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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: Glenn Scobey Pop Warner
Conference: Independent-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1890  <-- 1916 <- 1917 -> 1918 --> 2024
1917 Season Highlights
 Glenn Scobey Pop Warner enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Pittsburgh.
 
1917 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 29  @ West Virginia  14   9   W       
 Sat., Oct. 6  vs. Bethany (West Virginia)  40   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 13  vs. Lehigh  41   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 20  vs. Syracuse  28   0   W    @ Pittsburgh, PA   
 Sat., Oct. 27  @ Pennsylvania  14   6   W       
 Sat., Nov. 3  vs. Westminster (Pennsylvania)  25   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 10  vs. Washington & Jefferson  13   10   W       
 Sat., Nov. 17  vs. Carnegie Tech  27   0   W       
 Thu., Nov. 29  vs. Penn State  28   6   W       
 Sat., Dec. 1  vs. Camp Lee  30   0   W       
 
1917 Season Totals
  Record10-0
  Points Scored260
  Scoring Average26.0
  Points Allowed31
  Defense Average3.1
  Opponents Record19-8
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record8-0
  Away Record2-0
1917 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1917 Independent- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
New Mexico 1-247129   Frank Worth
Pittsburgh 10-026031   Glenn Scobey Pop Warner
Jacksonville State 8-0-13509   Ben Harris
Syracuse 8-1-119761   Frank J. Buck ONeill
Army 7-120324   Geoffrey Keyes
Middle Tennessee State 7-02010   Johnny Red Floyd
Navy 7-144323   Gilmour Gloomy Gil Dobie
Rutgers 7-1-129528   George Foster Sanford
Boston College 6-220832   Charles E. Brickley
North Texas 6-114642   J.W. St. Clair
Notre Dame 6-1-11419   Jesse C. Harper
West Virginia 6-3-116150   Mont H. McIntire
Akron 5-314384   Fred Sefton
Penn State 5-426761   Richard C. Dick Harlow
Arkansas State 4-2-115854   Earl Brannon
Buffalo 4-412559   Art Powell
Hawaii 4-0-1886   Dave Crawford
Maryland 4-3-189159   H.C. Curley Byrd
New Mexico State 4-223175   John G. Pinky Griffith
Western Michigan 4-3203105   William H. Bill Spaulding
Arizona 3-211841   James F. Pop McKale
Louisiana State 3-511294   Wayne Sutton
Memphis 3-24867   V.M. Bic Campbell
Central Michigan 1-2771   Frederick Fred Johnson
Marshall 1-7-18345   Carl Shipley
Nevada 1-350155   Jack Glascock
Sam Houston State 1-313102   Gene Berry
Wake Forest 1-6-159215   Edwin T. MacDonnell
Michigan State 0-923179   Chester L. Brewer
Stanford 0-000   No Team
Temple 0-6-1612   Elwood Geiges
Texas El Paso 0-0-100   Tommy Dwyer
Toledo 0-30262   John Brandeberry

1917 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1917 All Independent Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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