MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – CJ Donaldson rushed for 102 yards and a landing prior to getting hurt and West Virginia scored 10 issues off two Pittsburgh interceptions to overcome the Panthers 17-6 Saturday night time.
Nicco Marchiol got here on in position of the injured Garrett Greene to throw a brief TD cross for the Mountaineers (2-1).
Both groups struggled to get any passing sport going in the 106th model of the “Backyard Brawl,” which resumed a 12 months in the past following an 11-year hiatus.
Pittsburgh (1-2) was once held to its fewest issues in the sequence since a 34-0 loss in 1996. The Panthers have been restricted to 73 yards of offense in the second one half of. Each staff had precisely 211 yards general. But West Virginia were given lend a hand from Pittsburgh errors.
Pitt quarterback Phil Jurkovec had bother discovering his receivers for the second one directly sport. The Panthers settled for 2 quick first-half box targets after attaining the West Virginia 20.
Greene limped off the sphere on West Virginia’s 2d sequence and didn’t go back. Marchiol fumbled the ball away in the second one quarter, however Aubrey Burks intercepted Jurkovec two performs later, returning it 26 yards to the Panthers’ 7. That arrange Marchiol’s quick scoring toss to tight finish Kole Taylor. Marchiol completed 6 of 9 for 60 yards.
With Greene hurt, Donaldson took issues into his personal arms. The sophomore ran for 48 yards on West Virginia’s first sequence of the 3rd quarter, which was once aided through a defensive retaining name that saved the power transferring. Donaldson punched it into the tip zone from 1-yard out for a 14-6 lead.
But Donaldson was once injured on a brief achieve early in the fourth quarter. He walked off the sphere below his personal energy and didn’t go back.
Pittsburgh’s Rasheem Biles blocked Oliver Straw’s punt and the Panthers took over on the West Virginia 48 trailing 17-6 with 8:19 left in the sport. But Jurkovec was once stopped on fourth-and-1 on the 27. He was once sacked on fourth down at his 13 on Pittsburgh’s subsequent sequence.
Jurkovec went 8 of 20 for 81 yards.
THE TAKEAWAY
Pittsburgh: The Panthers have misplaced two directly and will have to determine what’s incorrect with its offense getting into convention play that comes with 4 ranked fighters.
West Virginia: The Mountaineers want Donaldson and Greene again to have any likelihood of being aggressive in Big 12 play. Their standing over the following week will likely be carefully watched. It marks the primary time since early in the 2021 season that West Virginia has a profitable document.
UP NEXT
Pittsburgh hosts No. 20 North Carolina subsequent Saturday.
West Virginia performs its 3rd directly house sport in opposition to Texas Tech subsequent Saturday.
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