2007 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 2007 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The biggest win of the season took place on December 1 when Pittsburgh defeated rival No. 2 West Virginia, 13–9.

2007 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record5–7 (3–4 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Cavanaugh (3rd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorPaul Rhoads (8th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumHeinz Field
(capacity: 65,050)
2007 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 6 West Virginia $+  5 –2   11 –2  
Connecticut +  5 –2   9 –4  
No. 17 Cincinnati  4 –3   10 –3  
South Florida  4 –3   9 –4  
Rutgers  3 –4   8 –5  
Louisville  3 –4   6 –6  
Pittsburgh  3 –4   5 –7  
Syracuse  1 –6   2 –10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.Eastern Michigan*
W 27–336,183[1]
September 812:00 p.m.Grambling State*
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 34–1030,852[2]
September 1512:00 p.m.at Michigan State*
ESPNL 13–1768,620
September 227:00 p.m.Connecticut
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPNUL 14–3440,145[3]
September 297:00 p.m.at Virginia*
ESPNUL 14–4460,888
October 108:00 p.m.Navy*
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPNL 45–48 2OT30,103[4]
October 2012:00 p.m.No. 23 Cincinnatidagger
ESPN+W 24–1733,423[5]
October 2712:00 p.m.at Louisville
ESPN+L 17–2434,792
November 312:00 p.m.Syracuse
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
ESPN+W 20–1731,374[6]
November 1712:00 p.m.at Rutgers
ESPN+L 16–2043,531
November 2412:00 p.m.South Florida
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPN+L 37–4831,123[7]
December 17:45 p.m.at No. 2 West Virginia
ESPNW 13–960,100
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Coaching staff
2007 Pittsburgh Panthers football staff
Coaching staff   Support staff
  • Chris LaSala – Assistant Athletic Director/football operations
  • Bob Junko – Director of football operations and Program Enhancement
  • Joe Perri – Offensive graduate assistant/offensive line
  • Jeff Hafley – Defensive graduate assistant/Cornerbacks
   Strength and conditioning staff
  • Buddy Morris – Strength and conditioning coach
  • James Smith – Assistant strength and conditioning coach

Game summaries

Eastern Michigan
1 234Total
E. Michigan 3 000 3
• Pittsburgh 7 776 27

[8]

Grambling State
1 234Total
Grambling St 7 300 10
• Pittsburgh 21 1030 34

[9]

Michigan State
1 234Total
Pittsburgh 0 733 13
• Michigan St 0 1403 17

[10]

Connecticut
1 234Total
• Connecticut 10 1707 34
Pittsburgh 0 707 14

[11]

Virginia
1 234Total
Pittsburgh 0 707 14
• Virginia 27 3014 44

[12]

1 234OT2OTTotal
• Navy 7 1414373 48
Pittsburgh 7 1410770 45

[13]

Cincinnati
1 234Total
Cincinnati 10 700 17
• Pittsburgh 3 7311 24

Louisville

1 234Total
Pittsburgh 0 7010 17
• Louisville 7 737 24

[14]

Syracuse

1 234Total
Syracuse 0 377 17
• Pittsburgh 0 10010 20

[15]

Rutgers

1 234Total
Pittsburgh 10 033 16
• Rutgers 10 703 20

[16]

Pitt at Rutgers on November 17, 2007

South Florida

1 234Total
• South Florida 7 31721 48
Pittsburgh 7 7023 37

[17]

West Virginia

1 234Total
• Pittsburgh 0 373 13
West Virginia 0 702 9
  • Date: December 1
  • Location: Milan Puskar Stadium
  • Game start: 7:45 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 60,100
  • Television network: ESPN
Scoring summary
Q21:43WVUBrown 6 yard run (McAfee kick)WVU 7–0
Q2:00PITTLee 48 yard field goalWVU 7–3
Q39:48PITTBostick 1 yard run (Lee kick)PITT 10–7
Q46:17PITTLee 18 yard field goalPITT 13–7
Q4:00WVUSafety, Brytus runs out of end zonePITT 13–9

[18]

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Jeff OtahTackle119Carolina Panthers
Mike McGlynnTackle4109Philadelphia Eagles
Kennard CoxDefensive back7251Buffalo Bills
[19]

References

  1. "Eastern Michigan vs. Pittsburgh - Game Summary - September 1, 2007". ESPN.com. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. "Grambling State vs. Pittsburgh - Game Summary - September 8, 2007". ESPN.com. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. "Connecticut vs. Pittsburgh - Game Summary - September 22, 2007". ESPN.com. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. "Navy vs. Pittsburgh - Game Summary - October 10, 2007". ESPN.com. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  5. "Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh - Game Summary - October 20, 2007". ESPN.com. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  6. "Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh - Game Summary - November 3, 2007". ESPN.com. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  7. "South Florida vs. Pittsburgh - Game Summary - November 24, 2007". ESPN.com. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
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  19. "2008 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2008-05-01.
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