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Pitt-West Virginia Sets New Pittsburgh Attendance Record

The Backyard Brawl broke a record previously held by the Pitt Panthers and Penn State.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt-West Virginia Sets New Pittsburgh Attendance Record
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PITTSBURGH -- The 2022 Backyard Brawl, the first meeting on the gridiron between the Pitt Panthers and the West Virginia Mountaineers, set a new record for attendance at a sporting event in the city of Pittsburgh. 

The crowd of 70,622 that packed Acrisure Stadium to see the Panthers and Mountaineers renew their storied rivalry shattered the previous record set by a different rivalry game. The 2018 contest between Pitt and Penn State had set the previous high at 69,983 spectators. 

The close proximity of the Panthers' opponents undoubtedly contributed to those gaudy figures, but Pitt fans were similarly fired up about facing those bitter enemies. 

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Stephen Thompson
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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