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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