Pittsburgh at UCF

Saturday, September 29, 2018

No. 13 UCF beat Pittsburgh 45–⁠14. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayPittsburgh7–⁠7 in 2018
14
Home13UCF12–⁠1 in 2018
45

Final at FBC Mortgage Stadium, OrlandoTV: ESPNUAttendance 44,904

At kickoff
86°F, mostly cloudy, wind 7 mph from the northWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Executive Airport (KORL), 16 km from the stadium, 23 minutes after kickoff
Officials
Referee J. Magallanes; umpire Troy Riley; head linesman Tracy Lynch; line judge Jim Slayton; side judge Mike McCarthy; field judge Chris Junjulas; back judge Paul Vargo; center judge Sean GeraghtyGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Pittsburgh700714
UCF14177745

Standouts

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Photos from the game

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Player stats

Pittsburgh

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Kenny Pickett16/2616311
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Qadree Ollison1149013
Darrin Hall744018
A.J. Davis51908
Mychale Salahuddin1303
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Maurice Ffrench378158
Taysir Mack241028
Will Gragg321010
Shocky Jacques-Louis115015
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Jazzee Stocker9000
Oluwaseun Idowu7210
Dane Jackson6000
Phil Campbell6000

UCF

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
McKenzie Milton18/3432840
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Greg McCrae1064020
McKenzie Milton1051223
Bentavious Thompson749015
Adrian Killins Jr.124009
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Adrian Killins Jr.3140171
Gabriel Davis480135
Marlon Williams238027
Otis Anderson429113
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Nate Evans1110.50
Richie Grant8001
Kyle Gibson60.50.50
Brandon Moore6000
Brendon Hayes3110
Randy Charlton3210

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

PittsburghUCF
272Total yards568
163Passing yards328
109Rushing yards240
6.3Yards per pass9.6
3.3Yards per rush5.3
16First downs31
6–⁠13Third downs8–⁠15
0–⁠1Fourth downs2–⁠3
1Turnovers0
11–⁠125Penalties8–⁠71
31:29Possession28:31
1Sacks (by defense)3

Efficiency

PittsburghUCF
36%Success rate41%
−0.07EPA per play0.39
1.16Explosiveness1.68
0.02Rushing EPA0.24
−0.16Passing EPA0.62
24%Passing-down success42%
−0.48First-down EPA−0.06
0.28Second-down EPA0.64
0.56Third-down EPA1.16
16%Havoc by its defense25%

From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.

Before kickoff

Our ratings and the line, going in

Our ratings (scores only)

UCF 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The line

UCF −13, over/under 65.5.

The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.

Every drive

UCF end zonePittsburgh end zoneQ1 UCFPunt, 4 playsQ1 PittsburghPunt, 8 playsQ1 UCFTouchdown, 8 playsQ1 PittsburghPunt, 3 playsQ1 UCFTouchdown, 6 playsQ1 PittsburghPunt, 3 playsQ1 UCFPunt return TD, 3 plays (Pittsburgh scores)Q1 UCFTouchdown, 7 playsQ2 PittsburghInterception, 11 playsQ2 UCFTouchdown, 9 playsQ2 PittsburghPunt, 3 playsQ2 UCFField goal, 11 playsQ2 PittsburghEnd of half, 1 playQ3 PittsburghPunt, 4 playsQ3 UCFTouchdown, 2 playsQ3 PittsburghTurnover on downs, 11 playsQ3 UCFTurnover on downs, 14 playsQ3 PittsburghPunt, 10 playsQ4 UCFTouchdown, 8 playsQ4 PittsburghTouchdown, 5 playsQ4 UCFEnd of game, 8 plays
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. UCF drives left to right, Pittsburgh right to left.
  1. Q1 UCFPunt, 4 plays, 10 yards
  2. Q1 PittsburghPunt, 8 plays, 39 yards
  3. Q1 UCFTouchdown, 8 plays, 83 yards
  4. Q1 PittsburghPunt, 3 plays, 0 yards
  5. Q1 UCFTouchdown, 6 plays, 79 yards
  6. Q1 PittsburghPunt, 3 plays, 7 yards
  7. Q1 UCFPunt return TD, 3 plays (Pittsburgh scores), −5 yards
  8. Q1 UCFTouchdown, 7 plays, 75 yards
  9. Q2 PittsburghInterception, 11 plays, 46 yards
  10. Q2 UCFTouchdown, 9 plays, 67 yards
  11. Q2 PittsburghPunt, 3 plays, −1 yard
  12. Q2 UCFField goal, 11 plays, 54 yards
  13. Q2 PittsburghEnd of half, 1 play, 9 yards
  14. Q3 PittsburghPunt, 4 plays, 13 yards
  15. Q3 UCFTouchdown, 2 plays, 72 yards
  16. Q3 PittsburghTurnover on downs, 11 plays, 52 yards
  17. Q3 UCFTurnover on downs, 14 plays, 73 yards
  18. Q3 PittsburghPunt, 10 plays, 31 yards
  19. Q4 UCFTouchdown, 8 plays, 74 yards
  20. Q4 PittsburghTouchdown, 5 plays, 75 yards
  21. Q4 UCFEnd of game, 8 plays, 39 yards

Play by play

1st quarter8 drives, then UCF 14, Pittsburgh 7
UCF Punt, 4 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 35Alex Kessman kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
15:001st & 10 at own 25McKenzie Milton pass complete to Michael Colubiale for 11 yds to the UCF 36 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at own 36McKenzie Milton run for a loss of 1 yard to the UCF 35
15:002nd & 11 at own 35McKenzie Milton pass incomplete
15:003rd & 11 at own 35McKenzie Milton pass incomplete
15:004th & 11 at own 35Mac Loudermilk punt for 45 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the PITTSBURGH 20 PITTSBURGH Penalty, roughing the kicker (10 Yards) declined
Pittsburgh Punt, 8 plays
14:101st & 10 at own 10Qadree Ollison run for 1 yd to the Pitt 11
14:102nd & 9 at own 11Kenny Pickett pass complete to Maurice Ffrench for 14 yds to the Pitt 25 for a 1ST down
14:101st & 10 at own 25Qadree Ollison run for 3 yds to the Pitt 28
14:102nd & 7 at own 28Pickett, K. pass complete to Araujo-Lopes, R for 7 yards to the UP35 (JOHNSON, Keenan), PENALTY UP pass interference (Ffrench, M.) 14 yards to the UP14, NO PLAY.
14:102nd & 21 at own 14Kenny Pickett pass complete to Tyler Sear for 6 yds to the Pitt 20
14:103rd & 15 at own 20Kenny Pickett pass complete to Taysir Mack for 28 yds to the Pitt 48 for a 1ST down
14:101st & 10 at own 48Kenny Pickett run for a loss of 1 yard to the Pitt 47
14:102nd & 11 at own 47Kenny Pickett pass incomplete
14:103rd & 11 at own 47Kenny Pickett run for 2 yds to the Pitt 49
14:104th & 9 at own 49Kirk Christodoulou punt for 34 yds
UCF Touchdown, 8 plays
9:211st & 10 at own 17McKenzie Milton pass complete to Tre Nixon for 6 yds to the UCF 23
9:212nd & 4 at own 23McKenzie Milton pass incomplete
9:213rd & 4 at own 23McKenzie Milton pass complete to Adrian Killins Jr. for 5 yds to the UCF 28 for a 1ST down
9:211st & 10 at own 28UCF Penalty, false start (-5 Yards) to the UCF 23
9:211st & 15 at own 23Adrian Killins Jr. run for 4 yds to the UCF 27
9:212nd & 11 at own 27UCF Penalty, false start (-5 Yards) to the UCF 22
9:212nd & 16 at own 22Adrian Killins Jr. run for 4 yds to the UCF 26
9:213rd & 7 at own 31McKenzie Milton pass complete to Adrian Killins Jr. for 64 yds to the Pitt 5 for a 1ST down
9:213rd & 12 at own 26MILTON, M. pass incomplete to COLUBIALE, M., PENALTY UP sideline interference 5 yards to the UCF31, NO PLAY.
9:211st & goal at opp 5McKenzie Milton run for no gain to the Pitt 5
6:522nd & goal at opp 5McKenzie Milton run for 5 yds for a TD (Matthew Wright KICK)UCF 7, Pittsburgh 0
Pittsburgh Punt, 3 plays
6:521st & 0 at own 35Matthew Wright kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
6:521st & 10 at own 25Kenny Pickett pass incomplete to Maurice Ffrench
6:522nd & 10 at own 25Kenny Pickett run for no gain to the Pitt 25
6:523rd & 10 at own 25Kenny Pickett pass incomplete to Tyler Sear
6:524th & 10 at own 25Kirk Christodoulou punt for 44 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the UCF 31 UCF Penalty, Offensive holding (Antwan Collier) to the UCF 21
UCF Touchdown, 6 plays
5:511st & 10 at own 21Adrian Killins Jr. run for a loss of 2 yards to the UCF 19
5:512nd & 12 at own 19McKenzie Milton pass incomplete
5:513rd & 12 at own 19McKenzie Milton run for 13 yds to the UCF 32 for a 1ST down
5:511st & 10 at own 32MILTON, M. pass incomplete to WILLIAMS, Mar., PENALTY UP roughing passer (Camp, K.) 15 yards to the UCF47, 1ST DOWN UCF, NO PLAY.
5:511st & 10 at own 47Greg McCrae run for 2 yds to the UCF 49
5:512nd & 8 at own 49McKenzie Milton pass complete to Marlon Williams for 27 yds to the Pitt 24 for a 1ST down
4:071st & 10 at opp 24McKenzie Milton pass complete to Gabriel Davis for 24 yds for a TD (Matthew Wright KICK)UCF 14, Pittsburgh 0
Pittsburgh Punt, 3 plays
4:071st & 0 at own 35Matthew Wright kickoff for 65 yds , Mychale Salahuddin return for 14 yds to the Pitt 14
4:071st & 10 at own 14Kenny Pickett sacked by Randy Charlton for a loss of 6 yards to the Pitt 8
4:072nd & 16 at own 8Kenny Pickett pass complete to Taysir Mack for 13 yds to the Pitt 21
4:073rd & 3 at own 21Kenny Pickett pass incomplete to Taysir Mack, broken up by Nevelle Clarke
4:074th & 3 at own 21Kirk Christodoulou punt for 41 yds , Otis Anderson returns for no gain to the UCF 38 Otis Anderson fumbled, forced by Jazzee Stocker,
UCF Punt return TD, 3 plays (Pittsburgh scores)
2:251st & 10 at own 38McKenzie Milton pass incomplete to Tre Nixon
2:252nd & 10 at own 38McKenzie Milton pass incomplete to Otis Anderson
2:253rd & 10 at own 38McKenzie Milton sacked by Oluwaseun Idowu for a loss of 5 yards to the UCF 33
1:134th & 15 at own 33Mac Loudermilk punt for 53 yds , Rafael Araujo-Lopes returns for 86 yds for a TD (Alex Kessman KICK)UCF 14, Pittsburgh 7
UCF Touchdown, 7 plays
1:131st & 0 at own 35Alex Kessman kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
1:131st & 10 at own 25McKenzie Milton pass complete to Otis Anderson for 12 yds to the UCF 37 for a 1ST down
1:131st & 10 at own 37MILTON, M. pass intercepted by Mack, T. at the UP22, Mack, T. return to the UP22, PENALTY UP holding (Mack, T.) 10 yards to the UCF47, NO PLAY.
1:131st & 10 at own 47McKenzie Milton run for 5 yds to the Pitt 48
1:132nd & 5 at opp 48Adrian Killins Jr. run for 3 yds to the Pitt 45
1:133rd & 2 at opp 45Adrian Killins Jr. run for 5 yds to the Pitt 40 for a 1ST down
1:131st & 10 at opp 40MILTON, M. pass incomplete to DAVIS, Gabriel (Ford, P.), QB hurry by Folston, J., PENALTY UP personal foul (Watts, A.) 15 yards to the UP25, 1ST DOWN UCF, NO PLAY.
1:131st & 10 at opp 25Adrian Killins Jr. run for 2 yds to the Pitt 23
Q2 15:002nd & 8 at opp 23McKenzie Milton pass incomplete to Otis Anderson
Q2 14:503rd & 8 at opp 23McKenzie Milton run for 23 yds for a TD (Matthew Wright KICK)UCF 21, Pittsburgh 7
2nd quarter5 drives, then UCF 31, Pittsburgh 7
Pittsburgh Interception, 11 plays
14:501st & 0 at own 35Matthew Wright kickoff for 65 yds
14:501st & 10 at own 25Darrin Hall run for 1 yd to the Pitt 26
14:502nd & 9 at own 26Kenny Pickett pass complete to Dontavius Butler-Jenkins for a loss of 1 yard to the Pitt 25
14:503rd & 10 at own 25Kenny Pickett pass complete to Shocky Jacques-Louis for 15 yds to the Pitt 40 for a 1ST down
14:501st & 10 at own 40Darrin Hall run for 3 yds to the Pitt 43
14:502nd & 7 at own 43Kenny Pickett pass complete to Maurice Ffrench for 6 yds to the Pitt 49
14:503rd & 1 at own 49Kenny Pickett run for 2 yds to the UCF 49 for a 1ST down
14:501st & 10 at opp 49Qadree Ollison run for 10 yds to the UCF 39 for a 1ST down
14:501st & 10 at opp 39Mychale Salahuddin run for 3 yds to the UCF 36
14:502nd & 7 at opp 36Qadree Ollison run for 5 yds to the UCF 31
14:503rd & 2 at opp 31Qadree Ollison run for 2 yds to the UCF 29 for a 1ST down
14:501st & 10 at opp 29Kenny Pickett pass intercepted Richie Grant return for 25 yds to the UCF 33
UCF Touchdown, 9 plays
8:241st & 10 at own 33Adrian Killins Jr. run for 8 yds to the UCF 41
8:242nd & 2 at own 41Adrian Killins Jr. run for 3 yds to the UCF 44 for a 1ST down
8:241st & 10 at own 44McKenzie Milton pass complete to Gabriel Davis for 35 yds to the Pitt 21 for a 1ST down
8:241st & 10 at opp 21McKenzie Milton pass incomplete to Gabriel Davis
8:242nd & 10 at opp 21McKenzie Milton run for 6 yds to the Pitt 15
6:373rd & 4 at opp 15Timeout PITTSBURGH, clock 06:37
6:373rd & 4 at opp 15McKenzie Milton run for 3 yds to the Pitt 12
6:374th & 1 at opp 12Adrian Killins Jr. run for 9 yds to the Pitt 3 for a 1ST down
6:371st & goal at opp 3Adrian Killins Jr. run for 1 yd to the Pitt 2
5:332nd & goal at opp 2McKenzie Milton pass complete to Michael Colubiale for 2 yds for a TD (Matthew Wright KICK)UCF 28, Pittsburgh 7
Pittsburgh Punt, 3 plays
5:331st & 0 at own 35Matthew Wright kickoff for 65 yds
5:331st & 10 at own 25Kenny Pickett pass incomplete to Dontavius Butler-Jenkins, broken up by Brandon Moore
5:332nd & 10 at own 25Qadree Ollison run for 2 yds to the Pitt 27
5:333rd & 8 at own 27Kenny Pickett pass complete to Qadree Ollison for a loss of 3 yards to the Pitt 24
5:334th & 11 at own 24Kirk Christodoulou punt for 46 yds , Otis Anderson returns for 12 yds to the UCF 42
UCF Field goal, 11 plays
3:551st & 10 at own 42Greg McCrae run for 1 yd to the UCF 43
3:552nd & 9 at own 43McKenzie Milton pass incomplete to Marlon Williams
3:553rd & 9 at own 43McKenzie Milton pass complete to Marlon Williams for 11 yds to the Pitt 46 for a 1ST down
3:551st & 10 at opp 46MILTON, M. pass incomplete to NIXON, Tre (Motley, P.), PENALTY UP pass interference (Motley, P.) 15 yards to the UP31, 1ST DOWN UCF, NO PLAY.
3:551st & 10 at opp 31McKenzie Milton pass incomplete to Tre Nixon
3:552nd & 10 at opp 31Taj McGowan run for 21 yds to the Pitt 10 for a 1ST down
3:551st & goal at opp 10Taj McGowan run for 5 yds to the Pitt 5
1:302nd & goal at opp 5MILTON, M. pass complete to COLUBIALE, M. for 5 yards to the UP0, clock 01:30, PENALTY UCF holding (BROWN, Jake) 11 yards to the UP16, NO PLAY.
1:302nd & goal at opp 16McKenzie Milton pass incomplete to Gabriel Davis
1:303rd & goal at opp 16MILTON, M. pass intercepted by Hamlin, D. at the UP9, Hamlin, D. return to the UCF3 (COLUBIALE, M.), PENALTY UP roughing passer 8 yards to the UP8, 1ST DOWN UCF, NO PLAY.
0:571st & 0 at opp 8Timeout UCF, clock 00:57
0:571st & goal at opp 8Adrian Killins Jr. run for 2 yds to the Pitt 6
0:572nd & goal at opp 6McKenzie Milton run for 2 yds to the Pitt 4
0:153rd & 0 at opp 4Timeout UCF, clock 00:15
0:153rd & goal at opp 4McKenzie Milton pass incomplete to Gabriel Davis, broken up by Dane Jackson
0:114th & 0 at opp 4Timeout PITTSBURGH, clock 00:11
0:074th & goal at opp 4Matthew Wright 21 yd FG GOODUCF 31, Pittsburgh 7
Pittsburgh End of half, 1 play
0:071st & 0 at own 35Matthew Wright kickoff for 64 yds , Mychale Salahuddin return for 12 yds to the Pitt 13
0:021st & 10 at own 13Darrin Hall run for 9 yds to the Pitt 22
3rd quarter5 drives, then UCF 38, Pittsburgh 7
Pittsburgh Punt, 4 plays
15:002nd & 1 at own 35Matthew Wright kickoff for 65 yds
15:001st & 10 at own 25Qadree Ollison run for 13 yds to the Pitt 38 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at own 38Qadree Ollison run for no gain to the Pitt 38
15:002nd & 10 at own 38Kenny Pickett pass incomplete to Maurice Ffrench, broken up by Nevelle Clarke
15:003rd & 10 at own 38Kenny Pickett pass incomplete to Rafael Araujo-Lopes
15:004th & 10 at own 38Kirk Christodoulou punt for 34 yds, downed at the UCF 28
UCF Touchdown, 2 plays
13:221st & 10 at own 28Adrian Killins Jr. run for 1 yd to the UCF 29
12:392nd & 9 at own 29McKenzie Milton pass complete to Adrian Killins Jr. for 71 yds for a TD (Matthew Wright KICK)UCF 38, Pittsburgh 7
Pittsburgh Turnover on downs, 11 plays
12:391st & 0 at own 35Matthew Wright kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
12:391st & 10 at own 25Kenny Pickett pass complete to Dontavius Butler-Jenkins for 6 yds to the Pitt 31
12:392nd & 4 at own 31Darrin Hall run for 18 yds to the Pitt 49 for a 1ST down
12:391st & 10 at own 49Darrin Hall run for 7 yds to the UCF 44
12:392nd & 3 at opp 44Qadree Ollison run for 1 yd to the UCF 43
12:393rd & 2 at opp 43Kenny Pickett run for 3 yds to the UCF 40 for a 1ST down
12:391st & 10 at opp 40Qadree Ollison run for 10 yds to the UCF 30 for a 1ST down
12:391st & 10 at opp 30Kenny Pickett pass complete to Will Gragg for 10 yds to the UCF 20 for a 1ST down
12:391st & 10 at opp 20Darrin Hall run for no gain to the UCF 20
12:392nd & 10 at opp 20Darrin Hall run for 6 yds to the UCF 14
12:393rd & 4 at opp 14Kenny Pickett sacked by Kyle Gibson and Nate Evans for a loss of 1 yard to the UCF 15
12:394th & 5 at opp 15Kenny Pickett sacked by Brendon Hayes for a loss of 8 yards to the UCF 23
UCF Turnover on downs, 14 plays
6:011st & 10 at own 23Greg McCrae run for 2 yds to the UCF 25
6:012nd & 8 at own 25McKenzie Milton pass incomplete, broken up by Rashad Wheeler
6:013rd & 8 at own 25McKenzie Milton pass complete to Tre Nixon for 19 yds to the UCF 44 for a 1ST down
6:011st & 10 at own 44McKenzie Milton pass complete to Tre Nixon for 3 yds to the UCF 47
6:012nd & 7 at own 47Greg McCrae run for 16 yds to the Pitt 37 for a 1ST down
6:011st & 10 at opp 37Greg McCrae run for 4 yds to the Pitt 33
6:012nd & 6 at opp 33Greg McCrae run for a loss of 3 yards to the Pitt 36
6:013rd & 9 at opp 36Taj McGowan run for 6 yds to the Pitt 30
6:014th & 3 at opp 30McKenzie Milton pass complete to Gabriel Davis for 13 yds to the Pitt 17 for a 1ST down
6:011st & 10 at opp 17Taj McGowan run for a loss of 1 yard to the Pitt 18
6:012nd & 11 at opp 18MILTON, M. pass incomplete to DAVIS, Gabriel, PENALTY UP holding (Ford, P.) 9 yards to the UP9, 1ST DOWN UCF, NO PLAY.
6:011st & goal at opp 9McKenzie Milton pass incomplete to Gabriel Davis, broken up by Phillipie Motley
6:012nd & goal at opp 9Taj McGowan run for 5 yds to the Pitt 4
6:013rd & goal at opp 4McKenzie Milton pass incomplete to Otis Anderson
6:014th & goal at opp 4McKenzie Milton pass incomplete to Gabriel Davis, broken up by Phillipie Motley
Pittsburgh Punt, 10 plays
1:071st & 10 at own 4Kenny Pickett run for 3 yds to the Pitt 7
1:072nd & 7 at own 7Kenny Pickett pass incomplete to Rafael Araujo-Lopes, broken up by Keenan Johnson
1:073rd & 7 at own 7Pickett, K. pass incomplete to Smith, M., PENALTY UCF holding (MOORE, Brandon) 10 yards to the UP17, 1ST DOWN UP, NO PLAY.
1:071st & 10 at own 17A.J. Davis run for 8 yds to the Pitt 25
Q4 15:002nd & 2 at own 25A.J. Davis run for 3 yds to the Pitt 28 for a 1ST down
Q4 15:001st & 10 at own 28Kenny Pickett pass complete to George Aston for a loss of 1 yard to the Pitt 27
Q4 15:002nd & 11 at own 27A.J. Davis run for 7 yds to the Pitt 34
Q4 15:003rd & 4 at own 34Kenny Pickett pass complete to Will Gragg for 4 yds to the Pitt 38 for a 1ST down
Q4 15:001st & 10 at own 38A.J. Davis run for a loss of 1 yard to the Pitt 37
Q4 15:002nd & 11 at own 37Kenny Pickett pass incomplete to Will Gragg
Q4 15:003rd & 11 at own 37Kenny Pickett pass complete to A.J. Davis for a loss of 2 yards to the Pitt 35
Q4 15:004th & 13 at own 35Kirk Christodoulou punt for 49 yds , Otis Anderson returns for 10 yds to the UCF 26
4th quarter3 drives, then UCF 45, Pittsburgh 14
UCF Touchdown, 8 plays
11:081st & 10 at own 26Greg McCrae run for 20 yds to the UCF 46 for a 1ST down
11:081st & 10 at own 46McKenzie Milton pass complete to Otis Anderson for 4 yds to the 50 yard line
11:082nd & 6 at the 50Greg McCrae run for 11 yds to the Pitt 39 for a 1ST down
11:081st & 10 at opp 39McKenzie Milton pass complete to Otis Anderson for no gain Otis Anderson fumbled, forced by Therran Coleman, recovered by UCF Otis Anderson
11:082nd & 10 at opp 39McKenzie Milton pass complete to Gabriel Davis for 8 yds to the Pitt 31
8:403rd & 2 at opp 31Timeout PITTSBURGH, clock 08:40
8:403rd & 2 at opp 31Greg McCrae run for 7 yds to the Pitt 24 for a 1ST down PITTSBURGH Penalty, face mask (12 yards) (Saleem Brightwell) to the Pitt 12 for a 1ST down
8:401st & 10 at opp 12UCF Penalty, false start (Cole Schneider) to the Pitt 17
8:401st & 15 at opp 17Bentavious Thompson run for 4 yds to the Pitt 13
7:172nd & 11 at opp 13McKenzie Milton pass complete to Otis Anderson for 13 yds for a TD (Matthew Wright KICK)UCF 45, Pittsburgh 7
Pittsburgh Touchdown, 5 plays
7:171st & 0 at own 35Matthew Wright kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
7:171st & 10 at own 25Qadree Ollison run for 2 yds to the Pitt 27
7:172nd & 8 at own 27A.J. Davis run for 2 yds to the Pitt 29
7:173rd & 6 at own 29Pickett, K. pass incomplete to Smith, M., PENALTY UCF pass interference (BROWN, Bryon) 15 yards to the UP44, 1ST DOWN UP, NO PLAY.
7:171st & 10 at own 44Kenny Pickett pass complete to Dontavius Butler-Jenkins for 3 yds to the Pitt 47 PITTSBURGH Penalty, Offensive holding (Tyler Sear) to the Pitt 35
7:171st & 19 at own 35Kenny Pickett pass complete to Will Gragg for 7 yds to the Pitt 42
4:462nd & 12 at own 42Kenny Pickett pass complete to Maurice Ffrench for 58 yds for a TD (Alex Kessman KICK)UCF 45, Pittsburgh 14
UCF End of game, 8 plays
4:461st & 0 at own 35Alex Kessman kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
4:461st & 10 at own 25Bentavious Thompson run for 10 yds to the UCF 35 for a 1ST down
4:461st & 10 at own 35Bentavious Thompson run for 1 yd to the UCF 36
4:462nd & 9 at own 36Bentavious Thompson run for 15 yds to the Pitt 49 for a 1ST down
4:461st & 10 at opp 49Bentavious Thompson run for 4 yds to the Pitt 45
4:462nd & 6 at opp 45Bentavious Thompson run for 11 yds to the Pitt 34 for a 1ST down
4:461st & 10 at opp 34MACK, Darriel rush for 7 yards to the UP27, out-of-bounds (Stocker, J.), PENALTY UCF holding (HARRIS, Jacob) 10 yards to the UP44, NO PLAY.
4:461st & 20 at opp 44Darriel Mack Jr. run for no gain to the Pitt 44
4:462nd & 20 at opp 44Greg McCrae run for 4 yds to the Pitt 40
4:463rd & 16 at opp 40Bentavious Thompson run for 4 yds to the Pitt 36

Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.

Pittsburgh leads 3–⁠1 in four meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Pittsburgh 12, UCF 7
2019Pittsburgh 35, UCF 34
2018UCF 45, Pittsburgh 14
2006Pittsburgh 52, UCF 7

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