Football Falls To Pitt, 35-23

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) – James Conner ran for two touchdowns and broke three of Tony Dorsett’s records, Pittsburgh secured bowl eligibility by beating Miami 35-23 on Saturday night in the regular-season finale for both teams. 

Quarterback Chris Voytik threw for a score and ran for another for Pittsburgh (6-6, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), which won its final two games to earn a seventh-straight bowl opportunity.

GAME LINKS Box Score Highlights Quotes Condensed Replay Notes Full Replay   SCORING SUMMARY 1st Quarter TD J. Conner 13 yd rush FG M. Badgley 40 yd FG TD C. Voytik 13 yd pass 2nd Quarter TD B. Kaaya 51 yd pass TD J. Conner 2 yd rush FG M. Badgley 48 yd FG 3rd Quarter TD B. Kaaya 17 yd pass TD C. James 15 yd rush TD M. Badgley 36 yd FG 4th Quarter FG C. Voytik 1 yd rush   TEAM STATS   22 1st Downs 21 360 Total Yards 421 134 Passing 296 226 Rushing 125 6-50 Penalties 7-57 0 Turnovers 0 32:01 Possession 27:59   INDIVIDUAL STATS Passing   PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT Kaaya 22/45 296 2 0 Voytik 8/12 134 1 0 Rushing   PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD Johnson 18 89 4.9 0 Conner 16 75 4.7 2 Receiving   PLAYER REC YDS AVG TD Dorsett 5 103 20.6 1 Boyd 5 72 14.4 1

Duke Johnson ran for 89 yards and passed Ottis Anderson for No. 1 on Miami’s all-time rushing list. Phillip Dorsett caught a 51-yard touchdown pass and became the seventh player with 2,000 receiving yards for the Hurricanes (6-6, 3-5), who dropped their third straight and lost consecutive home games for the first time since October 2012.

Johnson ran for a touchdown and caught a scoring pass from Brad Kaaya, who has thrown at least one touchdown pass in all 12 games in his freshman season.