1991 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

1991 Pittsburgh Panthers football
1991 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	6–5 (3–2 Big East)
Head coach	Paul Hackett (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Bill Meyers (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Fred von Appen (2nd season)
Base defense	Multiple
Home stadium	Pitt Stadium
	Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

The 1991 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was Pitt's first season as a football member of the Big East Conference. They had been an independent since the program's inception in 1890.

Record6–5 (3–2 Big East)

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OffensivecoordinatorBill Meyers (2nd season)

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1991 Big East Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 11 Syracuse	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 1 Miami (FL)	2	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
Virginia Tech	1	–	0	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Pittsburgh	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
West Virginia	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Rutgers	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Boston College	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Temple	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

The Big East did not crown an official champion until 1993 when full league play began. Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	7:30 p.m.	at West Virginia		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl)	ESPN	W 34–3	68,041	^[1]
September 7	1:30 p.m.	Southern Miss*		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA		W 35–14	34,756	^[2]
September 14	12:00 p.m.	Temple	No. 24	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	Big East	W 26–7	31,084	^[3]
September 28	3:30 p.m.	at Minnesota*	No. 18	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	ABC	W 14–13	39,511	^[4]
October 5	1:30 p.m.	Maryland*	No. 17	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA		W 24–20	38,328	^[5]
October 12	1:30 p.m.	at No. 7 Notre Dame*	No. 12	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 7–42	59,075	^[6]
October 19	1:30 p.m.	No. 24 Syracuse	No. 20	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)		L 27–31	42,707	^[7]
October 26	1:30 p.m.	at No. 20 East Carolina*	No. 23	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC		L 23–24	36,000	^[8]
November 2	12:00 p.m.	at Boston College		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	Big East	L 12–38	25,872	^[9]
November 9	12:00 p.m.	Rutgers		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	Big East	W 22–17	19,680	^[10]
November 28	11:00 a.m.	No. 6 Penn State*		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	ABC	L 20–32	52,219	^[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time Source: ^[12]

1991 Pittsburgh Panthers football staff

Coaching staff Paul Hackett – Head coach Fred von Appen – Assistant head coach/defensive coordinator/defensive line Bill Meyers – Offensive coordinator/offensive line Marty Galbraith – Tight ends/kickers Jon Gruden – Wide receivers Chuck Jones – Special teams/defensive line Marvin Lewis – Outside linebackers Skip Peete – Running backs Nick Rapone– Secondary Sal Sunseri – Inside linebackers	Support staff Alex Kramer – Administrative assistant Larry Petroff – Recruiting coordinator Tom Gibbons – Graduate assistant Dan Maginnis – Graduate assistant Mike McCarthy – Graduate assistant	Strength and conditioning staff Tim Wilson – Strength and conditioning Coach

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