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Pitt Six: Pittsburgh took lead over West Virginia on JT Daniels pick-six

Pitt took the lead over West Virginia on a huge pick-six play
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Pitt Six: Pittsburgh took lead over West Virginia on JT Daniels pick-six
Pitt Six: Pittsburgh took lead over West Virginia on JT Daniels pick-six

Two quick touchdowns put Pittsburgh ahead of West Virginia late in the fourth quarter in the Backyard Brawl to open the 2022 college football season.

First, it was Israel Abanikanda who scored a brilliant 24 yard touchdown catch and run from Kedon Slovis to tie the game at 31.

But it was a dramatic pick-six that opened up Pitt's lead when M.J. Devonshire intercepted Mountaineers quarterback J.T. Daniels off a deflected pass and went the other way for 56 yards.

Pittsburgh used the two scores to defeat rival West Virginia, 38-31.

The game marks the overdue return of the famous Backyard Brawl rivalry between Pittsburgh and West Virginia that hasn't been played since 2011.

And what a reunion it proved to be, putting two elite transfer quarterbacks on the same field: Kedon Slovis for Pitt and J.T. Daniels for West Virginia.

Prior to the pick-six, Daniels threw for two touchdowns and rushed for another while Slovis engineered four scoring drives, passing for the score to Abanikanda while Panthers backs rushed for the other TDs.

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JAMES PARKS

James Parks is the founder and publisher of College Football HQ. He has covered football for a decade, previously managing several team sites and publishing national content for 247Sports.com for five years. His work has also been published on CBSSports.com. He founded College Football HQ in 2020, and the site joined the Sports Illustrated Fannation Network in 2022 and the On SI network in 2024.

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