Eli Holstein managed 21 out of 28 passing for 304 yards and four affected to conduct Pitt to a 45-17 conference victory against Central Michigan on Saturday in a game played at Stadium in Pittsburgh.
Raphael Williams captured six passes for 121 yards and two affected, and the ball carrier Desmond Reid had 69 reception yards and 46 yards on the ground for Pitt (2-0).
Joe Labas succeeded 11 out of 14 for 89 yards and a touchdown in the defeat of the Central Michigan (1-1), which took place for only 40 yards in 41 races.
Tailling 24-10, the center of Michigan reduced Pitt’s advance to 24-17 with 3:01 to play in the third trimester on a pass of a touch of 6 yards from Labas to the decoian temple.
Pitt responded immediately, taking an advance of 31-17 only 46 seconds later on a pass of touch of 48 yards from Holstein to Raphael Williams. The score occurred two games after a return of 60 yards by Cade Graham to the central line of Michigan of 48 yards.
The panthers then took an advance of 38-17 with 10:34 to play in the match during a touch of 2 yards by Juelz Goff.
Pitt completed the score with 45 seconds to play on a touch of 2 yards by Ja’Kyrian Turner, a first -year student who marked his first touch in career.
Pitt started hard, marking the touch of three of his first four journeys of the match to take a lead from 21-3 to the second quarter.
Holstein hit Williams on a pass of a touchdown of 3 yards with 11:56 am to give the first quarters to give the panthers an advance of 7-0, then launched a pass of a touch of 12 yards to Justin Holmes with 11:03 to go to the second quarter which gave Pitt an advance of 14-3.
With 6:40 to play in the second quarter, Holstein launched a pass of touch of 2 yards to Josh Altsman to make 21-3 Pittsburgh.
The center of Michigan took a certain momentum at halftime, reducing the advance of Pitt to 24-10 with nine seconds to play in the second quarter on a touch of 2 yards with Jadyn Glasser.
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