1952 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

1952 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
Record	6–3
Head coach	Red Dawson (1st season)
Home stadium	Pitt Stadium (capacity: 56,500)

1952 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Rochester			–					8	–	0	–	0
Hofstra			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 19 Princeton			–					8	–	1	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					7	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	2	–	1
No. 14 Syracuse			–					7	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	0
Harvard			–					5	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					5	–	4	–	1
Penn			–					4	–	3	–	2
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Drexel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Fordham			–					2	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Columbia			–					2	–	6	–	1
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
Cornell			–					2	–	7	–	0
Dartmouth			–					2	–	7	–	0
Temple			–					2	–	7	–	1
Buffalo			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1952 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3 record under head coach Red Dawson.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27	Iowa		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 26–14
October 4	at No. 20 Oklahoma		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 20–49	37,716
October 11	at No. 8 Notre Dame		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 22–19	45,507
October 18	at Army		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 22–14
October 25	West Virginia	No. 18	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl)	L 0–16
November 1	Indiana		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 28–7
November 8	at Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 21–14	75,120
November 15	NC State	No. 14	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 48–6
November 22	Penn State	No. 16	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–17	53,766
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game