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Pittsburgh nearly upended Notre Dame's national title dreams last season, taking a 20-6 lead into the
fourth quarter before falling 29-26 in triple overtime.
photo by Bill Panzica
By Lou Somogyi
The Snake-Pitt Game
When Notre Dame head coach Brian
Kelly faces the Pitt Panthers — dating
back to his coaching days at Cincinnati (2007-09) — the game has a way
of turning into drama of the highest
degree.
• With Kelly's 2007 Cincinnati team
leading Pitt 17-13 in the fourth quarter,
the Panthers rallied to a 24-17 victory.
ESPN's Pat Forde noted back then that
Kelly had been 42-1 in his last 43 games
at Cincinnati and Central Michigan in
games when he took a lead into the
fourth quarter — with this being the
sole defeat.
• In 2008 the Cincinnati-Pitt "River
City Rivalry" saw the Bearcats emerge
with a 28‑21 win to claim the Big East
crown over the Panthers and go to the
Orange Bowl.
• In one of the most exciting games
of the 2009 college football campaign,
11‑0 and No. 5 Cincinnati rallied from
