Game Week: No. 24 Pitt Opens ACC Play with Georgia Tech

#24/24 PITT (3-1, 0-0 ACC) vs. GEORGIA TECH (1-3, 0-1 ACC)
October 1, 2022 • 8 p.m. (ET)
Acrisure Stadium (68,400/Natural Grass) • Pittsburgh, Pa.
ACC Network • 93.7 The Fan • Pitt Panthers Radio Network

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Game Storylines
• Pitt opens ACC play with Coastal Division foe Georgia Tech. The Panthers will host the Yellow Jackets for the first time since 2018. Pitt visited Atlanta each of the past three seasons.

• Pitt has won four consecutive games against Georgia Tech, including a 52-21 decision last season. Pat Narduzzi is 6-1 against the Yellow Jackets, the lone loss coming on the road in 2017.

• Since 2015, Pat Narduzzi has directed Pitt to 36 victories in ACC play, the third-highest win total during that span. The Panthers trail only Clemson (54) and Miami (37).

• Pitt's 45-24 win over Rhode Island marked the 56th victory of Pat Narduzzi's Pitt head coaching career, tying him for third all-time with John Michelosen, who coached the Panthers from 1955-65.

• Israel Abanikanda has rushed for more than 100 yards in each of the past three games, including a 177-yard, fourtouchdown effort in the Panthers' win over Rhode Island.

• Abanikanda ranks second nationally in all-purpose yards (180.25 avg.) and sixth in rushing yards (119.8 avg.). He leads the ACC in both of those categories.

• Safety Erick Hallett II is the only FBS player to date with two interceptions and two fumble recoveries.

• The Panthers are averaging 35:18 in possession time this season. That average leads the ACC and ranks fifth nationally.

• After giving up a season-high 190 rushing yards in the West Virginia opener, Pitt has held each of its last three opponents to less than 100 yards on the ground (68.0 yards per game).

Series in Brief
Series Began: 1918
Series Overall: Pitt leads 11-5
ACC Series: Pitt leads 6-3
At Pittsburgh: Pitt leads 5-1
At Georgia Tech: Pitt leads 6-2
At Neutral Sites: GT leads 2-0
Last Meeting at GT: Oct. 2, 2021 (Pitt 52, Georgia Tech 21)
Last Meeting at Pitt: Sept. 15, 2018 (Pitt 24, Georgia Tech 19)
Current Series Streak: Pitt has won 4 (2018-21)
Longest Pitt Series Win Streak: 4 games (2018-21)
Longest GT Series Win Streak: 2 games (twice, most recent: 2013-14)
Largest Pitt Victory Margin: 32 points (32-0, 1918)
Largest GT Victory Margin: 28 points (56-28, 2014)

Coaching Matchup
Pitt's Chris Bickell '97 Head Football Coach Pat Narduzzi
Overall (season): 56-38 (eighth)
At Pitt (season): same
Alma Mater: Rhode Island, 1990
Record vs. Georgia Tech: 6-1

Georgia Tech Coach Geoff Collins
Overall (season): 25-38 (sixth)
At Georgia Tech (season): 10-28 (fourth)
Alma Mater: Western Carolina, 1994
Record vs. Pitt: 0-3

Broadcast Information
Television • ACC Network
Wes Durham (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (analyst), Taylor Davis (reporter)

Pitt Radio • 93.7 The Fan & Pitt Panthers Radio Network
Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play), Pat Bostick (analyst), Larry Richert and Dorin Dickerson (reporters)

SiriusXM Satellite Radio
SiriusXM Channel 113 or 193 as well as Channel 955 on the SXM app

WPTS Radio (Pitt Student Station) • 92.1 FM

Online Audio
937thefan.radio.com

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Game Week: No. 24 Pitt Opens ACC Play with Georgia Tech

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Players Mentioned

Israel Abanikanda

Erick Hallett II