College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 45, Central Michigan 17
When: 12:00 PM   ET ,  Saturday, September 6, 2025
Where: Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 48424
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Central Michigan 0 10 7 0 17
Pittsburgh 7 17 7 14 45
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:56
Pittsburgh   TD  Pittsburgh 7 - Central Michigan 0
Raphael Williams Jr. 3 yd. pass from Eli Holstein (Trey Butkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:28
Central Michigan   FG  Pittsburgh 7 - Central Michigan 3
Cade Graham 41 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 11:03
Pittsburgh   TD  Pittsburgh 14 - Central Michigan 3
Justin Holmes 12 yd. pass from Eli Holstein (Trey Butkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:40
Pittsburgh   TD  Pittsburgh 21 - Central Michigan 3
Josh Altsman 2 yd. pass from Eli Holstein (Trey Butkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:08
Pittsburgh   FG  Pittsburgh 24 - Central Michigan 3
Trey Butkowski 43 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:09
Central Michigan   TD  Pittsburgh 24 - Central Michigan 10
Jadyn Glasser 2 yd. run (Cade Graham kick)
3rd Quarter - 3:01
Central Michigan   TD  Pittsburgh 24 - Central Michigan 17
Decorion Temple 6 yd. pass from Joe Labas (Cade Graham kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:15
Pittsburgh   TD  Pittsburgh 31 - Central Michigan 17
Raphael Williams Jr. 48 yd. pass from Eli Holstein (Trey Butkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 10:34
Pittsburgh   TD  Pittsburgh 38 - Central Michigan 17
Juelz Goff 2 yd. run (Trey Butkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 0:45
Pittsburgh   TD  Pittsburgh 45 - Central Michigan 17
Ja'Kyrian Turner 2 yd. run (Trey Butkowski kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Central Michigan Pittsburgh
W‑L 1 - 1 - 0 2 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Central Michigan Pittsburgh
Score 17 45
1st Downs 13 22
3rd Down Efficiency 6-for-17
35%		 6-for-9
67%
4th Down Efficiency 3-for-5
60%		 0-for-1
0%
Total Yards 228 464
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 40-51 26-124
Average/Rush 1.3 4.8
Passing
Comp-Att 20-26 24-32
Passing Yards 177 340
Average/Pass Play 5.9 10.3
Penalties-Yards 9-75 6-63
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0
Interceptions Thrown 0 1
Time of Possession 36:43 23:17
PLAYER STATS
Central Michigan (1 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Labas 11/14 89 1 0
J. Glasser 7/9 78 0 0
A. Flores 2/3 10 0 0
Pittsburgh (2 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
E. Holstein 21/28 304 4 1
M. Heintschel 3/4 36 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
A. Flores 9 18 2.0 0
T. Cornist 9 13 1.4 0
J. Labas 4 11 2.8 0
N. Biggins 9 10 1.1 0
D. Temple 1 1 1.0 0
J. Glasser 6 0 0.0 1
K. Rose 1 -1 -1.0 0
B. Townsend 1 -1 -1.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
D. Reid 10 46 4.6 0
E. Holstein 4 36 9.0 0
J. Turner 6 26 4.3 1
J. Goff 6 16 2.7 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
C. Kruisenga 1 26 26.0 0
T. Davis 2 25 12.5 0
L. Lewis 1 21 21.0 0
B. Townsend 2 20 10.0 0
J. Ruffin Jr. 4 19 4.8 0
C. Payne 1 18 18.0 0
T. McIntosh 2 17 8.5 0
D. Temple 3 14 4.7 1
N. Williams 1 10 10.0 0
H. Dryden 1 5 5.0 0
N. Biggins 2 2 1.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
R. Williams Jr. 6 121 20.2 2
D. Reid 5 69 13.8 0
J. Altsman 3 31 10.3 1
D. Spann 2 27 13.5 0
J. Holmes 2 25 12.5 1
C. Hicks 1 19 19.0 0
Z. Fowler-El 2 19 9.5 0
K. Johnson 1 18 18.0 0
J. Goff 1 10 10.0 0
J. Turner 1 1 1.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Kwiatkowski 1 18 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
F. Sanchez III 1.0 4.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
Z. Crothers 1.5 8.0
I. Neal 1.0 5.0
J. Scott 0.5 3.0
B. Spires 0.5 3.0
J. Zelinsky 0.5 2.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Kwiatkowski 4 4
E. Rikard 3 0
M. Blackwell 3 0
D. Cochran 3 2
J. Jackson 3 3
X. White 2 0
K. Carroll 2 0
F. Sanchez III 2 0
E. Gordon 2 4
M. Heldman 1 0
K. Krebs 1 0
B. Rowe 1 0
L. Swanson 1 0
J. Allen 1 0
L. Brown 1 0
D. Bennett 1 0
K. Demma 1 1
B. Deasfernandes 1 2
C. Spann 1 4
N. Biggins 0 1
K. Hayden 0 1
Q. Bird 0 1
M. Nehf 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. McIntyre 6 1
S. Harrison 6 3
S. Lee Jr. 3 0
F. Brewu 3 1
C. Brookins 3 1
Z. Crothers 3 4
B. Spires 2 1
N. Lapi 2 1
B. Lovelace 2 5
R. Biles 2 9
J. Goff 1 0
C. Lindsey 1 0
I. Neal 1 2
T. Lynum 1 2
J. Scott 1 3
K. Louis 1 4
N. Temple 0 1
N. James 0 1
A. Bryant 0 1
J. Zelinsky 0 2
S. FitzSimmons 0 4
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
F. Sanchez III 1.0 4.0
J. Kwiatkowski 0.5 1.0
K. Demma 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
Z. Crothers 2.0 9.0
I. Neal 2.0 7.0
R. Biles 1.5 3.0
J. Zelinsky 1.0 4.0
J. Scott 1.0 4.0
B. Lovelace 1.0 1.0
C. Lindsey 1.0 1.0
B. Spires 0.5 3.0
K. Louis 0.5 1.0
N. Lapi 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Labas 1
N. Biggins 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles