2025 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

2025 Pittsburgh Panthers football
2025 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	2–0 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Pat Narduzzi (11th season);
Offensive coordinator	Kade Bell (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Randy Bates (8th season)
Home stadium	Acrisure Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

Last updated September 07, 2025

2025 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
California	0	–	0	2	–	0
No. 14 Florida State	0	–	0	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	0	2	–	0
Louisville	0	–	0	2	–	0
No. 5 Miami (FL)	0	–	0	2	–	0
NC State	0	–	0	2	–	0
Pittsburgh	0	–	0	2	–	0
Wake Forest	0	–	0	2	–	0
Boston College	0	–	0	1	–	1
No. 8 Clemson	0	–	0	1	–	1
Duke	0	–	0	1	–	1
North Carolina	0	–	0	1	–	1
No. 17 SMU	0	–	0	1	–	1
Syracuse	0	–	0	1	–	1
Virginia	0	–	0	1	–	1
Stanford	0	–	0	0	–	2
Virginia Tech	0	–	0	0	–	2
Championship: December 6, 2025
As of September 7, 2025 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025 Pittsburgh Panthers football team will represent the University of Pittsburgh as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers are led by eleventh-year head coach Pat Narduzzi and will play their home games at Acrisure Stadium located in Pittsburgh.

Transfers

Outgoing

Player	Position	Destination
Cameron Monteiro	WR	Akron
Moritz Schmoranzer	OT	Appalachian State
Andy Jean	WR	Arkansas
Jaremiah Anglin Jr.	S	Benedict
Montravius Lloyd	RB	Bethune–Cookman
Ty Dieffenbach	QB	Cal Poly
Graysen Riffe	OT	Eastern Kentucky
Brody Riffe	OT	Eastern Kentucky
Adham Abouraya	OT	Eastern Michigan
Bryson Harrington	DL	Fresno State
Ryland Gandy	CB	Indiana
Terrence Enos	IOL	Kansas State
Thomas Aden	DL	Kent State
Noah Biglow	CB	Louisiana Tech
David Ojiegbe	EDGE	Norfolk State
Rodney Hammond	RB	Sacramento State
Nate Yarnell	QB	Texas State
Terrence Moore	IOL	Toledo
Nahki Johnson	DL	Tulsa
Tamarion Crumpley	CB	UAB
Sincere Edwards	EDGE	UCF
Jake Renda	TE	UCLA
Jake McConnachie	WR	UMass
Chief Borders	EDGE	UNLV
Daejon Reynolds	WR	UNLV
Jordan Bass	LB	Virginia Tech
Julian Dugger	QB	Washington State
Elliot Donald	DL	Unknown
Lamar Seymore	WR	Unknown
Franco Fernandez-Enjo	K	Unknown
Matt Metrosky	IOL	Unknown
Dylan Bennett	LB	Unknown
Tim Talehago	QB	Hawaii

Incoming

Player	Position	Previous Team
Rashan Murray	WR	California (PA)
Kendall Stanley	OT	Charlotte
Joey Zelinsky	DL	Eastern Michigan
Andy Jean	WR	Florida
Deuce Spann	WR	Florida State
Cataurus Hicks	WR	Louisville
Justin Holmes	TE	Marshall
Jeffrey Persi	OT	Michigan
Zion Ferguson	CB	North Carolina
Jayden Bonsu	S	Ohio State
Cole Gonzales	QB	Oklahoma
Jaeden Moore	LB	Oregon
Keith Gouveia	IOL	Richmond
Kavir Bains	S	UC Davis
Blaine Spires	EDGE	Utah State

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	12:00 p.m.	Duquesne *	Acrisure Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (City Game)	ACCN	W 61–9	53,006
September 6	12:00 p.m.	Central Michigan *	Acrisure Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	ESPNU	W 45–17	48,424
September 13	3:30 p.m.	at West Virginia *	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl)	ESPN
September 27		Louisville	Acrisure Stadium Pittsburgh, PA
October 4		Boston College	Acrisure Stadium Pittsburgh, PA
October 11		at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL
October 18		at Syracuse	JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
October 25		NC State	Acrisure Stadium Pittsburgh, PA
November 1		at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA
November 15		Notre Dame *	Acrisure Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
November 22		at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA
November 29		Miami (FL)	Acrisure Stadium Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

vs Duquesne (FCS, City Game)

Pregame line	Over/under
PITT –39.5	58.5

Duquesne Dukes (FCS) (0–0) at Pittsburgh Panthers (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Dukes (FCS)	0	6	0	3	9
Panthers	14	20	14	13	61

at Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date: August 30
Game time: 12:00 p.m.
Game weather: 65°F, Sunny, Wind N @ 5 mph
Game attendance: 53,006
Referee: Riley Johnson
TV announcers (ACCN): Clay Matvick (play-by-play) and Chase Daniel (analyst)

Game information

First quarter

PITT – Desmond Reid 88-yard punt return (Trey Butkowski kick), 12:14. Panthers 7–0.
PITT – Cataurus Hicks 4-yard pass from Eli Holstein (Trey Butkowski kick), 2:47. Panthers 14–0. Drive: 11 plays, 62 yards, 4:50.

Second quarter

DUQ – B.J. Alexander 7-yard pass from Tyler Riddell (Matt Marcinko kick failed), 10:28. Panthers 14–6. Drive: 2 plays, 61 yards, 0:35.
PITT – Juelz Goff 1-yard run (Trey Butkowski kick BLOCKED), 9:24. Panthers 20–6. Drive: 3 plays, 18 yards, 0:52.
PITT – Kenny Johnson 20-yard pass from Eli Holstein (Trey Butkowski kick), 4:01. Panthers 27–6. Drive: 3 plays, 47 yards, 1:06.
PITT – Cataurus Hicks 16-yard pass from Eli Holstein (Trey Butkowski kick), 0:48. Panthers 34–6. Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 1:43.

Third quarter

PITT – Desmond Reid 53-yard run (Trey Butkowski kick), 14:14. Panthers 41–6. Drive: 2 plays, 75 yards, 0:46.
PITT – Malachi Thomas 34-yard pass from Eli Holstein (Trey Butkowski kick), 3:14. Panthers 48–6. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:33.

Fourth quarter

DUQ – Matt Marcinko 35-yard field goal, 13:56. Panthers 48–9. Drive: 8 plays, 33 yards, 4:18.
PITT – Trey Butkowski 27-yard field goal, 8:03. Panthers 51–9. Drive: 9 plays, 31 yards, 3:03.
PITT – Trey Butkowski 27-yard field goal, 3:32. Panthers 54–9. Drive: 7 plays, 12 yards, 2:21.
PITT – Bryce Yates 60-yard pass from Cole Gonzales (Trey Butkowski kick), 1:12. Panthers 61–9. Drive: 2 plays, 60 yards, 0:38.

Statistics	DUQ	PITT
First downs	8	21
Plays–yards	57–212	65–460
Rushes–yards	30–41	27–158
Passing yards	171	302
Passing: comp–att–int	17–27–0	23–38–1
Turnovers	0	1
Time of possession	35:23	24:37

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Duquesne	Passing	Tyler Riddell	14/23, 154 yards, TD
	Rushing	Taj Butts	10 carries, 38 yards
	Receiving	Joey Isabella	8 receptions, 120 yards
Pittsburgh	Passing	Eli Holstein	15/23, 215 yards, 4 TD, INT
	Rushing	Desmond Reid	8 carries, 66 yards, TD
	Receiving	Bryce Yates	2 receptions, 69 yards, TD

vs Central Michigan

Pregame line	Over/under
PITT –21.5	48.5

Central Michigan Chippewas (1–0) at Pittsburgh Panthers (1–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	0	10	7	0	17
Panthers	7	17	7	14	45

at Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date: September 6
Game time: 12:00 p.m.
Game weather: 66°F, Cloudy, Wind SW @ 4 mph
Game attendance: 48,424
Referee: Justin Elliott
TV announcers (ESPNU): Brian Custer (play-by-play) and Max Starks (analyst)

Game information

First quarter

PITT – Raphael Williams Jr. 3-yard pass from Eli Holstein (Trey Butkowski kick), 11:56. Panthers 7–0. Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards, 2:58.

Second quarter

CMU – Cade Graham 41-yard field goal, 12:28. Panthers 7–3. Drive: 12 plays, 53 yards, 6:42.
PITT – Justin Holmes 12-yard pass from Eli Holstein (Trey Butkowski kick), 11:03. Panthers 14–3. Drive: 5 plays, 74 yards, 1:20.
PITT – Josh Altsman 2-yard pass from Eli Holstein (Trey Butkowski kick), 6:40. Panthers 21–3. Drive: 6 plays, 52 yards, 2:20.
PITT – Trey Butkowski 43-yard field goal, 2:08. Panthers 24–3. Drive: 6 plays, 24 yards, 2:51.
CMU – Jadyn Glasser 2-yard run (Cade Graham kick), 11:03. Panthers 24–10. Drive: 6 plays, 13 yards, 0:44.

Third quarter

CMU – DeCorion Temple 2-yard pass from Joe Labas (Cade Graham kick), 3:01. Panthers 24–17. Drive: 11 plays, 63 yards, 7:18.
PITT – Raphael Williams Jr. 48-yard pass from Eli Holstein (Trey Butkowski kick), 2:15. Panthers 31–17. Drive: 10 plays, 30 yards, 5:06.

Fourth quarter

PITT – Juelz Goff Jr. 2-yard run (Trey Butkowski kick), 2:15. Panthers 38–17. Drive: 12 plays, 44 yards, 7:29.
PITT – Ja'Kyrian Turner 2-yard run (Trey Butkowski kick), 0:45. Panthers 45–17. Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards, 2:20.

Statistics	CMU	PITT
First downs	13	22
Plays–yards	68–217	58–465
Rushes–yards	41–40	26–124
Passing yards	177	340
Passing: comp–att–int	27–20–0	32–24–1
Turnovers	1	1
Time of possession	36:43	23:17

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Central Michigan	Passing	Joe Labas	11/14, 89 yards, TD
	Rushing	Angel H. Flores	9 carries, 18 yards
	Receiving	Camden Kruisenga	1 reception, 26 yards
Pittsburgh	Passing	Eli Holstein	21/28, 304 yards, 4 TD, INT
	Rushing	Desmond Reid	10 carries, 46 yards
	Receiving	Raphael Williams Jr.	6 receptions, 121 yards, 2 TD

at West Virginia (Backyard Brawl)

Pregame line	Over/under

Pittsburgh Panthers (2–0) at West Virginia Mountaineers (1–1) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	Total
Panthers			0
Mountaineers			0

at Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, West Virginia

Date: September 13
Game time: 3:30 p.m.
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Statistics	PITT	WVU
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Pittsburgh	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
West Virginia	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs Louisville

Pregame line	Over/under

Louisville Cardinals (0–0) vs Pittsburgh Panthers (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	Total
Cardinals			0
Panthers			0

at Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date: September 27
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Statistics	LOU	PITT
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Louisville	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Pittsburgh	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs Boston College

Pregame line	Over/under

Boston College Eagles (0–0) vs Pittsburgh Panthers (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	Total
Eagles			0
Panthers			0

at Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date: October 4
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Statistics	BC	PITT
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Boston College	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Pittsburgh	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Florida State

Pregame line	Over/under

Pittsburgh Panthers (0–0) at Florida State Seminoles (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	Total
Panthers			0
Seminoles			0

at Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida

Date: October 11
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Statistics	PITT	FSU
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Pittsburgh	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Florida State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Syracuse (rivalry)

Pregame line	Over/under

Pittsburgh Panthers (0–0) at Syracuse Orange (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	Total
Panthers			0
Orange			0

at JMA Wireless Dome • Syracuse, New York

Date: October 18
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First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	PITT	SYR
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Pittsburgh	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Syracuse	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs NC State

Pregame line	Over/under

NC State Wolfpack (0–0) vs Pittsburgh Panthers (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	Total
Wolfpack			0
Panthers			0

at Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date: October 25
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Statistics	NCST	PITT
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
NC State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Pittsburgh	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Stanford

Pregame line	Over/under

Pittsburgh Panthers (0–0) at Stanford Cardinal (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	Total
Panthers			0
Cardinal			0

at Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California

Date: November 1
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First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	PITT	STAN
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Pittsburgh	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Stanford	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs Notre Dame (rivalry)

Pregame line	Over/under

Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0–0) vs Pittsburgh Panthers (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	Total
Fighting Irish			0
Panthers			0

at Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date: November 15
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Statistics	ND	PITT
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Notre Dame	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Pittsburgh	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Georgia Tech

Pregame line	Over/under

Pittsburgh Panthers (0–0) at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	Total
Panthers			0
Yellow Jackets			0

at Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, Georgia

Date: November 22
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Statistics	PITT	GT
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Pittsburgh	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Georgia Tech	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs Miami (FL)

Pregame line	Over/under

Miami Hurricanes (0–0) vs Pittsburgh Panthers (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	Total
Hurricanes			0
Panthers			0

at Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date: November 29
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Statistics	MIA	PITT
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Miami (FL)	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Pittsburgh	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

References

↑ "2025 Pittsburgh Football Transfer Portal". On3.com. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
↑ "2025 Pittsburgh College Football Transfer Portal". 247Sports.com. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
↑ Peak, Chris (June 29, 2022). "A look ahead: Pitt's future football schedules for the next 5 years". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
↑ "2025 Pitt Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved December 22, 2024.

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[1] "2025 Pittsburgh Football Transfer Portal". On3.com. Retrieved February 25, 2025.

[2] "2025 Pittsburgh College Football Transfer Portal". 247Sports.com. Retrieved February 25, 2025.

[3] Peak, Chris (June 29, 2022). "A look ahead: Pitt's future football schedules for the next 5 years". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 22, 2024.

[4] "2025 Pitt Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved December 22, 2024.

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2025 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

Contents

Transfers

Outgoing

Incoming

Schedule

Game summaries

vs Duquesne (FCS, City Game)

vs Central Michigan

at West Virginia (Backyard Brawl)

vs Louisville

vs Boston College

at Florida State

at Syracuse (rivalry)

vs NC State

at Stanford

vs Notre Dame (rivalry)

at Georgia Tech

vs Miami (FL)

References