1985 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

1985 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1985 Pittsburgh Panthers football
1985 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Conference	Independent
1985 record	5–5–1
Head coach	Foge Fazio (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Chuck Stobart (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple pro-style
Defensive coordinator	(3rd season)
Base defense	Multiple front
Home stadium	Pitt Stadium; (Capacity: 56,500)
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:30 p.m.	Purdue	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN	W 31–30	50,103
September 14	8:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	WTBS	L 7–10	88,518
September 21	12:00 p.m.	Boston College	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	USA	L 22–29	40,922
September 28	12:00 p.m.	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl)	TCS	T 10–10	62,453
October 5	12:00 p.m.	South Carolina	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	USA	W 42–7	37,277
October 12	12:00 p.m.	NC State	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	USA	W 24–10	36,609
October 19	12:00 p.m.	at Rutgers	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ		W 38–10	18,991
October 26	2:00 p.m.	at Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 7–21	29,343
November 2	12:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)		L 0–12	25,500
November 9	12:00 p.m.	at Temple	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA		W 21–17	19,428
November 23	7:30 p.m.	No. 1 Penn State	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 0–31	60,134
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Coaching staff[]

1985 Pittsburgh Panthers football staff

	Coaching Staff Foge Fazio – Head Coach Chuck Stobart – Offensive Coordinator Bob Junko – Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Russ Jacques – Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers John Montgomery – Tight Ends Joe Moore – Offensive Line Gerry Solomon – Defensive Ends Sal Sunseri – Defensive Line Andy Urbanic – Running Backs Trent Walters – Defensive Backs			Support Staff Alex Kramer – Administrative Assistant Bob LaCivita – Recruiting Coordinator John Hendrick – Graduate Assistant Jay Venuto – Graduate Assistant			Strength and Conditioning Staff Buddy Morris – Weight Training Coordinator

Team players drafted into the NFL[]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Bob Buczkowski	Defensive End	1	24	Los Angeles Raiders
Bill Callahan	Defensive Back	4	94	Pittsburgh Steelers

^[1]

References[]

^ "1986 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.

This article about a sports team in Pennsylvania is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

This college football 1980s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[1] "1986 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.

[1]

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

1985 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Miami (FL)		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Florida State		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		7	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Boston College		–		–		4	–	8	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		2	–	7	–	2
Rutgers		–		–		2	–	8	–	1
East Carolina		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll