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Heintschel’s historic day propels Pitt over NC State, 53-34

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With Mason Heintschel and the Pitt Panthers rolling on a three-game win streak as the ACC race heats up, they met the NC State Wolfpack for just the third time as conference foes.

Heintschel delivered a historic performance as the Panthers out-gunned the Wolfpack 53-34 Saturday evening at Acrisure Stadium.

The true freshman Heintschel broke the all-time single-game passing mark for a Pitt freshman quarterback with 423 yards on 28-of-48 to go along with three touchdown passes. It also comes as the sixth-most passing yards for a Pitt quarterback in a game, surpassing Rod Rutherford’s (2003) and Tino Sunseri’s (2011) 419 yards.

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