Pitt is at Boston College looking for a bounce-back win. Here’s the latest from the game.

FIRST QUARTER
Boston College won the coin toss and opted to defer, giving Pitt the ball first. After Vincent Davis ran for six yards on the first play of the game, the Panthers started throwing and moved into BC territory as a result. But a fumbled handoff and a dropped pass killed the drive, leading to the first punt of the day.

Boston College took the field and went right to tight end Hunter Long. The No. 1 receiver in the ACC opened the drive with a 26-yard reception; three plays later, quarterback Phil Jurkovec moved the Eagles into Pitt territory with a 27-yard pass on third down.

BC kept marching from there. Using a mix of run and pass to get inside the Pitt 15. But after a fumble was overturned, Jurkovec threw incomplete on third-and-6 from the 8, leading to a field goal for the day’s first points.

BOSTON COLLEGE 3, PITT 0 - 9:30, 1st quarter

Pitt took the ball at its own 25 for the next drive and immediately went to the pass, as Kenny Pickett threw to Taysir Mack for a big 27-yard pickup to start the possession. The drive seemed to stall after that, though, when an option play on third-and-8 from the BC 46 went nowhere. But the Eagles were called for an offside penalty on the ensuing punt, and Pat Narduzzi responded by bringing his offense back on the field to attempt a fourth-and-3.

Pickett converted that with a pass to Jordan Addison, and the drive kept going. Pickett and Addison connected again to pick up a first down on third-and-3, and the Panthers got another third-down conversion when Davis ran 14 yards on third-and-2 to get inside the BC 5.

Two plays later, Pickett pushed the pile into the end zone for a touchdown.

PITT 7, BOSTON COLLEGE 3 - 3:15, 1st quarter

Pitt's defense held Boston College to a three-and-out after the touchdown, but the offense couldn't capitalize. BC's punt put the ball at the Pitt 9, and from there, the Panthers moved backward. Two penalties cost Pitt yards, and Pickett threw incomplete on third-and-13, leading to a punt.

SECOND QUARTER
Kirk Christodoulou helped Pitt with field position by booming a punt 61 yards, but Boston College came up big. After getting across midfield with a couple passing plays, Jurkovec fired a deep pass to Zay Flowers and found the BC receiver for a 44-yard touchdown.

BOSTON COLLEGE 10, PITT 7 - 13:00, 2nd quarter

Pitt's offense had an answer for Boston College's touchdown - albeit with some help from the Eagles. After the Panther's ensuing drive seemed to have stalled with an incomplete pass on third down near midfield, Pitt got bailed out on a pass interference penalty to get a free first down.

That script was repeated on the next snap, when Pickett threw to Shocky Jacques-Louis near the goal line on first down from the 34. But Boston College committed another pass interference to give the Panthers the ball at the 19. Two plays later, Pickett hit Israel Abanikanda on a swing pass, and the freshman running back ran down the sideline for a score.

PITT 14, BOSTON COLLEGE 10 - 10:35, 2nd quarter
Following the Pitt touchdown, Boston College took over at its 25 and started marching. The Eagles converted a third-and-1 on a Patrick Garwo two-yard run and then picked up 15 yards thanks to a roughing call.

Boston College made its own luck after that when Jurkovec threw a 26-yard pass to his running back and then scrambled for 12 yards on third-and-9 to get to the 8. On second-and-goal from the 2, though, it appeared that Phil Campbell stripped Garwo, but the call on the field - that Garwo was down before the ball came out - was upheld on review.

Pitt's defense stuffed Garwo on third-and-goal, but Boston College hurried back to the line of scrimmage and Jurkovec found a way across the goal line from the 2 to take the lead back.

BOSTON COLLEGE 17, PITT 14 - 4:50, 2nd quarter

Pitt's offense had no response to the touchdown. After getting a first down on a pass from Pickett to Jared Wayne, the Panthers stumbled. They almost got 15 yards on a late hit penalty, but Gabe Houy was hit with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for retaliating, and the penalties offset, setting up a third-and-7 that wasn't converted.

The Panthers' defense finally showed up on the next drive, though. After Boston College converted third-and-4, Patrick Jones sacked Jurkovec on the ensuing first down and then Jones and Chase Pine got to the BC quarterback again on third down to force a punt.

After using two defensive timeouts to conserve clock, Pitt's offense took the ball at its own 49 with 40 seconds left in the half. The Panthers moved into Boston College territory and seemed to have a huge play on a pass from Pickett to Mack, but the Pitt receiver was called for offensive pass interference.

The penalty pushed the Panthers back, and with four seconds left, Alex Kessman attempted a 55-yard field goal, but the redshirt senior kicker pushed it wide right and Pitt went to the locker room trailing by three.

BOSTON COLLEGE 17, PITT 14 - Halftime

THIRD QUARTER
Boston College didn't take long to strike in the second half. After Jurkovec was dropped for a loss on first down, the former Pine-Richland standout threw a deep shot to Flowers. The Boston College receiver caught it with a step on Jason Pinnock, and he ran into the end zone for a 77-yard touchdown.

BOSTON COLLEGE, 24, PITT 14 - 14:26, 3rd quarter

Pitt needed an answer on the next possession, but the Panthers didn't get it. They picked up two first downs - one on a pass interference penalty - but Pickett had to check down on third-and-11 from the BC 33 and Kessman missed the 49-yard attempt that followed.

The Panthers did bounce back a bit on defense. After they gave up a 12-yard run on first down, the defense clamped down, keyed by a big tackle from SirVocea Dennis on a second-down screen pass, and forced the Eagles to punt.

The defensive success didn't carry over to the offense, though. A defensive holding penalty gave Pitt a first down, but that was all the Panthers could manage, and Christodoulou had to punt again.

Pitt's defense did what it needed to do on the next drive, though, pitching a three-and-out to give the ball back to the offense, and this time there was a response. Pickett and DJ Turner started the drive with a 12-yard pass on first down and Pickett ran himself for 12 more before throwing for another first down with a screen pass to Addison.

The Panthers got a big play two snaps later when Pickett hit Jared Wayne on a slant for 29 yards, but Pickett had to leave the game after the next snap when he scrambled and seemed to hurt his ankle on the tackle. Joey Yellen replaced Pickett and handed off to Vincent Davis twice: the first run went for 14 yards and the second covered four yards to the end zone.

BOSTON COLLEGE 24, PITT 21 - 2:18, 3rd quarter

Boston College closed out the third quarter with some momentum on offense, converting third-and-12 on a Jurkovec pass and then getting a first down out of second-and-9 with a 13-yard pass.

FOURTH QUARTER
The Eagles didn't carry that momentum to the fourth quarter. After a dropped pass on the first play of the quarter, Jurkovec was sacked on second down for a five-yard loss and threw incomplete on third down to set up a punt. But the punt was downed at the 1-inch line, setting up Pitt's offense in a tough spot that the Panthers couldn't overcome.

However, the situation was made worse when, on third-and-7 from inside the 10, Pickett threw for Wayne but the pass was intercepted.

The turnover gave Boston College the ball with great field position, but Pitt's defense came up huge on its own. After a stop for short gain on a first down run and an incomplete pass on second down, Jurkovec was stripped on third down by Rashad Weaver, who took the ball away for Pitt's first turnover of the game.

The big play by the Panthers' defense saved points, but it didn't inspire the offense. After a series of short passes, Pickett fired a deep shot to freshman Jaylon Barden on third-and-2. The pass fell incomplete, but the Panthers were willing to try on fourth down. Instead, left tackle Carter Warren jumped and drew a false start penalty, leading to a punt.

Pitt's defense answered the call again. Boston College picked up a first down, but the Panthers stuffed the Eagles on a screen pass and then sacked Jurkovec on third down to force another punt. But the effort didn't pay off on the other side, as Pitt's offense went three-and-out and then failed to convert fourth down.

The defense gave the ball right back, though, holding Boston College to just one net yard on three plays. Pitt took the field at its own 38 with 3:28 on the clock and tried to march. A 19-yard pass to Jacques-Louis started things off, but the Panthers stumbled until they faced a fourth-and-7 from the BC 40. Pickett's pass to Mack on that play was incomplete, but the Panthers caught a break with a pass interference penalty on Boston College.

The flag moved Pitt to the BC 31, but on third-and-5 from the 26, Pickett was trapped back-tracking and took a 15-yard sack. After a timeout, Pat Narduzzi opted to try Kessman one more time.

After missing his first two kicks on the day, Kessman lined up for a 58-yard attempt and nailed it.

PITT 24, BOSTON COLLEGE 24 - 0:40, 4th quarter

Jurkovec and the BC offense had one more shot in the fourth quarter and drove into Pitt territory at the 35, but with five seconds left, the Eagles kicker couldn't connect on a 52-yard field goal attempt, and the game went to overtime.

END OF REGULATION

Pitt won the coin toss prior and opted to play defense, giving Boston College the ball to start overtime. Jurkovec threw incomplete on the first two snaps, but on third down, he fired a shot to Flowers for the go-ahead touchdown.

BOSTON COLLEGE 31, PITT 24

Pitt took the ball needing an answer, and it wasn't easy. The Panthers faced fourth-and-7 from the 22 but picked it up on a Pickett scramble. The hobbled quarterback did it again on third-and-7, scrambling for six yards and then sneaking over the line to convert on another fourth down.

Pickett made the final big play on second-and-goal from the 3 when he threw a screen to Mack who slid between defenders for a touchdown. All that was left was the extra point, but Kessman, who sent the game to overtime with a field goal from 58 yards and who had only missed three extra points in his career, pushed the PAT wide right for a miss.

BOSTON COLLEGE 31, PITT 30 - Final