Pitt Stuns #2 The “U”, 24-14
Pitt stuns #2 “The U” 24-14 to finish the 2017 football season 5-7 and out of the post-season.
Pitt stuns #2 “The U” 24-14 to finish the 2017 football season 5-7 and out of the post-season.
Pitt (4-6) drops a must-win game 34-31 to (2-8) North Carolina before a spare crowd on “Star Wars” night on Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.
The much-maligned Pitt defense came up big for the second straight week en route to a 31-14 home victory over Virginia. This included several stops on 4th and short including once from the Pitt 1 yard line.
Pitt tops Duke 24-17 behind the brilliant running of junior tailback Darrin Hall, 24 carries for 254 yards and 3 TDs, that resulted in a must-win road victory at Duke in Durham, NC yesterday.
2017 will most likely mark the end a 9 year bowl streak for the Pitt Panthers, albeit many of those bowls were attended by 6-6 Pitt teams from the past. Pitt would have to win 4 of their last 5 games after losing to NC State 35-17 this past Saturday at Heinz Field.
Max Browne leads Pitt past Rice 42-10 but questions still loom large prior to the Panthers ACC match-up with Syracuse in the Panther run game.
The Pitt offense looked confused, disorganized and completely inept in the 35-17 blow-out loss to Coastal rival Georgia Tech in Atlanta this past Saturday.
In 1996, the Pitt defense surrendered 430 points. Last year, the Panthers surrendered 458 points but managed an 8-5 record after scoring a team-high 532 points. Today, the #9 Oklahoma State Cowboys would shred Pitt 59-21 in a game in which the Pitt defense gave up 676 total yards at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.
The Pitt defense surrenders 331 yards passing yet manages to escape with a narrow 28-21 overtime win over FCS opponent Youngstown State at Heinz Field.
Pitt football has historically struggled with actual attendance in the seats. A new hidden reason will make it even more challenging in the years to come.