1946 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1946 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1946 college football season. The team compiled a 3–5–1 record under head coach Wes Fesler.[1]

1946 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
1946 record3–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
(capacity: 56,500)
1946 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Army    9 0 1
Muhlenberg    9 1 0
Yale    7 1 1
Buffalo    7 2 0
Harvard    7 2 0
Massachusetts State    6 2 0
No. 13 Penn    6 2 0
Penn State    6 2 0
Boston University    5 2 1
Boston College    6 3 0
Columbia    6 3 0
NYU    5 3 0
Cornell    5 3 1
Villanova    6 4 0
Boston College    7 3 0
Hofstra    4 3 0
Colgate    4 4 0
Syracuse    4 5 0
Drexel    3 4 0
Franklin & Marshall    3 4 0
Brown    3 5 1
Pittsburgh    3 5 1
Princeton    3 5 0
Vermont    2 3 2
Temple    2 4 2
Bucknell    3 6 0
Dartmouth    3 6 0
Tufts    1 6 0
CCNY    1 7 0
Carnegie Tech    0 6 0
Fordham    0 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21IllinoisL 7–3335,000[2]
September 28West Virginia
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 33–7
October 5at Notre DameL 0–3355,452
October 12Temple
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 0–03,000[3]
October 19Marquette
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 7–6
October 26Purdue
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 8–1038,000[4]
November 2at No. 20 IndianaL 6–2017,000[5]
November 9at No. 12 Ohio StateL 13–2074,743
November 23Penn State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 14–742,124
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1946 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.
  2. Jack Henry (September 22, 1946). "Pitt Overpowered Illinois, 33-7: Victors Held To 7-7 Score In First Half; Gave 'Em a Scare!". Pittsburgh Sunday Sun-Telegraph. p. II-7 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Lewis, Allen (October 13, 1946). "Temple Holds Pitt to 0-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Harry Keck (October 27, 1946). "Purdue's Last Second Field Goal Beats Pitt, 10-8: Game Is Decided As Clock Runs Out". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. pp. II-4, II-7. Retrieved April 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Harold Harrison (November 3, 1946). "Indiana Beats Pitt: Ben Raimondi's Passes Enable Hoosiers To Win From Pittsburgh, 20-6". The Indianapolis Star. pp. 41, 42 via Newspapers.com.
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