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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