1954 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

American college football season

1954 Pittsburgh Panthers football

Conference| Independent
Record| 4–5
Head coach|

* Red Dawson (3rd season; first 3 games)
* Tom Hamilton (interim, final 6 games)

Home stadium| Pitt Stadium

Seasons

<- 1953

1955 ->

1954 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Hobart |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
Juniata |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
Pennsylvania Military |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0
Trinity (CT) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0
Worcester Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0
Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 1
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Boston University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Hofstra |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 20 Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 2
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Franklin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 1
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 9  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 9  | - | 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh as an independent in the 1954 college football season. The Panthers lost their first three games of the season under third year head coach Red Dawson, before he stepped down due to poor health. Pittsburgh's athletic director, Tom Hamilton, appointed himself interim head coach and led the team to a 4–2 record over their final six games of the season.[1] Pittsburgh finished the year with a record of 4–5.[2]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 24| at No. 15 USC| |

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| L 7–27| 50,253|
October 2| Minnesota| |

* Pitt Stadium
* Pittsburgh, PA

| L 7–46| 33,369|
October 9| No. 8 Notre Dame| |

* Pitt Stadium
* Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)

| L 0–33| 60,114|
October 16| No. 9 Navy| |

* Pitt Stadium
* Pittsburgh, PA

| W 21–19| |
October 23| Northwestern| |

* Pitt Stadium
* Pittsburgh, PA

| W 14–7| 28,862|
October 30| at No. 7 West Virginia| |

* Mountaineer Field
* Morgantown, WV (rivalry)

| W 13–10| 34,000| [3]
November 6| at No. 2 Ohio State| No. 20|

* Ohio Stadium
* Columbus, OH

| L 0–26| 80,886|
November 13| at Nebraska| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Lincoln, NE

| W 21–7| 40,000|
November 20| Penn State| |

* Pitt Stadium
* Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)

| L 0–13| 47,266|

* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## References

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1. ^ "Tom Hamilton Again Coach Of Pitt Team". South Bend Tribune. South Bend, Indiana. October 13, 1954. p. 41. Retrieved October 19, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
2. ^ "1954 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.
3. ^ "Salvaterra heads late Panther surge which topples West Virginia by 13–10". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 31, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.

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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)
* Acrisure Stadium (2001–present)
* UPMC Rooney Sports Complex (practice)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Duquesne: City Game
* Notre Dame
* Old Ironsides
* Penn State
* Syracuse
* West Virginia: Backyard Brawl

Culture & lore|

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* "Hail to Pitt"
* "Pitt Victory Song"
* Marching band
* 2007 Backyard Brawl
* Highest-scoring game

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