1949 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

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1949 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Vincent     10 0 0
No. 4 Army     9 0 0
Trinity (CT)     8 0 0
Brown     8 1 0
No. 12 Cornell     8 1 0
No. 13 Villanova     8 1 0
Bucknell     6 2 0
Dartmouth     6 2 0
Buffalo     6 3 0
Pittsburgh     6 3 0
Princeton     6 3 0
Fordham     5 3 0
Tufts     5 3 1
Carnegie Tech     5 3 1
Penn State     5 4 0
Temple     5 4 0
Penn     4 4 0
Yale     4 4 0
Boston College     4 4 1
Syracuse     4 5 0
Drexel     3 3 1
Duquesne     3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall     2 5 2
CCNY     2 5 1
NYU     3 6 0
Columbia     2 7 0
Hofstra     1 5 1
Colgate     1 8 0
Harvard     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1949 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3 record under head coach Mike Milligan.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24William & MaryW 13–7
October 1at NorthwesternW 16–7
October 8at West VirginiaNo. 19W 20–7
October 15Miami (OH)No. 15
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 35–26
October 22at IndianaNo. 16L 14–48
October 29at No. 9 PennW 22–2142,663[2]
November 5No. 11 Ohio State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 10–1454,789
November 12No. 9 Minnesota
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 7–2442,515
November 19Penn State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 19–043,308
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP191516

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1949 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.
  2. ^ Smith, Chester L. (October 30, 1949). "Pitt Beats Penn, 22-21, on Safety". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.