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✦ News & notes Miscellaneous Notes • This will be the 69th meeting between Notre Dame and Pitt, dating back to 1909, with the Fighting Irish holding a 47-20-1 series lead. Since Notre Dame's 1988 national title season, the Irish have won 15 of the last 19 games in the series. Only four teams have defeated Notre Dame more than Pitt: USC (35), Michigan State (28), Purdue (26) and Michigan (24). • The past five games since 2008 have been decided by an average of four points, with none by more than six, and two going into multiple overtimes. The Irish have won the last three meetings. Notre Dame Football tickets 25 years in business Buy ✦ SeLL ✦ TrAde BeST SeLecTioN & priceS www.NotreDametickets.com Call 1-800-925-2500 for friendly, personal service and a Special Discount today! The past five meetings between the Irish and the Panthers have been decided by an average of four points and two have needed extra time to determine a winner, including last year when Pitt and fifth-year senior wide receiver Devin Street fell 29-26 in three overtimes. photo courtesy pittsburgh • Speaking of close games, Notre Dame has won 10 games in a row — 5-0 in 2012 and 5-0 this year — decided by seven or fewer points. It is tied with Knute Rockne's 1927-30 Notre Dame teams for second-longest such winning streak at Notre Dame, and behind only the 12 from 1937-39 with head coach Elmer Layden. According to Norte Dame's media-relations office, it is also the longest active Football Bowl Subdivision streak and third-longest FBS streak since 1980. • This is the first time the Irish face Pitt with the Panthers as a member of the ACC. Including this year, Notre Dame will have met Pitt 59 of the last 71 years, with no gaps of more than three years. With the Irish's ACC schedules taking effect in 2014, Notre Dame's next meeting with the Panthers also will be at Pitt, in 2015. That year's Notre Dame ACC rotation will have two home games (Boston College and Georgia Tech), and three on the road (Clemson, Pitt and Virginia). Tickets also available for other nationwide events including MLB, NFL, Auto racing, NBA, all sports, concerts ✦ Page 12