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| Pittsburgh Panthers | |
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| University | University of Pittsburgh |
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| Conference | Big East |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletics director | Jeff Long |
| Location | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Varsity Teams | 17 |
| Stadium | Heinz Field |
| Arena | Petersen Events Center |
| Arena 2 | Fitzgerald Field House |
| Mascot | "ROC" the Panther[1] |
| Nickname | Pitt |
| Fight Song | |
| Colors | Blue and Gold
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| Homepage | www.pittsburghpanthers.com/ |
The Pittsburgh Panthers is the name given to the sports teams of University of Pittsburgh. The university is a member of the Big East Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding 17 varsity teams in 12 sports:
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[edit] Football
The Panthers participate in NCAA Division I (Division I-A for football) and in the Big East Conference.
[edit] 9-Time National Champions
The University of Pittsburgh officially claims 9 National Championships for the Panthers football team: 4 unanimous ones (1916, 1918, 1937, and 1976) and 5 shared titles (1915, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936). The University of Pittsburgh bases its claim for the first 8 national championships on a study conducted in 1970 by Sports Illustrated[1]. These championships, together with its unanimous championship of 1976, are the basis for the university's claim of 9 national championship seasons. Furthermore, in 8 additional years at least one recognized selector of national championships has declared Pitt a National Champion. In total Pitt has been recognized as the National Champion by at least one selector in a total of 17 different seasons[2][3][4]:
- 1981 (Montgomery, NCF)
- 1980 (FNG, Louisa, ARGH, CFR, FACT, DeVold, Howell, Self, NYT, Sagarin, Eck, Fleming)
- 1976 (consensus)
- 1938 (Premo)
- 1937 (consensus)
- 1936 (FNG, Louisa, ARGH, Boand, Kirlin, CFRA, Jessen, Esso, Houlgate, Koger, Maxwell, Premo)
- 1934 (Davis)
- 1933 (Kirlin)
- 1931 (FNG, Kirlin, Davis)
- 1929 (Davis)
- 1927 (Esso)
- 1925 (Sorenson)
- 1918 (consensus)
- 1917 (Weyand, Wilson, Jessen, Koger, Smith, NSF)
- 1916 (consensus)
- 1915 (Libby, Koger, Smith, Davis)
- 1910 (Century, Morgan, Smith, Premo, NCF, FNG)
[edit] Football Traditions & Facts
The football team moved into the Three Rivers Stadium in 2000 and then brand new Heinz Field in 2001 from their longtime home at Pitt Stadium, built in the 1920s.
The upper section of the Cathedral of Learning is illuminated after a football team victory.
Pitt Football has a long and glorious history. Tony Dorsett, Mike Ditka, Dan Marino, Tony Siragusa, Mark May, Beano Cook, Johnny Majors, Russ Grimm and Jimmy Johnson are just some of the alumni, coaches, and staff that have achieved prominence. Current NFL stars with Pitt Panther ties include NY Jet Kevan Barlow, NY Jet Curtis Martin, Cardinal Larry Fitzgerald, Charger coach Marty Schottenheimer, and Bucs coach Jon Gruden.
Pitt Panthers football has also gained a reputation as a national leader in innovation, Bobby Grier became the first African-American player to break the Bowl game color-barrier in 1956.
Former NFL head coach and Pitt alum Dave Wannstedt was hired in late 2004 as head football coach, to rekindle the glory days of the 1970s and early 1980s for Pitt football.
Long-standing football rivalries with Penn State University, the University of Notre Dame, the Backyard Brawl with West Virginia University, and the new River City Rivalry with the University of Cincinnati also highlight Pitt's resume.
[edit] Hall of Fame & All Americans
The Pitt Panthers have a long history of producing top football talent. There are four Pitt Panthers that are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame:
The College Football Hall of Fame has also recognized the Pitt program with 24 Panthers inducted:
- Bill Fralic (1981-84)
- Dan Marino (1979-82)
- Jimbo Covert (1979-82)
- Mark May (1977-80)
- Hugh Green (1977-80)
- Tony Dorsett (1973-76)
- Johnny Majors (1973-76,93-96)
- Mike Ditka (1958-60)
- Joe Schmidt (1950-52)
- Len Casanova (1950)
- Wes Fesler (1946)
- Marshall Goldberg (1936-38)
- Averell Daniell (1934-36)
- Joe Skladany (1931-33)
- Joseph Donchess (1927-29)
- Pop Warner (1915-23)
- Herb Stein (1918-21)
- Tom Davies (1918-21)
- Jock Sutherland (1914-17,24-38)
- Herb McCracken (1918-20)
- George McLaren (1915-18)
- Robert Peck (1913-16)
- Hube Wagner (1910-13)
- Joe Thompson (1904-06,08-12)
[edit] Season-by-season
- Draftees are listed for their final season of play (a year before they are drafted)
- The use of yellow color indicates a team that either had a non-losing record or was ranked at some point during the season.
- Rank listed is the highest rank attained during that particular season. It does not reflect the final ranking for the season. For example, the 1984 team started off the season highly ranked, but then proceeded to finish 3-7-1.
| Year | Wins | Losses | Ties | Coach | Rank | Bowls | Championships | NFL Draftees | All-Americans |
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| Totals | 640 | 464 | 42 | #20 | 24 | 9 (4 Unanimous) | 239 | 86 | |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | 0 | Dave Wannstedt | 1 | ||||
| 2005 | 5 | 6 | 0 | Dave Wannstedt | #21 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | 8 | 4 | 0 | Walt Harris | #19 | Fiesta Bowl | BIG EAST CHAMPIONS | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 8 | 5 | 0 | Walt Harris | #9 | Continental Tire Bowl | 6 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 9 | 4 | 0 | Walt Harris | #17 | Insight Bowl | 3 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 7 | 5 | 0 | Walt Harris | NR | Tangerine Bowl | 3 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 7 | 5 | 0 | Walt Harris | NR | Insight Bowl | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 5 | 6 | 0 | Walt Harris | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1998 | 2 | 9 | 0 | Walt Harris | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1997 | 6 | 6 | 0 | Walt Harris | NR | Liberty Bowl | 0 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 4 | 7 | 0 | Johnny Majors | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1995 | 2 | 9 | 0 | Johnny Majors | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1994 | 3 | 8 | 0 | Johnny Majors | 3 | 1 | |||
| 1993 | 3 | 8 | 0 | Johnny Majors | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1992 | 3 | 9 | 0 | Paul Hackett & Sal Sunseri |
1 | 0 | |||
| 1991 | 6 | 5 | 0 | Paul Hackett | #12 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | 3 | 7 | 1 | Paul Hackett | #13 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 1989 | 8 | 3 | 1 | Mike Gottfried & Paul Hackett |
#7 | Sun Bowl | 7 | 1 | |
| 1988 | 6 | 5 | 0 | Mike Gottfried | #16 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1987 | 8 | 4 | 0 | Mike Gottfried | #16 | Bluebonnet Bowl | 7 | 2 | |
| 1986 | 6 | 4 | 1 | Mike Gottfried | 4 | 2 | |||
| 1985 | 5 | 5 | 1 | Foge Fazio | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1984 | 3 | 7 | 1 | Foge Fazio | #3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 1983 | 8 | 3 | 1 | Foge Fazio | #15 | Fiesta Bowl | 6 | 1 | |
| 1982 | 9 | 3 | 0 | Foge Fazio | #1 | Cotton Bowl | 9 | 3 | |
| 1981 | 11 | 1 | 0 | Jackie Sherrill | Sugar Bowl | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1980 | 11 | 1 | 0 | Jackie Sherrill | Gator Bowl | 12 | 2 | ||
| 1979 | 11 | 1 | 0 | Jackie Sherrill | #7 | Fiesta Bowl | 1 | 1 | |
| 1978 | 8 | 4 | 0 | Jackie Sherrill | #9 | Tangerine Bowl | 5 | 2 | |
| 1977 | 9 | 2 | 1 | Jackie Sherrill | #7 | Gator Bowl | 8 | 4 | |
| 1976 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Majors | #1 | Sugar Bowl | NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 5 | 2 |
| 1975 | 8 | 4 | 0 | Johnny Majors | #15 | Sun Bowl | 2 | 1 | |
| 1974 | 7 | 4 | 0 | Johnny Majors | #8 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1973 | 6 | 5 | 1 | Johnny Majors | #20 | Fiesta Bowl | 3 | 1 | |
| 1972 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Carl DePasqua | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | 3 | 8 | 0 | Carl DePasqua | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Carl DePasqua | #15 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1969 | 4 | 6 | 0 | Carl DePasqua | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | 1 | 9 | 0 | Dave Hart | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1967 | 1 | 9 | 0 | Dave Hart | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | 1 | 9 | 0 | Dave Hart | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | 3 | 7 | 0 | John Michelosen | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | 3 | 5 | 2 | John Michelosen | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1963 | 9 | 1 | 0 | John Michelosen | #3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1962 | 5 | 5 | 0 | John Michelosen | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | 3 | 7 | 0 | John Michelosen | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | 4 | 3 | 3 | John Michelosen | #7 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 1959 | 6 | 4 | 0 | John Michelosen | #16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1958 | 5 | 4 | 1 | John Michelosen | #7 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 1957 | 4 | 6 | 0 | John Michelosen | #8 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 1956 | 7 | 3 | 1 | John Michelosen | #7 | Gator Bowl | 8 | 0 | |
| 1955 | 7 | 4 | 0 | John Michelosen | #7 | Sugar Bowl | 6 | 1 | |
| 1954 | 4 | 5 | 0 | Red Dawson & Lt. Tom Hamilton |
#20 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1953 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Red Dawson | #15 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1952 | 6 | 3 | 0 | Red Dawson | #14 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1951 | 3 | 7 | 0 | Lt. Tom Hamilton | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1950 | 1 | 8 | 0 | Len Casanova | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1949 | 6 | 3 | 0 | Mike Milligan | #15 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 1948 | 6 | 3 | 0 | Mike Milligan | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1947 | 1 | 8 | 0 | Mike Milligan | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1946 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Wes Fesler | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1945 | 3 | 7 | 0 | Clark Shaughnessy | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1944 | 4 | 5 | 0 | Clark Shaughnessy | 4 | 0 | |||
| 1943 | 3 | 5 | 0 | Clark Shaughnessy | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1942 | 3 | 6 | 0 | Chuck Bowser | 4 | 0 | |||
| 1941 | 3 | 6 | 0 | Chuck Bowser | 2 | 1 | |||
| 1940 | 3 | 4 | 1 | Chuck Bowser | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1939 | 5 | 4 | 0 | Chuck Bowser | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1938 | 8 | 2 | 0 | Jock Sutherland | 7 | 2 | |||
| 1937 | 9 | 0 | 1 | Jock Sutherland | 4 | 4 | |||
| 1936 | 8 | 1 | 1 | Jock Sutherland | Rose Bowl | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1935 | 7 | 1 | 2 | Jock Sutherland | 1 | ||||
| 1934 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Jock Sutherland | 3 | ||||
| 1933 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Jock Sutherland | 1 | ||||
| 1932 | 8 | 1 | 2 | Jock Sutherland | Rose Bowl | 2 | |||
| 1931 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Jock Sutherland | 1 | ||||
| 1930 | 6 | 2 | 1 | Jock Sutherland | 0 | ||||
| 1929 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Jock Sutherland | Rose Bowl | 4 | |||
| 1928 | 6 | 2 | 1 | Jock Sutherland | 1 | ||||
| 1927 | 8 | 1 | 1 | Jock Sutherland | Rose Bowl | 2 | |||
| 1926 | 5 | 2 | 2 | Jock Sutherland | 0 | ||||
| 1925 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Jock Sutherland | 1 | ||||
| 1924 | 5 | 3 | 1 | Jock Sutherland | 0 | ||||
| 1923 | 5 | 4 | 0 | Pop Warner | 0 | ||||
| 1922 | 8 | 2 | 0 | Pop Warner | 0 | ||||
| 1921 | 5 | 3 | 1 | Pop Warner | 1 | ||||
| 1920 | 6 | 0 | 2 | Pop Warner | 2 | ||||
| 1919 | 6 | 2 | 1 | Pop Warner | 0 | ||||
| 1918 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Pop Warner | 3 | ||||
| 1917 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Pop Warner | 4 | ||||
| 1916 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Pop Warner | 4 | ||||
| 1915 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Pop Warner | 1 | ||||
| 1914 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Joe Duff | 1 | ||||
| 1913 | 6 | 2 | 1 | Joe Duff | |||||
| 1912 | 3 | 6 | 0 | Joe Thompson | |||||
| 1911 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Joe Thompson | |||||
| 1910 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Joe Thompson | |||||
| 1909 | 6 | 2 | 1 | Joe Thompson | |||||
| 1908 | 8 | 3 | 0 | Joe Thompson | |||||
| 1907 | 9 | 1 | 0 | James Moorhead | |||||
| 1906 | 4 | 6 | 0 | Edgar Wingard | |||||
| 1905 | 10 | 2 | 0 | Art Mosse | |||||
| 1904 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Art Mosse | |||||
| 1903 | 0 | 8 | 1 | Art Mosse | |||||
| 1902 | 5 | 6 | 1 | Fred Crolius | |||||
| 1901 | 7 | 2 | 1 | Will Hockensmith | |||||
| 1900 | 5 | 4 | 0 | Dr. Roy Jackson | |||||
| 1899 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Dr. Fred Robinson | |||||
| 1898 | 5 | 2 | 1 | Dr. Fred Robinson | |||||
| 1897 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Tom Trenchard | |||||
| 1896 | 3 | 6 | 0 | George Hoskins | |||||
| 1895 | 1 | 6 | 0 | J.P. Linn | |||||
| 1894 | 1 | 1 | 0 | No Coach | |||||
| 1893 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Anson Harrold | |||||
| 1892 | 4 | 2 | 0 | No Coach | |||||
| 1891 | 2 | 5 | 0 | No Coach | |||||
| 1890 | 1 | 2 | 0 | No Coach | |||||
| 1889 | 0 | 1 | 0 | No Coach |
[edit] Men's Basketball
[edit] Rivalries
Pitt and Duquesne University have had a long-standing rivalry in men's basketball. Their annual game, alternating locations between the two campuses but once held every year at Pittsburgh's Mellon Arena, attracts lots of local interest and has thus been dubbed the City Game. Both schools' women's teams also play their annual version of the City Game.
Pitt also has a large football rivalry with West Virginia University that dates back to 1895. The annual contest is called the Backyard Brawl, due to the proximity of the two schools' main campuses (they are 80 miles apart) and the shared boundary between western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The game is traditionally played on Thanksgiving weekend. In 2007, the two schools will play in the 100th game of the Backyard Brawl
Also, Pitt is one of the handful of schools that has a longstanding rivalry with the University of Notre Dame. Pitt has played Notre Dame on a semi-regular basis since 1899, with never more than three years passing between contests since 1943. The two universities recently[year needed] signed a contract to play eight games between 2006 and 2015.
In 2005, Pitt began a football rivalry with the University of Cincinnati Bearcats, dubbed the "River City Rivalry". This annual Big East Conference game stems from both cities being situated along the Ohio River and features a trophy of a riverboat telegraph (a device for signaling the boat's engine room) [5]. Pitt leads the series 2-0 after a 33-15 victory over the Bearcats on September 8, 2006.
Pitt's largest football rivalry formerly was with Penn State University, with some fans arguing it still is heated. The series began in 1905 and ended in 2000 with Penn State leading the series 50-42-4. The two teams ended play in light of disputes over the scheduling of games, with Penn State reportedly wishing to play Pitt at home twice for every game in Pittsburgh. In addition, the two schools have stopped playing men's basketball, but they still have heated rivalries in women's sports, such as basketball and gymnastics.
[edit] Pittsburgh Panthers Radio Network
- Bedford, PA (WBFD 1310 AM)
- Bradford, PA (WESB 1490 AM
- Butler, PA (WISR 680 AM)
- Butler, PA (WBUT 1050 AM)
- Connellsville, PA (WLSW 103.9 FM)
- DuBois, PA (WCED 1420 AM)
- Erie, PA (WFNN 1330 AM)
- Harrisburg, PA (WPDC 1600 AM)
- Indiana, PA (WCCS 1160 AM)
- Johnstown, PA (WCRO 1230 AM)
- Latrobe, PA (WQTW 1570 AM)
- Pittsburgh, PA (WBGG 970 AM)
- Pittsburgh, PA (WPGB 104.7 FM)
- Punxsutawney, PA (104.1 FM)
- Uniontown, PA (WMBS 590 AM)
- State College, PA (WOWY 97.1 FM)
- Sharon, PA (WPIC 790 AM)
- Titusville, PA (WTIV 1230 AM)
- Troy, PA (1310 AM)
- Weirton, WV (1430 AM)
- York, PA (WOYK AM 1350)
- Yahoo! Sports Radio
- SIRIUS Satellite Radio
[edit] References
- ^ "ROC" the Panther Bio. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
[edit] External links
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