Since taking over for Chad Voytik as the starting quarterback, Pitt signal caller Nate Peterman has played particularly well. He’s done a solid job of taking care of the football, which has been his best quality. Overall Peterman has completed 120-of-178 pass attempts for 1,373 yards with 10 touchdown passes and only three interceptions. Peterman has taken such good care of the football that he hasn’t thrown a pick since September 19 at Iowa. But while Peterman has played pretty well, ... Read More
Slow start dooms Pitt in loss to North Carolina
The 23rd ranked Pitt Panthers football team entered Thursday night’s primetime showdown against North Carolina looking to show the nation that they have arrived. Those plans are on hold for just a little bit longer. While the Panthers have been able to pull out some fourth-quarter heroics so far this season, it wasn’t meant to be as Pitt didn’t have enough magic in their hat, falling 26-19. Pitt (6-2, 4-1 ACC), who struggled on both sides of the ball in the first half and trailed for ... Read More
Pitt starts fast, holds off Virginia
Pitt fans have seen the story plenty of times over the year. The Panthers win a big game and then somehow find a way to take two steps backwards the next couple weeks. After a road victory last Saturday at Virginia Tech, Pat Narduzzi’s Pitt team was looking to avoid that trap when they hosted Virginia on Saturday at Heinz Field. The Panthers started fast and nearly gave one away, but at the end of the day Pitt escaped with a 26-19 victory, improving to 4-1 for the first time since the 2009 ... Read More
Virginia vs. Pitt: Preview, Analysis, Prediction and more
The Pitt Panthers finally have a home game as they look to build off a solid 3-1 start to the season. It seems like forever since the Panthers were last at Heinz Field and they return home after a dominating defensive performance in a win against Virginia Tech. Virginia makes the trip to Heinz Field and Mike London's team is struggling at 1-3, but their three losses have come against UCLA, Notre Dame and Boise State. Pitt will look to continue their momentum and if they can pull off a ... Read More
Pitt opens ACC play with win at Virginia Tech
Through four games it has been a year of firsts for Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi. Thanks to a dominating effort from the Panthers defense, you can add first ACC win to Narduzzi's resume. In sloppy field conditions, the Panthers got a first-half lead on Virginia Tech and the defense finished the Hokies off in a 17-13 win. Pitt won for the sixth time in the last seven meetings against their old Big East rivals The Panthers sacked Hokies' quarterback Brenden Motley seven times, ... Read More
Pitt vs. Virginia Tech: Preview, Analysis, Prediction and more
After a week off following their first loss of the season, the Pitt Panthers begin ACC play on Saturday against a familiar opponent in Virginia Tech. Pitt has had success against the Hokies and will look to get ACC play off on a good note. Pitt has won five of the last six games in the series, but have lost five of the last six played in Lane Stadium. Who has the advantage? Let’s take a look. When: Saturday, October 3 Where: Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Va. Time: Noon ... Read More
Pitt loses heart breaker to Iowa on late field goal
If history has shown us anything, when the Pitt Panthers and Iowa Hawkeyes hook up it is going to be a close, tightly-contested football game. This season, with a battle of 2-0 teams coming in, was no exception. Just like last season, the Hawkeyes won a close one over the Panthers. This time it was Iowa kicker Marshall Koehn who knocked down a 57-yard field goal as time expired to give Iowa a dramatic 27-24 victory and hand Pat Narduzzi his first loss as a head coach. Iowa drove 31 ... Read More
Narduzzi downplays Pitt QB controversy
Quarterback controversy at the University of Pittsburgh? Not if you ask first-year head coach Pat Narduzzi, who made it clear during his weekly press conference yesterday that he views having two quarterbacks worthy of playing time a good thing, and certainly not something to worry about as they prepare to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes Saturday night. "We've got two very, very capable quarterbacks," Narduzzi said. "We're comfortable with both those guys. We didn't have that in the ... Read More