1989 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	Pacific	#23	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA		W 38-3	35,421
September 9	12:00 p.m.	at Boston College	#23	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA		W 29-10	31,000
September 23	7:30 p.m.	Syracuse	#13	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN	W 30-23	45,762
September 30	7:30 p.m.	at #9 West Virginia	#10	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl)	ESPN	T 31-31	68,938
October 7	12:00 p.m.	at Temple	#8	Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia, PA	JP Sports	W 27-3	24,982
October 14	12:00 p.m.	Navy	#9	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	JP Sports	W 31-14	50,467
October 28	3:30 p.m.	at #1 Notre Dame	#7	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	ESPN	L 7-45	59,075
November 11	2:30 p.m.	#7 Miami (FL)	#14	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	CBS	L 3-24	52,528
November 18	12:00 p.m.	East Carolina	#19	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA		W 47-42	21,862
November 25	2:30 p.m.	#22 Penn State	#19	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	CBS	L 13-16	57,158
December 2	7:00 a.m.	vs. Rutgers	#24	Lansdowne Road • Dublin, Ireland (Emerald Isle Classic)	ESPN	W 46-29	19,800
December 30	2:30 p.m.	vs. #16 Texas A&M	#23	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX (John Hancock Bowl)	CBS	W 31-28	44,887
Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

Team Players drafted into in the NFL

Pittsburgh Panthers football

Venues	Recreation Park (1898–1904) Exposition Park (1904–1908) Forbes Field (1909–1924) Pitt Stadium (1925–1999) Three Rivers Stadium (2000) Heinz Field (2001–present) Cost Sports Center (practice) UPMC Sports Performance Complex (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Backyard Brawl (West Virginia) Notre Dame Penn State River City Rivalry (Cincinnati)

Culture & lore	Panthers of Pittsburgh "Hail to Pitt" "Pitt Victory Song" University of Pittsburgh Varsity Marching Band (drumline) 13–9

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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

National championship seasons in bold