Pitt
Duke
Game Week: Pitt Finishes 2023 Season at Duke
11/20/2023 11:55:00 AM | Football
PITT (3-8, 2-5 ACC) at DUKE (6-5, 3-4 ACC)
November 25, 2023 • Noon (ET)
Wallace Wade Stadium (40,004/Natural Grass) • Durham, N.C.
ACC Network • 93.7 The Fan • Pitt Radio Network
Game Storylines
• Pitt plays its final game of the 2023 campaign when it visits Wallace Wade Stadium to take on ACC foe Duke.
• The Panthers are coming off a 24-16 victory over bowl-bound Boston College. Duke, meanwhile, dropped a 30-27 decision on the road to Virginia.
• Pitt is 8-1 against the Blue Devils in ACC play and has won each of the past seven encounters. The Panthers scored a 28-26 victory over Duke last season at Acrisure Stadium.
• During his nine-year tenure as Pitt's head coach, Pat Narduzzi has never lost to Duke (7-0).
• Six of the nine ACC encounters between the two schools were decided by single-digits.
• Duke's lone ACC win over Pitt was a 51-48 double-overtime victory at the former Heinz Field in 2014.
• Since 2015, Pat Narduzzi has directed Pitt to 43 victories in ACC play, the second-highest win total during that span. Pitt trails only Clemson (64).
• Quarterback Nate Yarnell is slated to make his third career start when Pitt plays at Duke. Yarnell sparked the Boston College win by accounting for 231 total yards (207 passing) and two touchdowns.
• Safety Donovan McMillon has compiled 99 tackles this season, the most by a Pitt defender since safety Jordan Whitehead had 109 in 2015.
• Pitt ranks 14th nationally in tackles for loss with an average of 7.2 per game. Pitt has totaled 79 TFLs on the year.
• Pitt is one of just six teams that will play 11 "Power Conference" opponents in 2023, joining Colorado, Louisville, Purdue, Utah and West Virginia.
Series in Brief
Series Began: 1929
Series Overall: Pitt leads 17-9
ACC Series: Pitt leads 8-1
At Pittsburgh: Pitt leads 7-5
At Duke: Pitt leads 9-4
At Neutral Sites: Pitt leads 1-0
Last Meeting (at Pitt): Nov. 19, 2022 (Pitt 28, Duke 26)
Last Meeting at Duke: Nov. 6, 2021 (Pitt 54, Duke 29)
Current Series Streak: Pitt has won 7 (2015-19, 2021-22)
Longest Pitt Series Win Streak: 7 (2015-19, 2021-22)
Longest Duke Series Win Streak: 5 (1940-42, 1950-51)
Largest Pitt Victory Margin: 45 points (52-7, 1929)
Largest Duke Victory Margin: 28 points (28-0, 1942)
Coaching Matchup
Pitt's Chris Bickell '97 Head Football Coach Pat Narduzzi
Overall (season): 65-49 (ninth)
At Pitt (season): same
Alma Mater: Rhode Island, 1990
Record vs. Duke: 7-0
Duke Coach Mike Elko
Overall (season): 15-9 (second)
At Duke (season): same
Alma Mater: Penn, 1999
Record vs. Pitt: 0-1
Broadcast Information
Television • ACC Network
Jorge Sedano (play-by-play), Orlando Franklin (analyst), Marilyn Payne (reporter)
93.7 The Fan & Pitt Radio Network (937thefan.radio.com)
Jeff Hathhorn (play-by-play), Pat Bostick (analyst), Larry Richert and Dorin Dickerson (reporters)
SiriusXM Satellite Radio
SiriusXM channel 160 or 201 and on the SiriusXM App
WPTS Radio (Pitt Student Station) • 92.1 FM
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