1953 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
1953 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
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

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

  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.


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