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The Pittsburgh Panthers football program is a college football team that represents the University of Pittsburgh in the Atlantic Coast Conference, a part of the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The team has had 36 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1893. [1] [2]
The Pittsburgh Steelers franchise has had 16 head coaches throughout its history. Founded as the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1933, [1] the name was changed to the Steelers prior to the 1941 season to celebrate the city's heritage of producing steel. [2] Joe Bach served two separate terms as head coach and Walt Kiesling served three
The 1956 Gator Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 29, 1956, at Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The game pitted the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Pittsburgh Panthers .
Former Panthers All-American guard Bill Glassford was in his fifth year as coach of the Huskers, and his line coach was former Pitt lineman and ex-head coach Mike Milligan. Nebraska had an 0–2–1 record, having lost to Oregon and Kansas State and tying Illinois. [26] Pitt with their 0–1–1 record was ranked #17 and favored by 13 points.
The sessions ended on May 4 with a varsity scrimmage, which was the feature event of the Western Pennsylvania Scholastic Coaches' Association football clinic. [15] Pitt football coaches. On April 15, The Pitt News noted that Coach Bowser added three new coaches to his staff. Former Panthers Harold Klein, Dick Fullerton and John Dickinson were ...
The call was hotly disputed, both by fans in attendance and Pitt players. On the next play, quarterback Wade Mitchell took the ball into the end zone to give his team a 7–0 lead. In the second quarter, Georgia Tech was held to five offensive plays, while Pitt got a chance to score with a 79-yard drive to the Yellowjackets 1-yard line.
Pitt led the all-time series 3–1, but the teams had not played since 1944. [34] Coach Earl “Red” Blaik's Cadets were 2–1, after beating South Carolina and Dartmouth and losing to USC. Pittsburgh captain Joe Schmidt (concussion), halfback Bill Hoffman (leg) and fullback Joe Capp (back) were not available for action.
Pitt defeated the Bulldogs 27–3 and was voted number one by both the Associated Press and Coaches polls, claiming their ninth national championship. [13] This was Pitt's first undefeated national championship since 1937. The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) named Majors the 1976 Coach of the Year.