North Carolina Answers Pitt's Go-ahead Score in 11 Seconds
Pittsburgh held the lead for 11 seconds in the fourth quarter. That was the whole lead, and it was the one that mattered.
Pitt had the early run. La'Vell Wright scored from two yards out in the first quarter and Antonio Chadha added a 41-yard field goal in the second, so it was 10-0 Pitt. North Carolina got on the board with a 7-yard Billy Edwards Jr. touchdown pass to Jelani Thurman with 5:32 left in the half, and the Heels trailed 10-7 at the break. Demon June pushed in from a yard out with 22 seconds left in the third quarter, and North Carolina led 14-10 going into the fourth.
Then the strange part. Wright scored again from a yard out with 12:47 left to put Pitt up 17-14. On the next scoring play, 11 seconds of game clock later, Edwards threw a 75-yard touchdown to Shamar Easter, and North Carolina was up 21-17. It was Easter's only catch of the day. Nobody scored after that, and the final stayed 21-17. Pitt scored the go-ahead touchdown and gave it right back, which is a hard way to lose.
The ground game tells you how odd this was. Pitt ran 41 times for 150 yards. North Carolina ran 23 times for 22. Both teams threw two interceptions, and Pitt had three sacks to North Carolina's two. The Heels won on 271 total yards to Pitt's 369.
North Carolina moves to 3-2. Pitt drops to 5-1. Wright was the top fantasy scorer at 21.3 points, and he lost, which happens.