Pittsburgh Panthers

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The Pittsburgh Panthers, commonly also referred to as the Pitt Panthers, are the athletic teams representing the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, although the term is colloquially used to refer to other aspects of the university such as alumni, faculty, and students. Pitt fields 19 university-sponsored varsity teams at the highest level of competitive collegiate athletics in the United States: the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for American football.

Football

Pittsburgh Panthers college football
First Season
1890
Team History
Pittsburgh Panthers (1908-present)
Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference (2013-present)
Big East Conference (1991-2012)
Independent (1890-1990)
Venue
Heinz Field (2001-present)
Three Rivers Stadium (2000)
Pitt Stadium (1925-99)
Forbes Field (1909-24)
Exposition Park (1904-08)
Coliseum (1902-03)
Schenley Park (1901)
Exposition Park (1900)
Recreation Park (1898-99)
Key People
Players • Coaches


Programs by season

1920s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1922
December 30 at Stanford Stanford Stadium

1930s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1931
November 14 vs. Army Pitt Stadium
1932
January 2, 1933 vs. USC Rose Bowl
1936
October 10 at Ohio State Ohio Stadium
November 14 at Nebraska Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1937 vs. Washington Rose Bowl
1937*
November 13 vs. Nebraska Pitt Stadium
1938
October 1 at Temple Temple Stadium
October 22 vs. SMU Pitt Stadium
November 12 at Nebraska Memorial Stadium

1940s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1941
October 25 vs. Duke Pitt Stadium
November 29 vs. Carnegie Tech Pitt Stadium
1942
October 3 vs. SMU Pitt Stadium
1943
October 30 vs. Carnegie Tech Pitt Stadium
1944
September 23 vs. West Virginia Pitt Stadium
1946
October 5 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium
November 9 vs. Ohio State Pitt Stadium
1947
October 4 vs. Notre Dame Pitt Stadium
October 11 at Michigan Michigan Stadium
1948
November 6 at Ohio State Ohio Stadium
1949
October 1 at Northwestern Dyche Stadium

1950s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1950
October 21 at Northwestern Dyche Stadium
1951
September 29 vs. Duke Pitt Stadium
October 20 vs. Notre Dame Pitt Stadium
October 27 at Michigan State Macklin Stadium
1952
November 8 at Ohio State Ohio Stadium
1953
November 7 at Virginia Scott Stadium
1954
October 9 vs. Notre Dame Pitt Stadium
October 23 vs. Northwestern Pitt Stadium
November 6 at Ohio State Ohio Stadium
1955
January 2, 1956 vs. Georgia Tech Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
1956
November 10 vs. Notre Dame Pitt Stadium
November 24 vs. Penn State Pitt Stadium
December 8 at Miami Burdine Stadium
December 29 vs. Georgia Tech Gator Bowl
1957
October 26 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium
November 9 vs. West Virginia Pitt Stadium
December 7 at Miami Burdine Stadium
1958
October 4 at Minnesota Memorial Stadium
October 11 at Michigan State Spartan Stadium
November 1 at Syracuse Archbold Stadium
November 27 vs. Penn State Pitt Stadium

1960s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1960
October 29 at Syracuse Archbold Stadium
November 19 vs. Penn State Pitt Stadium
1962
October 6 at California California Memorial Stadium
November 10 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium
November 17 at Army Yankee Stadium
1964
September 26 at Oregon Multnomah Stadium
November 7 vs. Notre Dame Pitt Stadium
1966
September 17 at UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 29 at Syracuse Archbold Stadium
November 5 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium
November 11 at Miami Orange Bowl
1967
September 30 at Illinois Memorial Stadium
November 11 vs. Notre Dame Pitt Stadium
1968
September 28 vs. West Virginia Pitt Stadium
October 26 vs. Air Force Pitt Stadium
November 1 at Miami Orange Bowl
1969
November 8 vs. Notre Dame Pitt Stadium

1970s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1970
September 26 at Baylor Baylor Stadium
1971
November 6 vs. Notre Dame Pitt Stadium
1972
September 16 vs. UCLA Pitt Stadium
October 14 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium
1973
October 13 at West Virginia Mountaineer Field
November 10 vs. Notre Dame Pitt Stadium
1974
September 21 at Georgia Tech Grant Field
October 5 at North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium
October 12 vs. West Virginia Pitt Stadium
1975
September 20 at Oklahoma Owen Field
September 27 vs. William & Mary Pitt Stadium
October 11 at Temple Veterans Stadium
November 15 vs. Notre Dame Pitt Stadium
December 26 vs. Kansas Sun Bowl (El Paso, TX)
1976*
September 11 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium
September 25 vs. Temple Pitt Stadium
October 16 vs. Miami Pitt Stadium
October 23 at Navy Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
October 30 vs. Syracuse Pitt Stadium
November 13 vs. West Virginia Pitt Stadium
January 1, 1977 vs. Georgia Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
1977
September 24 at Temple Veterans Stadium
November 12 at Army Giants Stadium
December 30 vs. Clemson Gator Bowl
1978
September 30 vs. North Carolina Pitt Stadium
November 24 at Penn State Beaver Stadium
1979
September 15 vs. Kansas Pitt Stadium
September 29 at Temple Veterans Stadium
October 6 vs. Boston College Pitt Stadium
November 3 vs. Syracuse Pitt Stadium
November 10 at West Virginia Mountaineer Field
December 25 vs. Arizona Sun Devil Stadium

1980s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1980
September 27 vs. Temple Pitt Stadium
November 1 at Syracuse Carrier Dome
December 29 vs. South Carolina Gator Bowl
1981
September 19 vs. Cincinnati Pitt Stadium
January 1, 1982 vs. Georgia Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
1982
October 23 at Syracuse Carrier Dome
November 6 vs. Notre Dame Pitt Stadium
November 20 vs. Rutgers Pitt Stadium
November 26 at Penn State Beaver Stadium
January 1, 1983 vs. SMU Cotton Bowl
1983
October 1 at West Virginia Mountaineer Field
October 8 vs. Florida State Pitt Stadium
October 29 vs. Syracuse Pitt Stadium
November 5 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium
January 2, 1984 vs. Ohio State Fiesta Bowl (Tempe, AZ)
1984
September 15 vs. Oklahoma Pitt Stadium
1985
September 28 at West Virginia Mountaineer Field
October 12 vs. NC State Pitt Stadium
October 26 at Navy Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
1986
November 22 at Penn State Beaver Stadium
1987
September 19 vs. Temple Pitt Stadium
October 10 vs. Notre Dame Pitt Stadium
December 31 vs. Texas Astrodome
1988
October 8 vs. Notre Dame Pitt Stadium
December 3 at Syracuse Carrier Dome

1990s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1997
December 31 vs. Southern Miss Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium

2000s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
2000
October 7 at Syracuse Carrier Dome
December 28 vs. Iowa State Bank One Ballpark
2003
December 27 vs. Virginia Bank of America Stadium
2007
November 17 at Rutgers Rutgers Stadium
2008
November 1 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium

2010s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
2015
December 28 vs. Navy Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
2016
November 12 at Clemson Memorial Stadium
December 28 vs. Northwestern Yankee Stadium

Media guides and yearbooks

Media guides

1950s 1950 • 1952 • 1953 • 1956 • 1959
1960s 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969
1970s 1973
1980s 1983
2010s 2013 • 2018
2020s 2021

Seasons

Pittsburgh Panthers football publications by season
1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899 • 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 • 1910 •  1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 •  1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 •  1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 •  1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 •  1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 •  2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023


Head Coaches

Pittsburgh Panthers football head coaches
Anson Harrold (1893) • J. P. Linn (1895) • George W. Hoskins (1896) • Thomas Trenchard (1897) • Frederick A. Robinson (1898-99) • Roy Jackson (1900) • Wilbur Hockensmith (1901) • Fred Crolius (1902) • Arthur Mosse (1903-05) • Edgar Wingard (1906) • John A. Moorehead (1907-08) • Joseph H. Thompson (1909-12) • Joseph Duff (1913-14) • Pop Warner (1915-23) • Jock Sutherland (1924-38) • Charley Bowser (1939-42) • Clark Shaughnessy (1943-45) • Wes Fesler (1946) • Mike Milligan (1947-49) • Len Casanova (1950) • Tom Hamilton (1951) • Red Dawson (1952-54) • Tom Hamilton (1954) • John Michelosen (1955-65) • Dave Hart (1966-68) • Carl DePasqua (1969-72) • Johnny Majors (1973-76) • Jackie Sherrill (1977-81) • Foge Fazio (1982-85) • Mike Gottfried (1986-89) • Paul Hackett (1989-92) • Sal Sunseri* (1992) • Johnny Majors (1993-96) • Walt Harris (1997-2004) • Dave Wannstedt (2005-10) • Phil Bennett* (2010) • Todd Graham (2011) • Keith Patterson* (2011) • Paul Chryst (2012-14) • Joe Rudolph* (2014) • Pat Narduzzi (2015-present)

*interim head coach


Men's Basketball

Pittsburgh Panthers men's college basketball
First Season
1905-06
Team History
Pittsburgh Panthers (1905-present)
Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference (1953-present)
Venue
Petersen Events Center (2002-present)
Civic Arena (alternate, 1984-2002)
Fitzgerald Field House (1951-2002)
Pitt Pavilion (1925-51)
Trees Gym (1912-25)
Duquesne Gardens (1905-12)
Motor Square Garden (1905-12)
Key People
Players • Coaches


Media guides and yearbooks by season

Media guides

1970s 1973-74
Atlantic Coast Conference
Current Members Boston College Eagles • Clemson Tigers • Duke Blue Devils • Florida State Seminoles • Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets • Louisville Cardinals • Miami Hurricanes • NC State Wolfpack • North Carolina Tar Heels • Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Pittsburgh Panthers • SMU Mustangs • Stanford Cardinal • Syracuse Orange • Virginia Cavaliers • Virginia Tech Hokies • Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Former Members South Carolina Gamecocks • Maryland Terrapins
Basketball Venues Littlejohn Coliseum
Football Venues Alumni Stadium • Bobby Dodd Stadium • Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Hard Rock Stadium • Kenan Memorial Stadium • Lane Stadium • Scott Stadium • Stanford Stadium • Wallace Wade Stadium