1948 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1948 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1948 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3 record under head coach Mike Milligan.[1]

1948 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
1948 record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
(Capacity: 56,500)
1948 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Army      8 0 1
No. 19 Cornell      8 1 0
Penn State      7 1 1
Buffalo      6 1 1
Villanova      8 2 1
Brown      7 2 0
Dartmouth      6 2 0
Boston College      5 2 2
Pittsburgh      6 3 0
Penn      5 3 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 3 1
Harvard      4 4 0
Princeton      4 4 0
Columbia      4 5 0
Yale      4 5 0
Tufts      3 4 1
Colgate      3 6 0
Fordham      3 6 0
NYU      3 6 0
Temple      2 6 1
Duquesne      2 7 0
Carnegie Tech      1 7 0
Hofstra      0 6 2
Bucknell      1 8 0
Syracuse      1 8 0
Drexel      0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25SMUL 14–33
October 2Notre Dame
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
L 0–40
October 9West Virginia
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 16–6
October 16Marquette
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 21–7
October 23Indiana
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 21–14
October 30at Case Western ReserveW 20–0
November 6at Ohio StateL 0–41
November 13at PurdueW 20–13
November 20No. 6 Penn State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 7–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1948 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.
  2. "Becker Leads Pitt in 20-to-0 Victory". New York Times. October 31, 1948. p. S3. ... before 12,000 fans at League Park.


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