1945 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1945 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1945 college football season. The team compiled a 3–7 record under head coach Clark Shaughnessy.[1]

1945 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
1945 record3–7
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
(capacity: 56,500)
1945 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Army    9 0 0
Franklin & Marshall    4 0 1
No. 20 Columbia    8 1 0
Temple    7 1 0
No. 16 Holy Cross    8 2 0
Tufts    4 1 0
No. 8 Penn    6 2 0
Yale    6 3 0
Massachusetts State    2 1 1
Harvard    5 3 0
Penn State    5 3 0
Cornell    5 4 0
Villanova    4 4 0
Boston College    3 4 0
Brown    3 4 1
Colgate    3 4 1
Princeton    2 3 2
NYU    3 4 0
Pittsburgh    3 7 0
Bucknell    2 5 0
Drexel    2 5 0
Dartmouth    1 6 1
Syracuse    1 6 0
Boston University    0 5 0
CCNY    0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at IllinoisL 6–23
September 29West VirginiaW 20–0
October 6Bucknell
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 38–0
October 13Michigan State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 7–12
October 20No. 3 Notre Dame
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
L 9–3957,542
October 27Temple
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–612,000[2]
November 3at No. 13 PurdueL 0–28
November 10No. 8 Ohio State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–1418,000
November 17No. 4 Indiana
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–19
November 24Penn State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 7–011,354
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1945 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.
  2. Smith, Chester L. (October 28, 1945). "Pitt Loses, 6-0; Fumble by Panther in First Quarter Leads to Touchdown". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 34 via Newspapers.com.
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