1981 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

1981 Pittsburgh Panthers football
National champion (NCF)
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 24–20 vs. Georgia
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 4
Record11–1
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Moore, Paul McCullough (1st, 6th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple pro-style
Defensive coordinatorFoge Fazio (3rd season)
Base defenseMultiple front
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1980
1982 →
1981 Major eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Penn State $ 5 0 0 10 2 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh 5 1 0 11 1 0
No. 17 West Virginia 3 3 0 9 3 0
Temple 2 3 0 5 5 0
Syracuse 2 4 0 4 6 1
Boston College 1 4 0 5 6 0
Rutgers 1 4 0 5 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Pittsburgh       11 1 0
No. 3 Penn State       10 2 0
No. 8 Miami (FL)       9 2 0
Southern Miss       9 2 1
No. 17 West Virginia       9 3 0
Colgate       7 3 0
Virginia Tech       7 4 0
Navy       7 4 1
Cincinnati       6 5 0
Florida State       6 5 0
Holy Cross       6 5 0
Tulane       6 5 0
UNLV       6 6 0
South Carolina       6 6 0
Temple       5 5 0
Boston College       5 6 0
East Carolina       5 6 0
Northeast Louisiana       5 6 0
Louisville       5 6 0
Notre Dame       5 6 0
Rutgers       5 6 0
William & Mary       5 6 0
Syracuse       4 6 1
Richmond       4 7 0
Army       3 7 1
North Texas State       2 9 0
Georgia Tech       1 10 0
Memphis State       1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The one-loss Panthers were selected as national champion by NCAA-designated major selector National Championship Foundation[1] and also by Montgomery Full Season Championship.[2] The school does not claim a national championship for this season.

  1. ^ 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. p. 114. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  2. ^ College Football Data Warehouse; Pittsburgh All National Championships, accessdate=2009-01-29 Archived July 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine