Self-inflicted woes held Pitt's offense back from breaking out at UVa.

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Fortunately for the Panthers, their firm place in the former category was outweighed by their defense’s dominance in the latter, and the team left Charlottesville with a 6-4 record and bowl eligibility after beating the Cavaliers 37-7. Pitt’s defense convinced everyone there must be a glitch when it started the scoring on a pair of interceptions returned for touchdowns on Virginia’s first two plays. Pitt went 63 yards on eight plays, including a 37-yard pass from Kedon Slovis to Bub Means and an eight-yard run by Israel Abanikanda to convert third-and-3; the junior back finished the drive two plays after that with a two-yard run.

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