1938 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1938 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1938 college football season. The team compiled an 8–2 record in their final season under fifteenth-year head coach Jock Sutherland,[1] and were ranked eighth in the final AP Poll.

1938 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 8
1938 record	8–2
Head coach	Jock Sutherland (15th season)
Offensive scheme	Single wing
Home stadium	Pitt Stadium (Capacity: 56,500)

1938 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 18 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 9 Holy Cross			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 12 Cornell			–					5	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	2	–	0
Army			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					3	–	2	–	3
Manhattan			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
La Salle			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	4	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	6	–	1
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	6	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 24	West Virginia		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 19–0
October 1	at Temple		Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 28–6
October 8	Duquesne		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 27–0
October 15	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 26–6
October 22	SMU	No. 1	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 34–7
October 29	No. 9 Fordham	No. 1	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA [2][3]	W 24–13
November 5	No. 19 Carnegie Tech	No. 1	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA [4]	L 10–20
November 12	at Nebraska	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	W 19–0
November 19	Penn State	No. 5	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 26–0
November 26	at No. 3 Duke	No. 4	Duke Stadium Durham, NC [5]	L 0–7
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1938 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.
2. "76,000 persons – count 'em, 76,000 – are in this stadium picture". Pittsburgh Press. (photo). October 30, 1938. p. 1.
3. Smith, Chester L. (October 30, 1938). "Pitt's power 'explodes' late to down Rams, 24-13". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1, sports.
4. "Fighting Tech team upsets Pitt, 20 to 10". Pittsburgh Press. November 6, 1938. p. 1.
5. Smith, Chester L. Smith (November 27, 1938). "Duke blocks kick for touchdown to beat Pitt, 7 to 0". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1, sports.