No. 17 Pitt traveled to the Carrier Dome to take on Syracuse in a primetime matchup on Saturday, and the team came away with a 31-14 victory. The win was Pitt’s 10th of 2021, and it marked the first time since 1981 that the Panthers were able to reach a double-digit win total in the regular season.
The Orange got the ball to start the game, and they were led down the field with relative ease by Syracuse quarterback Garrett Shrader. The signal-caller was coming off three straight games in which he was held to 65 passing yards or fewer and zero touchdowns through the air, but he managed to accrue 59 passing yards, including a 12-yard touchdown strike to Syracuse wide receiver Courtney Jackson, on the first drive of the game.