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Posted on: Friday, November 27, 2009

CFB: West Virginia beats No. 8 Pittsburgh 19-16


JOHN RABY
AP Sports Writer

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Noel Devine rushed for 134 yards and Tyler Bitancurt kicked four field goals, including a 43-yarder as time expired to lift West Virginia to a 19-16 win over No. 8 Pittsburgh tonight.

West Virginia (8-3, 4-2 Big East) halted Pittsburgh's five-game winning streak. The Panthers (9-2, 5-1) can still earn the conference's Bowl Championship Series berth with a win at home next week against No. 5 Cincinnati. The Bearcats beat Illinois 49-36 earlier Friday.

Pittsburgh was held out of the end zone on five drives inside the West Virginia 30 until Bill Stull found Jonathan Baldwin with a 50-yard TD toss with 2:54 left to tie the score at 16-16.

That gave Jarrett Brown enough time to move West Virginia 42 yards into position for the winning field goal.

Dion Lewis ran for 155 yards and Dan Hutchins kicked three field goals for the Panthers.