1943 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

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1943 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Pitt Panthers wordmark.svg
ConferenceIndependent
1943 record3–5
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
(capacity: 56,500)
Seasons
← 1942
1944 →
1943 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College     4 0 1
Franklin & Marshall     7 1 0
Dartmouth     6 1 0
No. 11 Army     7 2 1
Holy Cross     6 2 0
Tufts     6 2 0
No. 20 Penn     6 2 1
Brown     5 3 0
Villanova     5 3 0
Colgate     5 3 1
Penn State     5 3 1
Bucknell     6 4 0
Cornell     6 4 0
Harvard     2 2 1
Yale     4 5 0
Pittsburgh     3 5 0
Temple     2 6 0
CCNY     1 3 1
Princeton     1 6 0
Carnegie Tech     0 4 1
Columbia     0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1943 college football season. The team compiled a 3–5 record under new head coach Clark Shaughnessy.[1]

At the start of the season, Shaughnessy introduced red and white uniforms that departed from the team's traditional blue and gold color scheme. The team would revert to blue and gold in late 1945.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Notre DameL 0–4143,437
October 2at Great Lakes NavyL 0–4022,000[3]
October 9West Virginia
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 20–0
October 16at IllinoisL 25–33
October 23Bethany (WV)
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 18–0
October 30Carnegie Tech
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 45–0
November 6Ohio State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 6–4630,000
November 20Penn State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
L 0–1412,242

References[]

  1. ^ "1943 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.
  2. ^ Keck, Harry (November 20, 1945). "Pitt Returns to Old Blue and Gold Standard". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. 18.
  3. ^ "Lach Leads Bluejackets to 3rd Victory". Chicago Sunday Tribune. October 3, 1943. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
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