Game Week: Top-25 Panthers Wrap Up Regular Season at Miami

Game Notes: #24/25 Pitt at Miami (PDF)

#24/25 PITT (7-4, 6-1 ACC) vs. MIAMI (6-5, 3-4 ACC)
November 24, 2018 • 3:30 p.m., ET
Hard Rock Stadium (64,767/Natural Grass) • Miami Gardens, Fla.
ESPN • Pitt IMG Sports Radio Network

Game Storylines
• With a ticket already punched to the Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game, Pitt heads to Miami intent on earning an eighth win and enhancing its bowl profile. The Panthers clinched the Coastal Division and ACC title game appearance with a 34-13 victory at Wake Forest last week.

• The Panthers are on a four-game winning streak, their first since the 2015 season. A victory over Miami would give Pitt five consecutive wins for the first time since 2009, when Dave Wannstedt's Panthers reeled off six straight.

• Pitt closed last season with a 24-14 upset of Miami at Heinz Field. The Hurricanes entered that 2017 game owning College Football Playoff aspirations and a No. 2 ranking.

• Pitt and Miami have split the last four meetings. In addition to their 2017 victory, the Panthers won in 2014 at Miami, 35-23. The Hurricanes won in 2015 and '16.

• Pitt has not defeated Miami in consecutive games since the 1970 and 1976 meetings.

• Sophomore quarterback Kenny Pickett was Pitt's catalyst in the Wake Forest win. The first-year starter threw for a career-high 316 yards and three touchdowns on 23-of-30 passing.

• Sophomore wide receiver Taysir Mack is emerging as the Panthers' top vertical threat. Mack, in his first season at Pitt following a transfer from Indiana, is averaging 24.16 yards per catch, tops in the ACC and second nationally.

• Pitt boasts a formidable senior tailback tandem in Qadree Ollison and Darrin Hall. Pitt has never had a 1,000-yard rushing duo in the same season but Ollison (1,106) and Hall (888) are on the cusp of that historic first.

• Fourteen players on this year's Pitt football team hail from the state of Florida, the second highest total from any state (behind only Pennsylvania).

Series in Brief
Series Began: 1950
Series Overall: Miami leads 25-11-1
ACC Series: Miami leads 3-2
At Pittsburgh: Miami leads 14-6
At Miami: Miami leads 11-5-1
At Neutral Sites: DNA
Last Meeting: Nov. 24, 2017 (Pitt 24, Miami 14)
Last Meeting at UM: Nov. 5, 2016 (Miami 51, Pitt 28)
Current Series Win Streak: Pitt has won 1 (2017)
Longest Pitt Series Win Streak: 2 games (twice)
Longest Miami Series Win Streak: 8 games (twice)
Largest Pitt Margin of Victory: 17 points (36-19, 1976)
Largest Miami Margin of Victory: 58 points (58-0, 1967)

Broadcast Information
Television • ESPN
Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Ahmad Brooks (analyst), Roddy Jones (reporter)

Pitt Radio • 93.7 The Fan & the Pitt IMG Sports Network
Larry Richert (play-by-play), Pat Bostick (analyst), Jeff Hathhorn (reporter)

SiriusXM Satellite Radio
Sirius Channel 113, XM Channel 194, Internet Channel 956

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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Players Mentioned

Darrin Hall

Taysir Mack

Qadree Ollison

Kenny Pickett

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