Georgia Tech 2016 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

another fourth-quarter lead gone , if loss looming, pittsburgh responded little bit of savvy, luck , dash of redemption beleaguered defense thrown in measure surge past struggling georgia tech. first, scott orndoff kept head while hauling in tipped pass nate peterman tight end turned game-tying 74-yard touchdown 3:50 play. nose tackle tyrique jarrett stuffed yellow jackets running dedrick mills on fourth down give pitt ball 1:47 left set chris blewitt s bank shot 31-yard field goal time expired. heart-stopping saturday panthers. think s believing , never getting down on or on team, orndoff said. hanging in there.

something pitt (4–2, 1–1 acc) getting used under coach pat narduzzi. outcome has hung in balance in final 2 minutes each of last 5 weeks, including last-second loss north carolina 2 weeks ago in tar heels converted 4 fourth-downs on deciding drive.

that s made jarrett , linebacker matt galambos stop satisfying. clock dwindling, georgia tech went on fourth-and-1 @ own 34 rather kick it. galombos—who narduzzi describes defense s computer —sensed dive play coming , changed call right before snap, leading jarrett stand mills short of first down. happened guess right, jarrett said. perfect.

pitt drove georgia tech 12 set blewitt s winner, smacked off right upright , through time expired. s second straight season pitt topped yellow jackets on late kick blewitt, 52 career field goals school record. called corner pocket, blewitt joked. georgia tech coach paul johnson defended decision go rather kick , give pitt s offense, punted once day, shot. instead, yellow jackets (3–3, 1–3 acc) dropped third straight overall , sixth straight true road game dating 2014.

if on again @ end of game, still have gone have called different play, johnson said. felt way game going, felt make half-yard , didn t s on me. s responsibility , ll take blame it. peterman finished 14 of 20 192 yards , long score orndoff. panthers spread ball around while running 215 yards, including 24-yard run 300-pound pitt lineman brian o neill on designed throwback lateral. pitt offensive coordinator matt canada installed play week o neill, former tight end. caught ball , surrounded teammates while being escorted end zone.

(canada) told me don t stupid when score touchdown because re going score touchdown, o neill said. pitt travels virginia take on cavaliers. each team has won on home field in series since panthers joined acc in 2013.