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Pittsburgh Football Team History


Pittsburgh Panthers
University of Pittsburgh
 Pittsburgh, PA
Founded: 1787
Stadium: Heinz Field
Capacity: 65,000
Colors: Old Gold & Blue
Coach:
Conference: Big East-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls

Pittsburgh News
Team Timeline
First Team: 1890  
 
Championships
National Championships
1910, 1916, 1918, 1936, 1937, 1976
Conference Championships
  2004, 2010
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 630-443-37
 Winning Pct. 58.7%
 National Championships 6
 Big East Conference Titles 2
 Other Conference Titles 0
 Conference Record 14-7-0
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 424-219-18
 Away Record 195-209-19
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 123
 Winning Seasons (#1) 72
 Losing Seasons (#1)35
 Most Wins in A Season 12 (1976)
 Most Loses in A Season 10 (1972)
 10 Win Seasons 6
 Most Points Scored in a Game 96 (10/31/1914)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 428 (1977)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 72 (9/21/1996)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 430 (1996)
 Largest Margin of Victory 96 (10/31/1914)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 72 (9/21/1996)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 111 (10/2/1965)
 Last Shutout 11/12/2005
 Last Time Shutout 12/31/2008
 Shutouts All-Time 228
 Been Shutout All-Time 112
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 32 (11/14/1914-11/28/1918)
 Longest Losing  10 (9/16/1995-8/31/1996)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 11-15-0
 Rose 1-3-0
 Cotton 0-1-0
 Orange 0-0-0
 Fiesta 1-3-0
 Sugar 2-1-0
 
By the Decade
 2000-09  88-61
 1990-99 37-74-1
 1980-89 74-37-5
 1970-79 70-43-2
 1960-69 34-61-5
 1950-59 46-49-3
 1940-49 35-52-2
 1930-39 75-14-7
 1920-29 65-19-8
Next Game
 9/1/2012 (Sat)  
vs. Youngstown State in a Non-Conference Game
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Last Time: Pittsburgh won 38-3 in 2009.
All-Time:
 Pittsburgh vs. Youngstown State 2-0-0 100.0% 
 
2012 Season
 Sat., Sep. 1  vs. Youngstown State
 Thu., Sep. 6  @ Cincinnati
 Sat., Sep. 15  vs. Virginia Tech
 Sat., Sep. 22  vs. Gardner Webb
 Fri., Oct. 5  @ Syracuse
 Sat., Oct. 13  vs. Louisville
 Sat., Oct. 20  @ Buffalo
 Sat., Oct. 27  vs. Temple
 Sat., Nov. 3  @ Notre Dame
 Fri., Nov. 9  @ Connecticut
 Sat., Nov. 24  vs. Rutgers
 Sat., Dec. 1  @ South Florida
 
2012 Season Totals
  Record0-0
  Scoring-
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
 
2012 Big East  Standings
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Pittsburgh & West Virginia have played 97 games.
Pittsburgh has won 59 games.
West Virginia has won 35 games.
with 3 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 1-9
 10 or more 87-52
 20 or more  80-26
 30 or more 52-10
 40 or more 22-3
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 21-2
 10 or more 67-59
 20 or more 26-53
 30 or more 4-31
 40 or more 0-15
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

During the 1990s, Prairie View College put together an 80-game losing streak. One season, they were outscored each game by an average margin of 56 to 4.