The Backyard Brawl was announced as a sellout just a couple of days prior to kickoff, marking the first time since WVU last visited the Panthers in 2022 that they were able to accomplish that feat. While the tickets may have sold,

The Pitt Panthers (3-0) scored two unanswered touchdowns in the final five minutes of the game to defeat the West Virginia Mountaineers (1-2) 38-34 in the 107th edition of the Backyard Brawl. West Virginia won the field position battle after trading punts with the Panthers and set up the game’s first touchdown of the evening.

Before attempting to chronicle what well may have been the most difficult to swallow of 63 West Virginia losses in the Backyard Brawl on Saturday, I punched up the Cambridge English Dictionary on the laptop but as I began thinking of what do say I realized I might as well delete that from

Backyard Brawl is once again a sold-out showdown for the historic rivalry between the Pittsburgh Panthers and the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Pitt’s second improbable rally in eight days that led to its 38-34 victory in the 107th Backyard Brawl morphed into reality Saturday night for many reasons. • Of course, there was the freshman quarterback,

Just when it looked like Pitt was ready to lie down and die, the Panthers started to make some plays again. For the second straight week, Pitt came back from the dead.

This year’s Backyard Brawl will be a balmy one, with sunshine and a high of 86 degrees forecasted for Saturday afternoon’s showdown between Pitt and West Virginia at Acrisure Stadium.

More than 66,000 fans jammed into Acrisure Stadium on Saturday to watch the 107th edition of the Backyard Brawl. And while Pitt defeated West Virginia, 38-34, the spectacle of the event itself at times overshadowed the outcome.