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1954 Pittsburgh Panthers football
1954 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5
Head coach	Red Dawson (3rd season; first 3 games); Tom Hamilton (interim, final 6 games);
Home stadium	Pitt Stadium
	Seasons ← 1953 1955 →

1954 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

American college football season

The 1954 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh as an independent in the 1954 college football season. The Panthers lost their first three games of the season under third year head coach Red Dawson, before he stepped down due to poor health. Pittsburgh's athletic director, Tom Hamilton, appointed himself interim head coach and led the team to a 4–2 record over their final six games of the season.^[1] Pittsburgh finished the year with a record of 4–5.^[2]

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"Tom Hamilton Again Coach Of Pitt Team". South Bend Tribune. South Bend, Indiana. October 13, 1954. p. 41. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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"1954 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.

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"Salvaterra heads late Panther surge which topples West Virginia by 13–10". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 31, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	at No. 15 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–27	50,253
October 2	Minnesota		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 7–46	33,369
October 9	No. 8 Notre Dame		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–33	60,114
October 16	No. 9 Navy		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 21–19
October 23	Northwestern		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 14–7	28,862
October 30	at No. 7 West Virginia		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	W 13–10	34,000	^[3]
November 6	at No. 2 Ohio State	No. 20	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–26	80,886
November 13	at Nebraska		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	W 21–7	40,000
November 20	Penn State		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–13	47,266
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Hobart		–		8	–	0	–	0
Juniata		–		8	–	0	–	0
Pennsylvania Military		–		7	–	0	–	0
Trinity (CT)		–		7	–	0	–	0
Worcester Tech		–		6	–	0	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		7	–	0	–	1
Boston College		–		8	–	1	–	0
Boston University		–		7	–	2	–	0
Hofstra		–		7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Penn State		–		7	–	2	–	0
Tufts		–		6	–	2	–	0
Brown		–		6	–	2	–	1
Drexel		–		5	–	2	–	0
Bucknell		–		6	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		5	–	2	–	2
Princeton		–		5	–	3	–	1
Yale		–		5	–	3	–	1
Cornell		–		5	–	4	–	0
Harvard		–		4	–	3	–	1
Syracuse		–		4	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		4	–	5	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		3	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		3	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth		–		3	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		3	–	7	–	0
Buffalo		–		2	–	7	–	0
Fordham		–		1	–	7	–	1
Columbia		–		1	–	8	–	0
Villanova		–		1	–	9	–	0
Penn		–		0	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll