1915 Pittsburgh

8–⁠0, coached by Pop Warner.

Pittsburgh, 1915
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Pittsburgh in 1915, game by game: won vs. Westminster (Pennsylvania) 32–0; won at Navy 47–12; won vs. Carlisle 45–0; won at Pennsylvania 14–7; won vs. Allegheny 42–7; won vs. Washington & Jefferson 19–0; won vs. Carnegie Mellon 28–0; won vs. Penn State 20–0+45Won 32–0 vs. Westminster (Pennsylvania)+32Westminster (Pe…Won 47–12 at Navy+35NavyWon 45–0 vs. Carlisle+45CarlisleWon 14–7 at Pennsylvania+7PennsylvaniaWon 42–7 vs. Allegheny+35AlleghenyWon 19–0 vs. Washington & Jefferson+19Washington & Je…Won 28–0 vs. Carnegie Mellon+28Carnegie MellonWon 20–0 vs. Penn State+20Penn State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Penn State 20–⁠0.

In program history: The 20th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

Photographs from 1915

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1915.

Record
8–⁠0
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
247–⁠26
Coach
Pop Warner
Elo
1688 +117 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
31.4 No. 2 of 86 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
Guy Williamson
Offense
Double wing