1944 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1944 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1944 college football season. The team compiled a 4–5 record under head coach Clark Shaughnessy.[1]

1944 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
1944 record4–5
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
(capacity: 56,500)
1944 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Army    9 0 0
Yale    7 0 1
Harvard    5 1 0
Bucknell    7 2 1
Penn State    6 3 0
Penn    5 3 0
Boston College    4 3 0
Cornell    5 4 0
Villanova    4 4 0
Drexel    2 2 0
Pittsburgh    4 5 0
Brown    3 4 1
Temple    2 4 2
Syracuse    2 4 1
Princeton    1 2 0
Dartmouth    2 5 1
Colgate    2 5 0
NYU    2 5 0
Columbia    2 6 0
Tufts    1 4 1
Franklin & Marshall    1 8 0
CCNY    0 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23West VirginiaW 26–13
September 30Notre Dame
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
L 0–5846,069
October 7Bethany (WV)
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 50–13
October 14at No. 3 ArmyL 7–6910,000[2][3]
October 21Illinois
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 5–39
October 28Chatham Field Air Squadron
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 26–0
November 11at No. 2 Ohio StateL 19–5426,158
November 18at IndianaL 0–47
November 25Penn State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 14–08,840
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1944 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.
  2. Whitney Martin (October 15, 1944). "Mighty Army Pummels Pitt, 69-7". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. p. 3C via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Army Slugs Pitt, 69-7; Panthers' Worst Rout". New York Daily News. October 15, 1944. p. 78 via Newspapers.com.
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