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Pittsburgh Football Team History


Pittsburgh Panthers
University of Pittsburgh
 Pittsburgh, PA
Founded: 1787
Stadium: Heinz Field
Capacity: 65,000
Colors: Old Gold & Blue
Coach: Joseph H. Thompson
Conference: Independent-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1890  <-- 1907 <- 1908 -> 1909 --> 2024
1908 Season Highlights
 Joseph H. Thompson enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Pittsburgh.
 
1908 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 26  vs. Mount Union  26   4   W       
 Sat., Oct. 3  vs. Bethany (West Virginia)  27   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 10  vs. Marietta  7   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 17  vs. Carnegie Tech  22   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 24  vs. Bucknell  22   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 31  @ St. Louis  13   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 7  vs. West Virginia  11   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 14  vs. Carlisle  0   6   L       
 Sat., Nov. 21  vs. Gettysburg  6   0   W       
 Thu., Nov. 26  vs. Penn State  6   12   L       
 Sat., Dec. 5  vs. Washington & Jefferson  0   14   L       
 
1908 Season Totals
  Record8-3
  Points Scored140
  Scoring Average12.7
  Points Allowed36
  Defense Average3.3
  Opponents Record10-8
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record7-3
  Away Record1-0
1908 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1908 Independent- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
New Mexico 5-110740   H.H. Conwell
Connecticut 4-3-115049   W.F. Madden
Louisiana State 10-044311   Edgar R. Wingard
Navy 9-2-121838   Lt. Frank D. Berrien
Notre Dame 8-132620   Victor M. Place
Oklahoma 8-1-127235   Bennie Owen
Pittsburgh 8-314036   Joseph H. Thompson
Miami Ohio 7-011310   Amos P. Foster
Army 6-1-28721   Harry M. Nelly
Kansas State 6-218274   Mike F. Ahearn
Louisiana 6-09316   C.J. McNaspy
Michigan State 6-0-220522   Chester L. Brewer
Syracuse 6-3-117139   Howard H. Jones
Texas Christian 6-315568   J.R. Langley
Washington 6-0-112815   Gilmour Gloomy Gil Dobie
Arizona 5-01365   H.B. Galbraith
Arkansas 5-4214120   Hugo F. Bezdek
Florida 5-2-19040   Jack Forsythe
Michigan 5-2-112881   Fielding H. Hurry Up Yost
Oregon 5-27452   Robert W. Forbes
Penn State 5-515351   Thomas F. Tom Fennell
Texas 5-4135135   W.E. Metzenthin
West Virginia 5-310129   Dr. Charles Augustus Lueder
Central Michigan 4-32817   Hugh Sutherland
Jacksonville State 4-33237   Earl Wells
Louisiana Tech 4-3-120591   A.L. Cornell
New Mexico State 4-217942   W.G. Hummell
Oklahoma State 4-38666   Edwin Parry
Oregon State 4-3-18351   Fred S. Norcross
Washington State 4-0-216410   Walter M. Rheinschild
Akron 3-43280   Dr. Dwight Bradley
Baylor 3-548164   Enoch J. Mills
Maryland 3-827204   William Lang
Ohio 3-510364   Arthur McFarland
Rutgers 3-5-153104   Joseph Smith
South Carolina 3-6-170132   Christie Benet
Southern California 3-1-16318   William I. Bill Traeger
Temple 3-2-15573   Dr. Frank W. White
Western Michigan 3-33398   William H. Bill Spaulding
Boston College 2-4-23054   Joseph Joe Reilly & Joseph Kenney
Tulsa 2-38043   Sam McBirney
Cincinnati 1-4-159104   Ralph Inott
Northern Illinois 1-5-13181   Nelson A. Kellogg
Wake Forest 1-521183   A.P. Hall, Jr.
Marshall 0-614104   W.G. Vinal
Stanford 0-000   No Team

1908 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1908 All Independent Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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