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
Pittsburgh12 drives · 4 scoring · avg start own 36
Northwestern12 drives · 5 scoring · avg start own 27
1st quarter | |||||
| 15:00 | NU | own 25own 27 | 5 plays, 2 yd | Punt | 0–0 |
| 13:07 | PITT | own 42opp 28 | 5 plays, 30 yd | Field goal +3 PITT | 3–0 |
| 11:53 | NU | own 25own 42 | 7 plays, 17 yd | Punt | 3–0 |
| 9:38 | PITT | own 23opp 1 | 13 plays, 76 yd | On downs | 3–0 |
| 3:50 | NU | own 1goal line | 11 plays, 99 yd | Touchdown +7 NU | 3–7 |
2nd quarter | |||||
| 14:31 | PITT | own 34opp 10 | 6 plays, 56 yd | Turnover | 3–7 |
| 12:54 | NU | own 15opp 19 | 13 plays, 66 yd | Turnover | 3–7 |
| 7:34 | PITT | own 20own 23 | 5 plays, 3 yd | Punt | 3–7 |
| 5:43 | NU | own 26goal line | 8 plays, 74 yd | Touchdown +7 NU | 3–14 |
| 3:08 | PITT | own 31goal line | 2 plays, 69 yd | Touchdown +7 PITT | 10–14 |
| 2:51 | NU | own 20opp 31 | 10 plays, 49 yd | Turnover | 10–14 |
| 0:28 | PITT | own 35opp 41 | 5 plays, 30 yd | End of period | 10–14 |
3rd quarter | |||||
| 15:00 | PITT | own 32goal line | 5 plays, 68 yd | Touchdown +7 PITT | 17–14 |
| 13:13 | NU | own 11goal line | 15 plays, 89 yd | Touchdown +7 NU | 17–21 |
| 7:47 | PITT | own 46opp 25 | 9 plays, 29 yd | Missed FG | 17–21 |
| 3:38 | NU | own 25own 20 | 4 plays, -5 yd | Punt | 17–21 |
| 1:35 | PITT | opp 22goal line | 7 plays, 22 yd | Touchdown +7 PITT | 24–21 |
4th quarter | |||||
| 13:15 | NU | own 24goal line | 16 plays, 76 yd | Touchdown +7 NU | 24–28 |
| 8:23 | PITT | own 25own 25 | 2 plays, 2 yd | Turnover | 24–28 |
| 8:14 | NU | opp 27opp 18 | 5 plays, 9 yd | Field goal +3 NU | 24–31 |
| 6:17 | PITT | own 32opp 18 | 12 plays, 50 yd | Turnover | 24–31 |
| 2:49 | NU | own 3own 4 | 5 plays, 1 yd | Punt | 24–31 |
| 1:55 | PITT | own 34own 37 | 3 plays, 3 yd | Turnover | 24–31 |
| 1:22 | NU | opp 21opp 23 | 3 plays, -2 yd | End of period | 24–31 |
Field position is where the drive started and ended, from the offense’s point of view. Score is Pittsburgh–Northwestern after the drive.
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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