1945 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1945 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1945 college football season. The team compiled a 3–7 record under head coach Clark Shaughnessy.[1]

1945 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Conference	Independent
1945 record	3–7
Head coach	Clark Shaughnessy (3rd season)
Home stadium	Pitt Stadium (Capacity: 56,500)

1945 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	0	–	1
No. 20 Columbia			–					8	–	1	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Penn			–					6	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					2	–	3	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse			–					1	–	6	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 22	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 6–23
September 29	West Virginia	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 20–0
October 6	Bucknell	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 38–0
October 13	Michigan State	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 7–12
October 20	No. 3 Notre Dame	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 9–39
October 27	Temple	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–6
November 3	at No. 13 Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 0–28
November 10	No. 8 Ohio State	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–14
November 17	No. 4 Indiana	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–19
November 24	Penn State	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 7–0
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1945 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.