1950 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1950 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1950 college football season. The team compiled a 1–8 record under head coach Len Casanova.[1]

1950 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Conference	Independent
1950 record	1–8
Head coach	Len Casanova (1st season)
Home stadium	Pitt Stadium (Capacity: 56,500)

1950 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Franklin & Marshall			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Army			–					8	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					8	–	1	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	1	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Cornell			–					7	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					4	–	5	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth			–					3	–	5	–	1
Duquesne			–					2	–	6	–	1
Hofstra			–					2	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	5	–	1
Harvard			–					1	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					1	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Boston College			–					0	–	9	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 30	at No. 16 Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 14–28
October 7	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 7–41
October 14	No. 15 Rice	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 7–14
October 21	at No. 20 Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 23–28
October 28	No. 11 Miami (FL)	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–28
November 4	West Virginia	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl)	W 21–7
November 11	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	L 7–18
November 18	No. 10 Michigan State	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–19
November 25	Penn State	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 20–21
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1950 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.