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Pitt hadn’t forced a fumble all season, but the Panthers’ defense capitalized on three fourth-quarter turnovers to stun No. 23 Cincinnati, 24-17, this afternoon in the River City Rivalry. The Panthers gave coach Dave Wannstedt, confined to the press box following surgery this week on his knee and Achilles tendon, his first victory over a [...]

Pitt kicker Conor Lee made a 25-yard field goal to cut Cincinnati’s lead to 17-13 after three quarters in a Big East Conference game at Heinz Field. Pitt (2-4, 0-1) had the ball at Cincinnati’s 38-yard line when the third quarter ended. The Panthers used a 22-yard run by LeSean McCoy and a 34-yard catch [...]

Pitt dodged a bullet when Cincinnati kicker Jake Rogers missed a 26-yard field goal as the first half expired with the Bearcats leading, 17-10, in a Big East Conference game at Heinz Field. Cincinnati (6-1, 1-1) could have built on that margin after a driving 68 yards on eight plays, but Rogers’ kick sailed wide [...]

Cincinnati took a 10-3 first-quarter lead over Pitt in a Big East Conference game at Heinz Field. Cincinnati (6-1, 1-1) got started with a big play by quarterback Ben Mauk, whose 55-yard run sparked a seven-play, 82-yard scoring drive capped by his 1-yard dive for a 7-0 lead with 9:27 left in the first quarter. [...]

Cincinnati has one of the great comeback stories in college football, and we’re not talking about the No. 23 Bearcats being nationally ranked for the first time since 1976. Ben Mauk has been Cincinnati’s catalyst only a season after suffering what was considered a career-threatening injury. In Wake Forest’s second game, Mauk fractured the humerus [...]

Carson Long never imagined his Pitt record for consecutive point-after tries would last 32 seasons, but he couldn’t have hand-picked a better kicker to break his record. Conor Lee embodies the same spirit that possessed Long to come to Pitt. The redshirt junior, a former walk-on from Upper St. Clair, is as competitive as they [...]

Just when this season looked like it couldn’t get any worse for the Pitt Panthers and their embattled coach, Dave Wannstedt rolled around Pitt’s South Side offices Wednesday on a motorized scooter. Wannstedt wasn’t doing his best impression of Penn State coach Joe Paterno, nor is he likely to be accused of road rage. This [...]

The Pitt-Louisville game has been selected the Big East Conference Game of the Week and will have a noon kickoff Oct. 27 at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. The game will be televised on ESPN Regional and locally on WTAE (Channel 4). It will mark the second consecutive week Pitt is involved in the Big East’s [...]

Facing a fourth-and-goal at the 2, Pat Bostick dropped back and lofted a fade pass to tight end Darrell Strong in the right corner of the end zone. Navy cornerback Rashawn King tipped the pass away to give the Midshipmen a 48-45 double-overtime victory over Pitt Wednesday night before 30,103 at Heinz Field and an [...]

Pitt took its first lead since the second game of the season, but Navy used a methodical scoring drive to take a 35-31 lead into the fourth quarter. The Midshipmen drove 75 yards in 10 plays, capped by quarterback Kaipo-Noa Keahaku-Enhada’s 3-yard scoring run with 19 seconds left in the third quarter. The Panthers had [...]