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The Pitt football team is riding a four-game win streak into Stanford on Saturday. The matchup against the Cardinal is the first time the two schools have met since December 1922. The two have met on the field four other times, with the series even at 2-2.
Florida State running back Gavin Sawchuk moved the Seminoles into third and manageable, and a pass interference call helped move the offense to midfield. Sawchuk was able to rattle off a 33-yard rush to move FSU into scoring position. Running back Caziah Holmes evened the score on a one-yard touchdown rush. FSU 7, Pitt 7.
"We look at this as a big game," says Panthers safety Nick Scott, "because of who they are and who they’ve always been."
The Wolfpack has lost two in a row and has not defeated an ACC opponent since Week 3, when it defeated Wake Forest on the road.
True freshman kicker Trey Butkowski broke Ben Sauls' Pitt record of 15 consecutive field goal conversions on his fourth make of the game in the third quarter. Butkowski nearly extended the record to 17, but he missed a 48-yard attempt and finished the game 4-for-5.
Pitt center Lyndon Cooper walked into the postgame press conference Saturday night following the Panthers’ conference win over NC State with the entire starting offensive line unit, or also known as “O-block.
Syracuse Football is at its lowest point of the season.After losing its original starter Steve Angeli to an achilles injury, the offense has had an extremely di