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
Record3–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
(capacity: 56,500)
1953 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Juniata    7 0 0
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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 26No. 16 West VirginiaNo. 17L 7–1743,446
October 3No. 8 Oklahoma
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 7–728,152
October 10NebraskaNo. 17
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 14–620,666
October 17at No. 1 Notre DameNo. 15L 14–2357,998
October 24at NorthwesternNo. 18L 21–2728,000
October 31at No. 14 MinnesotaL 14–3549,092
November 7at VirginiaW 26–013,000
November 14NC State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 40–6
November 21Penn State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
L 0–1739,642
  • 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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