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Get a recap of the Pittsburgh Panthers vs. Virginia Cavaliers football game.

PITTSBURGH -- Pat Narduzzi's weekly Monday press conference didn't run as usually scheduled. Instead of recapping the previous weekend's game and looking ahead, he addressed the tragic shooting in Charlottesville, Virginia Sunday night first. And touched upon a bit of the week ahead against Duke afterwards.https://youtu.be/exaF5zAAmo4

Dayon Hayes didn’t travel with the Pitt Panthers to Virginia this week.

After picking up an undisclosed injury late against North Carolina, forcing him to miss the Syracuse win last weekend, Israel Abanikanda has returned to the starting lineup. Pat Narduzzi said Thursday that it was likely Abanikanda would be good to go on the road against Virginia, and he dressed and took part in pregame warmups at Scott Stadium with the team. It’s a boost to Pitt’s offense, as the ACC’s leading rusher (1,086 rushing yards and 16 rushing touchdowns) provides a major boost to...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — M.J. Devonshire and Marquis Williams returned interceptions for touchdowns on the first two plays from scrimmage and Pittsburgh reached bowl eligibility with a 37-7 victory at Virginia on Saturday.

Pittsburgh got off to as fast a start as a defense can at Virginia. The Panthers returned the first two passes by Brennan Armstrong for touchdowns. M.J. Devonshire jumped in

Full preview for the Virginia Cavaliers vs. Pittsburgh Panthers college football game.

Line: Pitt by 3 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. The Panthers can achieve bowl eligibility with a victory, and they've won six of eight against the Cavaliers since joining the ACC, including a 48-38 shootout last season that clinched the Coastal Division for the Panthers. Virginia needs to sweep its last three games — Coastal Carolina and at Virginia Tech — to reach the postseason in Tony Elliott's first year as coach.

Asked how he would employ his talented cadre of running backs Saturday at Virginia, Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi joked that he was waiting for media advice.

PAT NARDUZZI: I'll start off by just kind of talking about an incident this weekend. We'll start right there. (Pitt Athletics) already released a statement on my