1950 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

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1950 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–8
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Franklin & Marshall     9 0 0
No. 6 Princeton     9 0 0
St. Lawrence     8 0 0
Thiel     7 0 0
No. 2 Army     8 1 0
Fordham     8 1 0
Carnegie Tech     7 1 0
Drexel     6 1 0
Cornell     7 2 0
Bucknell     6 3 0
Penn     6 3 0
Yale     6 3 0
Buffalo     5 3 0
Colgate     5 3 0
Penn State     5 3 1
Syracuse     5 5 0
Temple     4 4 1
Tufts     4 4 1
Columbia     4 5 0
Villanova     4 5 0
Holy Cross     4 5 1
Dartmouth     3 5 1
Boston University     3 5 0
Duquesne     2 6 1
Hofstra     2 6 0
NYU     1 5 1
CCNY     1 7 0
Harvard     1 7 0
Brown     1 8 0
Pittsburgh     1 8 0
Boston College     0 9 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1950 college football season. The team compiled a 1–8 record under head coach Len Casanova.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at No. 16 DukeL 14–2825,000[2]
October 7at Ohio StateL 7–4173,137
October 14No. 15 RiceL 7–14
October 21at No. 20 NorthwesternL 23–2835,000
October 28No. 11 Miami (FL)
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–28
November 4West Virginia
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 21–76,125[3]
November 11at Notre DameL 7–1856,966
November 18No. 10 Michigan State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–1928,679
November 25Penn State
L 20–2112,250
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1950 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "Duke's passing attack beats Pittsburgh eleven by 28–14". The Baltimore Sun. October 1, 1950. Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Pitt wallops West Virginia for first win". The Portsmouth Star. November 5, 1950. Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.