Pittsburgh 34-11 Georgia Tech (Oct 31, 2026) Final Score

Team pages: Georgia Tech · Pittsburgh

Georgia Tech2-611

Pittsburgh6-334Final

Sat, Oct 31 · Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pa. · Crowd 42,904

Pittsburgh beat Georgia Tech 34-11.

We had Pittsburgh favored. It won.

Next: Georgia Tech vs Louisville, Sat Nov 7 · 7:30 PM ET · Georgia Tech underdog by 14.5

Next: Pittsburgh vs Florida State, Fri Nov 13 · 7:00 PM ET

I think our o-line is actually so bad we broke Mendoza.

A Georgia Tech fan

How it swung

Before kickoff, our ratings gave Pittsburgh an 83% chance, and the closing betting line (Pittsburgh was a 9.5-point favorite) put it at 78%.

Favored the whole way: Pittsburgh never fell below 78%.

Georgia Tech never had better than a 22% chance.

FinalPittsburgh 34-11 Georgia TechPittsburgh wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.

No single play moved the chance by 20 points.

unfortunately one of the funniest turnovers i've ever seen

Q2 0:38 · r/CFB game thread

What fans said, play by play

The line in bold above each quote is written by our model from the thread’s comments and the play-by-play.

Q1 5:24Georgia Tech fans abandon the game to watch the WNBA finals8pm EST, I'm going to put the WNBA final on and support the Atlanta Dream.r/CFB game thread
Q2 11:39Georgia Tech fans blame the offensive line for Mendoza's sacks and fumblesI think our o-line is actually so bad we broke Mendoza.r/CFB game threadi think mendoza is frustrated w the line and giving up a bit lolr/CFB game thread
Q2 10:01Georgia Tech fans blame coach Key for hiring unqualified staff and poor offensive line playhe’s pulled a dabo and hired his unqualified friends which is dragging down the whole teamr/CFB game threadHard to blame him. Frustrating thing is watching him transfer out liver/CFB game thread
Q2 6:54Georgia Tech fans despair as Mendoza's run is overturned and Pitt scoresless than fifty total yards for tech yeah i’m sickenedr/CFB game threadThat’s a crazy call to make without looking at a view where you can actually see the ballr/CFB game thread
Q2 0:38A player fumbled the ball in a funny way.
Q3 15:00Mendoza fumbles, Pitt recovers; GT fans demand benchingYou have got to bench him now. Even if his name is Bobby Dodd Heismanr/CFB game thread

Pittsburgh’s chance to win after every play.

How to read this chart

Starts from the pregame line (Pittsburgh -9.5), at 82% for Pittsburgh (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. Under the scores, r/CFB comments per minute from fans with a Pittsburgh or Georgia Tech flair (107 and 286); both sides share one scale, regulation only. A gold diamond marks a play fans were reacting to.

Every drive

Pittsburgh scored on 6 of its 17 drives; Georgia Tech on 2 of its 16.

Pittsburgh’s drives are teal, Georgia Tech’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.

When fans got loud

Busy

It was the second quarter that had fans talking the most.

Jump to the loudest stretch

The jump was busy; the crowd was quiet.

Box score

Pittsburgh 34, Georgia Tech 11

Pittsburgh covered −9.5 by 13.5. The total, 45, stayed under 54.5.

Team totals	Georgia Tech	Pittsburgh
Total yards	238	461
Passing	22 of 43, 143 yds	13 of 32, 180 yds
Rushing	33 for 95 yds	55 for 281 yds
First downs	17	26
Third down	3 of 18	6 of 17
Fourth down	1 of 5	1 of 2
Turnovers	2	3
Penalties	8 for 32 yds	10 for 95 yds
Time of possession	25:39	34:21

Georgia Tech leaders

Passing Alberto Mendoza 16 of 25, 81 yds
Rushing Grady Adamson 6 for 63 yds, 1 TD; Justice Haynes 11 for 33 yds
Receiving Gavin Harris 3 for 41 yds; Jordan Allen 4 for 26 yds

Pittsburgh leaders

Passing Holden Geriner 13 of 30, 180 yds, 1 TD
Rushing Damon Ferguson Jr. 31 for 185 yds, 2 TD; La'Vell Wright 13 for 52 yds, 1 TD
Receiving Censere Lee 3 for 56 yds; Cataurus Hicks 3 for 49 yds, 1 TD

No rain and calm

53° at kickoff · no rain recorded · wind 4 mph from the east, gusts to 12

October game-day temperatures at Acrisure Stadium

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First quarter, 14:53 left7:36 p.m.

Georgia Tech 0, Pittsburgh 0 · Pittsburgh 82% to win

no rain · wind 2 mph from the north · 53°

Ferguson 7-yd run

Where this weather comes from

Measured at Pittsburgh/alleghen airport, 8.1 miles away, and Pittsburgh International airport, 12 miles away. Wind and rain are airport readings near the stadium, not on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before kickoff

Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.

Recent games

Last three games

Georgia Tech · 2-5

Rated 74th in our preseason ratings, 113th now, down 39 spots.

1-2 in its last three, including a 3-point win over Duke as a 4.5-point underdog.

L 27-49 vs Boston College No. 91 of 668 teams

lost by 22 as a 6.5-point favorite

L 24-34 @ Virginia Tech No. 52 of 668 teams

lost by 10 as an 8.5-point underdog

W 28-25 vs Duke No. 52 of 668 teams

won by 3 as a 4.5-point underdog

L 27-34 @ Stanford No. 115 of 668 teams

lost by 7 as a 3-point favorite

W 44-11 vs Mercer No. 169 of 668 teams

won by 33 as a 38.5-point favorite

L 24-45 vs TennesseeTop 25 No. 30 of 668 teams

lost by 21 as a 12.5-point underdog

L 13-14 vs Colorado No. 156 of 668 teams

lost by 1 as a 6.5-point favorite

Last three games

Pittsburgh · 5-3

Rated 47th in our preseason ratings, 50th now.

Three straight losses.

L 23-52 @ MiamiTop 25 No. 5 of 668 teams

lost by 29 as a 20.5-point underdog

L 21-27 @ Boston College No. 116 of 668 teams

lost by 6 as a 6.5-point favorite

L 17-21 vs North Carolina No. 67 of 668 teams

lost by 4 as a 3.5-point favorite

W 35-33 @ Virginia Tech No. 46 of 668 teams

won by 2 as a 1.5-point underdog

W 59-0 vs Bucknell No. 247 of 668 teams

won by 59 as a 54.5-point favorite

W 27-13 vs Syracuse No. 125 of 668 teams

won by 14 as a 10.5-point favorite

W 12-7 vs UCF No. 93 of 668 teams

won by 5 as a 7.5-point favorite

W 59-14 vs Miami (OH) No. 81 of 668 teams

won by 45 as a 16.5-point favorite

Week by week

Pittsburgh

Wk 4Wvs Bucknell59-0
Wk 5Wat Virginia Tech35-33
Wk 6Lvs North Carolina17-21
Wk 7Lat Boston College21-27
Wk 8Lat Miami23-52

Georgia Tech

Wk 3Wvs Mercer44-11
Wk 4Lat Stanford27-34
Wk 6Wvs Duke28-25
Wk 7Lat Virginia Tech24-34
Wk 8Lvs Boston College27-49

Power rating by week

Pittsburgh is rated 6.8 points ahead as of week 8. Our power rating by week; higher is better.

Matchups

Biggest mismatch: Georgia Tech’s explosive plays against Pittsburgh, 72 points

Each row ranks the two sides among all teams. The longer the line, the bigger the mismatch.

Georgia Tech’s explosive plays against Pittsburgh’s defense
Georgia Tech offense, 73rd percentile · Pittsburgh defense, 1st
Georgia Tech’s success rate against Pittsburgh’s defense
Georgia Tech offense, 42nd percentile · Pittsburgh defense, 96th
Georgia Tech’s rushing EPA against Pittsburgh’s defense
Georgia Tech offense, 56th percentile · Pittsburgh defense, 97th

Season profile, all the rows

Season profile

Georgia TechPittsburgh

EPA/play, offense

EPA/play, defense

Success rate, offense

Success rate, defense

Explosive-play rate, offense

Explosive-play rate, defense

Rush EPA, offense

Rush EPA, defense

Pass EPA, offense

Pass EPA, defense

The series

Pittsburgh leads the series 12-6

18 meetings since 1918 · Pittsburgh won the last meeting

2025Pittsburgh 42-28
2022Georgia Tech 26-21
2021Pittsburgh 52-21
2020Pittsburgh 34-20
2019Pittsburgh 20-10

Each line is Pittsburgh’s chance to win through that meeting.

Line, fans and home field

The betting line, and the fans

Pittsburgh fans are feeling it less than most fanbases this week (20th percentile among FBS fanbases), and the other side is no happier.

Pittsburgh favored by 9.5 · Total 54.5

How games like this usually go

Pittsburgh by 9.5, and it went to form

Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game

The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 448 games since 2025 with a favorite of 7.5 to 14.5 points.

The market

The spread moved 2.5 points toward Pittsburgh.

The total rose 2 points.

The books’ cut: 4.3%, the margin built into the odds

Home field

Pittsburgh is worth +2.9 points (±3.8) more at home than on the road since 2018 — bottom third of FBS, 26th percentile.

63% at home, 50% on the road against FBS opponents (32-19 home, 22-22 away).

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +1.7 at home vs. away over 103 games — inside the ±5.9 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.

Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 520 miles to get here.

Last meeting in our History pages

Pittsburgh 42, Georgia Tech 28Nov 22, 2025

Our History pages cover 3 of their meetings since 2016.

Where next

Conference standings

Going into this game: place in the conference, then conference record.

Pittsburgh10th2-3
Georgia Tech16th1-3

Full ACC standings

Pittsburgh beats Georgia Tech 34-11