FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Greg Ward threw three touchdown passes in the final 3:41 of the Armed Forces Bowl, two after Houston recovered onside kicks, and completed a winning 2-point conversion in the Cougars’ 35-34 victory over Pittsburgh on Friday.

Pitt (6-7) took a 31-6 lead on James Conner’s touchdown run with 14 minutes left, but Houston (8-5) had the biggest comeback in an FBS game this season and matched the third-largest ever in a bowl game.

Ward threw an 8-yard TD pass to Deontay Greenberry, the Cougars recovered their first onside kick and Ward teamed with Demarcus Ayers on a 29-yard scoring play on fourth-and-13 with 1:58 left.

Houston’s onside kick didn’t go 10 yards on the rain-slickened field, but the ball was touched by the same Pitt defender who couldn’t handle the first one and Houston running back Kenneth Farrow jumped on it at the Cougars 43. Greenberry started the drive with a 38-yard catch, then on third-and-16 had a 25-yard touchdown catch with 59 seconds left. Interim coach David Gibbs opted for a win-or-lose 2-point conversion try, and Greenberry made a leaping catch in the back corner of the end zone.

Gibbs, the defensive coordinator, was filling in for fired Houston coach Tony Levine. The Cougars’ new coach is Ohio State offensive coordinator Tom Herman, who still has one more game with the Buckeyes after they beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl to advance to the national championship game Jan. 12.

Ward was 15 of 24 for 274 yards, with 237 of those yards and all three TDs coming in the fourth quarter.