| 1st Quarter | | SYR | PITT |
| Pittsburgh at 15:00 | SYR | PITT |
| | Luke Briggs kickoff for 70 yards returned by Michael Jones for 18 yards to the Syrac 18. | 0 | 0 |
| Syracuse at 14:30 | SYR | PITT |
| 1st and 10 at SYR 18 | Greg Paulus pass complete to Cody Catalina for 9 yards to the Syrac 27. | 0 | 0 |
| 2nd and 1 at SYR 27 | Delone Carter rush for 58 yards to the Pitt 15, tackled by Aaron Berry for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at PITT 15 | Delone Carter rush for 3 yards to the Pitt 12. | | |
| 2nd and 7 at PITT 12 | Greg Paulus pass incomplete to Marcus Sales. | | |
| 3rd and 7 at PITT 12 | Ryan Nassib pass complete to Lavar Lobdell for 1 yard to the Pitt 11. | | |
| 4th and 6 at PITT 11 | Ryan Lichtenstein 29 yard field goal GOOD. | 3 | 0 |
| | Rob Long kickoff for 65 yards returned by Cameron Saddler for no gain to the Pitt 5. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: SYRACUSE drive: 5 plays 71 yards, 02:14 SYRACUSE FG |
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| Pittsburgh at 12:21 | SYR | PITT |
| 1st and 10 at PITT 5 | Henry Hynoski rush for 6 yards to the Pitt 11. | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd and 4 at PITT 11 | Dion Lewis rush for 2 yards to the Pitt 13. | | |
| 3rd and 2 at PITT 13 | Bill Stull pass complete to Henry Hynoski for 17 yards to the Pitt 30 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at PITT 30 | Cedric Mcgee rush for 27 yards to the Syrac 43 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at SYR 43 | Dion Lewis rush for 32 yards to the Syrac 11 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at SYR 11 | Dion Lewis rush for 9 yards to the Syrac 2. | | |
| 2nd and 1 at SYR 2 | Dion Lewis rush for no gain to the Syrac 2. | | |
| 3rd and 1 at SYR 2 | Bill Stull pass incomplete to Mike Cruz. | | |
| 4th and 1 at SYR 2 | Dan Hutchins 19 yard field goal GOOD. | 3 | 3 |
| | Luke Briggs kickoff for 70 yards for a touchback. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: PITTSBURGH drive: 9 plays 93 yards, 04:16 PITTSBURGH FG |
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| Syracuse at 8:05 | SYR | PITT |
| 1st and 10 at SYR 20 | Delone Carter rush for 24 yards to the Syrac 44 for a 1ST down. | 3 | 3 |
| 1st and 10 at SYR 44 | Delone Carter rush for 3 yards to the Syrac 47. | | |
| 2nd and 7 at SYR 47 | Ryan Nassib rush for a loss of 2 yards to the Syrac 45. | | |
| 3rd and 9 at SYR 45 | Greg Paulus pass complete to Cody Catalina for 8 yards to the Pitt 47. | | |
| 4th and 1 at PITT 47 | Rob Long punt for 34 yards, fair catch by Aaron Smith at the Pitt 13. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: SYRACUSE drive: 4 plays 33 yards, 02:39 SYRACUSE PUNT |
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| Pittsburgh at 5:26 | SYR | PITT |
| 1st and 10 at PITT 13 | Dion Lewis rush for 8 yards to the Pitt 21. | 3 | 3 |
| 2nd and 2 at PITT 21 | Dion Lewis rush for a loss of 1 yard to the Pitt 20. | | |
| 3rd and 3 at PITT 20 | Bill Stull pass complete to Ray Graham for 2 yards to the Pitt 22. | | |
| 4th and 1 at PITT 22 | Dan Hutchins punt for 43 yards, returned by Michael Holmes for 1 yard to the Syrac 36. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: PITTSBURGH drive: 3 plays 9 yards, 05:35 PITTSBURGH FUMB |
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| Syracuse at 3:13 | SYR | PITT |
| 1st and 10 at SYR 36 | Delone Carter rush for 9 yards to the Syrac 45. | 3 | 3 |
| 2nd and 1 at SYR 45 | Averin Collier rush for 3 yards to the Syrac 48 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at SYR 48 | SYRACUSE penalty 5 yard False Start accepted. | | |
| 1st and 15 at SYR 43 | Delone Carter rush for no gain to the Syrac 43. | | |
| 2nd and 15 at SYR 43 | Greg Paulus sacked by Brandon Lindsey for a loss of 9 yards to the Syrac 34. | | |
| 3rd and 24 at SYR 34 | Delone Carter rush for 2 yards to the Syrac 36. | | |
| | End of 1st Quarter | | |
Syracuse 10, 
(13) Pittsburgh 37