Pittsburgh Panthers vs Navy Midshipmen Match Player Stats On Dec 28, 2015

The Sports Xchange
Dec 28, 2015

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Quarterback Keenan Reynolds ran for three touchdowns, threw for one more and made a bit of history as No. 21 Navy rolled to a 44-28 victory over Pittsburgh in the Military Bowl on Monday at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium.

Reynolds posted touchdown runs of 1, 5 and 19 yards and threw for an 11-yard score. That gave him 88 career total touchdowns scored, passing Kenneth Dixon of Louisiana Tech by one in the Navy quarterback's final game.

The senior completed 9 of 17 passes for 126 and the one touchdown, and rushed for 144 yards, which set a new FBS mark for running yardage for a quarterback, erasing the old record set by Denard Robinson of Michigan.

Reynolds added a 47-yard catch when Navy brought out a bit of third-quarter trickery and led the Midshipmen in passing, running and receiving, combining for 327 yards overall.

Navy finished the season with an 11-2 record - the 11 wins setting a new school mark for victories.

Pitt (8-5) started the game quickly when Quadree Henderson returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown.

Reynolds directed a pair of long scoring drives on Navy's next two possessions. The senior capped them with his two short touchdown runs that gave the Midshipmen a 14-7 lead with 41 seconds left in the first period.

Reynolds then stretched the lead to 21-7 with an 11-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Carmona with 1:41 left in the first half.

Demond Brown of Navy ran for a 26-yard touchdown around right end on the first quarter's third drive. Reynolds set that up by catching a 47-yard option pass from running back Shawn White.

Pitt scored two touchdowns 17 seconds apart late in the third quarter - one on offense, one on defense - the second being Jordan Whitehead's 22-yard fumble return that cut Navy's lead to 31-21.

Toneo Gulley ran for a 15-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter for Navy before Pitt's Qadree Ollison ran for his second touchdown of the game. That cut the lead to 38-28 with 9:35 left but Reynolds' 19-yard touchdown run slammed the door.

NOTES: QB Keenan Reynolds finished his career with a 32-13 record as Navy's starter. ... Navy now has gone to bowl games in each of the last 13 years. Before that, the Midshipmen had made just nine bowl appearances in school history. ... KR Quadree Henderson's 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown that began the game was the first touchdown on a return in the Pitt freshman's career. He ended the regular season ranked fourth in the ACC in average on kickoff returns (25.5 per) ... Pitt QB Nate Peterman finished the season with 20 touchdown passes.