2016 Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh football game

2016 Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh football game
Conference game
Syracuse Orange Pittsburgh Panthers
(4–7) (7–4)
61 76
Head coach: 
Dino Babers		 Head coach: 
Pat Narduzzi
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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