| TEAM | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | OT | FINAL |
| Pittsburgh (5-4) | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
Michigan State (3-6) | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 23
Team Statistics | PITT | MIST
First Downs | 23 | 25
Rushing | 7 | 9
Passing | 14 | 13
Penalty | 2 | 3
3rd-down Efficiency | 5-16 | 5-17
4th-down Efficiency | 0-0 | 1-1
Total Net Yards | 410 | 427
Total plays | 76 | 84
Average gain | 5.4 | 5.1
Net Yards Rushing | 103 | 183
Rushes | 36 | 47
Average per rush | 2.9 | 3.9
Net Yards Passing | 307 | 244
Completed-attempted | 21-35 | 20-35
Yards per pass | 8.8 | 7
Sacked-yards lost | 5-30 | 2-9
Had intercepted | 0 | 0
Punts-average | 8-40.2 | 7-39.6
Return Yardage | 75 | 89
Punts-returns | 2-14 | 2-22
Kickoffs-returns | 3-61 | 4-67
Interceptions-returns | 0-0 | 0-0
Penalties-yards | 6-50 | 5-25
Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-1
Touchdowns | 3 | 2
Rushing | 1 | 1
Passing | 2 | 1
Extra Points | 2-2 | 2-2
Field Goals | 2-2 | 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency | 4-4-100% | 5-5-100%
Time Of Possession | 28:28 | 31:32
First Quarter
MIST | TD | 10:29 | 7-0 | Art Nielson 14 YD Run (Drew Chizik Kick).
Second Quarter
PITT | FG | 06:40 | 7-3 | Dennis Jenkins 33 YD
PITT | TD | 02:16 | 10-7 | Ashley Reeder 1 YD Run (Dennis Jenkins Kick).
Third Quarter
MIST | FG | 06:27 | 10-10 | Drew Chizik 35 YD
PITT | FG | 02:33 | 13-10 | Dennis Jenkins 37 YD
Fourth Quarter
MIST | FG | 10:44 | 13-13 | Drew Chizik 20 YD
MIST | TD | 05:01 | 20-13 | Emmanuel Gardner 15 YD Pass from Reginald Lewis (Drew Chizik Kick).
PITT | TD | 01:22 | 20-20 | Nick Earl 14 YD Pass from Reggie Neville (Dennis Jenkins Kick).
Overtime
MIST | FG | - | 23-20 | Drew Chizik 24 YD
PITT | TD | - | 26-23 | Brian Hebert 34 YD Pass from Reggie Neville
PITT PASSING
| CP/AT | YDS | TD | INT | LG | SACK
QB R. Neville | 21/35 | 307 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 5-30
MIST PASSING
| CP/AT | YDS | TD | INT | LG | SACK
QB R. Lewis | 20/35 | 244 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 1-3
PITT RUSHING
| ATT | YDS | YPC | TD | LG
RB H. Jarrett | 18 | 104 | 5.78 | 0 | 22
RB J. Rogers | 7 | 24 | 3.43 | 0 | 14
QB R. Neville | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 4
FB A. Reeder | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 1
RB M. Shell | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1
MIST RUSHING
| ATT | YDS | YPC | TD | LG
RB A. Nielson | 26 | 106 | 4.08 | 1 | 14
FB L. Francis | 6 | 57 | 9.50 | 0 | 22
RB J. Hughes | 6 | 20 | 3.33 | 0 | 11
WR A. Markham | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 9
QB R. Lewis | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0
PITT RECEIVING
| ATT | REC | YDS | YPC | YAC | TD | LG | DRP
WR T. Early | 10 | 7 | 117 | 16.71 | 22 | 0 | 28 | 0
WR B. Hebert | 8 | 5 | 73 | 14.60 | 16 | 1 | 34 | 0
RB H. Jarrett | 1 | 1 | 50 | 50.00 | 45 | 0 | 50 | 0
WR N. Earl | 5 | 4 | 37 | 9.25 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0
WR T. Mitchell | 6 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2
RB J. Rogers | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0
TE S. Dion | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
MIST RECEIVING
| ATT | REC | YDS | YPC | YAC | TD | LG | DRP
WR E. Gardner | 8 | 5 | 96 | 19.20 | 20 | 1 | 57 | 0
WR A. Markham | 8 | 6 | 63 | 10.50 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0
WR C. Wiles | 5 | 3 | 32 | 10.67 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0
RB A. Nielson | 9 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 2
TE O. Boling | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0
FB L. Francis | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0
WR T. Claiborne | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1
PITT O-LINE
| KRB | PCK | SA | HLD | FS
OT E. Stewart | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0
OG D. Westmoreland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0
OG D. Martin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0
OT E. Stroud | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
TE S. Dion | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
C E. Lee | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0
MIST O-LINE
| KRB | PCK | SA | HLD | FS
OG N. Staley | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0
OT A. Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
OT B. Polk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
OT J. Guy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
OG J. Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
PITT FUMBLES
| FUM | LOST | REC | YDS
RB H. Jarrett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
OG D. Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
OLB W. Elko | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5
MIST FUMBLES
| FUM | LOST | REC | YDS
QB R. Lewis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
RB A. Nielson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
WR A. Markham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
PITT KICKING
| FG | LONG | XP | PTS
K D. Jenkins | 2/2 | 37 | 2/2 | 8
MIST KICKING
| FG | LONG | XP | PTS
K D. Chizik | 3/3 | 35 | 2/2 | 11
PITT PUNTING
| NO | AVG | NET | I-20 | TB | LG
P J. Lawson | 8 | 40.20 | 35.00 | 0 | 1 | 59
MIST PUNTING
| NO | AVG | NET | I-20 | TB | LG
P K. Smith | 7 | 39.60 | 34.60 | 1 | 1 | 58
PITT KICK RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG
RB T. Walsh | 3 | 20.30 | 0 | 25
MIST KICK RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG
FS L. Marrero | 1 | 27.00 | 0 | 27
FS W. Buffington | 3 | 13.30 | 0 | 17
PITT PUNT RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG | FC
WR B. Hebert | 2 | 7.00 | 0 | 7 | 0
MIST PUNT RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG | FC
FS L. Marrero | 2 | 11.00 | 0 | 11 | 4
PITT DEFENSE
| T-A | SCK | STF | HUR | DP | INT | FF | PD
OLB W. Elko | 7-5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
SS D. McNeil | 7-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
FS D. Wylie | 6-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
DT C. Gardner | 5-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
ILB E. Pettit | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
SS C. Soriano | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DE D. Middlebrooks | 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0
CB J. Brown | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
OLB D. Stevenson | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
SS J. Johnson | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
CB J. Clarke | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
DT J. Blades | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
ILB J. Dilfer | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
CB S. Johnson | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DE C. Ware | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
MIST DEFENSE
| T-A | SCK | STF | HUR | DP | INT | FF | PD
ILB J. Tran | 6-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
DE R. Green | 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
OLB L. Bridges | 4-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
ILB E. McNamara | 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
SS G. Dickey | 3-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
OLB B. Bell | 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
CB J. Bratton | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
CB D. Johnson | 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
DE E. Place | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
SS Z. Free | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FS W. Buffington | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
CB T. Bomar | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
DT R. Turner | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FS E. Cone | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Player of the Game
| Napoleon Staley, Offensive Guard
KRB | PNK | HLD | SA | FS
5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0
Game Information
Attendance: 64,398
Temperature: 65
Weather: Slightly overcast