1951 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

1951 Eastern college football independents records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1951 Pittsburgh Panthers football
1951 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Conference	Independent
1951 record	3–7
Head coach	Tom Hamilton (1st season);
Home stadium	Pitt Stadium; (capacity: 56,500)
	Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

The 1951 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1951 college football season. The team compiled a 3–7 record under head coach Tom Hamilton.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	Duke	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 14–19	20,000
October 6	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 6–13
October 13	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 17–34
October 20	Notre Dame	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–33	60,127
October 27	at No. 2 Michigan State	Macklin Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 26–53	42,163
November 3	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 13–21
November 10	No. 20 Ohio State	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 14–16	34,747
November 17	West Virginia	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl)	W 32–12
November 24	Penn State	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 13–7	22,771
December 7	at Miami (FL)	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	W 21–7
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

^ "1951 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.

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[1] "1951 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.

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v t Pittsburgh Panthers football
Venues	Recreation Park (1898–1899) Exposition Park (1900) Schenley Park (1901) Coliseum (1902–1903) Exposition Park (1904–1908) Forbes Field (1909–1924) Pitt Stadium (1925–1999) Three Rivers Stadium (2000) Heinz Field (2001–present) UPMC Sports Performance Complex (practice)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Cincinnati (River City Rivalry) Notre Dame Penn State Syracuse West Virginia (Backyard Brawl)
Culture & lore	Panthers "Hail to Pitt" "Pitt Victory Song" Marching band 1921 Backyard Brawl (first college football game to be radio broadcasted) 2007 Backyard Brawl Highest-scoring game
People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

1951 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Bucknell		–		9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton		–		9	–	0	–	0
Northeastern		–		6	–	0	–	1
No. 19 Holy Cross		–		8	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		6	–	2	–	0
Hofstra		–		6	–	2	–	1
Cornell		–		6	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Boston University		–		6	–	4	–	0
Temple		–		6	–	4	–	0
Columbia		–		5	–	3	–	0
Villanova		–		5	–	3	–	0
Fordham		–		5	–	4	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		5	–	4	–	0
Penn		–		5	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo		–		4	–	4	–	0
Colgate		–		4	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth		–		4	–	5	–	0
Drexel		–		3	–	4	–	0
Harvard		–		3	–	5	–	1
Boston College		–		3	–	6	–	0
Yale		–		2	–	5	–	2
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	7	–	0
Army		–		2	–	7	–	0
Brown		–		2	–	7	–	0
NYU		–		1	–	7	–	0
Tufts		–		0	–	7	–	2

Rankings from AP Poll