In the most anticipated game of the 2023 season, the West Virginia Mountaineers continued their rivalry with the Pitt Panthers on Saturday night and in the loudest environment Mountaineer Field has seen in the Neal Brown era won 17-6. The game started out with the Mountaineers going three-and-out and then the Panthers running the ball off-tackle on their only real successful drive of the night. That drive would stall in the red zone and the Mountaineers held the Panthers to a field goal.
On the second series of the game for the Mountaineers, the starting quarterback Garret Greene was rolled up an would leave the game with an ankle injury.