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Backyard Brawl Was Ninth Most-Watched Game of Week Three

The Pitt Panthers were the second most-watched ACC team during Week 3.

Stephen Thompson

Backyard Brawl Was Ninth Most-Watched Game of Week Three
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PITTSBURGH -- The 106th Backyard Brawl between the Pitt Panthers and West Virginia was not necessarily and aesthetically pleasing game, nor did it garner the same kind of hype as last year's matchup, the first of its kind in more than a decade. 

But still, 2.41 million people tuned in to see the Panthers fall, 17-6, to the Mountaineers at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia, making it the ninth-most watched college football game of Week 3, according to Action Network's Brett McMurphy. 

The Backyard Brawl once again was played under a national television spotlight. After playing on ESPN on a Thursday night in 2022, ABC's Saturday Night Football picked up the broadcast. 

Of all the ACC games in Week 3, just one - Florida State at Boston College on ABC - drew more eyeballs than Pitt-West Virginia and just one primetime game - Tennessee at Florida - had more viewers than the Backyard Brawl. 

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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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