1996 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1996 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season proved to be a major disappointment as the Panthers finished 4-7, 8th in the Big East. They finished 3-4 within their conference and were 1-3 in non-conference affairs. In their 4th game, the Panthers were annihilated by Ohio State, 72-0. This was the worst loss in school history.

1996 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record4–7 (3–4 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKen Karcher (4th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorChuck Driesbach (4th season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–3
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
(capacity: 56,500)
1996 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 13 Virginia Tech +  6 –1   10 –2  
No. 14 Miami (FL) +  6 –1   9 –3  
No. 21 Syracuse +  6 –1   9 –3  
West Virginia  4 –3   8 –4  
Pittsburgh  3 –4   4 –7  
Boston College  2 –5   5 –7  
Rutgers  1 –6   2 –9  
Temple  0 –7   1 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:30 p.m.West Virginia
ESPNL 0–3454,612
September 77:00 p.m.Kent State*
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 52–1424,374
September 147:00 p.m.Houston*
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 35–42 OT27,648
September 2112:30 p.m.at No. 7 Ohio State*
ESPNL 0–7293,959
September 2812:00 p.m.at No. 10 Miami (FL)
ESPN+L 0–4532,747
October 51:30 p.m.Temple
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 53–5230,054
October 1212:00 p.m.at Syracuse
ESPN+L 7–5545,103
October 2612:00 p.m.at Virginia Tech
ESPN+L 17–3443,625
October 318:00 p.m.Boston College
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPNW 20–1326,313
November 162:30 p.m.at No. 14 Notre Dame*
NBCL 6–6059,075
November 3012:00 p.m.Rutgers
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 24–921,772
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Coaching staff
1996 Pittsburgh Panthers football staff
Coaching staff
  • Johnny Majors – Head coach
  • Charlie Coe – Assistant head coach/running backs
  • Bob Babich – Linebackers/special teams
  • Curt Cignetti – Tight ends/recruiting coordinator
  • Joe D'Alessandris – Offensive line
  • Chuck Dreisbach – Defensive coordinator
  • Ken Karcher – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
  • Gary Nord – Wide receivers
  • Tony Pierce – Defensive backs
  • Tom Turchetta – Defensive line
   Support staff
  • Jim Earle – Assistant Athletic Director/football operations
  • Brian Callahan – Graduate assistant
  • Andy Rondeau – Graduate assistant
   Strength and conditioning staff
  • Tim Wilson – Strength and conditioning Coach
  • Mark Kostek – Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach

Roster
1996 Pittsburgh Panthers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 21 Chiffon Allen Fr
WR 23 Curtis Anderson  Sr
RB 39 Chris Beasley Sr
OL 60 Jeff Craig  Sr
QB 1 Darnell Dinkins  Fr
QB 10 Pete Gonzalez  Jr
OL 74 Ben Kopp Fr
QB 8 Matt Lytle  So
TE 88 Kirk McMullen  Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 58 Jason Chavis  Sr
LB 95 Phil Clarke So
LB 80 Ernest Coakley Jr
DL 98 Mike Mohring  Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1996-12-19

Team players drafted into the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
No Players Selected

[1]

References
  1. "1996 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.


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