SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Pat Narduzzi passed the audition. So did his punter, and kicker.

The coach of No. 25 Pittsburgh displayed his disgust by walking down the sideline wondering why his team was unable to convert a third down play with the score tied and time running down.

But the Panthers never planned to punt the ball away to Syracuse. Instead, the first-year coach called for a fake punt, Ryan Winslow hit linebacker Matt Galambos for 12 yards and a first down and Chris Blewitt kicked a 25-yard field goal on the final play for a 23-20 win on Saturday.

“I did a good job acting,” said Narduzzi, who was on the Rhode Island staff with Syracuse coach Scott Shafer in the 1990s. “I know Scott was probably looking over, so I walked down the sideline — how come we couldn’t get that first down? Didn’t matter where on the field. I had a lot of confidence in that punt fake.”

After the first down pass from punter Winslow to Galambos, Qadree Ollison took care of the rest with 26 yards on seven straight carries to set up the winning kick.

“To be honest, I didn’t even think about it,” Winslow said. “We had practiced it so much during the week that it was second nature at that point. It worked perfectly.”

The Panthers (6-1, 4-0 ACC) have now won four of five on the road, with their only loss at Iowa on a 57-yard field goal on the final play of the game. The fourth-quarter comeback win was Pitt’s first since a 19-17 victory over North Carolina in 2009 in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.

“Shows our offense is resilient,” said Ollison, who had 98 yards on 23 carries and scored twice. “We trusted the guy next to us. That’s all it is. It’s that trust and being resilient. We have that mindset that no one is going to stop us.”

Syracuse (3-4, 1-2 ACC) has lost four straight.

“It was a good call by them,” Shafer said. “At the end of the day, we came up short and it’s disappointing. I like the way our kids are playing. I like the way they’re competing.”