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1953 Pittsburgh

3–⁠5–⁠1, coached by Red Dawson.

Schedule and results

Pittsburgh in 1953, game by game: lost vs. No. 16 West Virginia 7–17; tied vs. No. 8 Oklahoma 7–7; won vs. Nebraska 14–6; lost at No. 1 Notre Dame 14–23; lost at Northwestern 21–27; lost at No. 14 Minnesota 14–35; won at Virginia 26–0; won vs. NC State 40–6; lost vs. Penn State 0–17+34−21Lost 7–17 vs. No. 16 West Virginia-10No. 16 West VirginiaTied 7–7 vs. No. 8 Oklahoma0No. 8 OklahomaWon 14–6 vs. Nebraska+8NebraskaLost 14–23 at No. 1 Notre Dame-9No. 1 Notre DameLost 21–27 at Northwestern-6NorthwesternLost 14–35 at No. 14 Minnesota-21No. 14 MinnesotaWon 26–0 at Virginia+26VirginiaWon 40–6 vs. NC State+34NC StateLost 0–17 vs. Penn State-17Penn State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vs16West VirginiaL 7–⁠1755%
Oct 3vs8OklahomaT 7–⁠736%
Oct 10vsNebraskaW 14–⁠670%
Oct 17at1Notre DameL 14–⁠2320%
Oct 24atNorthwesternL 21–⁠2748%
Oct 31at14MinnesotaL 14–⁠3535%
Nov 7atVirginiaW 26–⁠043%
Nov 14vsNC StateW 40–⁠677%
Nov 21vsPenn StateL 0–⁠1743%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Penn State 17–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 92nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 17
  2. Wk 3: 17
  3. Wk 4: 15
  4. Wk 5: 18

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 1953.

Record
3–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
143–⁠138
Coach
Red Dawson
Elo
1485 −30 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
4.1 No. 44 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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