1952 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

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1952 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rochester     8 0 0
Hofstra     8 1 0
No. 19 Princeton     8 1 0
Franklin & Marshall     7 1 0
Villanova     7 1 1
Holy Cross     8 2 0
Yale     7 2 0
Penn State     7 2 1
No. 14 Syracuse     7 3 0
Bucknell     6 3 0
Colgate     6 3 0
Pittsburgh     6 3 0
Carnegie Tech     4 3 0
Harvard     5 4 0
Boston University     5 4 1
Penn     4 3 2
Army     4 4 1
Boston College     4 4 1
Tufts     3 4 1
Drexel     3 4 0
Fordham     2 5 1
NYU     2 5 1
Columbia     2 6 1
Brown     2 7 0
Cornell     2 7 0
Dartmouth     2 7 0
Temple     2 7 1
Buffalo     1 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1952 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3 record under head coach Red Dawson.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27IowaW 26–14
October 4at No. 20 OklahomaL 20–4937,716
October 11at No. 8 Notre DameW 22–1945,507
October 18at ArmyW 22–14
October 25West VirginiaNo. 18
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
L 0–1628,532[2]
November 1Indiana
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 28–7
November 8at Ohio StateW 21–1475,120
November 15NC StateNo. 14
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 48–612,000[3]
November 22Penn StateNo. 16
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
L 0–1753,766
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1952 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "Pitt upset by West Virginia, 16–0". The Sunday Press. October 26, 1952. Retrieved January 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Bowl-bent Pitt puts skids under N.C. State". Miami Daily News. November 16, 1952. Retrieved January 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.