No. 12 Pitt and No. 10 Michigan State faced off in the Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Thursday night, and the tough luck piled up for the Panthers from the opening kickoff to the final whistle. As a result, the Panthers fell to the Spartans 31-21.
Pitt got off to a rough start, as the opening kickoff hit the goal line and bounced back out into the field of play. That forced Pitt return man Israel Abanikanda to go back for the ball and settle for limited yardage on the return after initially abandoning it in expectation of a touchback.