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The 1976 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season and is recognized as a consensus national champion. [2] Pitt was also awarded the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy as the best Division I team in the East .
The 1976 NCAA Division I football season ended with a championship for the Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh.Led by head coach Johnny Majors (voted the AFCA Coach of the Year), the Pitt Panthers brought a college football championship to the home of the defending pro football champions, the Steelers.
Sherrill's teams at Pitt are considered by some to be among the most talented in Pitt and college football history. The 1980 Pitt team alone featured seven first round draft picks, 23 players who went on to start in the NFL, seven others who played in the NFL, and one player each who played in the CFL and the USFL. [46]
Kiosk in the Great Hall at Heinz Field celebrating Pitt's 1976 national championship. The University of Pittsburgh claims nine national championships for the Panthers football team: four that are mostly unanimous, (1916, 1918, 1937, and 1976) and five shared titles (1915, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936). Parke Davis was the only major selector of four ...
Among the top schools in terms of all-time wins, [27] Pitt teams have claimed nine national championships [28] and boast 87 players that have been chosen as first-team All-Americans. Pitt football plays its home games at Acrisure Stadium and has practice facilities located at the UPMC Sports Performance Complex.
The 1900 team, competing when the university was still known as WUP, went 5–4 shutting out opponents four times under head coach Dr. M. Roy Jackson. Football at the University of Pittsburgh began in the fall of 1889 when the school was still known as the Western University of Pennsylvania, often referred to as WUP, and was located in what was then known as Allegheny City and is today the ...
1976 Pittsburgh Panthers football team; 2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football team; 2002–03 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team; 2004–05 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team; 2008–09 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team; 2008–09 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team; 2009–10 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team
The Steelers (then known as the Pittsburgh Pirates) first logo was the city coat of arms. Current logo of the Steelers. The Steelers have had several logos in the early part of their history, among them including the crest of Pittsburgh, a football with Pittsburgh's then-smoggy skyline, as well as a construction worker hanging onto a chain holding a pennant.