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Pittsburgh Panthers Football Seasons
This is a list of Pittsburgh Panthers football seasons, national championships and quarterbacks. The Pittsburgh Panthers football team is the American football team of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The Panthers have been members of the Atlantic Coast Conference since 2013. From 1991 to 2012 they were members of the Big East Conference (1979–2013), Big East Conference. Before 1991 they competed as an NCAA Division I FBS independent schools, independent. The Panthers began play in 1890. In total, the University officially recognizes nine national championships. The university bases its claim for the five national championships from 1929 to 1937 on a 1967 article by Dan Jenkins of ''Sports Illustrated''. The NCAA's record book lists Pittsburgh as being selected for a national championship by "major selectors" in eleven different seasons. Research by College Football Data Warehouse (CFBDW) has found ...
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The Pittsburgh Panthers football program is the College athletics, intercollegiate American football, football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt football has played at the highest level of American college football competition, now termed the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, since the beginning of the school's official sponsorship of the sport in 1890. Pitt competes as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Pitt claims nine College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS, national championships, including two (1937 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, 1937, 1976 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, 1976) from major wire-service: AP Trophy, AP Poll and Coaches' Trophy, Coaches' Poll, and is among the top 20 FBS college football programs in terms of all-time wins. Its teams have featured many coaches and players notable throughout ...
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1890 Western University Of Pennsylvania Panthers Football Team
The 1890 Western University of Pennsylvania football team was an American football team represented Western University of Pennsylvania—now known as the University of Pittsburgh—as an independent during the 1890 college football season. Schedule Season recap Thanks to the initiative of Bert Smyers and John Scott, the Western University of Pennsylvania Athletic Association met during the 1889–90 school year and elected committees for the sports of baseball and football. Smyers and Scott organized a football team that fall and played one game, which they lost to Shadyside Academy. The lineup "in addition to Scott, captain and center, and Smyers, quarterback, included Anson B. McGrew and Frank Rhea at guards, Harry S. Calvert and John McGrew at tackles, E. C. Shaler and George H. Calvert at ends, Joseph B. Griggs and William C. Gill at halfbacks, and John M. Hansen at fullback." During the second meeting a tennis committee was added to the association. An initiation fee for ...
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1903 Western University Of Pennsylvania Panthers Football Team
The 1903 Western University of Pennsylvania football team was an American football team that represented Western University of Pennsylvania (now known as the University of Pittsburgh), as an independent during the 1903 college football season. Schedule Season recap 1903 was a pivotal year for sports at the Western University of Pennsylvania. The hockey team was not sanctioned in 1902 and did not attempt to form a team for the 1902–1903 season. Basketball was played intramurally rather than intercollegiately. The baseball season was cancelled after a few games due to eligibility questions surrounding several players. Consequently, the prospects for a successful football season were dim. In late September Fred Crolius, the 1902 football coach, who was put in charge of the Western University's athletics, hired Arthur “Texas” Mosse from Warrensburg Teachers College in Warrensburg, Missouri as permanent physical instructor (i.e. football coach and other duties as assign ...
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1902 Western University Of Pennsylvania Panthers Football Team
The 1902 Western University of Pennsylvania football team was an American football team that represented Western University of Pennsylvania (now known as the University of Pittsburgh) as an independent during the 1902 college football season. The Pitt Football Record Book refers to a 24–0 victory over Bucknell. However, contemporary press coverage indicates that the game was played between Bucknell and the Pittsburgh Stars. Schedule Season recap After the successful 1901 season, the Western University of Pennsylvania returned to the part-time borrowed coach routine of the past seasons. The Athletic Association convinced Frederick J. Crolius to coach the team. Mr. Crolius was highly qualified for the position after having played college ball at Dartmouth and spending the 1901 season as halfback on the Homestead Library and Athletic Club. The problem was that he was also the coach of the Allegheny Athletic Association team and the starting halfback on the Pittsburgh Sta ...
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1901 Western University Of Pennsylvania Panthers Football Team
The 1901 Western University of Pennsylvania football team was an American football team that represented Western University of Pennsylvania (now known as the University of Pittsburgh) as an independent during the 1901 college football season. Schedule Season recap Since there was a lack of funds to entice an outside coach for the 1901 football season, the Western University Athletic Association convinced Wilbur D. Hockensmith to organize the team. Mr. Hockensmith had just graduated from the Western University of Pa. with a degree in mechanical engineering and had played guard on the 1900 football team. "Coach" Hockensmith and team captain Malcolm McConnell managed to recruit enough players and were granted the use of Schenley Oval for their home field of play. They also arranged, through the Pittsburgh Railways Company, a deal so that all fans could attend the games free of charge. Chancellor William J. Holland's master vision was to bring the University to the East En ...
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1900 Western University Of Pennsylvania Panthers Football Team
The 1900 Western University of Pennsylvania football team was an American football team that represented Western University of Pennsylvania (now known as the University of Pittsburgh) as an independent during the 1900 college football season. Schedule Season recap The football coaching at the Western University of Pennsylvania continued its rather strange revolving door policy again for the 1900 football season. On July 15 ''The Pittsburg Post'' headline stated "Jackson to Coach W.U.P." Three days later the ''Pittsburgh Press'' reported that Dr. Roy Jackson would coach the D.C. & A.C. team and play in all their games. The WUPs would be able to practice with the red and black and get some coaching from Dr. Jackson as time permitted. The Western University would have a strong team to scrimmage against and hopefully get some decent instruction from Coach Jackson. The first practice took place on September 3 and all candidates were eligible for the Varsity. There would be no so ...
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1899 Western University Of Pennsylvania Panthers Football Team
The 1899 Western University of Pennsylvania football team was an American football team that represented Western University of Pennsylvania (now known as the University of Pittsburgh) as an independent during the 1899 college football season. Schedule Season recap After the successful 1898 season, the Western University of Pennsylvania (WUP) retained Frederick A. Robison as coach/captain for the 1899 season. The ''Western University Courant'' gave the best summation of the 1899 season and state of football at the University: "The position in the football world taken by our team this fall is one of which we may well be proud. Among Western Pennsylvania college teams, our colors are at the front. Not every college team was met, but a sufficient number of games were played to clearly define the position of W. U. P. Westminster, who were falling so easily before the onslaughts of the Old Gold and Blue when they struck their colors and crawled into their bus, holds the champio ...
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1898 Western University Of Pennsylvania Panthers Football Team
The 1898 Western University of Pennsylvania football team was an American football team that represented the Western University of Pennsylvania (now known as the University of Pittsburgh) as an independent during the 1898 college football season. Schedule Season recap The 1898 football team at the Western University of Pennsylvania (WUP) was led by Dr. Fred Robison. Dr. Robison was a graduate of State College and former player who lettered on their 1894 team. He also played for the Greensburg Athletic Association. He was registered in the Dental School so he was basically a graduate school player/coach. The manager, Edwin L. Thomas, had some scheduling problems due to the late formation of the team and unexpected cancellations, but managed to put together a reasonable slate of games with both college and club teams. Coach Robison also formed a sophomore team that played a six-game schedule. In its first season under Robison, the team compiled a 3–2–1 record and ou ...
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1897 Western University Of Pennsylvania Panthers Football Team
The 1897 Western University of Pennsylvania football team was an American football team that represented the Western University of Pennsylvania (now known as the University of Pittsburgh) as an independent during the 1897 college football season. Schedule Season recap On December 8, 1896, Thomas "Doggie" Trenchard was engaged to train the Western University of Pennsylvania (WUP) athletes commencing on January 1. His appointment rekindled hope that the WUP would regain some measure of respect in athletic competitions. Trenchard was an 1895 graduate of Princeton University, where he played baseball and football all four years and captained the undefeated 1893 Princeton Tigers football team that won the national championship. Upon graduation, he coached at the University of North Carolina for the 1895 season and then at West Virginia University for the 1896 season prior to taking the position with WUP. According to the ''Western University Courant'', the reason for the inepti ...
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1896 Western University Of Pennsylvania Panthers Football Team
The 1896 Western University of Pennsylvania football team was an American football team that represented the Western University of Pennsylvania (now known as the University of Pittsburgh) as an independent during the 1896 college football season. Schedule Season recap On June 15, 1896, the Western University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees elected George W. Hoskins to the chair of physical culture. Hoskins was previously the head coach at Pennsylvania State College from 1892 to 1895 and compiled a 17–4–4 record. His unique style of coaching introduced after practice critiquing sessions with blackboard chalk talks, and giving quizzes about the new rule changes for the upcoming season. There were a host of applicants for team positions, and practice was mandatory unless the coach received a legitimate excuse. In its first and only season under head coach George W. Hoskins, the team compiled a 2-7 record and was outscored by a total of 69 to 42. Game summaries At Pitt ...
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1895 Western University Of Pennsylvania Panthers Football Team
The 1895 Western University of Pennsylvania football team was an American football team that represented the Western University of Pennsylvania (now known as the University of Pittsburgh) as an independent during the 1895 college football season. Schedule Season recap The Alumni Athletic Advisory Board led by J.D. Scott, one of Pitt football's founding fathers, and the Athletic Association re-energized the Athletic Department at the Western University of Pennsylvania following the disarray of 1893 and 1894. Their first objective in the fall of 1895 was to place a football team on the field. W. A. Stuart, a former State College fullback, was hired to coach the team. After the first two games coach Stuart was dismissed and J. P. Linn replaced him. Coach Linn had played end at Washington & Jefferson University. He coached the remaining five games of the season and then departed for Seminary School. In its first and only season under head coach J. P. Linn, the team compiled ...
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1894 Western University Of Pennsylvania Panthers Football Team
The 1894 Western University of Pennsylvania football team was an American football team that represented the Western University of Pennsylvania (now known as the University of Pittsburgh) as an independent during the 1894 college football season. Schedule Season recap The 1894 football season for the Western University of Pennsylvania (WUP) was a short two-game affair. The forfeiture of the two football games the previous year and the desire of the WUP's best players to play for a club team left the athletic department in somewhat of a chaotic mess. Their best player, Joe Trees, opted to play for the Pittsburgh Athletic Club. Neither the Athletic Association nor the Alumni Athletic Advisory Board made an effort to regenerate interest in Western University football for this season. The team compiled a 1–1 record and was outscored by a total of 44 to 6. Edwin V. D. Johnston elucidated the troubles encountered during 1984 in an article in the February 16, 1921 ''Pitt Weekly'': ...
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