Pitt Runs for 247 Yards and Beats Syracuse 27-13
Pittsburgh threw for 123 yards. Mason Heintschel went 10 of 23 with an interception. And Pitt still won by 14, because it ran 36 times for 247 yards and Syracuse could not stop any of it.
Pitt (3-0) scored first and never gave the lead up. La'Vell Wright ran in from 2 yards late in the first quarter, Damon Ferguson Jr. broke a 32-yarder early in the second, and Antonio Chadha added a 42-yard field goal for 17-0 with 8:06 left in the half. Syracuse got a 2-yard touchdown run from Ahmad Miller and a 42-yard field goal from Shay Barker at the gun to make it 17-10 at the break. Mason Heintschel then ran in from 9 yards early in the third for 24-10, and Chadha's 34-yard field goal with 8:16 left made it 27-10.
Syracuse (1-2) got a late Barker field goal from 30 yards with 3:08 to play and nothing else. Syracuse rushed 38 times for 142 yards and threw for 205, so the yardage (347 to 370) was close. The turnovers were not. Syracuse threw two interceptions to Pitt's one, and Pitt lost no fumbles.
Ferguson had 10 carries for 102 yards and Wright 14 for 81, and Heintschel added 41 more on 11 carries, one of them the touchdown. Three players, 224 yards, and a passing game that barely had to show up.
Pitt is 3-0 and has led from the first quarter on. For fantasy, it was a running-back day: Ferguson led everyone with 18.4, Wright had 15.6 and Syracuse's Miller had 15.