PITTSBURGH — The Syracuse Orange (4-2, 1-2) have to wait another game for its first road conference win after a trip to Heinz Field in the Steel City. Favored going into Saturday’s game versus the Pittsburgh Panthers, the Orange defense allowed 265 net rushing yards and committed one too many mistakes en route to a 44-37 overtime loss in Pittsburgh.
“This was a hard-fought contest between two teams who really wanted to win,” Syracuse head coach Dino Babers noted after the game. “They made a couple more plays than us.”
Fast is the new fast
Less than two calendar years after these teams combined for 137 points in a 76-61 Pitt victory, the teams combined for 37 first-half points — 28 of them coming in the first quarter.