1970 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

1970 Pittsburgh Panthers football

Conference	Independent
1970 record	5–5
Head coach	Carl DePasqua (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Lou Cecconi
Home stadium	Pitt Stadium (Capacity: 56,500)

The 1970 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1970 college football season. The team compiled a 5–5 record in it second year under head coach Carl DePasqua. The team's statistical leaders included John Hogan with 801 passing yards and Tony Esposito with 623 rushing yards.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
Sat. Sep. 19	No. 16 UCLA		Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	L 15-24
Sat. Sep. 26	Baylor		Waco, TX	W 15-10
Sat. Oct. 3	Kent State		Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	W 27-6
Sat. Oct. 10	at Navy			W 10-8
Sat. Oct. 17	West Virginia		Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl)	W 36-35
Sat. Oct. 24	Miami(FL)	No. 18	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	W 28-17
Sat. Oct. 31	at Syracuse	No. 15	Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY (Rivalry)	L 13-43
Sat. Nov. 7	at No. 2 Notre Dame		Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	L 14-46
Sat. Nov. 14	Boston College		Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	L 6-21
Sat. Nov. 21	No. 20 Penn State		Beaver Stadium • State College, PA (Rivalry)	L 15-35
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

References

↑ "1970 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.

Pittsburgh Panthers football

Venues	Recreation Park (1898–1904) Exposition Park (1904–08) Forbes Field (1909–24) Pitt Stadium (1925–99) Three Rivers Stadium (2000) Heinz Field (2001–present) UPMC Sports Performance Complex (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games West Virginia (Backyard Brawl) Penn State Notre Dame Syracuse Cincinnati (River City Rivalry)

Culture & lore	Panthers "Hail to Pitt" "Pitt Victory Song" Marching band

People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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