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The University of Pittsburgh Department of Athletics administers the 19 men's and women's varsity sports teams, as well as the spirit groups such as the Pitt Band and Pitt Cheerleaders. The Athletic Department also provides student-athlete academic support, the Panther Game Plan student-athlete life skills program, athletic training, marketing, development, media relations, and other support and administrative services and divisions. Pitt has played Notre Dame on a semi-regular basis since 1899, with never more than three years passing between contests since 1943. The two universities recently are in the midst of a contract to play eight games between 2008 and 2015. Notre Dame is tied for Pitt's third most played opponent in football while Pitt is Notre Dame's fifth most played opponent. In other sports, Pitt and Notre Dame both compete against each other regularly as members of the Big East Conference and those competitions continue when both schools moved into the ACC.
College football always starts with loads of intrigue given the unknowns as well as nonconference teams facing off against each other. The southeastern corner of Art Rooney Avenue provides a great vantage point to welcome the team to the stadium for the Panther Prowl. The Panthers welcome a Southeastern Conference opponent to Pittsburgh for the first time ever as the Tennessee Volunteers come north for the second Johnny Majors Classic of a two-game home-and-home agreement between the two programs forever connected by the legendary coach. This game comes down to whichever quarterback takes better care of the football and hits a few big passes down the field. After rattling off a couple of wins over ACC opponents, Pitt looks to extend its conference win streak to three games when they take on Duke this Saturday at Acrisure Stadium. In the first half of the 20th century, a rivalry against Carnegie Tech , as well as a regional rivalry with Washington & Jefferson College ended following the deemphasis of the football and other athletic programs at those institutions post-World War II.
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Kancey picked up a first-team All-American honor from Sporting News, joining his prior first-team honors from the Walter... Pitt fans interested in 2022 football season tickets can also fill out a ticket interest form here. After nearly a month away from home, Pitt opens November with another showdown against Syracuse, a team that the Panthers have played in football each season since 1955. Pitt, on the other hand, lost the turnover margin in three straight games up until their win over Virginia. Leonard ranks No. 2 on the team in carries and has the most rushing touchdowns out of anybody on the roster. Leonard is no slouch throwing the football either — the sophomore is up to 2,113 yards and 15 touchdowns on the season.
Founded in 1998, the University of Pittsburgh Ultimate Club plays in USA Ultimate's D-I College Championship Series, the highest level of collegiate competition in the sport. The 2005 season marked the first time the team qualified for the National Championship tournament. Since 2005, Pitt has qualified for the National Championship tournament for 15 consecutive seasons which has been highlighted in winning back-to-back National Championships in 2012 and 2013, and playing for another national title in 2018. In addition to winning the 2012 and 2013 National Titles, the team has won 3 College Easterns Championships , 15 consecutive Western Pennsylvania Conference titles (2005–2019), and 7 Ohio Valley Regional Titles (2011–2015, 2017 and 2018). The Callahan Award, which is presented annually to the most valuable collegiate player in the sport, was awarded to Pitt players Trent Dillon in 2016 and Michael Ing in 2019.
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Pitt senior quarterback Kedon Slovis didn’t turnover the ball a single time against the Cavaliers. Trees Fields – practice and intramural fields, and future site of a new track and field and band complex. Pitt's Swimming and Diving teams have produced several Olympians and dominated the Big East Conference having won 19 men's and 9 women's Big East Championships while a member of that conference between 1983 and 2013.
That being said, none of the non-basketball and football programs have won a championship at the NCAA level. Pitt began playing men's basketball in 1905 and soon become a national power. In the era preceding the initiation of national tournaments, the Panthers were both contemporaneously and later retroactively, by the Helms Athletic Foundation (1927–28 and 1929–30) and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll (1927–28), regarded as national champions. Those teams, coached by the innovative Naismith Hall of Fame inductee "Doc" Carlson, were led by National Player of the Year and Hall of Famer Charlie Hyatt.
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The Panther Club was previously known as Team Pittsburgh, and prior to 1997, was known as the Golden Panthers. Although independent of the Athletic Department, the Pitt Alumni Association often coordinates with the Athletic Department and Panther Club in hosting events corresponding with both home and away athletic events. The team moved into a new facility, Ambrose Urbanic Field at the Petersen Sports Complex, in the spring of 2011. It advanced to the NCAA College Cup during the 2020 season (the 2020 season NCAA tournament was played in May 2021 due to COVID-19).
In their inaugural season, the Panthers won both the regular season and tournament championships and advanced to the National Sweet 16. The Panthers play their home games at Turner Valley Fields in Norwin PA, Pitt has contributed to the growing popularity of rugby in Western Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh Panthers women's varsity basketball program started during the 1914–1915 school year and lasted until 1927 before going on hiatus until 1970. Pitt's women's team has posted several NCAA, NWIT, and EAIAW regional tournament appearances. Between 2006 and 2010, Pitt has appeared in the national rankings and advanced to five straight post-season tournaments.
However, with Pitt being moved to the ACC in 2013, the series is on hiatus for the foreseeable future with Pitt leading the all-time series 8–4. Pitt's played in the Sun Bowl four times before, with the two most recent instances coming a decade apart. Pitt lost both games - the first in a historically ugly 3-0 affair to the Beavers in 2008 and again to Stanford, after falling in the ACC Championship game.
Softball began play in 1998 as an independent and entered the Big East in 1999. All of Pitt's Big East sports transitioned to the ACC beginning in the 2013–14 season. Pitt's men's gymnastic team competed in the Intercollegiate Gymnastic League. Pitt wrestling competed in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association until it entered the Eastern Wrestling League in 1976 where it competed before moving into the ACC in 2013–14. The men's swimming and diving team previously competed in the Eastern Collegiate Swimming Association.
Pitt's biggest rivalry in recent years has been with West Virginia University, which began with football games that date back to 1895, and spills across multiple sports. The football rivalry represents the most played opponent for each school, and in recent seasons has been traditionally played on Thanksgiving weekend, with the result often having implications both on the conference and national level. A men's basketball rivalry with WVU shared an intensity similar to that of the football one, and was also shared between the women's basketball teams as well.
The Panthers need to win on third downs — on both sides of the ball — to come away with a victory. The major advantage the Panthers have coming into this game is that they get off of the field on third downs. Quarterback Kedon Slovis passes the ball off to junior running back Israel Abanikanda during Pitt football’s game against Rhode Island on Sept. 24. Varsity Walk is a walkway between the Cathedral of Learning and Heinz Memorial Chapel on which is carved the names of former Pitt athletes who have promoted the university through their athletic or academic (Blue-Gold Award) achievements. Acrisure Stadium is a cashless venue and will accept credit and debit cards as well as Apple and Google Pay. For all other Pitt home games, Art Rooney Avenue will continue to serve as the epicenter of pre-game fan activities.
The game is also Education Day, with educators available to receive discounted tickets and more.
Mobile TicketsAs mobile ticketing has become more prevalent, we encourage fans to download their tickets prior to arriving at the gate. See below for key information all Pitt fans should know before heading to the North Shore to watch the Panthers this season. Annually one of the most anticipated dates of the University's calendar, this year's Homecoming ends a stretch of five home games in six weeks and could prove pivotal for Pitt's quest for another ACC title.
Following a Final Four appearance in 1941, Pitt appeared in a handful of NCAA tournaments throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, including an Elite Eight appearance in 1974 led by All-American Billy Knight. Pitt entered the Big East Conference in 1982, and by the end of the decade had secured a pair of Big East regular season championships led by All-Americans Charles Smith and Jerome Lane. The last decade has been an era of consistent national and conference competitiveness that included 10 straight NCAA tournament appearances with five Sweet 16 appearances and an Elite Eight appearance in 2009. Pitt men's basketball plays its home games at the Petersen Events Center and is coached by Jeff Capel. Pitt's athletic teams have competed as independents or in various conferences throughout their history. Football competed as an independent until the formation of the Big East Football Conference in 1991 in which it remained a member through the 2012 season.
Pitt was ranked as having the fifth best combination of football and basketball programs in CBSSports.com's Flourishing Five ranking in 2010. In its "Hoops & Helmets" list of the best combinations, CollegeFootballNews.com ranked Pitt ninth in 2011, fifth in 2010, third in 2009, 30th in 2007, 26th in 2006, 12th in 2005, fourth in 2004, and third in 2003. Pitt was also ranked 19th for the best combined football and basketball programs during the BCS era and among the top 25 between 1974 and 2008 by Rivals.com. In addition, ESPN.com used the Sagarin mathematical system to rate universities based on the strength of their performance in football and men's basketball for five years through 2006 and found Pitt was tied for 10th as one of the nation's top two-sport schools. Further, in a 2006 all-sports ranking done by Sports Illustrated on Campus, Pitt was ranked 17th among all of the country's universities in terms of the overall strength of its athletic program.
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