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Led by second-year head coach Charley Bowser, the Panthers compiled a record of 3–4–1. [1] Pittsburgh was ranked at No. 30 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940. [2] The team played home games at Pitt Stadium in Pittsburgh.
Charles W. Bowser (November 29, 1898 – July 29, 1989) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Grove City College from 1924 to 1926, at Bowdoin College from 1930 to 1934, and at the University of Pittsburgh from 1939 to 1942, compiling a career college football record of 40–47–6.
He was tendered a three-year contract for $7,500 per year. Bowser was a Pitt man, having both played for Pop Warner (1919–1922) and coached twice on Jock Sutherland's staff (1927–1929, 1935–1937). The Pitt News noted that Bowser would be in a most difficult position for the 1939 season. "With a squad that has been wrecked by graduation ...
Coaching Pittsburgh from 1915 to 1923, he compiled a 60–12–4 record. ... unbalanced line and gigantic power [and the] ... Charley Bowser, ...
The 1941 Pittsburgh Panthers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pittsburgh as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their third year under head coach Charley Bowser , the Panthers compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored by a total of 171 to 82.
The 1942 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 3–6 record under head coach Charley Bowser. [1] Pitt was ranked at No. 80 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. [2]
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 ...
Pittsburgh was one of six cities chosen for the 2011 American Idol auditions chose Pittsburgh of one of six cities and scheduled signups at Heinz Field on July 12–13 and auditions on July 15, 2011. Heinz Field was the home field for the Gotham Rogues in the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises . [ 74 ]