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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 .
This is a list of former sports teams from the US state of Pennsylvania: ... (1967–1976) ... Pittsburgh Athletic Club (football) American Association (football)
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]
The 1976 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the team's 44th in the National Football League. The team attempted to win their third consecutive Super Bowl championship, but ultimately lost to their bitter rivals, the Oakland Raiders, in the AFC Championship Game. Despite failing to reach the Super Bowl, the 1976 Steelers are fondly remembered as one ...
The J.P. Rooneys (or formally the James P. Rooneys) were an independent semi-professional American football team, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The team was founded by Art Rooney, who is best known for being the founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League, and this team is considered to be the beginnings of the modern-day Steelers. [2]
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.
College football in Pittsburgh dates back to the University of Pittsburgh which first organized a football team in 1889 and played its first sanctioned game in 1890. In the first half of the 20th century, Pitt, Duquesne, and Carnegie Tech (now called Carnegie Mellon) all fielded football squads that made "major" bowl game appearances from the ...