West Virginia lost a double-digit lead in the final five minutes to fall 38-34 to Pitt. WVSports.com takes a look at some of the advanced statistics to get a snapshot of the game as well as the season moving forward.
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QUARTERBACK:
--Redshirt senior quarterback Garrett Greene completed just 3-10 passes over 20+ yards for 105 yards and a touchdown with an interception. Greene connected on just 1-4 passes 10+ yards for 17 yards with an interception.
--Greene was 12-13 on passes thrown short or behind the line of scrimmage.
--Against the blitz, Greene was 10-15 on 19 dropbacks for 167 yards and a touchdown with an interception. He also had two passes thrown with accuracy into tight windows when the Panthers elected to blitz.
--Greene was at 7.0 yards per attempt with an average depth of target of 13.6.
--When Pittsburgh was able to get pressure, Greene was just 5-11 for 85 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
--Greene was charged with five turnover-worthy plays, which is a pass that has a high percentage chance to be intercepted or a poor job of taking care of the ball and fumbling.
--Greene had 2.70 seconds on average to throw the football.
--Greene completed 4-6 screens for 41 yards and was 5-9 on play action for 66 yards.
RUSHING:
--Out of the 190 rushing yards, a total of 169 came after contact for an average of 4.12 yards after contact per attempt.
--West Virginia forced a total of six missed tackles, with Greene accounting for a pair of those. CJ Donaldson led the way with three forced missed tackles.
--Greene had 33 yards off scrambles and 30 yards off designed runs.
--The Mountaineers had six rushes that traveled at least 10 yards.
RECEIVING:
--West Virginia pass catches hauled in 16 of 27 passes thrown to them for a reception percentage of 59.3.
--A total of 88 of the 210 receiving yards came after the catch.
--West Virginia had only one of three contested catches with it being the 28-yard touchdown reception by Justin Robinson.
--Pass catchers forced only one missed tackle from Kole Taylor.
--A total of 9 of the 16 passes caught resulted in first downs.
--West Virginia targeted the tight end 6 times for 5 catches for 44 yards. Through three games, the Mountaineers have now targeted the position 17 times for 123 yards and a score with Kole Taylor accounting for all but eight of those yards.
--The Mountaineers threw three passes to the running backs resulting in 2 catches for 13 yards including a 10-yard touchdown by CJ Donaldson.
BLOCKING:
--The offensive line gave Greene on average 2.70 seconds to throw the football.
--West Virginia had success running in the gap between the center and the right guard at 5 carries for 39 yards (7.8) and behind the left tackle (4-36). Both of the touchdowns were scored rushing off the ends to each side.
--The least amount of success came behind the right guard (5 carries for 6 yards, 1;2 per carry) and in the gap between the center and left guard at 7 carries for 12 yards (1.7).
--West Virginia allowed 4 hurries and 4 pressures.
--The offensive line was penalized twice for holding.
--Brandon Yates had the highest grade in pass blocking at 85.0 across 39 snaps, while Nick Malone topped the run blocking at 73.0 across 40 snaps.
DEFENSE:
--West Virginia blitzed 9 times on 44 dropbacks and Pitt completed 3-6 of those for 35 scoreless yards. On the season, the Mountaineers have now blitzed 32 times on 112 dropbacks.
--West Virginia missed only five tackles, that number is now at 17 across three games.
--While the statistics credited five sacks, the PFF numbers gave the defense 7.
--Dontez Fagan allowed 3 of 4 passes in his coverage to be caught for 90 yards and a touchdown. Garnett Hollis did now allow a catch but was penalized twice.
--Ayden Garnes allowed just 2 of 5 passes to be completed for 20 yards, while Rodney Gallagher allowed 3 of 3 passes to be completed for 44 yards.
--Two of the Pitt passing touchdowns were completed in the coverage of linebackers.
--Pitt's quarterback Holstein had 83 yards off scrambles and just three off designed runs.
--West Virginia was penalized four times on defense.
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