{"id":13053,"date":"2018-12-31T18:53:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T23:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=13053"},"modified":"2018-12-31T18:53:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T23:53:43","slug":"the-highs-and-lows-of-pitt-footballs-2018-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2018\/12\/31\/the-highs-and-lows-of-pitt-footballs-2018-season\/","title":{"rendered":"The highs and lows of Pitt football’s 2018 season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pitt football team ended their season with a Sun Bowl loss on the last day of 2018.<\/p>\n

With the loss,\u00a0The Panthers finish 2018 on a three-game losing skid, drop to 7-7 and fall to 0-3 in bowls under coach Pat Narduzzi.<\/p>\n

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Pitt defensive back Paris Ford and linebacker Elijah Zeise congratulate defensive back Therran Coleman after he intercepted a ball intended for Syracuse wide receiver Nykeim Johnson to win the game in overtime, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pitt wide receiver Taysir Mack sits on the turf after not being able to come up with a pass on his team’s final play against Stanford in the Sun Bowl, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pitt wide receiver Maurice Ffrench leaps into the end zone for a touchdown against Virginia Tech in the second quarter, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi leads his team from the buses to the stadium before taking on Albany, Saturday, Sep. 1, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pitt kicker Alex Kessman celebrates his 55-yard field goal against Syracuse in the second quarter, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett fumbles on a scramble as he’s tackled by Albany linebackers Levi Metheny and Eli Mencer, Saturday, Sep. 1, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pitt Chancellor Patrick Gallagher, left, and basketball head coach Jeff Capel root on the team against Albany, Saturday, Sep. 1, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pitt fans cheer before their team takes on Penn State, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Penn State defensive end Shaka Toney celebrates after sacking Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett in the fourth quarter, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fireworks shoot off as the Pitt marching band performs the national anthem before the game against Penn State, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Steph Chambers\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Former Pitt star Tony Dorsett is recognized as part of the \u0093Hometown Hall of Famer\u0094 program during a break in action as the team takes on Virginia Tech, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, at Heinz Field. Athletic Director Heather Lyke is third from left. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pitt running back Qadree Ollison leaps for a touchdown against Penn State safety Ayron Monroe in the first quarter, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at Heinz Field. Penn State beat Pitt, 51-6. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pitt running back Darrin Hall hangs his head during the final seconds of his team’s loss to Stanford in the Sun Bowl Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pitt running back Qadree Ollison carries for a touchdown against Georgia Tech in the first quarter, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pitt wide receiver Maurice Ffrench celebrates after pulling in a pass against Syracuse in the second quarter, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pitt wide receiver Rafael Araujo-Lopes and Penn State safety Jonathan Sutherland reach for a fumble, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Steph Chambers\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Pitt’s V’Lique Carter dives into the end zone for a touchdown against Duke in the third quarter, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Larry Fitzgerald pushes Dan Marino away during the mascot race as Pitt takes on Duke, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pitt football team ended their season with a Sun Bowl loss on the last day of 2018. With the loss,\u00a0The Panthers finish 2018 on a three-game losing skid, drop to 7-7 and fall to 0-3 in bowls under coach Pat Narduzzi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":13054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,399,4,15,132],"tags":[],"coauthors":[26,300],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/12\/20181006mfpittsports23-1.jpg?fit=2600%2C1785&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13053"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13074,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13053\/revisions\/13074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13053"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=13053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}