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Game Notes: Pitt Primed for Visit to Virginia Tech
11/13/2017 11:00:00 AM | Football
Game Notes (PDF): Pitt at Virginia Tech
PITT (4-6, 2-4 ACC) vs. VIRGINIA TECH (7-3, 3-3 ACC)
November 18, 2017 • 12:20 p.m., ET
Lane Stadium (65,632/Natural Grass) • Blacksburg, Va.
ACC Network (WTAE-TV Pittsburgh) • Pitt IMG Sports Radio Network
GAME STORYLINES
• Pitt plays its final regular-season road game when it visits Coastal Division foe Virginia Tech on Saturday. The Panthers are coming off a 34-31 setback to North Carolina, while the Hokies fell at Georgia Tech, 28-22.
• Pitt has won six of the past eight meetings with Virginia Tech. However, the Hokies prevailed in last season's high-scoring encounter at Heinz Field, 39-36.
• Historically, the Panthers have not fared well on the road in this series. The Panthers are just 2-5 all-time in games played in Blacksburg. That mark includes a 17-13 Pitt victory in Lane Stadium in 2015, Pat Narduzzi's initial season as the Panthers' head coach.
• The last three games in the series have been decided by a combined 12 points, an average margin of 4.0 points per game. The largest victory margin in that span is five points, achieved by Pitt in a 21-16 victory in 2014.
• Junior tailback Darrin Hall has rushed for more than 100 yards in each of Pitt's past three contests. Hall is averaging 162 yards over this span, totaling 486 yards and eight touchdowns on 72 carries (6.75 avg.).
• Darrin Hall is coming off a 121-yard, four-touchdown effort against North Carolina. Hall previously had 254 yards at Duke and 111 against Virginia. He will be challenged by a Hokies defense that ranks second in the ACC and 15th nationally, yielding just 310.6 total yards per game (136.6 on the ground).
• This week's game features two of the ACC's most dangerous punt returners in Pitt's Quadree Henderson and Virginia Tech's Greg Stroman. The players are tied for the ACC lead and rank second nationally with two punt return touchdowns each.
• The Panthers have six players on their 2017 roster who hail from the state of Virginia.
SERIES IN BRIEF
Series Began: 1993
Series Overall: VT leads 9-7
ACC Series: Series tied 2-2
At Pittsburgh: Pitt leads 5-4
At Virginia Tech: VT leads 5-2
Last Meeting: Oct. 27, 2016 (Virginia Tech 39, Pitt 36)
Last Meeting at VT: Oct. 3, 2015 (Pitt 17, Virginia Tech 13)
Current Series Streak: Virginia Tech has won 1 (2016)
Longest Pitt Series Win Streak: 4 games (2001-03, 2012)
Longest VT Series Win Streak: 4 games (1993-96)
Largest Pitt Victory Margin: 31 points (38-7, 2001)
Largest VT Victory Margin: 42 points (63-21, 1993)
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Television • ACC Network (WTAE-TV, Ch. 4, in Pittsburgh)
Brock Bowling (play-by-play), Renaldo Wynn (analyst)
Pitt Radio • 93.7 The Fan & the Pitt IMG Sports Network
Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play), Pat Bostick (analyst), Larry Richert (reporter)
SiriusXM Satellite Radio
Internet Channel 971
WPTS Radio (Pitt Student Station) • 92.1 FM
Pitt IMG Sports Network Online Audio Options
PittsburghPanthers.com
Pitt Panthers Gameday App
TuneIn (free live and on-demand content)
#H2P | Twitter | Instagram
PITT (4-6, 2-4 ACC) vs. VIRGINIA TECH (7-3, 3-3 ACC)
November 18, 2017 • 12:20 p.m., ET
Lane Stadium (65,632/Natural Grass) • Blacksburg, Va.
ACC Network (WTAE-TV Pittsburgh) • Pitt IMG Sports Radio Network
GAME STORYLINES
• Pitt plays its final regular-season road game when it visits Coastal Division foe Virginia Tech on Saturday. The Panthers are coming off a 34-31 setback to North Carolina, while the Hokies fell at Georgia Tech, 28-22.
• Pitt has won six of the past eight meetings with Virginia Tech. However, the Hokies prevailed in last season's high-scoring encounter at Heinz Field, 39-36.
• Historically, the Panthers have not fared well on the road in this series. The Panthers are just 2-5 all-time in games played in Blacksburg. That mark includes a 17-13 Pitt victory in Lane Stadium in 2015, Pat Narduzzi's initial season as the Panthers' head coach.
• The last three games in the series have been decided by a combined 12 points, an average margin of 4.0 points per game. The largest victory margin in that span is five points, achieved by Pitt in a 21-16 victory in 2014.
• Junior tailback Darrin Hall has rushed for more than 100 yards in each of Pitt's past three contests. Hall is averaging 162 yards over this span, totaling 486 yards and eight touchdowns on 72 carries (6.75 avg.).
• Darrin Hall is coming off a 121-yard, four-touchdown effort against North Carolina. Hall previously had 254 yards at Duke and 111 against Virginia. He will be challenged by a Hokies defense that ranks second in the ACC and 15th nationally, yielding just 310.6 total yards per game (136.6 on the ground).
• This week's game features two of the ACC's most dangerous punt returners in Pitt's Quadree Henderson and Virginia Tech's Greg Stroman. The players are tied for the ACC lead and rank second nationally with two punt return touchdowns each.
• The Panthers have six players on their 2017 roster who hail from the state of Virginia.
SERIES IN BRIEF
Series Began: 1993
Series Overall: VT leads 9-7
ACC Series: Series tied 2-2
At Pittsburgh: Pitt leads 5-4
At Virginia Tech: VT leads 5-2
Last Meeting: Oct. 27, 2016 (Virginia Tech 39, Pitt 36)
Last Meeting at VT: Oct. 3, 2015 (Pitt 17, Virginia Tech 13)
Current Series Streak: Virginia Tech has won 1 (2016)
Longest Pitt Series Win Streak: 4 games (2001-03, 2012)
Longest VT Series Win Streak: 4 games (1993-96)
Largest Pitt Victory Margin: 31 points (38-7, 2001)
Largest VT Victory Margin: 42 points (63-21, 1993)
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Television • ACC Network (WTAE-TV, Ch. 4, in Pittsburgh)
Brock Bowling (play-by-play), Renaldo Wynn (analyst)
Pitt Radio • 93.7 The Fan & the Pitt IMG Sports Network
Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play), Pat Bostick (analyst), Larry Richert (reporter)
SiriusXM Satellite Radio
Internet Channel 971
WPTS Radio (Pitt Student Station) • 92.1 FM
Pitt IMG Sports Network Online Audio Options
PittsburghPanthers.com
Pitt Panthers Gameday App
TuneIn (free live and on-demand content)
#H2P | Twitter | Instagram
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