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College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
West Virginia 17, Pittsburgh 6
When: 7:30 PM ET, Saturday, September 16, 2023
Where: Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, West Virginia
Temperature: 66°
Head Official: Jeff Heaser
Attendance: 61106

West Virginia totaled 151 yards on the ground and saw its defense force three takeaways en route to a 17-6 victory over Pitt in the 106th edition of the Backyard Brawl on Saturday night in Morgantown, W.Va.

Despite the Mountaineers (2-1) losing starting quarterback Garrett Greene early on, backup Nicco Marchiol filled in adequately, completing 6 of 9 passes for 60 yards and a touchdown.

Sophomore running back CJ Donaldson racked up 102 yards rushing on 18 attempts and had a 1-yard touchdown plunge that gave West Virginia a 14-6 lead with 5:05 left in the third quarter. Donaldson came up injured early in the fourth and did not return.

Jaylen Anderson was also effective on the ground, going for 62 yards on 19 touches.

The Mountaineers also created problems for a pedestrian Pitt offense led by quarterback Phil Jurkovec, who once again struggled to find any rhythm, completing just 8 of 20 passes for 81 yards and three interceptions.

West Virginia turned two of those interceptions into 10 points, which was more than enough to overcome its rival and take vengeance for a 38-31 defeat that ended with an M.J. Devonshire pick-six with three minutes to go at Pitt last season.

The Panthers were held to just 73 yards of total offense in a second half where the Mountaineers outscored them 10-0.

Pitt settled for two short field goals in the first half -- when it did threaten in the red zone -- the last being a 36-yarder by Ben Sauls that cut West Virginia's lead to 7-6 with just nine seconds to go before halftime.

But a 13-play, 46-yard drive that ate up 7:48 of clock orchestrated by Marchiol that ended with Donaldson's touchdown gave West Virginia a comfortable eight-point cushion that it never found itself in jeopardy of losing.

Pitt (1-2) hosts No. 20 North Carolina next Saturday night. West Virginia hosts Texas Tech next Saturday afternoon.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Rushing
Pittsburgh   West Virginia
Rodney Hammond Jr. Player CJ Donaldson
14 Attempts 18
49 Yards 102
3.5 Avg Yards 5.7
0 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Receiving
Pittsburgh   West Virginia
Gavin Bartholomew Player Kole Taylor
2 Receptions 3
39 Yards 21
19.5 Avg Yards 7.0
0 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Pittsburgh 211 130 81 0 2 0 2.0 0
West Virginia 211 151 60 2 1 3 1.0 0