WEATHER , PA ZIP: 15212 PITTSBURGH PANTHERS Enrollment: 19,330 (#5/#76) CAREER PASSING LEADERS CAREER RUSHING LEADERS CAREER RECEIVING LEADERS Phil’s Homefield Edge - 4.0 T L FINAL W 2020 Schedule Difficulty - #56 U I 1. Alex Van Pelt 11,267 ‘89-’92 1. 6,526 ‘73-’76 1. Tyler Boyd 3,361 ‘13-’15 R N SCORE 2. 8,597 ‘79-’82 2. James Conner 3,733 ‘13-’16 2. Antonio Bryant 3,061 ‘99-’01 DATE OPPONENT F E PITT OPP L 3. Tino Sunseri 8,590 ‘09-’12 3. Ray Graham 3,271 ‘09-’12 3. Dietrich Jells 3,003 ‘91-’95 Pitt is 5-1 in season openers. Pitt is 7-3 in non-conf home gms under HC Narduzzi. Sep. 12 TBA The home team is 11-6 since 2005. Pitt is 15-3 vs Syracuse since 2002 and they’ve won their Sep. 19 Syracuse G last 7 when hosting the Orange. Pitt has won two of the last three and are on 3-0 ATS run. Pitt has won 5 of the last 6 vs former Big East rival Louisville but they’ve only had 2 meet- Sep. 26 Louisville G ings as ACC foes and UL won 7 straight between ‘90-’07. Pitt is on a 6-1 ATS series run. NCSt won the last 2 meetings including the only prior ACC meeting in ‘17, 35-17. Pitt is 5-4-1 Oct. 3 NC State G all-time vs NCSt including 4-1 at home. Entering ‘20, HC Narduzzi is 13-19 ATS at home. Pitt is out for revenge after LY’s loss on Senior Day. LTH in ‘14 was the ACC opener, Pitt held a Oct. 10 at A 413-276 yd edge and won 30-20. The Panthers are 8-7 all-time in Chestnut Hill with B2B wins. Pitt is 1-5 in Coral Gables s/’98. LTH (‘18) the ‘Canes were out for revenge while Pitt had already Oct. 17 at Miami, FL G clinched the ACC Coastal. Miami held Pitt’s rush attack to 69 yards (entered avg 257 ypg) and won 24-3. Pitt 21-49-1 all-time series. Pitt is 3-5 s/‘08, but avg MOV is just 5.5 ppg. Seven of L/8 have been Oct. 24 Notre Dame G decided by td or less incl their last mtg (‘18) when Pitt led 14-6 3Q but allowed final 13 in 19-14 loss. Bonus: Pitt has pulled 12 outright upsets under HC Narduzzi, 7 of those came on the road. Oct. 31 Bonus: Pitt is 7-3 vs ACC Atlantic tms incl an upset over eventual Nat’l Champ Clemson in ‘16. FLORIDA ST IS OFF BYE Pitt actually owns 5-4 series edge, but only 1 meeting since 1983. LTH was back in 1982 & Pitt was 37-17. Nov. 7 at Florida St G Pitt is 12-8 in ACC road gms under Narduzzi. Pitt has lost their L/2 gms in Florida, losing both to Miami. GEORIGA TECH IS OFF BYE Visitor has lost 3 of the L/4 mtgs and Pitt has won 3 of the L/4 in this series, all coming Nov. 14 at G by 10 pts or less. LTH was LY, Pitt overcame 3 TO’s, held GT to 194 yds and won 20-10. Pitt is 5-1 when hosting VTech. Four of the last 6 have been decided by one possession. The Panthers Nov. 21 G have won 7 of the L/11. Pitt has pulled 5 upsets in last 11 meetings. ‘18, 654 yds led Pitt to 54-22 win. LTH Pitt pulled off monumental upset over eventual Nat’l Champ Clemson. Panthers were Nov. 28 at Clemson G outgained 629-464 but intercepted QB Watson 3 times and got the GW 48 yd fg w/:06 left. Bonus: Pittsburgh is 7-2 in home finales and 9-3 in road finales. Dec. 5 Bonus: Pitt is 3-6 on the road vs ACC Coastal tms s/2016.