Overview
- Pittsburgh and East Carolina, both 8-4, meet at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis for the Military Bowl.
- East Carolina will be without starting quarterback Katin Houser, who announced he will enter the transfer portal when it opens Jan. 2.
- ECU also saw coordinator turnover, with offensive coordinator John David Baker leaving for Ole Miss and defensive coordinator Josh Aldridge departing for South Florida.
- Pitt turned to freshman quarterback Mason Heintschel late in the season and went 6-2 with multiple 300-yard passing games during that stretch.
- Betting markets and previews list Pittsburgh as the favorite by roughly a mid-to-high single-digit spread, with national coverage set on ESPN and streaming via the ESPN app and Fubo.