18 0 13 35 453 5 58 35-46-0 453 5 58 3 51 0 22 2 15 0 14 471 10/1/16 MARSHALL 30 104 2 16 20 240 2 83 20-32-1 240 2 83 5 101 0 31 1 7 0 7 344 10/8/16 GEORGIA TECH 45 241 2 45 7 130 1 31 7-10-0 130 1 31 4 151 1 96 1 8 0 8 371 10/15/16 at Virginia 26 86 3 44 20 278 1 74 20-45-1 278 1 74 5 94 0 30 3 19 0 18 364 10/27/16 VIRGINIA TECH 39 150 1 26 24 406 2 41 24-43-0 406 2 41 5 64 0 18 4 33 0 20 556 11/5/16 at Miami (FL) 36 178 2 55 32 356 4 41 32-47-0 356 4 41 3 83 0 34 2 22 0 15 534 11/12/16 at Clemson 25 50 3 8 52 580 3 31 52-70-3 580 3 31 7 117 0 26 3 1 0 3 630 11/19/16 DUKE 22 25 0 14 28 243 1 43 28-46-0 243 1 43 9 198 0 40 1 12 0 12 268 Opponents 341 1079 21 67 284 3677 22 91 284-452-7 3677 22 91 52 1059 1 96 26 225 0 59 4756 PITT 470 2364 29 52 164 2362 22 75 164-276-5 2362 22 75 30 889 3 100 12 195 1 65 4726
Games: 11 • Avg/rush: 3.2 • Avg/catch: 12.9 • Pass effic: 144.13 • KR avg: 20.4 • PR avg: 8.7 • All purpose avg/game: 553.5 • Total offense avg/gm: 432.4
Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts 9/3/16 VILLANOVA 37 30 67 7.0-27 1.0-16 1 1-3 0-0 6 2 1 1-1 0 0 0 7 7 9/10/16 PENN STATE 47 28 75 9.0-17 0.0-0 1 1-4 1-8 3 1 0 4-4 0 1 0 3 39 9/17/16 at Oklahoma State 51 22 73 11.0-34 2.0-14 0 0-0 1-3 3 5 0 6-6 0 0 0 0 45 9/24/16 at North Carolina 44 44 88 3.0-3 0.0-0 1 1-0 0-0 0 1 0 4-4 0 0 0 3 37 10/1/16 MARSHALL 42 18 60 4.0-9 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 2 5 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 27 10/8/16 GEORGIA TECH 40 24 64 5.0-12 1.0-1 0 1-0 0-0 4 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 7 34 10/15/1 at Virginia 32 48 80 3.0-9 1.0-2 1 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 4-4 0 0 0 0 31 10/27/1 VIRGINIA TECH 34 20 54 7.0-17 0.0-0 3 1-0 1-1 2 5 0 3-3 0 0 0 3 39 11/5/16 at Miami (FL) 28 32 60 6.0-28 1.0-12 1 1-9 1-0 7 5 0 6-6 0 0 0 7 51 11/12/1 at Clemson 31 39 70 8.0-21 2.0-7 1 1-0 0-0 3 3 2 6-6 0 0 0 7 42 11/19/1 DUKE 29 24 53 3.0-9 1.0-5 0 0-0 1-36 4 1 0 2-2 0 0 0 7 14 Opponents 415 329 744 66.0-186 9.0-57 9 7-16 5-48 34 35 3 43-43 0 1 0 44 366 PITT 466 269 735 73.0-346 36.0-261 11 9-19 7-162 32 34 1 53-55 0 1 1 75 432
Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob 9/3/16 VILLANOVA 9 354 39.3 55 00216 0-000212462.0 0 0 9/10/16 PENN STATE 5 233 46.6 69 0 1 1 2 3 1-1 38 0 7 424 60.6 4 0 9/17/16 at Oklahoma State 7 303 43.3 65 10324 1-2450851464.2 5 1 9/24/16 at North Carolina 3 128 42.7 47 0 0 2 0 0 1-2 34 0 7 436 62.3 2 0 10/1/16 MARSHALL 5 186 37.2 42 00303 0-000425162.8 2 0 10/8/16 GEORGIA TECH 1 36 36.0 36 0 0 1 0 0 2-2 41 0 7 439 62.7 4 0 10/15/1 at Virginia 7 316 45.1 57 00321 1-1360529759.4 0 0 10/27/1 VIRGINIA TECH 3 94 31.3 37 0 0 2 0 3 6-6 37 0 10 635 63.5 6 0 11/5/16 at Miami (FL) 5 227 45.4 54 00312 3-34801065065.0 8 0 11/12/1 at Clemson 3 113 37.7 40 0 0 2 0 2 0-0 0 0 7 441 63.0 5 1 11/19/1 DUKE 7 236 33.7 43 00302 0-100211557.5 1 0 Opponents 55 2226 40.5 69 1 1 25 8 26 15-18 48 0 69 4326 62.7 37 2 PITT 52 2215 42.6 53 0 6 11 7 11 9-15 50 2 76 4703 61.9 24 0 University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Game Superlatives (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
Rushes 24 James Conner at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Yards Rushing 141 James Conner vs Virginia Tech (10/27/16) TD Rushes 3 James Conner vs Virginia Tech (10/27/16) Long Rush 52 Quadree Henderson vs Duke (11/19/16) Pass attempts 37 Nathan Peterman at Clemson (11/12/16) Pass completions 22 Nathan Peterman at Clemson (11/12/16) Yards Passing 308 Nathan Peterman at Clemson (11/12/16) TD Passes 5 Nathan Peterman at Clemson (11/12/16) Long Pass 75 Nathan Peterman at Miami (FL) (11/5/16) Receptions 9 Scott Orndoff at Clemson (11/12/16) Yards Receiving 176 Jester Weah vs Marshall (10/1/16) TD Receptions 2 Scott Orndoff at Clemson (11/12/16) 2 George Aston at Clemson (11/12/16) Long Reception 75 Jester Weah at Miami (FL) (11/5/16) Field Goals 3 Chris Blewitt vs Georgia Tech (10/8/16) Long Field Goal 50 Chris Blewitt at North Carolina (9/24/16) Punts 11 Ryan Winslow at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Punting Avg 48.8 Ryan Winslow at Virginia (10/15/16) Long Punt 53 Ryan Winslow vs Villanova (9/3/16) 53 Ryan Winslow at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) 53 Ryan Winslow at North Carolina (9/24/16) 53 Ryan Winslow at Miami (FL) (11/5/16) Punts inside 20 4 Ryan Winslow at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Long Punt Return 65 Quadree Henderson vs Duke (11/19/16) Long Kickoff Return 100 Quadree Henderson at Miami (FL) (11/5/16) Tackles 12 Jordan Whitehead at North Carolina (9/24/16) 12 Matt Galambos at Clemson (11/12/16) Sacks 2.0 Avonte Maddox vs Villanova (9/3/16) 2.0 Ejuan Price at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) 2.0 Ejuan Price vs Marshall (10/1/16) 2.0 Rori Blair at Virginia (10/15/16) 2.0 Ejuan Price vs Duke (11/19/16) Tackles For Loss 4.0 Ejuan Price at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Interceptions 1 Terrish Webb vs Villanova (9/3/16) 1 Ryan Lewis vs Penn State (9/10/16) 1 Avonte Maddox vs Marshall (10/1/16) 1 Jordan Whitehead at Virginia (10/15/16) 1 Avonte Maddox at Clemson (11/12/16) 1 Ryan Lewis at Clemson (11/12/16) 1 Saleem Brightwell at Clemson (11/12/16) University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Game Superlatives (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
TEAM GAME HIGHS
Rushes 56 vs Penn State (9/10/16) Yards Rushing 341 vs Penn State (9/10/16) Yards Per Rush 6.1 vs Marshall (10/1/16) TD Rushes 4 at North Carolina (9/24/16) 4 vs Virginia Tech (10/27/16) 4 vs Duke (11/19/16) Pass attempts 38 at Clemson (11/12/16) Pass completions 22 at Clemson (11/12/16) Yards Passing 308 at Clemson (11/12/16) Yards Per Pass 13.2 vs Duke (11/19/16) TD Passes 5 at Clemson (11/12/16) Total Plays 84 at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Total Offense 532 vs Marshall (10/1/16) Yards Per Play 8.3 vs Virginia Tech (10/27/16) Points 56 vs Duke (11/19/16) Sacks By 6 vs Villanova (9/3/16) First Downs 29 vs Marshall (10/1/16) Penalties 10 vs Penn State (9/10/16) Penalty Yards 79 vs Penn State (9/10/16) Turnovers 2 vs Penn State (9/10/16) 2 vs Virginia Tech (10/27/16) 2 at Miami (FL) (11/5/16) Interceptions By 3 at Clemson (11/12/16) Punts 11 at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Punting Avg 48.8 at Virginia (10/15/16) Long Punt 53 vs Villanova (9/3/16) 53 at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) 53 at North Carolina (9/24/16) 53 at Miami (FL) (11/5/16) Punts inside 20 4 at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Long Punt Return 65 vs Duke (11/19/16) University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Game Superlatives (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
Rushes 20 Barkley, Saquon, vs Penn State (9/10/16) Yards Rushing 125 Walton,M., at Miami (FL) (11/5/16) TD Rushes 4 Barkley, Saquon, vs Penn State (9/10/16) 4 Childs, Rennie, at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Long Rush 67 Childs, Rennie, at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Pass attempts 70 WATSON, at Clemson (11/12/16) Pass completions 52 WATSON, at Clemson (11/12/16) Yards Passing 580 WATSON, at Clemson (11/12/16) TD Passes 5 Trubisky, M, at North Carolina (9/24/16) Long Pass 91 Rudolph, Mason, at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Receptions 16 Switzer, R, at North Carolina (9/24/16) Yards Receiving 296 Washington, J., at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) TD Receptions 2 Washington, J., at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) 2 Howard, B, at North Carolina (9/24/16) 2 Coley,S., at Miami (FL) (11/5/16) 2 Njoku,D., at Miami (FL) (11/5/16) Long Reception 91 Washington, J., at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Field Goals 6 Slye, Joey, vs Virginia Tech (10/27/16) Long Field Goal 48 Badgley,M., at Miami (FL) (11/5/16) Punts 9 Hinchen, J., vs Villanova (9/3/16) Punting Avg 47.7 Sinor, Zach, at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Long Punt 69 Gillikin, Blake, vs Penn State (9/10/16) Punts inside 20 6 Hinchen, J., vs Villanova (9/3/16) Long Punt Return 59 Reid, John, vs Penn State (9/10/16) Long Kickoff Return 96 Green, J., vs Georgia Tech (10/8/16) Tackles 16 Blanding, Q, at Virginia (10/15/16) Sacks 2.0 Walterscheid, C, at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Tackles For Loss 4.0 Walterscheid, C, at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Interceptions 1 Golden, Malik, vs Penn State (9/10/16) 1 Richards, Ramon, at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) 1 Reynolds, M, vs Virginia Tech (10/27/16) 1 Jenkins,R., at Miami (FL) (11/5/16) 1 Fields, B, vs Duke (11/19/16) University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Game Superlatives (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS
Rushes 45 vs Georgia Tech (10/8/16) Yards Rushing 241 vs Georgia Tech (10/8/16) Yards Per Rush 5.4 vs Georgia Tech (10/8/16) TD Rushes 4 vs Penn State (9/10/16) 4 at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Pass attempts 70 at Clemson (11/12/16) Pass completions 52 at Clemson (11/12/16) Yards Passing 580 at Clemson (11/12/16) Yards Per Pass 13.0 vs Georgia Tech (10/8/16) TD Passes 5 at North Carolina (9/24/16) Total Plays 95 at Clemson (11/12/16) Total Offense 640 at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Yards Per Play 8.2 at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) Points 51 at Miami (FL) (11/5/16) Sacks By 2 at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) 2 at Clemson (11/12/16) First Downs 33 at Clemson (11/12/16) Penalties 10 at Virginia (10/15/16) Penalty Yards 101 at Clemson (11/12/16) Turnovers 4 vs Penn State (9/10/16) Interceptions By 1 vs Penn State (9/10/16) 1 at Oklahoma State (9/17/16) 1 vs Virginia Tech (10/27/16) 1 at Miami (FL) (11/5/16) 1 vs Duke (11/19/16) Punts 9 vs Villanova (9/3/16) Punting Avg 46.6 vs Penn State (9/10/16) Long Punt 69 vs Penn State (9/10/16) Punts inside 20 6 vs Villanova (9/3/16) Long Punt Return 59 vs Penn State (9/10/16) University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Red-Zone Results (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
PITT Inside Opponent Red-Zone
Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game 9/3/16 VILLANOVA W 28-7 4 3 21 3 1 2 0100000 9/10/16 PENN STATE W 42-39 6 6 42 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/17/16 at Oklahoma State L 38-45 2 2 14 2 2 0 0000000 9/24/16 at North Carolina L 36-37 5 5 31 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/1/16 MARSHALL W 43-27 6 5 30 4 3 1 1010000 10/8/16 GEORGIA TECH W 37-34 4 4 20 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/15/16 at Virginia W 45-31 4 4 24 3 2 1 1000000 10/27/16 VIRGINIA TECH L 36-39 5 5 36 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/5/16 at Miami (FL) L 28-51 3171100101000 11/12/16 at Clemson W 43-42 4 4 27 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/19/16 DUKE W 56-14 4 4 28 4 3 1 0000000 Totals 47 43 280 38 26 12 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 43 of 47 (91.5%)
Opponents Inside PITT Red-Zone
Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game 9/3/16 VILLANOVA W 28-7 0000000000000 9/10/16 PENN STATE W 42-39 5 5 32 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/17/16 at Oklahoma State L 38-45 3 3 21 3 3 0 0000000 9/24/16 at North Carolina L 36-37 6 5 30 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10/1/16 MARSHALL W 43-27 3 3 21 3 2 1 0000000 10/8/16 GEORGIA TECH W 37-34 2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/15/16 at Virginia W 45-31 3 3 17 2 2 0 1000000 10/27/16 VIRGINIA TECH L 36-39 9 9 39 3 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/5/16 at Miami (FL) L 28-51 7 7 41 5 1 4 2000000 11/12/16 at Clemson W 43-42 7 5 35 5 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11/19/16 DUKE W 56-14 2171010100000 Totals 47 43 253 31 17 14 12 2 0 2 0 0 0 43 of 47 (91.5%) University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Games Played (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
## PLAYER GP-GS VU PSU OSU NC MARSHA GT VA VT UM CU DU 82 Araujo-Lopes, R 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 35 Aston, G. 10/7 . .. X X X START X X X START X X X START START START START START 72 Baker, C. 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 69 Bisnowaty, A. 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 92 Blair, R. 10/8 X X X START START START START START START START . .. X X X START 12 Blewitt, C. 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 78 Bookser, A. 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 81 Bossory, N. 3/- X X X ...... X X X X X X ...... 4 Bradley, B. 9/2 X X X X X X X X X . .. X X X START START . .. X X X X X X X X X 20 Briggs, D. 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 39 Brightwell, S. 10/2 X X X X X X X X X START X X X . .. X X X X X X X X X X X X START 30 Caprara, M. 8/7 START START START . .. START ...... START START START X X X 80 Challingsworth 3/- . .. X X X X X X X X X ...... 24 Conner, J. 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 76 Dintino, C. 11/1 START X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 3D DiNucci, B. 1/- ...... X X X 96 Edwards, A. 9/2 X X X X X X X X X . .. X X X . .. X X X X X X START START X X X 45 Edwards, D. 4/- ...... X X X . .. X X X X X X X X X 2F Ffrench, M. 7/- ...... X X X X X X X X X X X X . .. X X X X X X X X X 40 Folston Jr, J. 10/- X X X X X X . .. X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 19 Ford, D. 6/1 X X X X X X ...... X X X START X X X X X X 47 Galambos, M. 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 62 Guy, J. 3/- ...... X X X ...... X X X ...... X X X 22 Hall, D. 10/- X X X X X X X X X X X X . .. X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 3 Hamlin, D. 3/- ...... X X X X X X X X X . .. 21 Henderson, M. 1/- ...... X X X ...... 10 Henderson, Q. 11/9 X X X START START START START START START START START START X X X 8 Hendrix, D. 1/1 START ...... 66 Herndon, M. 4/- ...... X X X ...... X X X X X X X X X 29 Ibrahim, R. 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 23 Idowu, O. 11/9 X X X X X X START START START START START START START START START 11 Jackson, D. 10/2 X X X X X X X X X . .. X X X X X X X X X X X X START X X X START 6 Jarrett, T. 9/9 START START START START START START START START START ...... 53 Johnson, D. 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 55 Jones-Smith, J. 7/1 START X X X X X X . .. X X X . .. X X X X X X ...... X X X 38 Lewis, R. 11/10 START START START START START START START START START START X X X 14 Maddox, A. 9/8 START START START START START START ...... X X X START START 6M Mathews, A. 10/3 . .. X X X X X X X X X START X X X X X X START X X X START X X X 48 McAlone, K. 9/- X X X . .. X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . .. X X X X X X 15 Mitchell, R. 11/2 X X X X X X X X X X X X START X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X START 26 Moss, C. 9/- . .. X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . .. 32 Motley, P. 8/2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X START START ...... 70 O'Neill, B. 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 63 Officer, A. 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 37 Ollison, Q. 11/2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X START X X X X X X X X X X X X START 83 Orndoff, S. 11/9 START START START START START START X X X START X X X START START 31 Parrish, J. 11/3 START START X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X START University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Games Played (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
## PLAYER GP-GS VU PSU OSU NC MARSHA GT VA VT UM CU DU 74 Paulina, A. 1/- ...... X X X 4P Peterman, N. 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 84 Poker, Z. 10/- . .. X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 5P Popp, B. 1/- ...... X X X ...... 5 Price, E. 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 61 Quirin, P. 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 60 Reese, A. 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 93 Roy, S. 8/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X ...... X X X X X X 52 Soto, S. 11/10 START START START START START START START START START X X X START 43 Stocker, J. 9/- ...... X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 8S Stocker, M. 4/- . .. X X X X X X X X X ...... X X X 94 Taleni, J. 5/2 ...... X X X X X X X X X START START 5T Tipton, T. 9/1 X X X X X X X X X START X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X ...... 34 Watts, A. 6/1 X X X . .. X X X X X X X X X ...... X X X START . .. 85 Weah, J. 11/6 X X X START START START X X X START START X X X START X X X X X X 2 Webb, T. 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 9 Whitehead, J. 9/9 START START START START . .. START START START START START . .. 41 Williams, J. 2/- X X X ...... X X X 18 Winslow, R. 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 58 Wirginis, Q. 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Total Tackles Game-by-Game (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
Total Tackles UA-A Total VU PSU OSU NC MARSHA GT VA VT UM CU DU Lewis, R. DB 51-16 67 4 - 1 9 - 0 5 - 2 6 - 1 4 - 2 5 - 0 2 - 1 7 - 3 4 - 2 3 - 3 2 - 1 Whitehead, J. DB 46-19 65 6 - 0 4 - 3 5 - 1 8 - 4 D N P 5 - 1 3 - 1 3 - 2 5 - 5 7 - 2 D N P Idowu, O. LB 31-30 61 2 - 1 4 - 2 3 - 3 0 - 3 3 - 4 2 - 2 1 - 5 4 - 1 5 - 2 4 - 6 3 - 1 Galambos, M. LB 30-27 57 2 - 2 3 - 0 2 - 2 1 - 3 2 - 2 3 - 3 3 - 4 2 - 3 2 - 1 5 - 7 5 - 0 Webb, T. DB 38-17 55 6 - 0 5 - 0 1 - 1 5 - 1 5 - 1 2 - 0 1 - 2 3 - 2 3 - 3 4 - 5 3 - 2 Maddox, A. DB 35-7 42 3 - 2 4 - 1 5 - 1 3 - 1 4 - 0 1 - 0 D N P D N P 2 - 0 9 - 2 4 - 0 Soto, S. DL 27-9 36 1 - 1 4 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 2 - 3 7 - 1 0 - 1 4 - 0 0 - 2 2 - 1 - Price, E. DL 27-9 36 2 - 1 2 - 0 4 - 2 2 - 0 2 - 2 5 - 1 1 - 2 5 - 1 1 - 0 - 3 - 0 Mitchell, R. DB 17-18 35 1 - 0 2 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 0 6 - 3 - 0 - 4 0 - 1 2 - 1 2 - 4 1 - 4 Caprara, M. LB 16-15 31 2 - 2 0 - 1 2 - 0 D N P 1 - 1 D N P D N P 2 - 2 3 - 4 3 - 3 3 - 2 Jarrett, T. DL 19-11 30 4 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 1 2 - 2 3 - 1 5 - 3 0 - 2 D N P D N P Wirginis, Q. LB 16-7 23 1 - 1 4 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 0 - 1 - - 2 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 3 - 3 Blair, R. DL 12-10 22 2 - 1 2 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 2 2 - 0 1 - 2 2 - 2 1 - 2 D N P - 1 - 0 Bradley, B. LB 13-7 20 1 - 1 4 - 0 0 - 1 D N P 1 - 1 4 - 1 2 - 2 D N P - - 1 - 1 Brightwell, S. LB 11-9 20 0 - 1 - - 3 - 2 0 - 2 D N P - 1 - 1 2 - 1 1 - 1 4 - 1 Taleni, J. DL 5-10 15 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P 0 - 1 1 - 0 3 - 5 1 - 3 0 - 1 Jackson, D. DB 7-7 14 - 1 - 1 - D N P - 3 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 0 Ibrahim, R. 6-4 10 - - - 2 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 - Briggs, D. DB 4-6 10 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 1 - - - 0 - 1 Hamlin, D. DB 4-4 8 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P - 1 - 3 3 - 1 D N P Stocker, J. DB 5-3 8 D N P D N P - - - 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 - - 5 - 0 Aston, G. 4-4 8 D N P 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 - - 2 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 Motley, P. DB 5-3 8 ------3 - 3 2 - 0 D N P D N P D N P Edwards, A. DL 3-4 7 - - - D N P - D N P - 0 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 0 1 - 0 Williams, J. LB 4-0 4 2 - 0 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P 2 - 0 Roy, S. DL 3-1 4 0 - 1 - 2 - 0 - - - D N P D N P D N P - 1 - 0 Poker, Z. 2-2 4 D N P 1 - 0 - - - - 0 - 2 - - 1 - 0 - Folston Jr, J. DL 3-1 4 - - D N P - - - 1 - 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 0 - Moss, C. 1-2 3 D N P - - - - 0 - 2 - 1 - 0 - - D N P Orndoff, S. 2-1 3 - - 2 - 1 ------Araujo-Lopes, R 3-0 3 ------1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 Blewitt, C. 2-1 3 - - - - 1 - 0 - - - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1 Mathews, A. 3-0 3 D N P - - - - - 1 - 0 - - 2 - 0 - Parrish, J. 2-0 2 1 - 0 ------1 - 0 - - Ford, D. 2-0 2 - 1 - 0 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P 1 - 0 - - - Herndon, M. DL 1-1 2 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P 1 - 0 D N P D N P 0 - 1 - - Edwards, D. 0-2 2 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P - D N P - 0 - 2 - Tipton, T. 1-1 2 - 1 - 0 - - - - 0 - 1 - - D N P D N P Watts, A. DL 1-0 1 - D N P - - - D N P D N P D N P 1 - 0 - D N P Ollison, Q. 1-0 1 ------1 - 0 - - - O'Neill, B. 0-1 1 0 - 1 ------Quirin, P. 1-0 1 ------1 - 0 - - - - Peterman, N. 1-0 1 ------1 - 0 - - Weah, J. 1-0 1 - 1 - 0 ------University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Passing Game-by-Game (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
#4P Peterman, N. Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked Effic Villanova 19 32 0 59.4 175 2 19 1-16 125.94 Penn State 11 15 1 73.3 91 3 24 0-0 176.96 Oklahoma State 14 29 1 48.3 237 1 60 2-14 121.41 North Carolina 14 18 0 77.8 140 0 39 0-0 143.11 Marshall 17 23 0 73.9 280 2 54 0-0 204.87 Georgia Tech 14 20 0 70.0 192 1 74 1-1 167.14 Virginia 11 21 0 52.4 137 2 38 1-2 138.61 Virginia Tech 13 22 1 59.1 267 1 71 0-0 166.95 Miami (FL) 17 35 1 48.6 287 2 75 1-12 130.59 Clemson 22 37 0 59.5 308 5 55 2-7 173.98 Duke 11 18 1 61.1 237 3 56 1-5 215.60 TOTALS 163 270 5 60.4 2351 22 75 9-57 156.70
#5T Tipton, T. Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked Effic Virginia Tech 1 1 0 100.0 11 0 11 0-0 192.40 TOTALS 1 1 0 100.0 11 0 11 0-0 192.40
#18 Winslow, R. Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked Effic Marshall 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 Miami (FL) 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 TOTALS 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00
#TM TEAM Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked Effic Villanova 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 Oklahoma State 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 Clemson 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 TOTALS 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Rushing/Receiving Game-by-Game (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
RUSHING No-Yds/TD VU PSU OSU NC MARSHA GT VA VT UM CU DU Conner, J. RB 189-945/14 17-53/1 22-117/1 24-111/1 16-66/1 11-34/1 14-60/0 20-90/2 19-141/3 12-40/1 20-132/1 14-101/2 Henderson, Q. WR 49-452/4 - 4-58/0 7-95/2 9-107/0 7-57/0 4-26/1 1-6/0 5--4/0 5-38/0 2--4/0 5-73/1 Moss, C. RB 38-221/1 DNP - 2-8/0 7-47/1 12-97/0 8-45/0 7-26/0 - 2--2/0 - DNP Peterman, N. QB 63-212/1 3--8/0 8-52/0 9-33/0 6-19/1 5-18/0 4--7/0 5-26/0 5-33/0 8-25/0 6-18/0 4-3/0 Hall, D. RB 31-135/0 6-13/0 4-33/0 5-17/0 6-19/0 DNP - - - 2-27/0 3-9/0 5-17/0 Ollison, Q. RB 27-103/2 7-30/0 9-36/0 - 2-5/0 - 3-20/1 1-0/0 - 1-2/0 - 4-10/1 Whitehead, J. 9-98/0 - 1-28/0 2-22/0 2-13/0 DNP 1-7/0 3-28/0 - - - DNP Aston, G. FB 18-69/4 DNP 4-14/2 1--1/0 3-18/1 2-9/1 4-19/0 1-6/0 1-4/0 2-0/0 - - Tipton, T. WR 11-61/0 - - 1--2/0 1-6/0 3-26/0 3-21/0 3-10/0 - - DNP DNP Ffrench, M. WR 11-45/1 DNP DNP DNP 2-9/0 1-11/1 - 3-7/0 DNP 1-1/0 1-0/0 3-17/0 O'Neill, B. OL 2-29/2 -----1-24/1 - 1-5/1 - - - Araujo-Lopes, R WR 5-23/0 - - 3-7/0 - - - 2-16/0 - - - - Stocker, M. QB 2-9/0 DNP - - - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 2-9/0 Ford, D. WR 3-8/0 - 1-6/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-1/0 - 1-1/0 - TEAM 12--46/0 1--2/0 3--3/0 - 1--28/0 DNP DNP 3--6/0 DNP 1--1/0 - 3--6/0
RECEIVING No-Yds/TD VU PSU OSU NC MARSHA GT VA VT UM CU DU Weah, J. WR 30-696/7 4-38/1 - 2-85/1 1-14/0 7-176/1 3-35/0 2-54/1 4-46/1 3-115/1 2-38/0 2-95/1 Orndoff, S. TE 32-540/5 5-68/0 4-15/1 1-5/0 - 2-29/0 2-86/1 3-25/0 2-96/0 2-30/0 9-128/2 2-58/1 Conner, J. RB 18-254/3 3-16/1 4-29/1 2-60/0 4-64/0 - - 2-28/0 - - 3-57/1 - Henderson, Q. WR 23-241/1 4-35/0 3-47/1 2-31/0 3-13/0 3-32/0 2-16/0 - 3-47/0 1-10/0 - 2-10/0 Aston, G. FB 20-162/4 DNP - 1-12/0 2-2/0 1-11/0 3-19/0 2-10/1 - 5-56/1 4-29/2 2-23/0 Ford, D. WR 12-146/1 2-14/0 - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 3-59/0 3-20/0 2-14/0 2-39/1 Tipton, T. WR 12-142/1 - - 3-27/0 2-18/0 1-15/1 2-18/0 2-20/0 1-19/0 1-25/0 DNP DNP Parrish, J. TE 4-78/0 1-4/0 - - 1-22/0 1-8/0 - - - - 1-44/0 - Araujo-Lopes, R WR 3-36/0 - - 1-7/0 1-7/0 ----1-22/0 - - Moss, C. RB 2-18/0 DNP - - - 1-7/0 1-11/0 - - - - DNP Mathews, A. WR 4-16/0 DNP - - - 1-2/0 1-7/0 - - 1-9/0 1--2/0 - Hall, D. RB 2-14/0 - - 1-2/0 - DNP - - - - - 1-12/0 Peterman, N. QB 1-11/0 ------1-11/0 - - - Ollison, Q. RB 1-8/0 - - 1-8/0 ------University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Return Stats Game-by-Game (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
PUNT RETURNS No-Yds VU PSU OSU NC MARSHA GT VA VT UM CU DU Henderson, Q. 11-194 4-58 - 1-7 1-1 - - 3-46 - 1-17 - 1-65 Maddox, A. 1-1 - 1-1 - - - - DNP DNP - - -
KICK RETURNS No-Yds VU PSU OSU NC MARSHA GT VA VT UM CU DU Henderson, Q. 24-773 2-118 2-96 2-31 4-128 1-23 3-67 2-112 4-57 2-111 1-16 1-14 Araujo-Lopes, R 3-98 ------3-98 - - - - Maddox, A. 1-20 ----1-20 - DNP DNP - - - Parrish, J. 1-2 - 1-2 ------Ibrahim, R. 1--4 - - - 1--4 ------
INT. RETURNS No-Yds VU PSU OSU NC MARSHA GT VA VT UM CU DU Maddox, A. 2-33 ----1-33 - DNP DNP - 1-0 - Lewis, R. 2-0 - 1-0 ------1-0 - Whitehead, J. 1-59 ----DNP-1-59 - - - DNP Webb, T. 1-0 1-0 ------Brightwell, S. 1-70 -----DNP---1-70 -
FUMBLE RETURNS No-Yds VU PSU OSU NC MARSHA GT VA VT UM CU DU Galambos, M. 2-10 - - 1-2 ------1-8 Whitehead, J. 1-9 - 1-9 - - DNP - - - - - DNP University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Sacks Game-by-Game (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
SACKS UA-A Total VU PSU OSU NC MARSHA GT VA VT UM CU DU Price, E. DL 10-2 11.0 1.5-15 1.0-7 2.0-9 1.0-5 2.0-24 1.0-4 0.5-2 - - - 2.0-9 Wirginis, Q. LB 4-0 4.0 - 1.0-10 - 1.0-11 - - - 1.0-1 - - 1.0-5 Blair, R. DL 3-1 3.5 - 1.0-9 - 0.5-4 - - 2.0-19 - DNP - - Maddox, A. DB 2-1 2.5 2.0-16 - - 0.5-5 - - DNP DNP - - - Soto, S. DL 2-1 2.5 - 1.0-7 - - - - 0.5-2 1.0-3 - - - Caprara, M. LB 2-1 2.5 1.5-19 - 1.0-13 DNP - DNP DNP - - - - Brightwell, S. LB 2-0 2.0 - - - 1.0-11 - DNP - - - - 1.0-2 Taleni, J. DL 1-1 1.5 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - - - 1.5-5 - Edwards, A. DL 1-0 1.0 - - - DNP - DNP - - 1.0-3 - - Jarrett, T. DL 1-0 1.0 ------1.0-6 - DNP DNP Bradley, B. LB 1-0 1.0 - - - DNP - - 1.0-15 DNP - - - Briggs, D. DB 1-0 1.0 1.0-8 ------Lewis, R. DB 1-0 1.0 ------1.0-4 Herndon, M. DL 1-0 1.0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1.0-5 DNP DNP - - - Galambos, M. LB 0-1 0.5 ------0.5-3 - University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Tackle For Loss Game-by-Game (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
TACKLES FOR LOSS UA-A Total VU PSU OSU NC MARSHA GT VA VT UM CU DU Price, E. DL 17-4 19.0 1.5-15 2.0-13 4.0-15 2.0-10 2.0-24 1.0-4 0.5-2 3.0-8 - - 3.0-11 Maddox, A. DB 7-2 8 . 0 3.0-19 0.5-0 - 1.5-7 1.0-2 - DNP DNP - 2.0-7 - Soto, S. DL 6-2 7 . 0 - 2.0-11 - 1.0-1 - 2.0-3 0.5-2 1.0-3 - 0.5-1 - Blair, R. DL 4-2 5 . 0 - 1.0-9 1.5-4 0.5-4 - - 2.0-19 - DNP - - Caprara, M. LB 3-3 4 . 5 1.5-19 - 2.0-18 DNP - DNP DNP - 0.5-1 - 0.5-2 Wirginis, Q. LB 4-1 4 . 5 - 1.0-10 - 1.0-11 - - - 1.0-1 - - 1.5-6 Bradley, B. LB 4-1 4 . 5 - - 0.5-1 DNP 1.0-1 1.0-1 1.0-15 DNP - - 1.0-2 Brightwell, S. LB 3-0 3 . 0 - - - 1.0-11 - DNP - - 1.0-1 - 1.0-2 Taleni, J. DL 2-2 3 . 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - 1.0-1 0.5-1 1.5-5 - Galambos, M. LB 1-3 2 . 5 - - 0.5-2 - - 1.0-2 - - - 1.0-3 - Idowu, O. LB 1-2 2 . 0 - - 1.0-1 - - - - 1.0-1 - - - Lewis, R. DB 1-1 1 . 5 - - 0.5-1 ------1.0-4 Whitehead, J. DB 1-1 1 . 5 1.0-4 0.5-1 - - DNP - - - - - DNP Jarrett, T. DL 1-1 1 . 5 ------1.0-6 0.5-0 DNP DNP Briggs, D. DB 1-0 1 . 0 1.0-8 ------Roy, S. DL 1-0 1 . 0 ------DNP DNP DNP - 1.0-1 Edwards, A. DL 1-0 1 . 0 - - - DNP - DNP - - 1.0-3 - - Herndon, M. DL 1-0 1 . 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1.0-5 DNP DNP - - - Webb, T. DB 1-0 1 . 0 - - - 1.0-1 ------Folston Jr, J. DL 0-1 0 . 5 - - DNP - - - - - 0.5-0 - - University of Pittsburgh Panthers PITT Fumbles Game-by-Game (as of Nov 21, 2016) All games
FUMBLES No-Lost VU PSU OSU NC MARSHA GT VA VT UM CU DU Peterman, N. QB 6-3 1-1 ----1-1-2-01-01-1- Henderson, Q. WR 4-3 - - - 1-1 - - 1-0 1-1 1-1 - - Tipton, T. WR 1-0 ------1-0--DNPDNP Conner, J. RB 1-1 - 1-1 ------Maddox, A. 1-0 - 1-0 ----DNPDNP--- TEAM 1-0 - - - 1-0 DNP DNP - DNP - - -
FUMBLES FORCED Numbe VU PSU OSU NC MARSHA GT VA VT UM CU DU Price, E. 3 - 2 1 ------Idowu, O. 2 - 1 ------1 Parrish, J. TE 1 1 ------Whitehead, J. 1 - - - 1 DNP - - - - - DNP Webb, T. 1 ------1 Blair, R. 1 - 1 ------DNP - - Briggs, D. 1 - 1 ------Moss, C. RB 1 DNP ------1 - - DNP
FUMBLES RECOVERED Numbe VU PSU OSU NC MARSHA GT VA VT UM CU DU Caprara, M. 2 - 2 - DNP - DNP DNP ---- Galambos, M. 2 - - 1 ------1 Brightwell, S. 1 - - - 1 - DNP ----- Aston, G. FB 1 DNP ------1 Wirginis, Q. 1 1 ------Roy, S. 1 - - 1 - - - DNP DNP DNP - - Whitehead, J. 1 - 1 - - DNP -----DNP