1951 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–7
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
1951 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell    9 0 0
No. 6 Princeton    9 0 0
Northeastern    6 0 1
No. 19 Holy Cross    8 2 0
Carnegie Tech    6 2 0
Hofstra    6 2 1
Cornell    6 3 0
No. 16 Boston University    6 4 0
Temple    6 4 0
Columbia    5 3 0
Villanova    5 3 0
Fordham    5 4 0
Franklin & Marshall    5 4 0
Penn    5 4 0
Penn State    5 4 0
Syracuse    5 4 0
Buffalo    4 4 0
Colgate    4 5 0
Dartmouth    4 5 0
Drexel    3 4 0
Harvard    3 5 1
Boston College    3 6 0
Yale    2 5 2
Pittsburgh    3 7 0
Geneva    2 5 0
Army    2 7 0
Brown    2 7 0
NYU    1 7 0
Tufts    0 7 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1951 college football season. The team compiled a 3–7 record under head coach Tom Hamilton.[1] The team was ranked at No. 58 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29DukeL 14–1920,066[3]
October 6at IndianaL 6–13
October 13at IowaL 17–34
October 20Notre Dame
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
L 0–3360,127
October 27at No. 2 Michigan StateL 26–5342,163[4]
November 3at RiceL 13–21
November 10No. 20 Ohio State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 14–1634,747
November 17West Virginia
W 32–129,864[5][6]
November 24Penn State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 13–722,771
December 7at Miami (FL)W 21–7
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1951 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.
  2. "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Duke scores in fourth to edge Pitt, 19–14". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 30, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. George S. Alderton (October 28, 1951). "Spartans Gladden Old Grads, 53-26: Pitt Passes Scare MSC In 1st Half; Munn's Team Outscores Panthers in Last Two Periods, 33-7". Lansing State Journal. pp. 51, 52 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Hughes, Carl (November 18, 1951). "Pitt Rolls Over West Virginia, 32-12". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburg, Penmnsylvania. p. 41. Retrieved December 28, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. "Pitt wins first game". Kingsport Times-News. November 18, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 via Newspapers.com.


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