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After three consecutive holding penalties pushed Pitt back to a third-and-28, Pat Bostick threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Maurice Williams. South Florida answered with a Delbert Alvarado 31-yard field goal with two seconds left in the first half, but Pitt took a 14-10 lead into halftime of their Big East Conference game this afternoon [...]

Pitt and South Florida were tied at 7-7 after the first quarter of their Big East Conference game this afternoon at Heinz Field. LeSean McCoy turned a screen pass from Pat Bostick into a 45-yard gain, turning the left corner and accelerating past three defenders to the USF 12. On third-and-3 at the 5, McCoy [...]

Pat Bostick, benched for the second half at Rutgers last week, started at quarterback for Pitt today in the Panthers’ home finale against South Florida. It was the seventh consecutive start for Bostick, a freshman from Lancaster who has passed for 1,135 yards with six touchdowns and eight interceptions this season. Bostick was replaced in [...]

The 100th edition of the Backyard Brawl, the annual Pitt-West Virginia football rivalry, will have a nighttime kickoff on Dec. 1 but the time and channel have yet to be determined. The game will be played at either 7:45 p.m. and televised on ESPN or at 8 p.m. and televised on ESPN2. It will be [...]

Pitt middle linebacker Scott McKillop has earned Big East Defensive Player of the Week honors for his standout performance against Rutgers Saturday. McKillop, a 6-foot-2, 240-pound redshirt junior, had 16 tackles (10 solo), 1.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for losses, two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble, an interception and two pass breakups as Pitt held the [...]

Call it bad luck or poor execution, but for the third time this season Pitt lost a game in the final minute despite having the ball inside its opponent’s 5-yard line. Instead of blaming a questionable call that turned a go-ahead touchdown catch into a 15-yard pass interference penalty, Panthers coach Dave Wannstedt chose to [...]

One play after an apparent touchdown was waved off for an offensive pass interference penalty, Pat Bostick was intercepted by Rutgers cornerback Devin McCourty in the end zone. McCourty’s interception ended Pitt’s comeback chances, giving Rutgers a 20-16 victory in a Big East game Saturday afternoon before 43,531 at Rutgers Stadium. Pitt (4-6, 2-3) drove [...]

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Kevan Smith replaced Pat Bostick at quarterback for Pitt in the third quarter, and led the Panthers to a third-quarter field goal. Conor Lee’s 21-yard field goal cut Rutgers’ lead to 17-13 after three quarters of their Big East Conference game before 43,531 at Rutgers Stadium. Smith, a redshirt freshman, made his [...]

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Ray Rice broke a 28-yard touchdown run to give Rutgers a 17-10 halftime lead over Pitt in a Big East game at Rutgers Stadium. The Panthers had held Rice, the nation’s No. 3 rusher, to 36 yards on 11 carries before he busted loose with 4:51 remaining in the second quarter. Rice [...]

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Pitt turned a pair of turnovers into a field goal and a touchdown, as the Panthers were tied with Rutgers, 10-10, after the first quarter of their Big East Conference game at Rutgers Stadium. Rutgers scored on its first drive, as Mike Teel completed passes of 22 yards to Kenny Britt and [...]