Kenny Pickett’s tremendous senior season continued this afternoon against Georgia Tech as he set another team passing record.
Pickett’s 16 yard touchdown pass to tight end Lucas Krull was his 14th touchdown pass in his last 3 games, which is a new Panther record. The previous record of 13 was set by Pitt great Dan Marino.
Pitt led at the half by the score of 42-14. Pickett was 18-26, 328 yards and 3 TD’s. The Panther offense was virtually unstoppable in the first first, especially the Panthers passing attack.
Pitt First Half Scoring Plays:
*Israel Abanikanda 9 yard TD run (7 plays, 48 yards, 2:14)
*John Petrishen 33 yard interception return
*Kenny Pickett 11 yards to Jordan Addison (2 plays, 58 yards, 0:33)
*Kenny Pickett 55 yards to Taysir Mack (2 plays, 55 yards, 0:15)
*Israel Abanikanda 6 yard TD run (9 plays, 75 yards, 3:08)
*Kenny Pickett 16 yards to Lucas Krull (2 plays, 45 yards, 0:39)
Pitt Offensive 1st Half Stats:
*Kenny Pickett:Â 18-26, 328 yards, 3 TD’s, 0 Int.
*Israel Abanikanda:Â 7 rushes, 36 yards, 2 TD’s.
*Vincent Davis: 5 rushes for 25 yards
*Jordan Addison: 6 catches for 117 yards, 1 TD
*Taysir Mack: 4 catches for 90 yards, 1 TD
*Lucas Krull: 2 catches for 45 yards
*Shocky Jacques-Louis: 1 catch for 28 yards
*Gavin Bartholomew: 1 catch for 16 yards
–One note concerning Addison, with that TD catch, the sophomore joins Larry Fitzgerald as the only Pitt players with 7 touchdown catches in any 3-game stretch for Pitt.
