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The sports teams of the University of Pittsburgh or "Pitt" are known as the Panthers and have a legendary history in all sports, especially basketball and football.

Football

The Panthers participate in NCAA Division I (Division I-A for football) and in the Big East Conference.

National Championships

The Pittsburgh Panthers football team has claimed 5 unanimous NCAA National Championships and parts of 10 others for a total of 15 National Titles:

Football Traditions & Facts

The football team moved into the NFL-grade Heinz Field in 2001 from their longtime home at Pitt Stadium, built in the 1920s.

The upper section of the Cathedral of Learning is illuminated after a football team victory.

Pitt Football has a long and glorious history. Tony Dorsett, Mike Ditka, Dan Marino, Tony Siragusa, Mark May, Beano Cooke, Johnny Majors, and Jimmy Johnson are just some of the alumni, coaches, and staff that have achieved prominence. Current NFL stars with Pitt Panther ties include 49er Kevan Barlow, NY Jet Curtis Martin, Cardinal Larry Fitzgerald, Charger coach Marty Schottenheimer, and Bucs coach Jon Gruden.

Pitt Panthers football has also gained a reputation as a national leader in innovation, Bobby Grier became the first African-American player to break the Bowl game color-barrier in 1956.

Former NFL head coach and Pitt alum Dave Wannstedt was hired in late 2004 as head football coach, to rekindle the glory days of the 1970s and early 1980s for Pitt football.

Season-by-season

Year Wins Losses Ties Coach Rank Bowls Championships
2005 5 6 0 Dave Wannstedt
2004 8 4 0 Walt Harris #19 Fiesta Bowl BIG EAST CHAMPIONS
2003 8 5 0 Walt Harris #9 Continental Bowl
2002 9 4 0 Walt Harris #17 Insight Bowl
2001 7 5 0 Walt Harris NR Tangerine Bowl
2000 7 5 0 Walt Harris NR Insight Bowl
1999 5 6 0 Walt Harris
1998 2 9 0 Walt Harris
1997 6 6 0 Walt Harris NR Liberty Bowl
1996 4 7 0 Johnny Majors
1995 2 9 0 Johnny Majors
1994 3 8 0 Johnny Majors
1993 3 8 0 Johnny Majors
1992 3 9 0 Paul Hackett
& Sal Sunseri
1991 6 5 0 Paul Hackett #12
1990 3 7 1 Paul Hackett #13
1989 8 3 1 Mike Gottfried
& Paul Hackett
#7 Sun Bowl
1988 6 5 0 Mike Gottfried #16
1987 8 4 0 Mike Gottfried #16 Bluebonnet Bowl
1986 6 4 1 Mike Gottfried
1985 5 5 1 Foge Fazio
1984 3 7 1 Foge Fazio #3
1983 8 3 1 Foge Fazio #15 Fiesta Bowl
1982 9 3 0 Foge Fazio #1 Cotton Bowl
1981 11 1 0 Jackie Sherrill #1 Sugar Bowl
1980 11 1 0 Jackie Sherrill #1 Gator Bowl
1979 11 1 0 Jackie Sherrill #7 Fiesta Bowl
1978 8 4 0 Jackie Sherrill #9 Tangerine Bowl
1977 9 2 1 Jackie Sherrill #7 Gator Bowl
1976 12 0 0 Johnny Majors #1 Sugar Bowl NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1975 8 4 0 Johnny Majors #15 Sun Bowl
1974 7 4 0 Johnny Majors #8
1973 6 5 1 Johnny Majors #20 Fiesta Bowl
1972 1 10 0 Carl DePasqua
1971 3 8 0 Carl DePasqua
1970 5 5 0 Carl DePasqua #15
1969 4 6 0 Carl DePasqua
1968 1 9 0 David Hart
1967 1 9 0 David Hart
1966 1 9 0 David Hart
1965 3 7 0 John Michelosen
1964 3 5 2 John Michelosen
1963 9 1 0 John Michelosen #3
1962 5 5 0 John Michelosen
1961 3 7 0 John Michelosen
1960 4 3 3 John Michelosen #7
1959 6 4 0 John Michelosen #16
1958 5 4 1 John Michelosen #7
1957 4 6 0 John Michelosen #8
1956 7 3 1 John Michelosen #7 Gator Bowl
1955 7 4 0 John Michelosen #7 Sugar Bowl
1954 4 5 0 Red Dawson
& Lt. Tom Hamilton
#20
1953 3 5 1 Red Dawson #15
1952 6 3 0 Red Dawson #14
1951 3 7 0 Lt. Tom Hamilton
1950 1 8 0 Len Casanova
1949 6 3 0 Mike Milligan #15
1948 6 3 0 Mike Milligan
1947 1 8 0 Mike Milligan
1946 3 5 1 Wes Fesler
1945 3 7 0 Clark Shaughnessy
1944 4 5 0 Clark Shaughnessy
1943 3 5 0 Clark Shaughnessy
1942 3 6 0 Chuck Bowser
1941 3 6 0 Chuck Bowser
1940 3 4 1 Chuck Bowser
1939 5 4 0 Chuck Bowser #1
1938 8 2 0 Jock Sutherland #1
1937 9 0 1 Jock Sutherland #1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1936 8 1 1 Jock Sutherland Rose Bowl NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1935 7 1 2 Jock Sutherland
1934 8 1 0 Jock Sutherland
1933 8 1 0 Jock Sutherland NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1932 8 1 2 Jock Sutherland Rose Bowl
1931 8 1 0 Jock Sutherland NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1930 6 2 1 Jock Sutherland
1929 9 1 0 Jock Sutherland Rose Bowl NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1928 6 2 1 Jock Sutherland
1927 8 1 1 Jock Sutherland Rose Bowl NATIONAL CHAMPIOONS
1926 5 2 2 Jock Sutherland
1925 8 1 0 Jock Sutherland NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1924 5 3 1 Jock Sutherland
1923 5 4 0 Pop Warner
1922 8 2 0 Pop Warner
1921 5 3 1 Pop Warner
1920 6 0 2 Pop Warner
1919 6 2 1 Pop Warner
1918 4 0 0 Pop Warner NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1917 9 0 0 Pop Warner NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1916 8 0 0 Pop Warner NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1915 8 0 0 Pop Warner NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1914 8 1 0 Joe Duff

1913 6 2 1 Joe Duff
1912 3 6 0 Joe Thompson
1911 4 3 1 Joe Thompson
1910 9 0 0 Joe Thompson NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1909 6 2 1 Joe Thompson
1908 8 3 0 Joe Thompson
1907 9 1 0 James Moorhead
1906 4 6 0 Edgar Wingard
1905 10 2 0 Art Mosse
1904 10 0 0 Art Mosse
1903 0 8 1 Art Mosse
1902 5 6 1 Fred Crolius
1901 7 2 1 Will Hockensmith
1900 5 4 0 Dr. Roy Jackson
1899 3 1 1 Dr. Fred Robinson
1898 5 2 1 Dr. Fred Robinson
1897 1 3 0 Tom Trenchard
1896 3 6 0 George Hoskins
1895 1 6 0 J.P. Linn
1894 1 1 0 No Coach
1893 1 4 0 Anson Harrold
1892 4 2 0 No Coach
1891 2 5 0 No Coach
1890 1 2 0 No Coach
1889 0 1 0 No Coach

Men's Basketball

Pitt's men's basketball team won national championships in 1928 and 1930 and has participated in several NCAA and NIT tournaments throughout its history. Pitt's history in the last few decades could be said to start following the resignation of coach Grgurich, and the hiring of Lafayette head coach Roy Chipman in 1980. In his first season at the helm, the Panthers won the Eastern Eight (Today's equivalent of the Big East) Conference Tournament. Pitt continued onto the NCAA tournament, where after a thrilling overtime defeat of Idaho, they were eliminated in the second round by the North Carolina. Chipman's Panthers were able to experience similar success the following season, defeating rival West Virginia for their last Eastern Eight Tournament Championship - energized by insulting remarks by WVU Coach Gale Catlett. Pitt was knocked out of the NCAA tournament in the first round by Pepperdine to end Chipman's second season, as well was Pitt's last as a member of the Eastern Eight Conference.

With the opening of the 1982-1983 season, Pitt began play as a member of the new Big East Conference.

In 2002, Pitt began their first season of play at the 12,508 seat Petersen Events Center. Their first opponent at "the Pete", as the facility is called by students, was against cross-city rival Duquesne University.

The 2005-2006 season marks the 100 year anniversary for the Pitt basketball program. The centennial comes at a time of dramatic change for the program, which is also entering the first year of competition in the newly expanded 16-team Big East Conference.

Season-by-Season Basketball

For each season's recap see Pittsburgh Panthers Basketball History.

2005-06 24 7 Jamie Dixon #8 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP
Beat Louisville 61-56
Beat West Virginia 68-57
Beat Villanova 68-54
Lost to Syracuse 65-61
NCAA SECOND ROUND
Beat Kent State 79-64
Lost to Bradley 66-72
2004-05 20 9 Jamie Dixon #7 BIG EAST FIRST ROUND
Lost to Villanova 58-67
NCAA FIRST ROUND
Lost to Pacific 71-79
2003-04 31 5 Jamie Dixon #3 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP
Beat Virginia Tech 74-61
Beat Boston College 62-53
Lost to UConn 58-61
NCAA SWEET SIXTEEN
Beat UCF 53-44
Beat Wisconsin 59-55
Lost to Oklahoma State 51-63
2002-03 28 5 Ben Howland #2 BIG EAST CHAMPIONS
Beat Providence 67-59
Beat Boston College 61-48
Beat UConn 74-56
NCAA SWEET SIXTEEN
Beat Wagner 87-61
Beat Indiana 74-52
Lost to Marquette 74-77
2001-02 29 6 Ben Howland #7 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP
Beat Boston College 76-62
Beat Miami 76-71
Lost to UConn 65-74 2OT
NCAA SWEET SIXTEEN
Beat Cent. Conn. 71-54
Beat Cal 63-50
Lost to Kent St. 73-78 OT
2000-01 19 14 Ben Howland NR BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP
Beat Miami 78-69
Beat NotreDame 66-54
Beat Syracuse 55-54 OT
Lost to Boston College 57-79
NIT SWEET SIXTEEN
Beat St. Bonaventure 84-75
Lost to Mississippi St. 61-66
1999-00 13 15 Ben Howland NR BIG EAST FIRST ROUND
Lost to Villanova 55-65
1998-99 14 16 Ralph Willard #18 BIG EAST FIRST ROUND
Lost to Rutgers 51-64
1997-98 11 16 Ralph Willard NR BIG EAST FIRST ROUND
Lost to Villanova 93-96 2OT
1996-97 18 15 Ralph Willard NR BIG EAST SECOND ROUND
Beat UConn 63-62
Lost to Boston College 68-76
NIT SWEET SIXTEEN
Beat New Orleans 82-63
Lost to Arkansas 71-76
1995-96 10 17 Ralph Willard NR BIG EAST FIRST ROUND
Lost to Boston College 66-70
1994-95 10 18 Ralph Willard NR BIG EAST SECOND ROUND
Beat St. John's 74-71
Lost to UConn 78-81
1993-94 13 14 Paul Evans NR BIG EAST FIRST ROUND
Lost to St. John's 72-80
1992-93 17 11 Paul Evans #13 BIG EAST FIRST ROUND
Lost to Syracuse 50-55
NCAA FIRST ROUND
Lost to Utah 65-86
1991-92 18 16 Paul Evans #24 BIG EAST FIRST ROUND
Lost to Miami 71-83
NIT SWEET SIXTEEN
Beat Penn St. 67-65
Lost to Florida 74-77
1990-91 21 12 Paul Evans #11 BIG EAST FIRST ROUND
Lost to Seton Hall 69-70
NCAA SECOND ROUND
Beat Georgia 76-68 OT
Lost to Kansas 66-77
1989-90 12 17 Paul Evans #18 BIG EAST SECOND ROUND
Beat Boston College 88-70
Lost to Syracuse 55-58
1988-89 17 13 Paul Evans NR BIG EAST SECOND ROUND
Beat Villanova 71-66
Lost to Georgetown 62-85
NCAA FIRST ROUND
Lost to Ball St. 64-68
1987-88 24 7 Paul Evans #2 BIG EAST SEASON CHAMPS
Beat UConn 75-58
Lost to Villanova 69-72
NCAA SECOND ROUND
Beat E. Michigan 108-90
Lost to Vanderbilt 74-80
1986-87 25 8 Paul Evans #7 BIG EAST SEASON CHAMPS
Beat Seton Hall 96-88
Lost to Syracuse 85-99
NCAA SECOND ROUND
Beat Marist 93-68
Lost to Oklahoma 93-96
1985-86 15 14 Dr. Roy Chipman NR BIG EAST FIRST ROUND
Lost to Georgetown 56-57 OT
NIT FIRST ROUND
Lost to Missouri St. 52-59
1984-85 17 12 Dr. Roy Chipman NR BIG EAST FIRST ROUND
Lost to Villanova 61-69
NCAA FIRST ROUND
Lost to Louisiana Tech 54-78
1983-84 18 13 Dr. Roy Chipman NR BIG EAST FIRST ROUND
Lost to Villanova 65-75
NIT ELITE EIGHT
Beat LaSalle 95-91
Beat FSU 66-63
Lost to Notre Dame 64-72
1982-83 13 15 Dr. Roy Chipman NR BIG EAST FIRST ROUND
Lost to St. John's 73-91
1981-82 20 10 Dr. Roy Chipman NR BIG EAST CHAMPIONS
Beat Duquesne 66-64
Beat Rutgers 60-47
Beat West Virginia 79-72
NCAA FIRST ROUND
Lost to Pepperdine 88-99
1980-81 19 12 Dr. Roy Chipman NR BIG EAST CHAMPIONS
Beat Rutgers 67-62
Beat RhodeIsland 74-45
Beat Duquesne 64-60
NCAA SWEET SIXTEEN
Beat Idaho 70-69
Lost to North Carolina 57-74
1979-80 17 12 Tim Grgurich NR BIG EAST FINAL FOUR
Beat G. Washington 77-68
Lost to Villanova 59-72
NIT SWEET SIXTEEN
Lost to Duquesne 63-65
1978-79 18 11 Tim Grgurich NR BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP
Beat G. Washington 85-80
Beat Villanova 77-64
Lost to Rutgers 57-61
1977-78 16 11 Tim Grgurich NR BIG EAST FINAL FOUR
Beat G. Washington 85-83
Lost to Villanova 70-72
1976-77 6 21 Tim Grgurich NR BIG EAST FIRST ROUND
Lost to West Virginia 54-66
1975-76 12 15 Tim Grgurich
1974-75 18 11 Chuck Ridl NR NIT ELITE EIGHT
Beat S. Illinois 70-65
Lost to Providence 80-101
1973-74 25 4 Chuck Ridl #7 NCAA SWEET SIXTEEN
Beat St. Joseph's 54-42
Beat Furman 81-78
Lost to NC State 72-100
1972-73 12 14 Chuck Ridl
1971-72 12 12 Chuck Ridl
1970-71 14 10 Chuck Ridl
1969-70 12 12 Chuck Ridl
1968-69 4 20 Chuck Ridl
1967-68 7 15 Bob Timmons
1966-67 6 19 Bob Timmons
1965-66 5 17 Bob Timmons
1964-65 7 16 Bob Timmons
1963-64 17 8 Bob Timmons NR NIT SWEET SIXTEEN
Lost to Drake 82-87
1962-63 19 6 Bob Timmons NR NCAA SWEET SIXTEEN
Lost to NYU 83-93
1961-62 12 11 Bob Timmons
1960-61 12 11 Bob Timmons
1959-60 11 14 Bob Timmons
1958-59 10 14 Bob Timmons #18
1957-58 18 7 Bob Timmons NR NCAA SWEET SIXTEEN
Lost to Miami(OH) 77-82
1956-57 16 11 Bob Timmons NR NCAA ELITE EIGHT
Beat Morehead St. 86-86
Lost to Kentucky 92-98
Lost to Notre Dame 85-86
1955-56 15 10 Bob Timmons
1954-55 10 16 Bob Timmons
1953-54 9 14 Bob Timmons
1952-53 12 11 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1951-52 10 12 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1950-51 9 17 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1949-50 4 14 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1948-49 12 13 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1947-48 10 11 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1946-47 8 10 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1945-46 7 7 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1944-45 8 4 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1943-44 7 7 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1942-43 10 5 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1941-42 5 10 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1940-41 13 6 Dr. H.C. Carlson NR NCAA FINAL FOUR
Beat North Carolina 26-20
Lost to Wisconsin 30-36
1939-40 8 9 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1938-39 10 9 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1937-38 9 12 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1936-37 14 7 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1935-36 18 9 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1934-35 18 5 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1933-34 18 4 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1932-33 17 5 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1931-32 14 6 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1930-31 20 4 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1929-30 23 2 Dr. H.C. Carlson NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1928-29 16 5 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1927-28 21 0 Dr. H.C. Carlson NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1926-27 10 7 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1925-26 12 5 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1924-25 4 10 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1923-24 10 7 Dr. H.C. Carlson
1922-23 10 5 Andrew Kerr
1921-22 12 8 Dr. George Flint
1920-21 12 9 Dr. George Flint
1919-20 9 6 Dr. George Flint
1918-19 7 7 Dr. George Flint
1917-16 5 9 Dr. George Flint
1916-15 12 6 Dr. George Flint
1915-14 15 2 Dr. George Flint
1914-15 13 5 Dr. George Flint
1913-14 7 8 Dr. George Flint
1912-13 15 7 Dr. George Flint
1911-12 10 9 Dr. George Flint
1910-11 6 6 Wol Wegner
1907-08 10 6 Harry Hough
1906-07 6 5 Ben Printz
1905-06 2 9 Ben Printz

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