1954 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1954 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh as an independent in the 1954 college football season. The Panthers lost their first three games of the season under third year head coach Red Dawson, before he stepped down due to poor health. Pittsburgh's athletic director, Tom Hamilton, appointed himself interim head coach and led the team to a 4–2 record over their final six games of the season.[1] Pittsburgh finished the year with a record of 4–5.[2]

1954 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hobart     8 0 0
Juniata     8 0 0
Pennsylvania Military     7 0 0
Trinity (CT)     7 0 0
Worcester Tech     6 0 0
Carnegie Tech     7 0 1
Boston College     8 1 0
Boston University     7 2 0
Hofstra     7 2 0
No. 20 Penn State     7 2 0
Tufts     6 2 0
Brown     6 2 1
Drexel     5 2 0
Bucknell     6 3 0
Colgate     5 2 2
Princeton     5 3 1
Yale     5 3 1
Cornell     5 4 0
Harvard     4 3 1
Syracuse     4 4 0
Pittsburgh     4 5 0
Franklin & Marshall     3 5 0
Temple     3 5 0
Dartmouth     3 6 0
Holy Cross     3 7 0
Buffalo     2 7 0
Fordham     1 7 1
Columbia     1 8 0
Villanova     1 9 0
Penn     0 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at No. 15 USCL 7–2750,253
October 2MinnesotaL 7–4633,369
October 9No. 8 Notre Dame
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
L 0–3360,114
October 16No. 9 Navy
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 21–19
October 23Northwestern
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 14–728,862
October 30at No. 7 West VirginiaW 13–1034,000[3]
November 6at No. 2 Ohio StateNo. 20L 0–2680,886
November 13at NebraskaW 21–740,000
November 20Penn State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
L 0–1347,266
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "Tom Hamilton Again Coach Of Pitt Team". South Bend Tribune. South Bend, Indiana. October 13, 1954. p. 41. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  2. ^ "1954 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.
  3. ^ "Salvaterra heads late Panther surge which topples West Virginia by 13–10". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 31, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.