1951 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–7
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 19 Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   6 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 2 – 1
Cornell   –   6 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Boston University   –   6 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 4 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   3 – 6 – 0
Yale   –   2 – 5 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 7 – 0
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 0
Army   –   2 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 7 – 0
Tufts   –   0 – 7 – 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1951 college football season. The team compiled a 3–7 record under head coach Tom Hamilton.[1] The team was ranked at No. 58 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Duke
L 14–1920,066[3]
October 6at Indiana
L 6–13
October 13at Iowa
L 17–34
October 20Notre Dame
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
L 0–3360,127
October 27at No. 2 Michigan State
L 26–5342,163[4]
November 3at Rice
L 13–21
November 10No. 20 Ohio State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 14–1634,747
November 17West Virginia
W 32–129,864[5][6]
November 24Penn State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 13–722,771
December 7at Miami (FL)
W 21–7
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1951 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Duke scores in fourth to edge Pitt, 19–14". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 30, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ George S. Alderton (October 28, 1951). "Spartans Gladden Old Grads, 53-26: Pitt Passes Scare MSC In 1st Half; Munn's Team Outscores Panthers in Last Two Periods, 33-7". Lansing State Journal. pp. 51, 52 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Hughes, Carl (November 18, 1951). "Pitt Rolls Over West Virginia, 32-12". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburg, Penmnsylvania. p. 41. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Pitt wins first game". Kingsport Times-News. November 18, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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