Pitt
Syracuse
Game Week: Pitt Hosts Syracuse in Primetime Thursday Night
10/21/2024 11:30:00 AM | Football
#19/20 Panthers look to continue unbeaten streak against conference foe Syracuse
#19/20 PITT vs. SYRACUSE
October 24, 2024 • 7:30 p.m.
Acrisure Stadium (68,400/Natural Grass) • Pittsburgh, Pa.
ESPN • 93.7 The Fan • Pitt Panthers Radio Network
PittsburghPanthers.com • @Pitt_FB
GAME STORYLINES
- Pitt is 6-0 for the first time since 1982. During the '82 campaign, the Panthers opened with seven consecutive wins before finishing 9-3.
- Pitt has won each of its last five Thursday night regular-season contests dating back to 2019. Four of those victories took place in Pittsburgh.
- Redshirt freshman Eli Holstein is the first Pitt quarterback to win his initial six career starts since Dan Marino accomplished the feat over the 1979-80 seasons.
- Holstein ranks sixth nationally in total offense (327.7 avg.), 13th in passing yards (283.3 avg.) and 15th in touchdown passes (15).
- Pitt is averaging 40.8 points per game, its highest scoring clip since the 2021 ACC champion Panthers averaged a school-record 41.4.
- Running back Desmond Reid, an All-American at Western Carolina last year, ranks second nationally and first in the ACC with an average of 182.6 all-purpose yards per game.
- Reid has three 100-yard rushing games and two 100-yard receiving efforts this season, the first time a Pitt running back has achieved that feat.
- Ben Sauls has made 12 consecutive field goals dating back to last season, tying the school record. He provided the winning margin in Pitt's 17-15 win over Cal with a 58-yarder, which also tied a Pitt record.
- Sauls is perfect on 38 placements this season (10-10 FG and 28-28 PAT) for a team-leading 58 points.
- Pitt has won 18 of the past 22 games against Syracuse, but dropped last year's contest, 28-13, in Yankee Stadium.
SERIES IN BRIEF
Series Began: 1916
Series Overall: Pitt leads 43-33-3
ACC Series: Pitt leads 9-2
At Pittsburgh: Pitt leads 25-11
At Syracuse: SU leads 19-18-3
At Neutral Sites: SU leads 3-0
Last Meeting (NYY): Nov. 11, 2023 (Syracuse 28, Pitt 13)
Last Meeting at Pitt: Nov. 5, 2022 (Pitt 19, Syracuse 9)
Current Streak: SU has won 1 (2023)
Longest Pitt Series Win Streak: 11 games (1973-83)
Longest SU Series Win Streak: 11 games (1991-2001)
Largest Pitt Victory Margin: 38 points (38-0, 1975)
Largest SU Victory Margin: 48 points (55-7, 1996)
COACHING MATCHUP
Pitt Coach Pat Narduzzi
Overall (season): 71-50 (10th)
At Pitt (season): same
Alma Mater: Rhode Island, 1990
Record vs. Syracuse: 7-2
Syracuse Coach Fran Brown
Overall (season): 5-1 (first)
At Syracuse (season): same
Alma Mater: Western Carolina, 2006
Record vs. Pitt: 0-0
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Television • ESPN
Matt Barrie (play-by-play)
Dan Mullen (analyst)
Harry Lyles Jr. (reporter)
93.7 The Fan & Pitt Radio Network (937thefan.radio.com)
Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play)
Pat Bostick (analyst)
Larry Richert and Dorin Dickerson (reporters)
SiriusXM Satellite Radio
SiriusXM 137 or 193 and on the SiriusXM App
WPTS Radio (Pitt Student Station) • 92.1 FM
