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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

Field goals in college football were originally worth five points. This was decreased to four points in 1904 and three points in 1909.