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
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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
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 5–3915,000
October 282:00 p.m.Chatham Field
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 26–08,000[4][5]
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

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.
  4. Sell, Jack (October 28, 1944). "Pitt Big Favorite Over Blockbusters". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 7. Retrieved April 13, 2023 via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "Lozar Spurs Panthers To Last-Period, 26-0, Victory Over Soldiers". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 29, 1944. p. 31. Retrieved April 13, 2023 via Newspapers.com open access.
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