CollegeFootballDigestfrom CooperSearch

1970 Pittsburgh

5–⁠5, coached by Carl DePasqua.

Schedule and results

Pittsburgh in 1970, game by game: lost vs. No. 16 UCLA 15–24; won at Baylor 15–10; won vs. Kent State 27–6; won at Navy 10–8; won vs. West Virginia 36–35; won vs. Miami 28–17; lost at Syracuse 13–43; lost at No. 2 Notre Dame 14–46; lost vs. Boston College 6–21; lost at No. 20 Penn State 15–35+21−32Lost 15–24 vs. No. 16 UCLA-9No. 16 UCLAWon 15–10 at Baylor+5BaylorWon 27–6 vs. Kent State+21Kent StateWon 10–8 at Navy+2NavyWon 36–35 vs. West Virginia+1West VirginiaWon 28–17 vs. Miami+11MiamiLost 13–43 at Syracuse-30SyracuseLost 14–46 at No. 2 Notre Dame-32No. 2 Notre DameLost 6–21 vs. Boston College-15Boston CollegeLost 15–35 at No. 20 Penn State-20No. 20 Penn State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vs16UCLAL 15–⁠2431%
Sep 26atBaylorW 15–⁠1050%
Oct 3vsKent StateW 27–⁠656%
Oct 10atNavyW 10–⁠856%
Oct 17vsWest VirginiaW 36–⁠3537%
Oct 24vsMiamiW 28–⁠1761%
Oct 31atSyracuseL 13–⁠4341%
Nov 7at2Notre DameL 14–⁠4613%
Nov 14vsBoston CollegeL 6–⁠2147%
Nov 21at20Penn StateL 15–⁠3516%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Penn State 35–⁠15; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 110th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 18
  2. Wk 8: 15

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 1970.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
179–⁠245
Coach
Carl DePasqua
Elo
1426 −2 this season
SP+ rating
-3.9 No. 80 of 117; offense No. 69, defense No. 81
SRS
−3.2 No. 72 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Lou Cecconi

Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 3Charles Hall DBGreen Bay Packers
Rd 5Bryant Salter DBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 7Dennis Ferris RBChicago Bears