FINAL SCORE
Pittsburgh Panthers at Utah Utes game details
Saturday, January 1, 2005 at 8:30 PM ET
Mountain America Stadium · Attendance 73,519
Put the final score in perspective.
Utah finished 28 points ahead. The teams combined for 42 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Pittsburgh 0, Utah 14. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Utah outscored its opponent in 3 and Pittsburgh in 0. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
 Utah | 7 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 35 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 19 | 25 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 7-17 | 8-10 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| Total Yards | 268 | 467 |
| Passing | 324 | 337 |
| Comp/Att | 22/40 | 29/37 |
| Yards per pass | 6.3 | 8.9 |
| Rushing | 17 | 139 |
| Rushing Attempts | 30 | 31 |
| Yards per rush | 0.6 | 4.5 |
| Penalties | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 19:17 | 17:23 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Pittsburgh Panthers
passing
| Tyler Palko | 22/40 | 251 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 | 34.4 |
rushing
| Tim Murphy | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 0 | 8 |
| Marcus Furman | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 9 |
| Adam Graessle | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Tyler Palko | 14 | -44 | -3.1 | 0 | 11 |
receiving
| Joe DelSardo | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 0 | 22 |
| Greg Lee | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 1 | 31 |
| Tim Murphy | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 22 |
| Marcus Furman | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
kicking
| Josh Cummings | 0/2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
punting
| Adam Graessle | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Utah Utes
passing
| Alex Smith | 29/37 | 328 | 8.9 | 4 | 0 | 89.6 |
rushing
| Alex Smith | 15 | 68 | 4.5 | 0 | 20 |
| Quinton Ganther | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 1 | 10 |
| Marty Johnson | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 0 | 8 |
| Paris Warren | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 |
receiving
| Paris Warren | 15 | 198 | 13.2 | 2 | 28 |
| Steve Savoy | 7 | 70 | 10.0 | 0 | 18 |
| John Madsen | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 1 | 9 |
| Marty Johnson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 18 |
| Travis LaTendresse | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Quinton Ganther | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
puntReturns
| Eric Weddle | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
kicking
| David Carroll | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 |
punting
| Matt Kovacevich | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 3:16 | 4 yard rushing touchdown | 0 – 6 |
| 1 | 3:09 | UTAH extra point is good | 0 – 7 |
| 2 | 5:35 | UTAH 6 yard passing touchdown | 0 – 13 |
| 2 | 5:29 | UTAH extra point is good | 0 – 14 |
| 3 | 11:19 | UTAH 18 yard passing touchdown | 0 – 20 |
| 3 | 11:13 | UTAH extra point is good | 0 – 21 |
| 3 | 6:28 | UTAH 23 yard passing touchdown | 0 – 27 |
| 3 | 6:22 | UTAH extra point is good | 0 – 28 |
| 3 | 4:35 | PITT 31 yard passing touchdown | 6 – 28 |
| 3 | 4:28 | PITT extra point is good | 7 – 28 |
| 3 | 0:33 | 19 yard rushing touchdown | 7 – 34 |
| 3 | 0:25 | UTAH extra point is good | 7 – 35 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 11:14 AM UTCData methodology