Pittsburgh at East Carolina
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | |
| East Carolina | 0 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 23 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 11:42 | East Carolina field goal. Nick Mazzie 42 Yd Field Goal |
| 0:04 | Pittsburgh touchdown. Raphael Williams Jr. 22 Yd pass from Mason Heintschel (Trey Butkowski Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 9:32 | East Carolina touchdown. Anthony Smith 47 Yd pass from Chaston Ditta (Nick Mazzie Kick) |
| 4:33 | Pittsburgh touchdown. Rasheem Biles 23 Yd Fumble Return (Trey Butkowski Kick) |
| 3:58 | East Carolina REC. Anthony Smith 72 Yd pass from Chaston Ditta (Nick Mazzie Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 14:18 | East Carolina field goal. Nick Mazzie 33 Yd Field Goal |
| 6:41 | East Carolina field goal. Nick Mazzie 28 Yd Field Goal |
| 1:23 | Pittsburgh field goal. Trey Butkowski 21 Yd Field Goal |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Pittsburgh | East Carolina |
| Total first downs | 24 | 11 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Pittsburgh | East Carolina |
| Third downs attempted | 15 | 15 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 2 |
| Third down percentage | 33 % | 13 % |
| Fourth down | Pittsburgh | East Carolina |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Pittsburgh | East Carolina |
| Total yards | 376 | 249 |
| Total rushing yards | 120 | 72 |
| Total passing yards | 256 | 177 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 33:05 | 26:55 |
| Rushing | Pittsburgh | East Carolina |
| Total rushing plays | 40 | 42 |
| Total rushing yards | 120 | 72 |
| Average yards per rush | 3.0 | 1.7 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| Passing | Pittsburgh | East Carolina |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 6.4 | 10.4 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties | Pittsburgh | East Carolina |
| Penalties committed | 3 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 35 | 40 |
| Turnovers | Pittsburgh | East Carolina |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 4 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Pittsburgh | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Ja'Kyrian Turner | 16 | 93 | 5.8 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Justin Cook | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Jalynn Williams | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Caleb Williams | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Kenny Johnson | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mason Heintschel | 11 | -9 | -0.8 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| East Carolina | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Marlon Gunn Jr. | 18 | 50 | 2.8 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| TJ Engleman Jr. | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Parker Jenkins | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Mike Wright Jr. | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Chaston Ditta | 10 | -17 | -1.7 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Pittsburgh | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Mason Heintschel | 40 | 25 | 63 % | 256 | 6.4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| East Carolina | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Chaston Ditta | 17 | 8 | 47 % | 177 | 10.4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Pittsburgh | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Justin Holmes | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Raphael Williams Jr. | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 1 | 22 | ||||
| Malachi Thomas | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Justin Cook | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Bryce Yates | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Ja'Kyrian Turner | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jake Overman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Censere Lee | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| East Carolina | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Anthony Smith | 4 | 156 | 39.0 | 2 | 72 | ||||
| Jyron Waiters | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Payton Mangrum | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Brock Spalding | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Pittsburgh | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Ja'Kyrian Turner | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Kenny Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Mason Heintschel | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Rasheem Biles | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| East Carolina | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Chaston Ditta | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Jordy Lowery | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| J.D. Lampley | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Kendrick DuJour | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Jackson Barker | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Pittsburgh | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| East Carolina | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Kevon Merrell | 1 | 70 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Pittsburgh | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Rasheem Biles | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Cruce Brookins | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cameron Lindsey | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Isaiah Neal | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Sean FitzSimmons | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Braylan Lovelace | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Javon McIntyre | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick James | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Shawn Lee Jr. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jahsear Whittington | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rashad Battle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Shadarian Harrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tamon Lynum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Francis Brewu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Blaine Spires | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kavir Bains-Marquez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Malachi Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Justin Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| East Carolina | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Teagan Wilk | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Samuel Dankah | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kamaurri McKinley | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dameon Wilson | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| DJ Johnson Jr. | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jasiyah Robinson | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ryheem Craig | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordy Lowery | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ayden Duncanson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Justin Benton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kevon Merrell | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zion Wilson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Preston Carr | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kendrick DuJour | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jonathan Jean | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| TyMir Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Julien Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jackson Barker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jyron Waiters | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Miles Parker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Miles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J.D. Lampley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rion Roseborough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Pittsburgh | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Deuce Spann | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Cataurus Hicks | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| East Carolina | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Pittsburgh | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Kenny Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| East Carolina | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Pittsburgh | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Trey Butkowski | 1/1 | 21 | 2/2 | 5 | |||||
| East Carolina | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Nick Mazzie | 3/4 | 42 | 2/2 | 11 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Pittsburgh | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Caleb Junko | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 0 | |||||
| East Carolina | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Ryan Leavy | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 1 | |||||
| Tomas O'Halloran | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 1:24 AM.