1953 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1953 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1953 college football season. The team compiled a 3–5–1 record under head coach Red Dawson.[1]

1953 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
1953 record3–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
(Capacity: 56,500)
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 14 Army      7 1 1
Harvard      6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 2 0
Hofstra      6 3 0
Penn State      6 3 0
Yale      5 2 2
Carnegie Tech      5 3 0
Boston College      5 3 1
Boston University      5 3 1
Syracuse      5 3 1
Princeton      5 4 0
Tufts      4 3 0
Cornell      4 3 2
Holy Cross      5 5 0
Temple      4 4 1
Colgate      3 4 2
Columbia      4 5 0
Fordham      4 5 0
Villanova      4 6 0
Drexel      2 3 1
Brown      3 5 1
Penn      3 5 1
Pittsburgh      3 5 1
Dartmouth      2 7 0
Buffalo      1 5 1
Bucknell      1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 26No. 16 West VirginiaNo. 17L 7–17
October 3No. 8 Oklahoma
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 7–7
October 10NebraskaNo. 17
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 14–6
October 17at No. 1 Notre DameNo. 15L 14–23
October 24at NorthwesternNo. 18L 21–27
October 31at No. 14 MinnesotaL 14–35
November 7at VirginiaW 26–0
November 14NC State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 40–6
November 21Penn State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
L 0–17
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1953 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.


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