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The No. 16-ranked Pitt football team named their team captains for the 2009 season, based on voting by the players. They are tight end Nate Byham, wide receiver Cedric McGee and guard John Malecki on offense and tackles Gus Mustakas and Mick Williams and linebacker Adam Gunn on defense. Each player on the team voted [...]

Senior point guard Chase Adams, a transfer from tiny Centenary (La.) College, scored 21 points to lead all scorers in Pitt’s annual Blue-Gold scrimmage at Petersen Events Center on Tuesday night. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound Adams, known more of a defensive stopper at Centenary, proved he can score as well, going 8 for 11 from the [...]

Pitt senior quarterback Bill Stull has been named a semfinalist for the Davey O’Brien national quarterback award. Stull, who ranks third in the nation with a 161.09 pass efficiency rating, is one of 15 semifinalists chosen by the Davey O’Brien selection committee, which is made up of journalists, broadcasters and former winners. The three finalists [...]

Junior strong safety Dom DeCicco was named the Big East defensive player of the week after his 10-tackle performance in the Panthers’ 41-14 win over USF on Saturday. It marked the sixth time in the past seven weeks that Pitt won a Big East Player of the Week honor (offense, defense or special teams).

No. 20 Pitt hammered South Florida, 41-14, on Saturday at Heinz Field before a crowd of 50,019. Pitt, now 4-0 in the Big East, improved to 7-1 to match its best start since the 1982 season. Dion Lewis, who became only the fourth Pitt freshman to reach the 1,000-yard rushing plateau, gutted the uninspired South [...]

Pitt quarterback Bill Stull has been nearly perfect today in leading the 20th-ranked Panthers to a 31-7 halftime lead at Heinz Field. And tailback Dion Lewis has become only the fourth Pitt freshman to rush for 1,000 yards. He reached that milestone with a 48-yard gallop along the right sideline that set up his second [...]

Pitt was picked to finish ninth in the 2009-10 Big East preseason coaches poll. The poll was released on Wednesday at Big East Men’s Basketball Media Day at Madison Square Garden. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams. Villanova is the preseason favorite, edging West Virginia 218 points to 215. Villanova, which [...]

Here are some notes and analysis from the Panthers’ 24-17 victory at Rutgers on Friday night, snapping a four-game losing streak to the Scarlet Knights. ** First, let’s start with a look ahead to USF (5-1, 1-1) on Saturday at Heinz Field. Pitt (6-1, 3-0) is all alone in first place, setting the stage for [...]

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Pitt snapped a four-game losing streak to Rutgers with a 24-17 victory on Friday night. “A lot of guys had Rutgers circled on their schedule from the beginning of the year,” senior guard John Malecki said. “It was a big game for us and we pulled through.” In front of a national [...]

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Pitt held Rutgers to 31 rushing yards on 11 carries in the first half and leads 17-10 at halftime at Rutgers Stadium. Bill Stull has completed 12 of 17 passes for 106 yards and one touchdown. Dion Lewis has rushed for 63 yards and one touchdown on 16 carries. Rutgers took advantage [...]