1982 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 3–7 vs. SMU
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10
Record	9–3
Head coach	Foge Fazio (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Daniels (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Charlie Bailey (1st season)
Base defense	Multiple front
Home stadium	Pitt Stadium
Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

1982 Major eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Penn State $	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 10 Pittsburgh	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 19 West Virginia	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Boston College	3	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	1
Rutgers	1	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Temple	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Syracuse	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Lambert Trophy Winner Rankings from AP Poll

1982 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 10 Pittsburgh		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Florida State		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 19 West Virginia		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Boston College		–		–		8	–	3	–	1
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		7	–	3	–	1
East Carolina		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		6	–	4	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Navy		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Louisville		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Army		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh as independent in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	9:00 p.m.	No. 5 North Carolina	No. 1	Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	CBS	W 7–6	54,449
September 18	7:00 p.m.	at Florida State	No. 2	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 37–17	56,236
September 25	2:00 p.m.	at No. 19 Illinois	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		W 20–3	71,547
October 2	12:30 p.m.	No. 14 West Virginia	No. 2	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl)	ABC	W 16–13	57,250
October 16	1:30 p.m.	Temple	No. 3	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA		W 38–7	57,250
October 23	1:30 p.m.	at Syracuse	No. 2	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY (rivalry)		W 14–0	42,321
October 30	1:30 p.m.	Louisville	No. 1	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA		W 63–14	53,017
November 6	1:30 p.m.	Notre Dame	No. 1	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)		L 16–31	60,162
November 13	1:30 p.m.	at Army	No. 8	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	ESPN	W 24–6	40,475
November 20	1:30 p.m.	Rutgers	No. 6	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN	W 52–6	46,728
November 26	12:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Penn State	No. 5	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	ABC	L 10–19	85,522
January 1, 1983	1:30 p.m.	vs. No. 4 SMU	No. 6	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	L 3–7	60,359
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

1982 Pittsburgh Panthers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB		Marc Bailey
RB		Bill Beach
RB		Mike Boyd
TE		John Brown
RB		Bill Callahan
RB		Dwight Collins
WR		Barry Compton
OT	`75`	Jimbo Covert	Sr
QB		Dan Daniels
WR		Julius Dawkins
OL		Rob Fada
OL	`79`	Bill Fralic	So
QB	`13`	Dan Marino	Sr
RB		Joe McCall
RB		Marlon McIntyre
TE		Mike Meehan
G	`77`	Ron Sams	Sr
RB		Darnell Stone
OL		Jim Sweeney
RB	`44`	Bryan Thomas	Sr
WR		Keith Williams
TE		Clint Wilson

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB		Caesar Aldisert
LB		Michael Brooks
DB		Melvin Dean
LB	`56`	Chris Doleman	So
DB		Rick Dukovich
DB	`5`	Tom Flynn	Jr
DB		Troy Hill
LB		Charles "Yogi" Jones
LB		Rich Kraynak
DB	`26`	Tim Lewis	Sr
DT	`71`	Bill Maas	Jr
DL	`63`	Dave Puzzuoli	Sr
DL		Tim Quense
DB		Dan Short
LB		Al Wenglikowski
LB		Michael Woods

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P		Tony Recchia
K	`1`	Eric Schubert

Head coach

Foge Fazio

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Source:^[1]^[2]

Coaching staff

1982 Pittsburgh Panthers football staff

	Coaching staff Foge Fazio – Head coach Joe Moore – Assistant head coach/offensive line Charlie Bailey – Defensive coordinator/linebackers Joe Daniels – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks Bob Davie – Defensive ends Anthony Folinio – Defensive backs Joe Naunchik – Receivers Don Thompson – Defensive line Andy Urbanic – Running backs			Support staff Alex Kramer – Administrative assistant Joe Duff – Recruiting doordinator John Latina – Part-Time Assistant/tight ends Jim Miceli – Part-Time Assistant/defensive line Desmond Robinson – Part-Time Assistant/defensive backs Mike Sherman – Part-Time Assistant/offensive line			Strength and conditioning staff Buddy Morris – Weight training coordinator

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	1 (36)	1 (33)	2 (16)	3 (10)	2 (19)	2 (15)	3 (9)	2 (17)	1 (21)	1 (48)	8	6	5	7	6	10
Coaches Poll	1 (26)	—	1 (17)	1 (17)	1 (19)	2 (16)	3 (7)	2 (11)	2 (12)	1 (33)	7	6	5	7	6	9

Game summaries

North Carolina

#5 North Carolina vs. #1 Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	0	3	0	3	6
• Panthers	0	0	7	0	7

Date: September 9
Location: Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game attendance: 54,449
Television network: CBS

Scoring summary

2	14:09	UNC	Brooks Barwick 39-yard field goal	UNC 3–0

3	8:34	PITT	Bryan Thomas 4-yard pass from Dan Marino (Snuffy Everett kick)	PITT 7–3

4	4:57	UNC	Rob Rogers 48-yard field goal	PITT 7–6

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West Virginia

#14 West Virginia at #2 Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	3	0	3	7	13
• Pittsburgh	0	0	0	16	16

Date: October 2
Location: Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game attendance: 57,250

Scoring summary

Q1		WVU	Woodside 34 yard field goal	WVU 3–0

Q3		WVU	Woodside 29 yard field goal	WVU 6–0

Q4		WVU	Talley recovered blocked punt in end zone	WVU 13–0

Q4	10:52	PITT	Thomas 3 yard run (Schubert kick)	WVU 13–7

Q4	3:23	PITT	Dawkins 8 yard pass from Marino (Schubert kick)	PITT 14–13

Q4		PITT	Safety, Maas forced Hostetler out of end zone	PITT 16–13

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At Penn State

Pittsburgh at Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Pittsburgh	0	7	0	3	10
• #2 Penn State	3	0	10	6	19

Date: November 26
Game attendance: 85,722
Referee: Raymond Bower
TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels, Lee Grosscup, Tim Brant

Vs. SMU (Cotton Bowl)

#6 Pittsburgh vs. #4 SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	0	3	0	3
• Mustangs	0	0	7	0	7

Date: October 2
Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX
Game attendance: 60,359
Referee: Jimmy Harper
TV announcers (CBS): Lindsey Nelson, Pat Haden, and Pat O'Brien

Scoring summary

3	Pitt	Eric Schubert 43-yard field goal	PITT 3–0

4	SMU	Lance McIlhenny 9-yard run (Harrell kick)	SMU 7–3

Main article: 1983 Cotton Bowl Classic

^[5]

1983 NFL Draft

Main article: 1983 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Jim Covert	Tackle	1	6	Chicago Bears
Tim Lewis	Defensive back	1	11	Green Bay Packers
Dan Marino	Quarterback	1	27	Miami Dolphins
Bryan Thomas	Running back	5	132	Green Bay Packers
Dave Puzzuoli	Defensive tackle	6	149	Cleveland Browns
Ron Sams	Guard	6	160	Green Bay Packers
Rich Kraynak	Linebacker	8	201	Philadelphia Eagles
Rob Fada	Guard	9	230	Chicago Bears
Julius Dawkins	Wide receiver	12	320	Buffalo Bills

^[6]

References

^ "Penn State–Pitt rosters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 26, 1982. p. 15.
^ "Pitt–SMU rosters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 1, 1983. p. 12.
^ "PITT EDGES NORTH CAROLINA, 7-6". The New York Times. September 10, 1982. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
^ "Pitt Rallies Late, Nips W. Virginia." Gainesville Sun. 1982 Oct 3.
^ "Stout S.M.U. Defense Holds Off Pitt, 7-3". The New York Times. January 2, 1983. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
^ "1983 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.

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