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This time, Pitt was the better team. And the final score, 19-15, doesn’t tell the entire story. It sounds so simple, yet it’s really amazing to remember that West Virginia won the Backyard Brawl in such devastating fashion, 45-13, in 2005 that Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt had a two-word solution: Run faster. While that explanation [...]

LeSean McCoy rushed for a career-high 183 yards and two touchdowns, including a 1-yarder with 52 seconds remaining, to lead Pitt to a 19-15 victory over West Virginia in the 101st Backyard Brawl today before an announced crowd of 63,019 at Heinz Field. Tickets for the game were sold out, Pitt’s first since the 2005 [...]

Pat White’s breathtaking 46-yard third-quarter touchdown run gave West Virginia a 12-7 lead over Pitt in the 101st Backyard Brawl today at Heinz Field. On a third-and-4, White rolled left but reversed field and eluded several Panthers to sprint along the West Virginia sidelines untouched with 6:05 remaining in the third. The Mountaineers missed the [...]

Quinton Andrews intercepted a Bill Stull pass in the end zone with 19 seconds remaining in the first half, preventing Pitt from adding to its lead over West Virginia in the 101st Backyard Brawl today at Heinz Field. Pitt leads, 7-3, at halftime. It was the second turnover forced by the Mountaineers’ defense in the [...]

Bill Stull’s 30-yard touchdown pass to Derek Kinder gave Pitt a 7-0 first-quarter lead over West Virginia in the 101st Backyard Brawl this afternoon at Heinz Field. The Panthers scored on their opening drive, a five-play, 64-yard drive highlighted by a 28-yard pass to tight end Nate Byham and capped by Stull’s scoring pass to [...]

The 101st Backyard Brawl between Pitt and West Virginia Friday is sold out, Pitt announced today. It marks Pitt’s first sellout at 65,050-seat Heinz Field since the 2005 season opener against Notre Dame, which marked the first game of the Dave Wannstedt era. Pitt (7-3, 3-2 Big East) holds a 60-37-3 series edge over West [...]

Pitt sophomore tailback LeSean McCoy said he plans to “definitely” return for his junior season next fall, dismissing talk that he will declare early for the NFL Draft. “Everybody keeps trying to push that, my last game at Heinz Field,” McCoy said this afternoon of Friday’s 101st Backyard Brawl against West Virginia. “I’m not going [...]

CINCINNATI – Just when it seemed like Tony Pike was torching Pitt with his arm, the Cincinnati quarterback showed off his fleet feet to keep the Bearcats’ offense moving. Pike ran for 11 yards on a draw, then gained 10 yards on a keeper that set up his 39-yard touchdown pass to Mardy Gilyard to [...]

CINCINNATI – Tony Pike beat the blitz and found Marcus Barnett for a 21-yard touchdown pass to complete a 99-yard scoring drive, then connected with Dominick Goodman for the go-ahead points. No. 19 Cincinnati took a 14-7 lead over No. 20 Pitt into halftime of the River City Rivalry tonight before a sellout crowd at [...]

CINCINNATI – No. 20 Pitt jumped to a 7-0 lead, but No. 19 Cincinnati answered with an impressive drive late in the first quarter of the River City Rivalry at Nippert Stadium. Pitt scored on its opening possession, a 10-play, 69-yard drive capped by McCoy’s 6-yard run. Bill Stull completed a 21-yard pass to Oderick [...]