2016 Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh football game

2016 Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh football game
Conference game
1234 Total
Syracuse 1471327 61
Pittsburgh 14212120 76
DateNovember 26, 2016
Season2016
StadiumHeinz Field
LocationPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
RefereeJeff Heaser[1]
Attendance34,049[1]

The 2016 Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh football game was a regular-season college football game between the Syracuse Orange and the Pittsburgh Panthers, played on November 26, 2016, at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The game held the record[2] for the most combined points scored in an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) regulation game[a] with 137 total points,[3] breaking the previous record (136 points, set in a 2007 game played between Navy and North Texas) by a single point.[4] The record was broken on November 5, 2022 when the SMU Mustangs defeated the Houston Cougars 77–63 for a combined 140 points.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference syracuse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Syracuse gives up most points ever in game in Pitt's wild 76-61 victory". ESPN. Associated Press. November 26, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  3. ^ "Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh - Game Summary - November 26, 2016 - ESPN". ESPN. November 26, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  4. ^ "Navy vs. North Texas - Game Summary - November 10, 2007 - ESPN". ESPN. November 10, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  5. ^ "Mordecai's 9 passing TDs send SMU past Houston 77-63". Toronto Star. November 5, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022.


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