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1966 Pittsburgh

1–⁠9, coached by Dave Hart.

Schedule and results

Pittsburgh in 1966, game by game: lost at No. 4 UCLA 14–57; lost vs. Duke 7–14; lost at California 15–30; won vs. West Virginia 17–14; lost vs. Navy 7–24; lost at Army 0–28; lost at Syracuse 7–33; lost at No. 1 Notre Dame 0–40; lost at Miami 14–38; lost vs. Penn State 24–48+7−43Lost 14–57 at No. 4 UCLA-43No. 4 UCLALost 7–14 vs. Duke-7DukeLost 15–30 at California-15CaliforniaWon 17–14 vs. West Virginia+3West VirginiaLost 7–24 vs. Navy-17NavyLost 0–28 at Army-28ArmyLost 7–33 at Syracuse-26SyracuseLost 0–40 at No. 1 Notre Dame-40No. 1 Notre DameLost 14–38 at Miami-24MiamiLost 24–48 vs. Penn State-24Penn State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17at4UCLAL 14–⁠5729%
Sep 24vsDukeL 7–⁠1445%
Oct 1atCaliforniaL 15–⁠3033%
Oct 8vsWest VirginiaW 17–⁠1447%
Oct 15vsNavyL 7–⁠2452%
Oct 22atArmyL 0–⁠2826%
Oct 29atSyracuseL 7–⁠3316%
Nov 5at1Notre DameL 0–⁠408%
Nov 11atMiamiL 14–⁠3819%
Nov 19vsPenn StateL 24–⁠4831%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Penn State 48–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 125th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
105–⁠326
Coach
Dave Hart
Elo
1346 −132 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
−13.7 No. 102 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 2Jim Flanigan LBGreen Bay Packers