It wasn’t pretty. It hasn’t been all season long for the 2017 Pitt Panthers. Yet, they managed to get some big plays out of the running game led by junior tailback Darrin Hall en route to a 24-17 must-win road victory at Duke yesterday. Pitt moved to 3-5 (1-3 in the ACC) on the season.

After the teams traded punts to open the game, Duke was forced to punt on its second possession. That’s when the game’s hero took over.

On its first snap, Hall took the off-tackle hand-off and blast through a hole the size of North Carolina and 79 yards later found paydirt. Pitt 7 Duke 0.

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