Week 8 · 2003

Notre Dame at Pittsburgh

Sat 10/11/2003 06:00 PMAcrisure Stadium

Notre Dame

20

5–7

Pittsburgh

14

8–5

Attendance

66,421

reported

ND4 plays, 9 yd · Punt

15:001st & 10own 20Brady Quinn (ND) pass right side complete to Anthony Fasano (ND) for 4 yards.+4
14:202nd & 6own 24Ryan Grant (ND) rushed left side for 5 yards.+5
13:403rd & 1own 29Brady Quinn (ND) pass incomplete to the right side.0
13:374th & 1own 29Punt by Nicholas Setta (ND) returned by Jawan Walker (PITT) to the Panthers 33 for no gain.0

PITT1 play, 0 yd · Turnover

13:371st & 10own 33Panthers fumble by William (Tutu) Ferguson (PITT), recovered by Jared Clark (ND), returned for no gain.0

ND4 plays, 34 yd · Touchdown

13:371st & 10opp 34Ryan Grant (ND) rushed up the middle for -1 yards.−1
13:372nd & 11opp 35Julius Jones (ND) rushed right side for 10 yards.+10
12:303rd & 1opp 25Julius Jones (ND) rushed right side for a 25 yard touchdown.+25
12:08goal lineExtra point by Nicholas Setta (ND) is good.0

PITT1 play, 0 yd · Kickoff

12:08opp 1Kickoff returned by Terrell Allen (PITT) for 15 yards.+15

PITT4 plays, 2 yd · Punt

12:041st & 10own 16Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed right side for 2 yards.+2
12:042nd & 8own 18Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the right side.0
12:043rd & 8own 18Rod Rutherford (PITT) sacked for a loss of 10 yards.−10
12:044th & 18own 8Punt by Andy Lee (PITT) returned 15 yards by Vontez Duff (ND) to the Panthers 35.+15

ND4 plays, 1 yd · Missed FG

10:361st & 10opp 35Brady Quinn (ND) pass incomplete to the left side.0
10:352nd & 10opp 35Julius Jones (ND) rushed right side for 1 yard.+1
9:573rd & 9opp 34Brady Quinn (ND) pass incomplete to the left side.0
9:454th & 9opp 3452 yard field goal by Nicholas Setta (ND) is no good.+52

PITT4 plays, 0 yd · Punt

9:391st & 10own 34Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed left side for -2 yards.−2
9:392nd & 12own 32Lousaka Polite (PITT) rushed left side for 2 yards.+2
8:253rd & 10own 34Rod Rutherford (PITT) sacked for a loss of 8 yards.−8
7:554th & 18own 26Punt by Andy Lee (PITT) returned 48 yards by Vontez Duff (ND) to the Panthers 41.+48

ND6 plays, 7 yd · Timeout

7:551st & 10opp 41Fighting Irish fumble by Vontez Duff (ND), recovered by Vontez Duff (ND), advanced for no gain.0
7:551st & 10opp 41Ryan Grant (ND) rushed up the middle for 11 yards.+11
7:551st & 10opp 30Ryan Grant (ND) rushed up the middle for 2 yards.+2
6:352nd & 8opp 28Julius Jones (ND) rushed left side for 1 yard.+1
5:583rd & 7opp 27Brady Quinn (ND) pass right side complete to Julius Jones (ND) for -7 yards.−7
5:234th & 14opp 34Fighting Irish timeout; 05:23 remaining 1st quarter0

PITT1 play, 32 yd · On downs

5:234th & 14own 34Brady Quinn (PITT) pass incomplete to the left side.; turnover on downs.0

PITT4 plays, -29 yd · Punt

5:161st & 10opp 34Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed up the middle for 3 yards.+3
5:162nd & 7own 37Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the left side.0
4:373rd & 7own 37Rod Rutherford (PITT) sacked for a loss of 10 yards.−10
4:374th & 17own 27Punt by Andy Lee (PITT) no return by Fighting Irish.0

ND4 plays, -14 yd · Punt

3:541st & 10own 25Julius Jones (ND) rushed left side for -4 yards.−4
3:282nd & 14own 21Ryan Grant (ND) rushed left side for -1 yards.−1
3:283rd & 24own 11Ryan Grant (ND) rushed left side for 13 yards.+13
2:214th & 11own 24Punt by Nicholas Setta (ND) no return by Panthers.0

PITT10 plays, 52 yd · Touchdown

2:151st & 10own 48Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the right side.0
2:082nd & 10own 48Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the left side.0
1:593rd & 10own 48Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass left side complete to Larry Fitzgerald (PITT) for 15 yards.+15
1:591st & 10opp 37Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed right side for -2 yards.−2
0:572nd & 12opp 395 yard penalty on Panthers.−5
0:482nd & 17opp 44Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass across the middle complete to Princell Brockenbrough (PITT) for 21 yards.+21
0:151st & 10opp 23Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass left side complete to Larry Fitzgerald (PITT) for a 23 yard touchdown.+23
0:15own 0Extra point by David Abdul (PITT) is good.0
0:00own 0End of the 1st quarter.0
15:00own 0Start of the 2nd quarter.0

ND1 play, 0 yd · Kickoff

15:00opp 15Kickoff returned by Julius Jones (ND) for 16 yards.+16

ND5 plays, -6 yd · Punt

14:551st & 10own 31Ryan Grant (ND) rushed right side for no gain.0
14:152nd & 10own 31Brady Quinn (ND) pass incomplete to the left side.0
14:113rd & 10own 31Brady Quinn (ND) sacked for a loss of 6 yards.−6
14:114th & 16own 25Fighting Irish fumble by Brady Quinn (ND), recovered by Jared Clark (ND), 9 yard advance.+9
14:114th & 7own 25Punt by D.J. Fitzpatrick (ND) returned 70 yards by William (Tutu) Ferguson (PITT) to the Fighting Irish 4.+70

PITT3 plays, 4 yd · Touchdown

14:111st & goalopp 4Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed right side for no gain.0
13:052nd & goalopp 4Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass left side complete to Larry Fitzgerald (PITT) for a 4 yard touchdown.+4
13:05own 0Extra point by David Abdul (PITT) is good.0

ND1 play, 0 yd · Kickoff

13:05opp 9Kickoff returned by Matt Shelton (ND) for 19 yards.+19

ND4 plays, 2 yd · Punt

12:571st & 10own 28Julius Jones (ND) rushed up the middle for 2 yards.+2
12:202nd & 8own 30Brady Quinn (ND) pass incomplete to the right side.0
12:133rd & 8own 30Brady Quinn (ND) pass incomplete to the right side.0
12:064th & 8own 30Punt by D.J. Fitzpatrick (ND) returned 5 yards by William (Tutu) Ferguson (PITT) to the Panthers 33.+5

PITT7 plays, 3 yd · Punt

11:561st & 10own 335 yard penalty on Fighting Irish.+5
11:561st & 5own 38Rod Rutherford (PITT) sacked for a loss of 11 yards.−11
11:562nd & 16own 27Panthers fumble by Rod Rutherford (PITT), recovered by Glenn Rivers (PITT), advanced for no gain.0
11:562nd & 15own 28Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass left side complete to Lousaka Polite (PITT) for 8 yards.+8
10:283rd & 7own 36Panthers timeout; 10:28 remaining 2nd quarter0
10:283rd & 7own 36Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete across the middle.0
10:234th & 7own 36Punt by Andy Lee (PITT) no return by Fighting Irish.0

ND5 plays, 70 yd · Touchdown

10:171st & 10own 30Ryan Grant (ND) rushed left side for 12 yards.+12
9:501st & 10own 42Ryan Grant (ND) rushed up the middle for 7 yards.+7
9:082nd & 3own 49Ryan Grant (ND) rushed right side for 2 yards.+2
9:043rd & 1opp 49Julius Jones (ND) rushed right side for a 49 yard touchdown.+49
9:04goal lineExtra point by Nicholas Setta (ND) is good.0

PITT1 play, 0 yd · Kickoff

8:54opp 1Kickoff returned by Terrell Allen (PITT) for 36 yards.+36

PITT9 plays, 38 yd · Missed FG

8:471st & 10own 3727 yard penalty on Panthers.−27
8:471st & 10own 10Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed left side for 31 yards.+31
8:391st & 10own 41Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed left side for no gain.0
7:482nd & 10own 41Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass right side complete to Larry Fitzgerald (PITT) for 29 yards.+29
7:141st & 10opp 30Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass across the middle complete to Lousaka Polite (PITT) for 6 yards.+6
6:252nd & 4opp 24Rod Rutherford (PITT) sacked for a loss of 6 yards.−6
6:253rd & 10opp 30Panthers fumble by Rod Rutherford (PITT), recovered by Lousaka Polite (PITT), advanced for no gain.0
6:253rd & 5opp 25Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass across the middle complete to Joe Stephens (PITT) for 4 yards.+4
5:204th & 1opp 2138 yard field goal by David Abdul (PITT) is no good.+38

ND7 plays, 21 yd · Punt

5:051st & 10own 21Julius Jones (ND) rushed up the middle for 3 yards.+3
4:352nd & 7own 24Brady Quinn (ND) pass incomplete to the right side.0
4:183rd & 7own 24Brady Quinn (ND) pass across the middle complete to Anthony Fasano (ND) for 11 yards.+11
4:001st & 10own 35Ryan Grant (ND) rushed up the middle for 2 yards.+2
3:302nd & 8own 37Ryan Grant (ND) rushed right side for 5 yards.+5
2:353rd & 3own 42Ryan Grant (ND) rushed left side for no gain.0
1:504th & 3own 42Punt by D.J. Fitzpatrick (ND) no return by Panthers.0

PITT5 plays, 3 yd · Turnover

1:371st & 10own 15Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass across the middle complete to Larry Fitzgerald (PITT) for 8 yards.+8
1:152nd & 2own 235 yard penalty on Panthers.−5
1:092nd & 7own 18Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the left side.0
1:053rd & 7own 18Rod Rutherford (PITT) sacked for a loss of 10 yards.−10
1:054th & 17own 8Panthers fumble by Rod Rutherford (PITT), recovered by Derek Landri (ND), returned for no gain.0

ND6 plays, 6 yd · Field goal

1:051st & goalopp 8Julius Jones (ND) rushed left side for 3 yards.+3
0:492nd & goalopp 4Fighting Irish timeout; 00:49 remaining 2nd quarter0
0:492nd & goalopp 4Brady Quinn (ND) pass incomplete to the left side.0
0:453rd & goalopp 4Julius Jones (ND) rushed right side for 2 yards.+2
0:374th & goalopp 2Fighting Irish timeout; 00:37 remaining 2nd quarter0
0:374th & goalopp 219 yard field goal by D.J. Fitzpatrick (ND) is good.+19

PITT1 play, 0 yd · Kickoff

0:331st & 0opp 20Fighting Irish kickoff, touchback by Panthers.0

PITT2 plays, -1 yd · Rush

0:331st & 10own 20Rod Rutherford (PITT) rushed up the middle for -1 yards.−1
0:002nd & 11own 19End of the 2nd quarter.0

PITT10 plays, 12 yd · Punt

14:561st & 10own 2010 yard penalty on Panthers.−10
14:561st & 10own 10Lousaka Polite (PITT) rushed up the middle for 4 yards.+4
14:152nd & 6own 14Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the right side.0
14:103rd & 6own 14Panthers timeout; 14:10 remaining 3rd quarter0
14:103rd & 6own 14Rod Rutherford (PITT) rushed right side for 10 yards.+10
14:031st & 10own 245 yard penalty on Panthers.−5
14:031st & 15own 19Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass left side complete to Kris Wilson (PITT) for 9 yards.+9
14:032nd & 6own 28Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed right side for 4 yards.+4
12:353rd & 2own 32Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the right side.0
12:354th & 2own 32Punt by Andy Lee (PITT) no return by Fighting Irish.0

ND2 plays, 0 yd · Turnover

12:221st & 10own 2910 yard penalty on Fighting Irish.−10
12:221st & 20own 19Brady Quinn (ND) pass right side intercepted by Shawntae Spencer (PITT). Returned for no gain.0

PITT11 plays, 53 yd · Field goal

11:591st & 10opp 30Rod Rutherford (PITT) sacked for a loss of 6 yards.−6
11:592nd & 16opp 36Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete across the middle.0
11:103rd & 16opp 36Rod Rutherford (PITT) rushed left side for 5 yards.+5
10:524th & 11opp 3148 yard field goal by David Abdul (PITT) is no good.+48
10:241st & 10own 316 yard penalty on Panthers.+6
10:101st & 5own 37Julius Jones (ND) rushed right side for 9 yards.+9
9:551st & 10own 46Julius Jones (ND) rushed left side for 39 yards.+39
9:551st & 10opp 15Ryan Grant (ND) rushed up the middle for 3 yards.+3
8:482nd & 7opp 12Ryan Grant (ND) rushed left side for 3 yards.+3
7:583rd & 4opp 9Brady Quinn (ND) sacked for a loss of 7 yards.−7
7:584th & 11opp 1634 yard field goal by D.J. Fitzpatrick (ND) is good.+34

PITT1 play, 0 yd · Kickoff

7:101st & 0opp 1Kickoff returned by Terrell Allen (PITT) for 15 yards.+15

PITT5 plays, 4 yd · Punt

7:031st & 10own 16Panthers fumble by Terrell Allen (PITT), recovered by Terrell Allen (PITT), advanced for no gain.0
7:031st & 10own 16Rod Rutherford (PITT) rushed left side for 4 yards.+4
6:562nd & 6own 20Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the right side.0
6:513rd & 6own 20Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the right side.0
6:464th & 6own 20Punt by Andy Lee (PITT) returned 4 yards by Julius Jones (ND) to the Fighting Irish 44.+4

ND4 plays, 3 yd · Punt

6:371st & 10own 44Ryan Grant (ND) rushed up the middle for 4 yards.+4
5:582nd & 6own 48Ryan Grant (ND) rushed left side for -1 yards.−1
5:273rd & 7own 47Brady Quinn (ND) pass incomplete to the right side.0
5:124th & 7own 47Punt by D.J. Fitzpatrick (ND) no return by Panthers.0

PITT10 plays, 20 yd · Punt

5:041st & 10own 22Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the left side.0
4:592nd & 10own 21Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the right side.0
4:543rd & 10own 21Panthers timeout; 04:54 remaining 3rd quarter0
4:543rd & 10own 21Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the right side.0
4:464th & 10own 2114 yard penalty on Fighting Irish.+14
4:371st & 10own 35Rod Rutherford (PITT) rushed right side for 6 yards.+6
4:262nd & 4own 41Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed right side for 1 yard.+1
4:213rd & 3own 42Panthers timeout; 04:21 remaining 3rd quarter0
4:213rd & 3own 42Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the left side.0
4:154th & 4own 42Punt by Andy Lee (PITT) returned 21 yards by Rhema McKnight (ND) to the Fighting Irish 41.+21

ND6 plays, 26 yd · On downs

4:051st & 10own 41Brady Quinn (ND) pass across the middle complete to Rhema McKnight (ND) for 6 yards.+6
3:352nd & 4own 47Julius Jones (ND) rushed right side for 11 yards.+11
2:551st & 10opp 42Julius Jones (ND) rushed up the middle for 1 yard.+1
2:552nd & 9opp 41Ryan Grant (ND) rushed right side for 6 yards.+6
1:583rd & 3opp 35Julius Jones (ND) rushed right side for 2 yards.+2
1:204th & 1opp 33Julius Jones (ND) rushed right side for no gain; turnover on downs.0

PITT5 plays, 13 yd · Punt

0:531st & 10own 33Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass across the middle complete to Princell Brockenbrough (PITT) for 13 yards.+13
0:531st & 10own 46Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the left side.0
0:202nd & 10own 46Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the right side.0
0:163rd & 10own 46Rod Rutherford (PITT) rushed left side for 8 yards.+8
0:094th & 2opp 46Punt by Andy Lee (PITT) no return by Fighting Irish.0

PITT6 plays, 30 yd · Punt

12:021st & 10own 14Jawan Walker (PITT) rushed right side for 1 yard.+1
11:252nd & 9own 21Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass across the middle complete to Princell Brockenbrough (PITT) for 27 yards.+27
11:251st & 10own 48Rod Rutherford (PITT) rushed right side for -4 yards.−4
10:302nd & 14own 44Rod Rutherford (PITT) pass incomplete to the right side.0
10:083rd & 14own 44Rod Rutherford (PITT) sacked for a loss of 7 yards.−7
9:354th & 21own 37Punt by Andy Lee (PITT) returned 20 yards by Rhema McKnight (ND) to the Fighting Irish 35.+20

ND22 plays, 45 yd · Rush

9:141st & 10own 3523 yard penalty on Fighting Irish.−23
9:141st & 10own 12Ryan Grant (ND) rushed right side for no gain.0
8:452nd & 10own 12Julius Jones (ND) rushed left side for 14 yards.+14
8:251st & 10own 26Julius Jones (ND) rushed left side for 7 yards.+7
7:272nd & 3own 33Julius Jones (ND) rushed right side for 2 yards.+2
6:523rd & 1own 35Ryan Grant (ND) rushed left side for 2 yards.+2
6:301st & 10own 37Ryan Grant (ND) rushed left side for 6 yards.+6
5:472nd & 4own 43Julius Jones (ND) rushed right side for 8 yards.+8
5:471st & 10opp 495 yard penalty on Fighting Irish.−5
5:021st & 15own 46Marcus Wilson (ND) rushed up the middle for 3 yards.+3
4:102nd & 12own 49Ryan Grant (ND) rushed right side for 1 yard.+1
4:023rd & 11midfieldBrady Quinn (ND) pass left side complete to Omar Jenkins (ND) for 19 yards.+19
4:021st & 10opp 31Julius Jones (ND) rushed right side for 4 yards.+4
3:262nd & 6opp 27Ryan Grant (ND) rushed right side for 2 yards.+2
2:283rd & 4opp 25Ryan Grant (ND) rushed left side for 5 yards.+5
1:581st & 10opp 20Brady Quinn (ND) rushed up the middle for no gain.0
1:582nd & 10opp 20Fighting Irish fumble by Brady Quinn (ND), recovered by Brady Quinn (ND), advanced for no gain.0
1:222nd & 10opp 205 yard penalty on Fighting Irish.−5
1:172nd & 15opp 25Ryan Grant (ND) rushed up the middle for 2 yards.+2
0:503rd & 13opp 23Ryan Grant (ND) rushed left side for 3 yards.+3
0:004th & 10opp 20End of the 4th quarter.0
0:00opp 20End of the game.0

Field position is from the offense’s point of view, the same as the drive chart. Play descriptions are CFBD’s own.

Previous 10 meetings vs. Team

Pittsburgh 1–9 vs Notre Dame

  • 2002 · wk 8Pittsburgh 6 @ Notre Dame 14
  • 2001 · wk 7Pittsburgh 7 @ Notre Dame 24
  • 1999 · wk 12Notre Dame 27 @ Pittsburgh 37
  • 1997 · wk 8Notre Dame 45 @ Pittsburgh 21
  • 1996 · wk 13Pittsburgh 6 @ Notre Dame 60
  • 1993 · wk 7Pittsburgh 0 @ Notre Dame 44
  • 1992 · wk 7Notre Dame 52 @ Pittsburgh 21
  • 1991 · wk 7Pittsburgh 7 @ Notre Dame 42
  • 1990 · wk 10Notre Dame 31 @ Pittsburgh 22
  • 1989 · wk 9Pittsburgh 7 @ Notre Dame 45

Previous 4 meetings vs. Walt Harris

Notre Dame 3–1 vs Walt Harris

  • 2002 · wk 8Pittsburgh 6 @ Notre Dame 14
  • 2001 · wk 7Pittsburgh 7 @ Notre Dame 24
  • 1999 · wk 12Notre Dame 27 @ Pittsburgh 37
  • 1997 · wk 8Notre Dame 45 @ Pittsburgh 21

Previous meeting vs. Tyrone Willingham

Pittsburgh 0–1 vs Tyrone Willingham

  • 2002 · wk 8Pittsburgh 6 @ Notre Dame 14

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