The 2016 Pitt Football season is half over. What we’ve learned so far, rather fairly conclusively, is that the Panthers have some really big holes on defense. Conversely, the Panthers appear to be very explosive on offense en route to setting a school record of 6 consecutive games of scoring 35+ points.

The result this past weekend against Virginia was no different. The Panthers defeated the Cavaliers 45-31 to raise their record to 5-2 overall (2-1 in the ACC).

The Virginia homecoming crowd was treated to a good start though as the Hoos scored on their opening drive, which was aided by a few Pitt penalties including one on 4th down while the Panthers were trying to switch into their punt coverage unit.

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