Bowl season It's always crazy, but the day after Christmas, college football fans saw something they'd never seen before.
Thursday Over bowl sports game The game between Pittsburgh and Toledo took nearly five hours to finish due to a bowl game first.
The contest saw six overtimes, the most ever in a bowl game, en route to a 48-46 Toledo victory.
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Toledo Rockets quarterback Tucker Gleason (4) runs for a first down during the first half of the GameAbove Sports Bowl at Ford Field in Detroit, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Kimberly B. Mitchell/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
Overtime was created in college football in 1996, and just a month ago we saw Georgia and Georgia Tech Go eight more times. The most in any game is nine from the Illinois-Penn State battle in 2021.
At halftime, Toledo was down 12-6 but scored twice in a 14-second span — a 67-yard pass and then a 40-yarder — to take a 20-12 lead.
Pitt rallied to go up 30-20 at one point, but Pitt tied the game with just under five minutes left.
Pittsburgh Panthers quarterback David Lynch is sacked by Toledo Rockets defensive tackle DeAndre Ragin during the first half of the GameAbove Sports Bowl at Ford Field in Detroit, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Kimberly B. Mitchell/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
Both teams scored field goals on their first possession of overtime, then tied each other on field goals on the next play. The new overtime rules state that from the third overtime on, teams must convert two-point conversions.
Both teams converted on each of their first three attempts, but in the sixth overtime, after Toledo scored its fourth straight goal, Pitt's pass fell incomplete.
But in the fourth overtime, Toledo celebrated twice. But their first stop was called for a penalty, and after thinking they had stopped Pitt again, a replay review overturned the call and the game continued. The Rockets got the victory anyway.
Toledo's Tucker Gleason went 26-for-50 for 336 yards, two touchdowns and one interception while also rushing for a score. Junior Vandeross III had 12 catches for 194 yards and a touchdown.
Desmond Reed ran for 165 yards on 32 carries for Pitt in the losing effort.
Toledo is now 12-10 in bowl game history. This was the fourth year in a row they made a bowl game.
Toledo Rockets tight end Anthony Torres runs for yards after catching the ball against Pittsburgh Panthers' Brandon George during the first half of the GameAbove Sports Bowl at Ford Field in Detroit, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Kimberly B. Mitchell/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
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Pitt missed out on the opportunity to play last year after returning home in the 2022 Sun Bowl.
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