Game Week: Pitt Hosts Virginia Tech for Homecoming

PITT (3-2, 0-1 ACC) vs. VIRGINIA TECH (2-3, 1-1 ACC)

October 8, 2022 • 3:30 p.m. (ET)

Acrisure Stadium (68,400/Natural Grass) • Pittsburgh, Pa.

ACC Network • 93.7 The Fan • Pitt Panthers Radio Network

• The Panthers eye their first ACC win of the season when they host Coastal Division foe Virginia Tech.

• Despite last week’s setback to Georgia Tech, Pitt is 10-3 over its last 13 ACC contests.

• Pitt has won two consecutive games against Virginia Tech by an aggregate score of 75-21. The Panthers won 28-7 last year in Blacksburg and 47-14 in Pittsburgh during the 2020 season.

• Dating back to 2001, when both schools were Big East members, the Panthers have won nine of the past 13 games against Virginia Tech.

• 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 (55) and Miami (37). Virginia Tech has 34 wins in that stretch.

• Pitt is 17-6 over its last 23 games, marking its winningest stretch since 2008-09, when Dave Wannstedt’s Panthers went 18-5 over a 23-game span.

• Pitt is tied for the ACC lead and ranks 13th nationally with 16 sacks this season, an average of 3.20 per contest. Linebacker SirVocea Dennis and tackle Calijah Kancey lead the Panthers with three sacks each.

• Virginia Tech has surrendered the second-fewest sacks in the ACC to date with six (1.2 per game).

• The Panthers are averaging 34:01 in possession time this season. That average leads the ACC and ranks 10th nationally.

• Israel Abanikanda leads the ACC in all-purpose yards (154.60 avg.) and ranks second in rushing yards (102.0) and total touchdowns (seven).

Series in Brief

Series Began: 1993

Series Overall: VT leads 11-10

ACC Series: Pitt leads 5-4

At Pittsburgh: Pitt leads 7-4

At Virginia Tech: VT leads 7-3

At Neutral Sites: DNA

Last Meeting at VT: Oct. 16, 2021 (Pitt 28, Virginia Tech 7)

Last Meeting at Pitt: Nov. 21, 2020 (Pitt 47, Virginia Tech 14)

Current Series Streak: Pitt has won 2 (2020-21)

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