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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  <-- 1919 <- 1920 -> 1921 --> 2024
1920 Season Highlights
 Glenn Scobey Pop Warner enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Pittsburgh.
 
1920 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Oct. 2  @ Geneva  47   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 9  vs. West Virginia  34   13   W       
 Sat., Oct. 16  @ Syracuse  7   7   T       
 Sat., Oct. 23  vs. Georgia Tech  10   3   W       
 Sat., Oct. 30  vs. Lafayette  14   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 6  @ Pennsylvania  27   21   W       
 Sat., Nov. 13  vs. Washington & Jefferson  7   0   W       
 Thu., Nov. 25  vs. Penn State  0   0   T       
 
1920 Season Totals
  Record6-0 -2
  Points Scored146
  Scoring Average18.3
  Points Allowed44
  Defense Average5.5
  Opponents Record26-7
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record4-0 -1
  Away Record2-0 -1
1920 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1920 Independent- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
New Mexico 3-310591   Roy W. Johnson
Connecticut 1-6-169126   Ross Swartz
Notre Dame 9-025144   Knute Kenneth Rockne
Boston College 8-018116   Frank W. Cavanaugh
Army 7-231447   Charles D. Daly
Nevada 7-3-1186167   R.O. William Courtright
North Texas 7-122744   Theron J. Fouts
Penn State 7-0-215935   Hugo F. Bezdek
Arizona 6-138165   James F. Pop McKale
Hawaii 6-215831   Raymond Elliot
Jacksonville State 6-1-117726   J.W. Stephenson
Navy 6-216443   Robert C. Bob Folwell
Pittsburgh 6-0-214644   Glenn Scobey Pop Warner
Syracuse 6-2-120127   John F. Chick Meehan
Louisiana State 5-3-120663   Branch Bocock
New Mexico State 5-1-115962   Arthur J. Bergman
Southern Mississippi 5-2-118282   B.B. OMara
West Virginia 5-4-1169113   Mont H. McIntire
Akron 4-49993   Fred Sefton
Central Michigan 4-3-116641   Joe Simmons
Duke 4-0-15320   Floyd J. Egan
Michigan State 4-6270166   George M. Potsy Clark
Middle Tennessee State 4-112654   Alfred B. Miles
Arkansas State 3-35697   Foy Hammons
Western Michigan 3-4119132   William H. Bill Spaulding
Rutgers 2-732132   George Foster Sanford
Texas El Paso 2-745288   Henderson E. Van Surdam
Wake Forest 2-798196   J.L. White
Bowling Green 1-335128   Walter Jean
Buffalo 1-41760   Art Powell
Kent State 1-2113   Paul G. Chandler
Sam Houston State 1-3-25099   Mutt Gee
Marshall 0-80247   Herbert Cramer
Memphis 0-57143   Elmore George
Toledo 0-3767   Walt Hobt
Western Kentucky 0-1013   L.T. Smith

1920 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1920 All Independent Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


Great Moments in College Football History

The first Orange Bowl was played between Manhattan College and the University of Miami on New Year's Day in 1935.