Week 16 · 2016
#23 Pittsburgh at Northwestern
Wed 12/28/2016 02:00 PMYankee StadiumNorthwestern pregame42% — Pregame win probability: 42% for Northwestern. Pittsburgh favored, and lost — Northwestern won.Neutral site
#23 Pittsburgh
24
8–5
Northwestern
31
7–6
Attendance
37,918
reported
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PITT | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| NU | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
General
| TOP | PLAYS | YDS | PEN-YDS | 1ST | 3RD | 4TH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PITT | 24:38 | 61 | 438 | 5-50 | 18 | 6-13 46.2% | 0-2 0.0% |
| NU | 35:22 | 86 | 462 | 4-35 | 27 | 9-19 47.4% | 4-4 100.0% |
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PITT | 16-29 | 269 | 9.3 | 2 | 3 |
| NU | 23-36 | 214 | 5.9 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PITT | 32 | 169 | 5.3 | 1 |
| NU | 50 | 248 | 5.0 | 3 |
Turnovers
| TO | FUM | LOST | INT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PITT | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| NU | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Defense
| TCK | TFL | QB HUR | SACKS | PD | INT | INT YDS | DEF TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PITT | 42 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 0 |
Returns
| KR | KR YDS | AVG | KR TD | PR | PR YDS | AVG | PR TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PITT | 5 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| NU | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Previous 6 meetings vs. Pittsburgh
Northwestern 3–3 vs Pittsburgh
- 1973 · wk 5Pittsburgh 21 @ Northwestern 14
- 1972 · wk 4Northwestern 27 @ Pittsburgh 22
- 1954 · wk 6Northwestern 7 @ Pittsburgh 14
- 1953 · wk 6Pittsburgh 21 @ Northwestern 27
- 1950 · wk 6Pittsburgh 23 @ Northwestern 28
- 1949 · wk 4Pittsburgh 16 @ Northwestern 7
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