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Kickoff Time, TV Designation for Pitt-West Virginia Announced

The Pitt Panthers will take on West Virginia in primetime again this season.

Stephen Thompson

Kickoff Time, TV Designation for Pitt-West Virginia Announced
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PITTSBURGH -- The Backyard Brawl between the Pitt Panthers and West Virginia Mountaineers will once again be played under the lights and on national television in 2023, the ACC announced this week. 

Pitt and West Virginia will play the 106th game of their shared series at 7:30 pm during Week 3 with the game broadcast on ABC. One year after opening the 2023 season in primetime at Acrisure Stadium, the Backyard Brawl will once again receive a national spotlight. 

This game will mark the first time the Panthers have visited Milan Puskar Stadium since 2011. They have not won in Morgantown, West Virginia since 2007, when then-4-7 Pitt pulled off one of the most stunning upsets in college football history when they stunned the No. 2 Mountaineers, 13-9, and denied them a spot in the national championship game. 

Last season, the Panthers ripped West Virginia's heart out in similarly devastating fashion. After tying the game at 31-31, M.J. Devonshire intercepted a tipped pass and returned it 57 yards for a game-winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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