1948 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1948 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1948 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3 record under head coach Mike Milligan.[1]

1948 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
(capacity: 56,500)
1948 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Army    8 0 1
No. 19 Cornell    8 1 0
Penn State    7 1 1
Buffalo    6 1 1
Villanova    8 2 1
Brown    7 2 0
Boston University    6 2 0
Dartmouth    6 2 0
Boston College    5 2 2
Pittsburgh    6 3 0
Penn    5 3 0
Franklin & Marshall    5 3 1
Harvard    4 4 0
Princeton    4 4 0
Columbia    4 5 0
Yale    4 5 0
CCNY    3 4 1
Tufts    3 4 1
Colgate    3 6 0
Fordham    3 6 0
NYU    3 6 0
Temple    2 6 1
Duquesne    2 7 0
Carnegie Tech    1 7 0
Hofstra    0 6 2
Bucknell    1 8 0
Syracuse    1 8 0
Drexel    0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Pittsburgh was ranked at No. 31 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25SMUL 14–3331,469
October 2Notre Dame
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
L 0–4064,000
October 9West Virginia
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 16–6
October 16Marquette
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 21–7
October 23Indiana
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 21–14
October 30at Western ReserveW 20–012,000[3]
November 6at Ohio StateL 0–4168,966[4]
November 13at PurdueW 20–1335,000
November 20No. 6 Penn State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 7–049,444
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1948 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.
  2. "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Becker Leads Pitt in 20-to-0 Victory". New York Times. October 31, 1948. p. S3. ... before 12,000 fans at League Park.
  4. "Bucks Swamp Pittsburgh, 41-0". The Pantagraph. Associated Press. November 7, 1948. p. 14. Retrieved October 17, 2022 via Newspapers.com.


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