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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Mason Rudolph threw for five touchdowns, all in the first half, and No. 9 Oklahoma State defeated Pittsburgh 59-21 on Saturday.

Rudolph completed 23 of 32 passes for 497 yards and the five scores before being pulled in the middle of the third quarter with the Cowboys (3-0) in command. He did throw his first interception of the season, ending a streak of 216 consecutive passes without a pick dating back to last season, when Avonte Maddox picked him off in the third quarter. It was the longest active streak in the FBS.

Jalen McCleskey caught seven passes for 162 yards and three touchdowns for Oklahoma State. James Washington added 124 yards receiving. Marcell Ateman (109) and Dillon Stoner (100) also reached the 100-yard receiving mark, the first time in 12 years a FBS team has had four 100-yard receivers in the same game.

The Cowboys reached the end zone on each of their first seven possessions.

Pitt (1-2) couldn't keep up. Graduate transfer quarterback Max Browne lasted just over a quarter before being replaced by sophomore Ben DiNucci. DiNucci guided the Panthers to touchdowns on his first two drives but fizzled in the second half, completing 13 of 25 passes for 228 yards with a touchdown and two picks.

The Cowboy's 49 points in the first half were the most given up by Pitt since it allowed 52 in the first half of a 72-0 loss to Ohio State in 1996.

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Pitt: Begins Atlantic Coast Conference play at Georgia Tech next Saturday. The teams have split four meetings since the Panthers joined the ACC in 2012.