Final
Pittsburgh 42
(4-2, 1-0 Big East)
Rutgers 32
(3-4, 0-3 Big East)
1:30 PM ET, October 18, 2003
High Point Solutions Stadium, PISCATAWAY, NJ
1st Quarter Play by Play | ||||
| Start of the 1st quarter. | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rutgers at 15:00 | PITT | RUTG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0th and Goal at PITT 20 | Scarlet Knights kickoff, touchback by Panthers. | 0 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh at 15:00 | PITT | RUTG | ||
| 1st and 10 at PITT 20 | Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed up the middle for -1 yards. | 0 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 11 at PITT 19 | Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass left side complete to Larry Fitzgerald (PITT) for 17 yards. | |||
| 1st and 10 at PITT 36 | Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed up the middle for no gain. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at PITT 36 | Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass right side complete to Larry Fitzgerald (PITT) for 40 yards. | |||
| 1st and 10 at RUTG 24 | Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass left side complete to Kris Wilson (PITT) for 7 yards. | |||
| 2nd and 3 at RUTG 17 | Lousaka Polite (PITT) rushed left side for 9 yards. | |||
| 1st and 8 at RUTG 8 | Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed right side for 2 yards. | |||
| 2nd and 6 at RUTG 6 | Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed up the middle for a 6 yard touchdown. | 6 | 0 | |
| 0th and Goal at RUTG 0 | Extra point by David Abdul (PITT) is good. | 7 | 0 | |
| 0th and Goal at RUTG 2 | Kickoff returned by Tres Moses (RU) for 32 yards. | |||
| Rutgers at 11:04 | PITT | RUTG | ||
| 1st and 10 at RUTG 34 | Ryan Hart (RU) pass left side complete to Shawn Tucker (RU) for 3 yards. | 7 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 7 at RUTG 37 | Justise Hairston (RU) rushed up the middle for 3 yards. | |||
| 3rd and 4 at RUTG 40 | Ryan Hart (RU) pass right side complete to Tres Moses (RU) for 5 yards. | |||
| 1st and 10 at RUTG 45 | Ryan Hart (RU) pass incomplete to the left side. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at RUTG 45 | Justise Hairston (RU) rushed up the middle for no gain. | |||
| 3rd and 10 at RUTG 45 | Ryan Hart (RU) pass left side complete to Clark Harris (RU) for 14 yards. | |||
| 1st and 10 at PITT 41 | Brian Leonard (RU) rushed up the middle for 4 yards. | |||
| 2nd and 6 at PITT 37 | Justise Hairston (RU) rushed up the middle for 5 yards. | |||
| 3rd and 1 at PITT 32 | Scarlet Knights fumble by Justise Hairston (RU), recovered by Shawntae Spencer (PITT), returned for no gain. | |||
| Pittsburgh at 8:05 | PITT | RUTG | ||
| 1st and 10 at PITT 32 | Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed up the middle for no gain. | 7 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 10 at PITT 32 | Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass left side complete to Larry Fitzgerald (PITT) for 47 yards. | |||
| 1st and 10 at RUTG 21 | Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the left side. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at RUTG 21 | Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass left side complete to Jawan Walker (PITT) for no gain. | |||
| 3rd and 10 at RUTG 21 | Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the left side. | |||
| 4th and 10 at RUTG 21 | 39 yard field goal by David Abdul (PITT) is no good. | |||
| Rutgers at 6:06 | PITT | RUTG | ||
| 1st and 10 at RUTG 21 | Ryan Hart (RU) pass incomplete to the left side. | 7 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 10 at RUTG 22 | Ryan Hart (RU) pass incomplete to the right side. | |||
| 3rd and 10 at RUTG 22 | Ryan Hart (RU) pass incomplete across the middle. | |||
| 4th and 10 at RUTG 22 | Punt by Joe Radigan (RU) no return by Panthers. | |||
| Pittsburgh at 5:42 | PITT | RUTG | ||
| 1st and 10 at PITT 43 | Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed left side for -2 yards. | 7 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 12 at PITT 41 | Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass right side complete to Lousaka Polite (PITT) for 9 yards. | |||
| 3rd and 3 at RUTG 50 | Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass across the middle complete to Larry Fitzgerald (PITT) for 13 yards. | |||
| 1st and 10 at RUTG 37 | 5 yard penalty on Panthers. | |||
| 1st and 15 at RUTG 42 | Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed up the middle for 2 yards. | |||
| 2nd and 13 at RUTG 40 | Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed left side for 5 yards. | |||
| 3rd and 8 at RUTG 35 | 10 yard penalty on Panthers. | |||
| 2nd and 18 at RUTG 45 | Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass left side complete to Yogi Roth (PITT) for 20 yards. | |||
| 1st and 10 at RUTG 25 | Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass right side complete to Larry Fitzgerald (PITT) for 14 yards. | |||
| 1st and 10 at RUTG 11 | Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass across the middle complete to Kris Wilson (PITT) for a 11 yard touchdown. | 13 | 0 | |
| 0th and Goal at RUTG 0 | Extra point by David Abdul (PITT) is good. | 14 | 0 | |
| 0th and Goal at RUTG 15 | Kickoff returned by Tres Moses (RU) for 10 yards. | |||
| Rutgers at 1:42 | PITT | RUTG | ||
| 1st and 10 at RUTG 25 | Justise Hairston (RU) rushed up the middle for -1 yards. | 14 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 11 at RUTG 24 | Ryan Hart (RU) pass across the middle complete to Tres Moses (RU) for 4 yards. | |||
| 3rd and 7 at RUTG 28 | Scarlet Knights fumble by Tres Moses (RU), recovered by Clark Harris (RU), advanced for no gain. | |||
| 3rd and 2 at RUTG 33 | Ryan Hart (RU) pass left side complete to Ray Pilch (RU) for 66 yards. | |||
| 1st and 1 at PITT 1 | End of the 1st quarter. | |||
