Game Week: Surging Pitt Travels to Wake Forest for Key ACC Contest

Game Notes (PDF): Pitt at Wake Forest

PITT (6-4, 5-1 ACC) vs. WAKE FOREST (5-5, 2-4 ACC)
November 17, 2018 • Noon, ET
BB&T Field (31,500/FieldTurf) • Winston-Salem, N.C.
RSN (AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh) • Pitt IMG Sports Radio Network

Game Storylines
• Surging Pitt will take a three-game winning streak and Coastal Division title aspirations to Wake Forest this Saturday. The Panthers are 6-4 overall and 5-1 in ACC play following last week's 52-22 demolition of Virginia Tech.

• Wake Forest is looking to build momentum of its own following a last-minute 27-23 win at NC State. The Demon Deacons erased a 10-point deficit in the final period to upend the Wolfpack, who entered the game ranked No. 22.

• This is the first meeting between Pitt and Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons are the only ACC team the Panthers have not played since joining the conference for the 2013 season.

• Since beginning ACC competition in 2013, the Panthers are 8-3 all-time against members of the Atlantic Division.

• A win over Wake Forest would give Pitt its first four-game winning streak since October 2015.

• The Panthers' winning streak has been fueled by a powerful rushing attack. Over the past three games, Pitt is averaging an incredible 410 rushing yards per game.

• For the season, Pitt is churning out 256.9 yards per contest on the ground. That average ranks 10th nationally and second in the ACC (trailing only Georgia Tech's spread-option attack).

• Pitt is producing at its highest rate on the ground since the Tony Dorsett era of the 1970s. The Panthers' average of 256.9 rushing yards per game is their highest since the 1976 national championship season. That year, the Heisman-winning Dorsett powered a run game that averaged 290.5 yards per contest.

• The Panthers boast a formidable senior tailback tandem in Qadree Ollison and Darrin Hall. Pitt has never had two 1,000-yard rushers in the same season but Ollison (1,054) and Hall (844) are on the cusp of that historic first.

Series History
This is the first-ever meeting between Pitt and Wake Forest...since Pitt joined the ACC in 2013, Wake Forest is the only conference member the Panthers are yet to play in football...Pitt annually plays two members of the Atlantic Division: permanent crossover rival Syracuse and a rotating opponent...the Panthers are 8-3 all-time against Atlantic Division foes...in ACC play, the Panthers are 5-1 against Syracuse and 1-0 against Boston College, Clemson and Louisville...Pitt is 0-1 against Florida State and NC State.

Broadcast Information
Television • RSN (AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh)
Evan Lepler (play-by-play), Takeo Spikes (analyst), Stormy Buonantony (reporter)

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
XM Channel 380, 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)

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Game Week: Surging Pitt Travels to Wake Forest for Key ACC Contest

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Players Mentioned

Darrin Hall

Qadree Ollison