1946 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

1946 Pittsburgh Panthers football
1946 Pitt football team
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Eastern major college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Army     9 0 1
Penn State     6 2 0
Boston College     6 3 0
Holy Cross     6 4 0
NYU     5 3 0
Villanova     6 4 0
Colgate     4 4 0
Syracuse     4 5 0
Pittsburgh     3 5 1
Temple     2 4 2
Merchant Marine     4 7 0
Bucknell     3 6 0
Fordham     0 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Pittsburgh Panthers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pittsburgh as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their first and only year under head coach Wes Fesler, the Panthers compiled a 3–5–1 record and were outscored by 136 to 88. Three of their losses were to teams ranked in the final AP Poll: No. 1 Notre Dame (0–33); No. 5 Illinois (7–33); and No. 20 Indiana (6–20).[1]

Pitt was ranked at No. 43 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[2]

  1. ^ "1946 Pittsburgh Panthers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 20, 2022.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.