1954 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1954 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1954 college football season. The team compiled a 4–5 record under head coaches Red Dawson and Tom Hamilton.[1]

1954 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Conference	Independent
1954 record	4–5
Head coach	Red Dawson, Tom Hamilton
Home stadium	Pitt Stadium (Capacity: 56,500)

1954 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	0	–	1
Boston College			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston University			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Penn State			–					7	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	2	–	0
Brown			–					6	–	2	–	1
Drexel			–					5	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	2
Princeton			–					5	–	3	–	1
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	1
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					4	–	5	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					3	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross			–					3	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	7	–	0
Fordham			–					1	–	7	–	1
Columbia			–					1	–	8	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	9	–	0
Penn			–					0	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 24	at No. 15 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–27
October 2	Minnesota		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 7–46
October 9	No. 8 Notre Dame		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–33
October 16	No. 9 Navy		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 21–19
October 23	Northwestern		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 14–7
October 30	at No. 7 West Virginia		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl)	W 13–10
November 6	at No. 2 Ohio State	No. 20	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–26
November 13	at Nebraska		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	W 21–7
November 20	Penn State		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–13
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1954 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.