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| 1976 Pittsburgh Panthers football | |||
| National Champions Eastern Champions Sugar Bowl Champions |
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| Sugar Bowl, Won 27-3 vs Georgia Bulldogs | |||
| Conference | NCAA Division I FBS independent schools | ||
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| Coaches | #1 | ||
| AP | #1 | ||
| 1976 record | 12-0 ( Independent) | ||
| Head coach | Johnny Majors | ||
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Home stadium |
Pitt Stadium | ||
Seasons
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The 1976 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1976 college football season and are popularly recognized as that season's National Champions. Pitt was also awarded the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy as the champion of the East.
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Regular season
Tony Dorsett would win the Heisman Trophy, the Maxwell Award, the Walter Camp Award (Player of the Year) and led the nation in rushing with 1,948 yards. Selected as an All-American, Dorsett finished his college career with 6,082 total rushing yards, then an NCAA record.
In the first game of the 1976 season, the Panthers faced off against Notre Dame in South Bend, IN. A year earlier, Dorsett had finished with 303 yards rushing in Pitt's 34-20 victory over the Irish. "They even grew the grass high" said Carmen DeArdo, a diehard Pitt alumnus, "and everyone knew Tony would get the ball." "They didn't let that grass grow long enough," Dorsett said later. He darted 61 yards on his first run of the season and tacked on 120 more by the end of the 31-10 Pitt win.[1]
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Panthers points | Opponents | Record |
| 1 | Sept. 11 | @ Notre Dame | Win | 31 | 10 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Sept. 18 | @ Georgia Tech | Win | 42 | 14 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Sept. 25 | Temple | Win | 21 | 7 | 3-0 |
| 4 | Oct. 2 | @ Duke | Win | 44 | 31 | 4-0 |
| 5 | Oct. 9 | Louisville | Win | 27 | 6 | 5-0 |
| 6 | Oct. 16 | Miami Hurricanes | Win | 36 | 19 | 6-0 |
| 7 | Oct. 23 | @ Navy | Win | 45 | 0 | 7-0 |
| 8 | Oct. 30 | Syracuse | Win | 23 | 13 | 8-0 |
| 9 | Nov. 6 | Army | Win | 37 | 7 | 9-0 |
| 10 | Nov. 13 | West Virginia | Win | 24 | 16 | 10-0 |
| 11 | Nov. 26 | Penn State | Win | 24 | 7 | 11-0 |
| 12 | Jan. 1 | Georgia | Win | 27 | 3 | 12-0 |
Team Players drafted into in the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Tony Dorsett | Running Back | 1 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys |
| Larry Swider | Punter | 7 | 185 | Denver Broncos |
| Jim Corbett | Tight End | 7 | 194 | Cincinnati Bengals |
| Al Romano | Defensive Lineman | 11 | 289 | Houston Oilers |
| Carson Long | Kicker | 11 | 302 | Los Angeles Rams |
| Don Parrish | Defensive End | 12 | 314 | St. Louis Cardinals |
Awards and honors
- Tony Dorsett, Heisman Trophy [4]
- Tony Dorsett, Walter Camp Award[5]
- Tony Dorsett, Maxwell Award
- Tony Dorsett, led the nation in rushing with 1,948 yards
- Tony Dorsett, All-America selection
References
- ^ CNNSI.com - College Football - Heisman Heroes - Suzuki presents Heisman Heroes: Tony Dorsett - Friday August 25, 2000 01:29 PM
- ^ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=215&season=1976
- ^ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1977.htm
- ^ http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html
- ^ http://collegefootball.about.com/od/collegefootballawards/a/award-camp.htm
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