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1995 Pittsburgh

2–⁠9 (0–⁠7 Big East), coached by Johnny Majors.

Schedule and results

Pittsburgh in 1995, game by game: won vs. Washington State 17–13; won vs. Eastern Michigan 66–30; lost at No. 15 Texas 27–38; lost vs. No. 8 Ohio State 14–54; lost vs. Virginia Tech 16–26; lost at Boston College 0–17; lost at Temple 27–29; lost vs. Miami 16–17; lost at Rutgers 24–42; lost vs. No. 23 Syracuse 10–42; lost at West Virginia 0–21+36−40Won 17–13 vs. Washington State+4Washington StateWon 66–30 vs. Eastern Michigan+36Eastern MichiganLost 27–38 at No. 15 Texas-11No. 15 TexasLost 14–54 vs. No. 8 Ohio State-40No. 8 Ohio StateLost 16–26 vs. Virginia Tech-10Virginia TechLost 0–17 at Boston College-17Boston CollegeLost 27–29 at Temple-2TempleLost 16–17 vs. Miami-1MiamiLost 24–42 at Rutgers-18RutgersLost 10–42 vs. No. 23 Syracuse-32No. 23 SyracuseLost 0–21 at West Virginia-21West Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsWashington StateW 17–⁠1341%
Sep 9vsEastern MichiganW 66–⁠3056%
Sep 16at15TexasL 27–⁠3829%
Sep 23vs8Ohio StateL 14–⁠5431%
Sep 30vsVirginia TechL 16–⁠2650%
Oct 7atBoston CollegeL 0–⁠1725%
Oct 14atTempleL 27–⁠2959%
Oct 21vsMiamiL 16–⁠1729%
Oct 28atRutgersL 24–⁠4244%
Nov 11vs23SyracuseL 10–⁠4227%
Nov 24atWest VirginiaL 0–⁠2124%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to West Virginia 21–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big East.

In program history: The 124th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
217–⁠329
Coach
Johnny Majors
Elo
1351 −95 this season
SP+ rating
-5.4 No. 71 of 107; offense No. 67, defense No. 75
SRS
−3.8 No. 66 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ken Karcher
Defensive coordinator
Chuck Driesbach
Offense
Multiple
Defense
Multiple 4–⁠3

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 6Dietrich Jells WRKansas City Chiefs
Rd 6Anthony Dorsett DBHouston Oilers
Rd 6Tom Tumulty LBCincinnati Bengals

All-Big East

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Big East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Virginia Tech6–⁠110–⁠210
Miami6–⁠18–⁠320
Syracuse5–⁠29–⁠319
West Virginia4–⁠35–⁠6
Boston College4–⁠34–⁠8
Rutgers2–⁠54–⁠7
Temple1–⁠61–⁠10
Pittsburgh0–⁠72–⁠9

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