The 2025 season's largest margin: Pittsburgh 61, Duquesne 9. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2025 — The Winning Chapter
Pittsburgh's 2025 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Mason HeintschelQB2,357 passing yards
- Eli HolsteinQB1,081 passing yards
- Ja'Kyrian TurnerRB747 rushing yards
- Desmond ReidRB278 rushing yards
- Juelz GoffRB270 rushing yards
- Raphael WilliamsWR741 receiving yards
- Kenny JohnsonWR658 receiving yards
- Cataurus HicksWR422 receiving yards
- Rasheem BilesLB100 tackles
- Kyle LouisLB79 tackles
- Braylan LovelaceLB79 tackles
- Jimmy ScottDL4 sacks
- Isaiah NealDL3.5 sacks
- Blaine SpiresDL2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2025.
The season's deepest loss: Pittsburgh 7, Miami 38. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Pittsburgh fell to East Carolina 17-23 in the postseason.
"Hail to Pitt"
2025 is a middle chapter for Pittsburgh — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.