Pittsburgh Panthers Pittsburgh 8-5
17 Final Dec 27, 2025
East Carolina Pirates East Carolina 9-4
23 Stats Markets Info
Closing line US sportsbook at kickoff Spread PITT −13.5 −105
ECU +13.5 −115
Total O/U Over 51.5 −110
Under 51.5 −110
Spread: East Carolina +13.5 covered. Total O/U: under 51.5 (40 points).
Recap East Carolina beat Pittsburgh 23-17 in the Go Bowling Military Bowl at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis on Dec 27, 2025 to move to 9-4.
The lead changed hands 4 times. East Carolina won the turnover battle 5-1. East Carolina won despite being outgained 376-249 in total yards.
Score by quarter Pittsburgh Panthers and East Carolina Pirates, score by quarter Team 1 2 3 4 T PITT 0 7 7 3 17 ECU 0 3 14 6 23
Scoring plays Second Quarter ECU Field Goal · 11:42 Nick Mazzie 42 Yd Field Goal 0 - 3 PITT Touchdown · 0:04 Raphael Williams Jr. 22 Yd pass from Mason Heintschel (Trey Butkowski Kick) 7 - 3 Third Quarter ECU Touchdown · 9:32 Anthony Smith 47 Yd pass from Chaston Ditta (Nick Mazzie Kick) 7 - 10 PITT Touchdown · 4:33 Rasheem Biles 23 Yd Fumble Return (Trey Butkowski Kick) 14 - 10 ECU Touchdown · 3:58 Anthony Smith 72 Yd pass from Chaston Ditta (Nick Mazzie Kick) 14 - 17 Fourth Quarter ECU Field Goal · 14:18 Nick Mazzie 33 Yd Field Goal 14 - 20 ECU Field Goal · 6:41 Nick Mazzie 28 Yd Field Goal 14 - 23 PITT Field Goal · 1:23 Trey Butkowski 21 Yd Field Goal 17 - 23
Team stats PITT ECU
1st Downs 24 11
Total Yards 376 249
Passing 256 177
Rushing 120 72
3rd down efficiency 5-15 2-15
Turnovers 5 1
Possession 33:05 26:55
Top performers Pittsburgh Panthers East Carolina Pirates
Passing Mason Heintschel 25/40, 256 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Chaston Ditta 8/17, 177 YDS, 2 TD
Rushing Ja'Kyrian Turner 16 CAR, 93 YDS
Marlon Gunn Jr. 18 CAR, 50 YDS
Receiving Justin Holmes 6 REC, 100 YDS
Anthony Smith 4 REC, 156 YDS, 2 TD
Sacks Rasheem Biles 2
Kendrick DuJour 2
Tackles Rasheem Biles 16
Teagan Wilk 9
Player stats Pittsburgh · Passing Player C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT QBR Mason Heintschel 25/40 256 6.4 1 1 42.9
Pittsburgh · Rushing Player CAR YDS AVG TD LONG Ja'Kyrian Turner 16 93 5.8 0 20 Justin Cook 8 28 3.5 0 13 Jalynn Williams 2 13 6.5 0 9 Caleb Williams 2 1 0.5 0 1 Kenny Johnson 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 Mason Heintschel 11 -9 -0.8 0 11
Pittsburgh · Receiving Player REC YDS AVG TD LONG Justin Holmes 6 100 16.7 0 23 Raphael Williams Jr. 5 57 11.4 1 22 Malachi Thomas 2 36 18.0 0 26 Justin Cook 6 30 5.0 0 11 Bryce Yates 2 12 6.0 0 11 Ja'Kyrian Turner 2 8 4.0 0 6 Jake Overman 1 7 7.0 0 7 Censere Lee 1 6 6.0 0 6
Pittsburgh · Fumbles Player FUM LOST REC Ja'Kyrian Turner 2 2 0 Kenny Johnson 1 1 0 Mason Heintschel 1 1 0 Rasheem Biles 0 0 1
Pittsburgh · Defense Player TOT SOLO SACKS TFL PD QB HUR TD Rasheem Biles 16 7 2 5 1 0 1 Cruce Brookins 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 Cameron Lindsey 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 Isaiah Neal 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 Sean FitzSimmons 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 Braylan Lovelace 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 Javon McIntyre 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 Nick James 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Pittsburgh · Kick returns Player NO YDS AVG LONG TD Deuce Spann 3 65 21.7 25 0 Cataurus Hicks 1 14 14.0 14 0
Pittsburgh · Punt returns Player NO YDS AVG LONG TD Kenny Johnson 1 2 2.0 2 0
Pittsburgh · Kicking Player FG PCT LONG XP PTS Trey Butkowski 1/1 100.0 21 2/2 5
Pittsburgh · Punting Player NO YDS AVG TB In 20 LONG Caleb Junko 3 119 39.7 0 0 45
East Carolina · Passing Player C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT QBR Chaston Ditta 8/17 177 10.4 2 0 29.8
East Carolina · Rushing Player CAR YDS AVG TD LONG Marlon Gunn Jr. 18 50 2.8 0 14 TJ Engleman Jr. 6 24 4.0 0 8 Parker Jenkins 5 18 3.6 0 7 Team 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 Mike Wright Jr. 2 -2 -1.0 0 2 Chaston Ditta 10 -17 -1.7 0 5
East Carolina · Receiving Player REC YDS AVG TD LONG Anthony Smith 4 156 39.0 2 72 Jyron Waiters 2 21 10.5 0 12 Payton Mangrum 1 0 0.0 0 0 Brock Spalding 1 0 0.0 0 0
East Carolina · Fumbles Player FUM LOST REC Chaston Ditta 1 1 0 Jordy Lowery 0 0 1 J.D. Lampley 0 0 1 Kendrick DuJour 0 0 1 Jackson Barker 0 0 1
East Carolina · Defense Player TOT SOLO SACKS TFL PD QB HUR TD Teagan Wilk 9 6 0 0 0 1 0 Samuel Dankah 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 Kamaurri McKinley 7 5 0 0 1 0 0 Dameon Wilson 7 4 0 0.5 0 1 0 DJ Johnson Jr. 6 2 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 Jasiyah Robinson 5 2 1.5 1.5 0 0 0 Ryheem Craig 5 2 0 0.5 0 0 0 Jordy Lowery 4 3 0 0 0 0 0
East Carolina · Interceptions Player INT YDS TD Kevon Merrell Jr. 1 70 0
East Carolina · Kicking Player FG PCT LONG XP PTS Nick Mazzie 3/4 75.0 42 2/2 11
East Carolina · Punting Player NO YDS AVG TB In 20 LONG Ryan Leavy 3 99 33.0 1 2 37 Tomas O'Halloran 2 78 39.0 0 0 46
Game info Venue Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD
Attendance 17,016
TV ESPN · national
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