Notre Dame 42 (23) Pittsburgh 21

PITTSBURGH (AP) Notre Dame scored touchdowns on five of its first six possessions to win Charlie Weis&#39;s coaching debut with the Fighting Irish in a big way, 42-to-21 over 23rd-ranked Pittsburgh.<br> <br> Brady Quinn ran Weis&#39;s offense like a college version of Tom Brady. Weis came to Notre Dame after being offensive coordinator for the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots.<br> <br> Weis won the anticipated matchup of two former N-F-L coaches turned college head coaches as his Irish outclassed Pitt, now coached by Dave Wannstedt, a one-time defensive coordinator and the former coach of the Bears and Dolphins.<br> <br> Quinn went 18-of-27 for 233 yards and two touchdowns. One went to running back Darius Walker for 51 yards on Notre Dame&#39;s first score and another to Jeff Samardzija for 19 yards. Notre Dame outgained Pitt 502-to-323, helped by a 275-to-103 edge in rushing.<br> <br> Walker carried 20 times for 100 yards.<br> <br> (Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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