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1953 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

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1953 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Westminster (PA)     8 0 0
Juniata     7 0 0
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

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]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26No. 16 West VirginiaNo. 17L 7–1743,446[2]
October 3No. 8 Oklahoma
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 7–728,152
October 10NebraskaNo. 17
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 14–620,666
October 17at No. 1 Notre DameNo. 15L 14–2357,998
October 24at NorthwesternNo. 18L 21–2728,000
October 31at No. 14 MinnesotaL 14–3549,092
November 7at VirginiaW 26–013,000[3]
November 14NC State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 40–618,019[4]
November 21Penn State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
L 0–1739,642
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1953 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "Mountaineers again upset Pitt as Stone, Marconi star, 17 to 7". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 27, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Pitt conquers Cavalier team in 26–0 contest". The Knoxville Journal. November 8, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Pittsburgh smothers Wolfpack". The Rocky Mount Telegram. November 15, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.