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1993 Pittsburgh

3–⁠8 (2–⁠5 Big East), coached by Johnny Majors.

Schedule and results

Pittsburgh in 1993, game by game: won at Southern Miss 14–10; lost vs. Virginia Tech 21–63; lost vs. No. 11 Ohio State 28–63; lost vs. No. 18 Louisville 7–29; lost at No. 4 Notre Dame 0–44; lost vs. No. 24 Syracuse 21–24; lost at No. 18 West Virginia 21–42; won at Rutgers 21–10; lost vs. No. 4 Miami 7–35; lost vs. No. 22 Boston College 0–33; won at Temple 28–18+11−44Won 14–10 at Southern Miss+4Southern MissLost 21–63 vs. Virginia Tech-42Virginia TechLost 28–63 vs. No. 11 Ohio State-35No. 11 Ohio StateLost 7–29 vs. No. 18 Louisville-22No. 18 LouisvilleLost 0–44 at No. 4 Notre Dame-44No. 4 Notre DameLost 21–24 vs. No. 24 Syracuse-3No. 24 SyracuseLost 21–42 at No. 18 West Virginia-21No. 18 West VirginiaWon 21–10 at Rutgers+11RutgersLost 7–35 vs. No. 4 Miami-28No. 4 MiamiLost 0–33 vs. No. 22 Boston College-33No. 22 Boston CollegeWon 28–18 at Temple+10Temple
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atSouthern MissW 14–⁠1028%
Sep 11vsVirginia TechL 21–⁠6348%
Sep 18vs11Ohio StateL 28–⁠6325%
Oct 2vs18LouisvilleL 7–⁠2930%
Oct 9at4Notre DameL 0–⁠447%
Oct 16vs24SyracuseL 21–⁠2421%
Oct 23at18West VirginiaL 21–⁠4215%
Oct 28atRutgersW 21–⁠1023%
Nov 6vs4MiamiL 7–⁠3514%
Nov 13vs22Boston CollegeL 0–⁠3326%
Nov 20atTempleW 28–⁠1860%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Temple 28–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big East.

In program history: The 119th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

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 1993.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 6th in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
168–⁠371
Coach
Johnny Majors
Elo
1386 −27 this season
SP+ rating
-9.0 No. 80 of 105; offense No. 67, defense No. 73
SRS
−12.6 No. 84 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ken Karcher
Defensive coordinator
Chuck Driesbach
Offense
Multiple pro-style
Defense
Multiple 4–⁠3

1993 Big East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
West Virginia7–⁠011–⁠17
Miami6–⁠19–⁠315
Boston College5–⁠29–⁠313
Virginia Tech4–⁠39–⁠322
Syracuse3–⁠46–⁠4–⁠1
Pittsburgh2–⁠53–⁠8
Rutgers1–⁠64–⁠7
Temple0–⁠71–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.