PITTSBURGH PANTHERS FOOTBALL
HISTORY DATABASE
 
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (6)
All Time Football Record: 671-485-41 (.578)

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (2)
2004 Big East Conference Co-Champions
2010 Big East Conference Co-Champions

CONFERENCE AFFILIATIONS
1890-1990: Independent
1991-Current: Big East Conference

 

OTHER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTIONS
1929 - Record: 9-1
Parke Davis

1931 - Record: 8-1
Parke Davis

1936 - Record: 8-1-1
Boand System
College Football Researchers Association
Houlgate System

1980 - Record: 11-1
College Football Researchers Association
DeVold
Foundation for the Analysis of Competitions and Tournaments
National Championship Foundation
BOWL GAMES (12-15)
SEASON BOWL OPPONENT RESULT SCORE
2010 BBVA Compass Kentucky W 27-10
2009 Meineke Car Care North Carolina W 19-17
2008 Sun Oregon State L 0-3
2004 Fiesta Utah L 7-35
2003 Continental Tire Virginia L 16-23
2002 Insight Oregon State W 38-13
2001 Tangerine North Carolina State W 34-19
2000 Insight Iowa State L 29-37
1997 Liberty Southern Miss L 7-41
1989 Sun Texas A&M W 31-28
1987 Bluebonnet Texas L 27-32
1983 Fiesta Ohio State L 23-28
1982 Cotton Southern Methodist L 3-7
1981 Sugar Georgia W 24-20
1980 Gator South Carolina W 37-9
1979 Fiesta Arizona W 16-10
1978 Tangerine North Carolina State L 17-30
1977 Gator Clemson W 34-3
1976 Sugar Georgia W 27-3
1975 Sun Kansas W 33-19
1973 Fiesta Arizona State L 7-28
1956 Gator Georgia Tech L 14-21
1955 Sugar Georgia Tech L 0-7
1936 Rose Washington W 21-0
1933 Rose Southern California L 0-35
1930 Rose Southern California L 14-47
1928 Rose Stanford L 6-7
COACHES
COACH
YEARS
# YEARS
GAMES
WON
LOST
TIED
PCT.
No Coach
1890-1892, 1894
4
18
8
10
0
.444
Anson F. Harrold
1893
1
5
1
4
0
.200
J.P. Linn
1895
1
7
1
6
0
.143
George W. Hoskins
1896
1
9
3
6
0
.333
Thomas Gawthrop "Doggie" Trenchard
1897
1
4
1
3
0
.250
Dr. Frederick A. Robinson
1898-1899
2
13
8
3
2
.692
Dr. M. Roy Jackson
1900
1
9
5
4
0
.556
Wilbur D. Hockensmith
1901
1
10
7
2
1
.750
Frederick J. Crolius
1902
1
12
5
6
1
.458
Arthur St. L. "Texas" Mosse
1903-1905
3
31
20
10
1
.661
E.R. Wingard
1906
1
10
6
4
0
.600
James A. Moorhead
1907
1
10
8
2
0
.800
Joseph H. Thompson
1908-1912
5
46
30
14
2
.674
Joseph M. Duff, Jr.
1913-1914
2
18
14
3
1
.806
Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner
1915-1923
9
76
60
12
4
.816
Dr. John B. "Jack" Sutherland
1924-1938
15
143
111
20
12
.818
Charles W. Bowser
1939-1942
4
35
14
20
1
.414
Clark D. Shaughnessy
1943-1945
3
27
10
17
0
.370
Wesley E. "Wes" Fesler
1946
1
9
3
5
1
.389
Walter S. "Mike" Milligan
1947-1949
3
27
13
14
0
.481
Leonard J. "Len" Casanova
1950
1
9
1
8
0
.111
Thomas J. "Tom" Hamilton
1951, 1954
1.6
16
7
9
0
.438
Lowell P. "Red" Dawson
1952-1954
2.4
21
9
11
1
.452
John P. Michelosen
1955-1965
11
112
56
49
7
.531
David R. Hart
1966-1968
3
30
3
27
0
.100
Carl A. DePasqua
1969-1972
4
42
13
29
0
.310
Johnny Majors
1973-1976, 1993-1996
8
91
45
45
1
.500
Jackie Sherrill
1977-1981
5
60
50
9
1
.842
Serafino "Foge" Fazio
1982-1985
4
46
25
18
3
.576
Mike Gottfried
1986-1989
3.9
45
26
17
2
.600
Paul Hackett
1989-1992
3
34
13
20
1
.397
Sal Sunseri
1992
0.1
1
0
1
0
.000
Walt Harris
1997-2004
8
96
52
44
0
.542
Dave Wannstedt
2005-2010
6
73
42
31
0
.575
Phil Bennett
2010
1
1
1
0
0
1.000
Totals
121
1197
671
485
41
.578
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (through 2009 season)
STATISTIC CAREER SEASON GAME
PASSING Alex Van Pelt
11,267 (1989-92)		 Rod Rutherford
3,679 (2003)		 Pete Gonzalez
470 (Rutgers 1997)
RUSHING Tony Dorsett
6,526 (1973-76)		 Tony Dorsett
2,150 (1976)		 Tony Dorsett
303 (Notre Dame 1975)
RECEIVING YARDS Antonio Bryant
3,061 (1999-2001)		 Larry Fitzgerald
1,672 (2003)		 Dietrich Jells
225 (West Virginia 1994)
RECEPTIONS Latef Grim
178 (1998-2000)		 Larry Fitzgerald
92 (2003)		 Harry Orszulak
16 (Penn State 1968)
SCORING Tony Dorsett
380 (1973-76)		 Tony Dorsett
140 (1976)		 Norman Bill Budd
36 (Ohio 1910)
INTERCEPTIONS Bob Jury
21 (1974-77)		 Bob Jury
10 (1976)		  
TACKLES
(since 1973)		 Arnie Weatherington
477 (1973-76)		 no statistics  
SACKS
(since 1973)		 Hugh Green
49 (1977-80)		 Zeke Gadson
24.5 (1987)