BOSTON (AP) – Larry Fitzgerald set an NCAA record with a touchdown catch in his 14th straight game and tailback Jawan Walker caught a TD pass and threw for another to lead No. 25 Pittsburgh to a 24-13 win over Boston College on Saturday.
Fitzgerald caught a 35-yard TD pass from Walker for the clinching score in the fourth period. The touchdown came moments after Pittsburgh (6-2, 3-0 Big East) took a 17-13 lead when Walker turned a screen pass by Rod Rutherford into a 47-yard touchdown.
Rutherford completed 24-of-37 passes for 329 yards. Fitzgerald finished with seven catches for 156 yards.
Derrick Knight carried 19 times for 119 yards, giving him consecutive 1,000-yard seasons for Boston College (5-4, 1-3).
With Pittsburgh trailing 13-10, Walker took a screen pass, broke through the middle and raced down the left sideline to move the Panthers ahead with 13:39 to go.
The Eagles appeared to have taken the lead back on the ensuing possession when Knight ran 41 yards with a score. But the play was called back by a holding penalty at the Panthers’ 19.
On the following possession, Walker took a handoff, rolled right and threw to a wide open Fitzgerald, who trotted into the end zone for the score. It was his 28th TD catch in his first two seasons, also an NCAA record.
The Eagles led 13-10 at the half after Sandro Sciortino’s 23-yard field goal.
Pittsburgh went ahead 10-3 lead on Walker’s scoring run, but BC tied it on Horace Dodd’s 1-yard TD run.
Sciortino’s 34-yard field goal gave BC a 3-0 edge, but Pittsburgh tied it on David Abdul’s 32-yard field goal.
Abdul missed a 43-yard attempt late in the first half and a 26-yard try late in the third quarter.
Knight’s first rush of the game gave him 1,000 yards and moved him over 3,000 for his career. It is the sixth straight year BC has had a running back with at least 1,000 yards.
BC’s Quinton Porter completed 12-of-29 passes for 186 yards.
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