Overview
- Heintschel completed 28 of 48 for 423 yards and three touchdowns, setting Pitt’s single-game passing mark for a freshman.
- Pittsburgh moved to 6-2 overall and 4-1 in the ACC, remaining unbeaten since the late-September switch from Eli Holstein.
- Blue Hicks finished with 120 receiving yards including an 84-yard touchdown, and Kenny Johnson had seven catches for 112 yards and a score.
- Running back Desmond Reid left late in the third quarter with an apparent left-leg injury after previously missing two games with an injury to the same leg.
- Pitt scored on four of its first six drives and then opened the second half with four straight scoring possessions, as Trey Butkowski made four field goals; the Panthers visit Stanford next.