Final

Pittsburgh 29
(1-4, 0-1 Big East)

Rutgers 37
(3-1, 1-0 Big East)
8:00 PM ET, September 30, 2005
High Point Solutions Stadium, PISCATAWAY, NJ
1st Quarter Play by Play | ||||
| Pittsburgh at 0:00 | PITT | RUTG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Graessle kickoff for 65 yards for a touchback. | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rutgers at 0:00 | PITT | RUTG | ||
| 1st and 10 at RUTG 20 | Rutgers penalty holding declined. | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st and 10 at RUTG 20 | Ryan Hart pass complete to Shawn Tucker for 3 yards to the Rutgr 23. | |||
| 2nd and 7 at RUTG 23 | Raymell Rice rush for 32 yards to the Pitt 45 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at PITT 45 | Tiquan Underwood rush for 1 yard to the Pitt 44. | |||
| 2nd and 9 at PITT 44 | Tiquan Underwood rush for 6 yards to the Pitt 38. | |||
| 3rd and 3 at PITT 38 | Ryan Hart pass incomplete. | |||
| 4th and 3 at PITT 38 | Rutgers penalty 5 yard delay of game accepted. | |||
| 4th and 8 at PITT 43 | Joe Radigan punt for 18 yards downed at the Pitt 25. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: Rutgr drive: 5 plays 37 yards, 02:20 Rutgr PUNT | ||||
| Pittsburgh at 12:40 | PITT | RUTG | ||
| 1st and 10 at PITT 25 | Tyler Palko pass complete to Greg Lee for 31 yards to the Rutgr 44 for a 1ST down. | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st and 10 at RUTG 44 | Tyler Palko pass incomplete. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at RUTG 44 | Raymond Kirkley rush for a loss of 2 yards to the Rutgr 46. | |||
| 3rd and 12 at RUTG 46 | Tyler Palko rush for 4 yards to the Rutgr 42. | |||
| 4th and 8 at RUTG 42 | Adam Graessle punt for 42 yards for a touchback. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: Pitt drive: 4 plays 33 yards, 01:52 Pitt PUNT | ||||
| Rutgers at 10:48 | PITT | RUTG | ||
| 1st and 10 at RUTG 20 | Brian Leonard rush for 1 yard to the Rutgr 21. | 0 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 9 at RUTG 21 | Ryan Hart pass complete to Shawn Tucker for 43 yards to the Pitt 36 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at PITT 36 | Brian Leonard rush for 3 yards to the Pitt 33. | |||
| 2nd and 7 at PITT 33 | Ryan Hart pass complete to Brian Leonard for 33 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | 0 | 6 | |
| Jeremy Ito extra point GOOD. | 0 | 7 | ||
| Tres Moses kickoff for 58 yards returned by Marcel Pestano for 10 yards to the Pitt 23, fumbled at the Pitt 23, forced by Leslie Jackman, recovered by Rutgr. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: Rutgr drive: 4 plays 80 yards, 01:23 Rutgr TD | ||||
| Rutgers at 9:25 | PITT | RUTG | ||
| 1st and 10 at PITT 23 | Tiquan Underwood rush for 5 yards to the Pitt 18. | 0 | 7 | |
| 2nd and 5 at PITT 18 | Tiquan Underwood rush for 4 yards to the Pitt 14. | |||
| 3rd and 1 at PITT 14 | Brian Leonard rush for 2 yards to the Pitt 12 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at PITT 12 | Tiquan Underwood rush for 5 yards to the Pitt 7. | |||
| 2nd and 5 at PITT 7 | Tiquan Underwood rush for 2 yards to the Pitt 5. | |||
| 3rd and 3 at PITT 5 | Ryan Hart pass incomplete. | |||
| 4th and 3 at PITT 5 | Jeremy Ito 22 yard field goal GOOD. | 0 | 10 | |
| Mike Teel kickoff for 60 yards returned by Marcel Pestano for 14 yards to the Pitt 19. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: Rutgr drive: 7 plays 18 yards, 03:23 Rutgr FG | ||||
| Pittsburgh at 5:54 | PITT | RUTG | ||
| 1st and 10 at PITT 19 | Tyler Palko pass complete to Austin Ransom for 7 yards to the Pitt 26. | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd and 3 at PITT 26 | Tyler Palko pass incomplete. | |||
| 3rd and 3 at PITT 26 | Tim Murphy rush for 2 yards to the Pitt 28. | |||
| 4th and 3 at PITT 26 | Adam Graessle punt for 45 yards, returned by Willie Foster for 71 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | 0 | 16 | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: Pitt drive: 3 plays 7 yards, 01:44 Pitt PUNT | ||||
| Rutgers at 4:10 | PITT | RUTG | ||
| Jeremy Ito extra point GOOD. | 0 | 17 | ||
| Mike Teel kickoff for 64 yards returned by Terrell Allen for 26 yards to the Pitt 27. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: Rutgr drive: 1 play 71 yards, 00:00 Rutgr TD | ||||
| Pittsburgh at 4:00 | PITT | RUTG | ||
| 1st and 10 at PITT 27 | Raymond Kirkley rush for 4 yards to the Pitt 31. | 0 | 17 | |
| 2nd and 6 at PITT 31 | Raymond Kirkley rush for 4 yards to the Pitt 35, Rutgers penalty offside declined. | |||
| 2nd and 1 at PITT 36 | Tyler Palko sacked by Courtney Greene at the Pitt 15 for a loss of 21 yards. | |||
| 3rd and 22 at PITT 15 | Raymond Kirkley rush for a loss of 4 yards to the Pitt 11, Pittsburgh penalty holding declined. | |||
| 4th and 26 at PITT 11 | Adam Graessle punt for 46 yards downed at the Rutgr 43. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: Pitt drive: 4 plays -16 yards, 02:06 Pitt PUNT | ||||
| Rutgers at 2:02 | PITT | RUTG | ||
| 1st and 10 at RUTG 43 | Raymell Rice rush for 7 yards to the 50 yard line. | 0 | 17 | |
| 2nd and 3 at RUTG 50 | Brian Leonard rush for 6 yards to the Pitt 44 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at PITT 44 | Ryan Hart pass complete to Clark Harris for 18 yards to the Pitt 26 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at PITT 26 | Ryan Hart pass complete to Shawn Tucker for 15 yards to the Pitt 11 for a 1ST down. | |||
| End of 1st Quarter | ||||

