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
Qadree Ollison ready for big role in Pitt offense
While wins haven’t exactly piled up in recent seasons in the fashion the Pitt Panthers would like, the one thing that has been a constant has been quality production from the tailback position. Whether it be LeSean McCoy, Dion Lewis, Ray Graham or most recently James Conner, the Panthers are usually going to be able to run the football effectively. Redshirt freshman Qadree Ollison will get his opportunity to add his name to that list. With Conner now out for the season and backup Chris ... Read More
Three Pitt players earn weekly honors
The Pitt Panthers started off the season 1-0 with a win at home against Youngstown State on Saturday and there were more than a couple of significant individual performances along the way. Enough that three Panthers players picked up ACC weekly honors. Senior outside linebacker Nicholas Grigsby was named the ACC’s Linebacker of the Week, sophomore corner Avonte Maddox was named the Specialist of the Week and redshirt freshman running back Qadree Ollison was named the Rookie of the ... Read More
Pat Narduzzi gets first win; Pitt survives Youngstown State
The Pat Narduzzi era of Pitt football got off to a good start on Saturday. Behind a solid rushing attack, the Panthers got Narduzzi his first career victory as a head coach with a 45-37 victory over Youngstown State at Heinz Field. It certainly wasn’t the way the way he would have drawn it up, but Narduzzi was certainly happy with the final result. “A win is a win is a win,” said Narduzzi. “There’s pretty wins and there’s ugly wins and this one was probably somewhere in between. Some ... Read More