DETROIT – Tucker Gleason ran for an overtime score and threw for four more as Toledo defeated Pittsburgh 48-46 in a bowl-record six overtimes at the GameAbove Sports Bowl at Ford Field on Thursday.

The game surpassed the previous mark set 48 hours earlier when South Florida beat San Jose State 41-39 in five overtimes in the Hawaii Bowl on Tuesday.

This is the third bowl game to experience multiple overtimes this season, already the most in a single bowl season since OT’s inception in 1996. Northern Illinois defeated Fresno State in two on Monday in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Overtime with 28:20. Before this week, there had never been a bowl game with four overtimes.

This is also the first season with multiple games lasting at least six overtimes, after Georgia beat Georgia Tech 44-42 in eight overtimes last month. Toledo’s last multi-OT game was a double-overtime win against Iowa State in September 2015.

Pitt freshman Julian Dugger, making his collegiate debut, scored two points in overtime and threw two more, but his incomplete pass in the sixth overtime ended the game. The Panthers, who started the season 7-0, became only the second team in FBS history to end a season with a losing streak of six or more games, including a bowl game.

After Gleason and Dugger traded rushing touchdowns in the first overtime, each team scored a field goal in the second overtime. Each threw two passes in the third overtime, and Gleason scored another in the fourth overtime, making the score 44-42.

Dugger was sacked, seemingly ending the game, but the Rockets were called for holding. Dugger was ruled short on a sneak attempt and Toledo charged the field a second time, but replay ruled him crossing the plane.

In the fifth overtime, Dugger made it 46:44 with a pass to Gavin Bartholomew, but Gleason tied the score with his fifth pass of the game. The sixth hit put Toledo back in the lead, and Dugger was pressured into a bad throw to end the game.

The Panthers played without starting quarterback Eli Holstein (leg) and backup Nate Yarnell (transfer portal). David Lynch, a redshirt freshman, started his first game but was sent off in the third quarter after two interceptions.

Dugger led the Panthers to two touchdowns and a field goal on his first three drives, turning a 20-12 deficit into a 30-20 lead.

However, Toledo got its second pick-6 of the game when Darius Alexander returned Dugger’s interception 58 yards for a touchdown. The extra point made it 30-27 with 7:49 left and the Rockets scored a game-winning field goal with 1:45 to play.

Toledo started fast, attempting a Gleason touchdown pass on the game’s first drive, but Kyle Louis blocked the extra point and returned it for Pitt’s first defensive two-point conversion since 1990.

Desmond Reid’s 3-yard run and Ben Sauls’ 57-yard field goal gave Pittsburgh a 12-6 lead, but Gleason’s 67-yard touchdown pass to Junior Vandeross III put the Rockets up 13 midway through the second quarter: 12 in the lead.

On the next play from scrimmage, Braden Awls intercepted Lynch’s pass and returned it 42 yards for a touchdown and a 20-12 halftime lead.

ESPN Research and The Associated Press contributed to this report.