Miami football at Pittsburgh: Game, weather information and coaching matchups
The Miami football team will travel to number 17/19 Pittsburgh with a chance to upset a ranked team for the second straight week. Miami has never defeated a ranked opponent in consecutive weeks as an unranked team. The Hurricanes’ last three games have been decided by a total of six points.
Pittsburgh is the third most frequent opponent in Miami football history behind Florida State and Florida. Miami leads the all-time series, 28-11-1. Pittsburgh has a 3-2 record against when they are ranked and Miami is unranked. The Hurricanes are 13-6 in Pittsburgh and 6-1 at Heinz Field.
The Miami football team has won five of the last six against Pittsburgh. The one loss for Miami against Pittsburgh since 2015 was at Heinz Field in 2017. Miami entered the game the day after Thanksgiving 10-0 and second in the College Football Playoff rankings. Pittsburgh entered the game 4-7 in 2017.
The Panthers upset the Hurricanes in 2017 by holding them to 232 yards of offense in a 24-14 victory. Miami has avenged those losses with wins the last three seasons against Pittsburgh. A win in Heinz Field this season by Miami would be close to the upset Pittsburgh pulled in 2017.
Miami football at Pittsburgh Game information and coaching matchups
"Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, 12 p.m. ET | ACC NetworkPittsburgh, Pa., Heinz Field (68,400)MIAMI HURRICANES (3-4, 1-2 ACC)HEAD COACH: Manny Diaz (Florida State, 1995) | CAREER: 17-14 (third season) | AT MIAMI: 17-14 (third)#17/#19 PITTSBURGH PANTHERS (6-1, 3-0 ACC)HEAD COACH: Pat Narduzzi (Rhode Island, 1990) | CAREER: 48-35 (seventh season) | AT PITTSBURGH: 48-35 (seventh)Courtesy Miami Hurricanes.Com"
The season for Pittsburgh a chance to make the College Football Playoff sets up better than it did for Miami in 2017. With Clemson having three losses already the Tigers are out of the running for a CFP berth. Pittsburgh is given a 60.7 percent chance to win the ACC according to the ESPN Football Power Index.
The Panthers are given a 22.8 percent chance to earn a CFP berth and a 7.9 percent chance to make the National Championship Game. No one else in the ACC is given better than a 0.1 percent chance. That includes undefeated Wake Forest. Pittsburgh is currently ranked sixth by the FPI.
Weather
The weather forecast for Saturday afternoon in Pittsburgh is “Cloudy early with showers for the afternoon hours. High 58 (degrees) F (with) Winds light and variable. Chance of rain (is) 60 (percent).” Winds are projected out of the South at four miles per hour with the humidity at 87 percent.
weather courtesy of Weather.Com
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Miami defeated Pittsburgh 31-19 last season at Hard Rock Stadium. The Hurricanes held the Panthers to four field goals and one touchdown in five trips in the red zone. Pittsburgh scored its lone red-zone TD after returning an interception to the Miami one-yard line. The Hurricanes and Panthers kick off at noon on the ACC Network.