History Of Pitt Football Under All Chancellors Since 1890!

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

History of University of Pittsburgh Chancellors from the inception of College football until today. Please note Pitt football did not exist until 1890.

Moreover, Stassen my source admits its records are not well documented until after 1950.

Additionally, there are overlaps between Chancellor Tenures and Football Years whereby some are credited before and after their tenures were over, especially the Interim Acting Chancellors?

Chancellor Nordenberg did have more Football Coaches in Pitt History, but what he did in Academics, re-building the Football Program and having Pitt join the ACC is beyond evaluation, in my opinion.

Furthermore, Chancellor Nordenberg can also be given credit for helping to choose Chancellor Gallagher that has made changes to the Pitt Football Program, most Board Posters approve of right now.

Finally, there are Links for anyone to measure a more accurate picture of Pitt Football during any Era. One thing I learned is that Penn State actually started playing College Football in 1887, Pitt 1890, and WVU in 1891!

Chancellor George Woods 1858-1880
No Pitt Statistic On Football Only 8 Schools
LINKS:
http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin...=1869&end=1880&rpct=30&min=5&se=on&by=Win+Pct
Link:
http://www.stassen.com/

PITT Coaches Record Link:
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/pittsburgh/coaching_records.php

I-A Winning Percentage Statistics:
RANK-SCHOOL-%-W-L-T-GAMES

Chancellor Milton Goff
I-A Winning Percentage 1880-1890 (11 years)
Pitt Started playing football in 1890
No Coach In 1890-1894

Chancellor William Jacob Holland
I-A Winning Percentage 1891-1901 (11 years)
88 Pittsburgh 0.47917 33 36 3 72
No Coach 1890-1894 0.45000%
Anson F. Harrold 1893-1893 0.00000
J.P. Linn 1895-1895 0.14286
George W. Hoskins 1896-1896 0.33333
Thomas Gawthrop "Doggie" Trenchard 1897-1897 0.25000
Dr. Frederick A. Robinson 1898-1899 0.58824
Dr. M. Roy Jackson 1900-1900 0.55556

Chancellor John Brashear
I-A Winning Percentage 1901-1904 (4 years)
66 Pittsburgh 0.57317 22 16 3 41
Wilbur D. Hockensmith 1901-1901 0.75000
Frederick J. Crolius 1902-1902 0.45833
Arthur St. L. "Texas" Mosse 1903-1905 0.64063

Chancellor Samuel McCormick
I-A Winning Percentage 1904-1921 (18 years)
6 Pittsburgh 0.78221 124 32 7 163
Arthur St. L. "Texas" Mosse 1903-1905 0.64063
Edgar R. Wingard 1906-1906 0.60000
James A. Moorhead 1907-1907 0.80000
Joseph H. Thompson 1908-1912 0.67391
Joseph M. Duff, Jr. 1913-1914 0.80556
Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner 1915-1923 0.81579

Chancellor John Gabbert Bowman
I-A Winning Percentage 1921-1945 (25 years)
16 Pittsburgh 0.68670 153 66 14 233
Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner 1915-1923 0.81579
Dr. John B. "Jock" Sutherland 1924-1938 0.81818
Charles W. Bowser 1939-1942 0.41429
Clark D. Shaughnessy 1943-1945 0.37037

Chancellor Rufus Fitzgerald
I-A Winning Percentage 1945-1955 (11 years)
111 Pittsburgh 0.42718 43 58 2 103
Wesley E. "Wes" Fesler 1946-1946 0.38889
Walter S. "Mike" Milligan 1947-1949 0.48148
Leonard J. "Len" Casanova 1950-1950 0.11111
Lt. Thomas J. "Tom" Hamilton 1951-1954 0.43750
Lowell P. "Red" Dawson 1952-1954 0.45238

Chancellor Charles B. Nutting
I-A Winning Percentage 1955-1956 (2 years)
41 Pittsburgh 0.65909 14 7 1 22
John P. Michelosen 1955-1965 0.53125

Chancellor Edward H. Litchfield
I-A Winning Percentage 1956-1965 (10 years)
67t Pittsburgh 0.51980 49 45 7 101
John P. Michelosen 1955-1965 0.53125

Chancellor David Kurtzman
I-A Winning Percentage 1966-1967 (2 years)
129t Pittsburgh 0.10000 2 18 0 20
David R. Hart 1966-1968 0.10000

Chancellor Wesley Posvar
I-A Winning Percentage 1967-1991 (25 years)
35 Pittsburgh 0.57951 160 115 8 283
David R. Hart 1966-1968 0.10000
Carl A. DePasqua 1969-1972 0.30952
Johnny Majors 1973-1976 0.71277
Jackie Sherrill 1977-1981 0.84167
Serafino "Foge" Fazio 1982-1985 0.57609
Mike Gottfried 1986-1989 0.62222
Paul Hackett 1989-1992 0.39706

Chancellor J. Dennis O'Connor
I-A Winning Percentage 1991-1995 (5 years)
91t Pittsburgh 0.30357 17 39 0 56
Paul Hackett 1989-1992 0.39706
Sal Sunseri 1992-1992 0.00000
Johnny Majors 1993-1996 0.27273

Chancellor Mark Nordenberg
I-A Winning Percentage 1995-2014 (20 years)
58 Pittsburgh 0.51639 126 118 0 244
Johnny Majors 1993-1996 0.27273
Walt Harris 1997-2004 0.54167
Dave Wannstedt 2005-2010 0.57534
Phil Bennett 2010-2010 1.00000
Mike Haywood 2010-2010 0.00000
Todd Graham 2011-2011 0.50000
Keith Patterson 2011-2011 0.00000
Paul Chryst 2012-2014 0.48718
Joe Rudolph 2015-2015 0.00000

Chancellor Patrick D. Gallagher 2015-????
Pat Narduzzi 2015-???? ?.?

PITT FOOTBALL HISTORY
WIKIPEDIA LINK:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Panthers_football

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

We need to bring back Samuel McCormick. He got it.

 

[wbrpanther]

History of University of Pittsburgh Chancellors from the inception of College football until today. Please note Pitt football did not exist until 1890.

Moreover, Stassen my source admits its records are not well documented until after 1950.

Additionally, there are overlaps between Chancellor Tenures and Football Years whereby some are credited before and after their tenures were over, especially the Interim Acting Chancellors?

Chancellor Nordenberg did have more Football Coaches in Pitt History, but what he did in Academics, re-building the Football Program and having Pitt join the ACC is beyond evaluation, in my opinion.

Furthermore, Chancellor Nordenberg can also be given credit for helping to choose Chancellor Gallagher that has made changes to the Pitt Football Program, most Board Posters approve of right now.

Finally, there are Links for anyone to measure a more accurate picture of Pitt Football during any Era. One thing I learned is that Penn State actually started playing College Football in 1887, Pitt 1890, and WVU in 1891!

Chancellor George Woods 1858-1880
No Pitt Statistic On Football Only 8 Schools
LINKS:
http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin...=1869&end=1880&rpct=30&min=5&se=on&by=Win+Pct
Link:
http://www.stassen.com/

PITT Coaches Record Link:
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/pittsburgh/coaching_records.php

I-A Winning Percentage Statistics:
RANK-SCHOOL-%-W-L-T-GAMES

Chancellor Milton Goff
I-A Winning Percentage 1880-1890 (11 years)
Pitt Started playing football in 1890
No Coach In 1890-1894

Chancellor William Jacob Holland
I-A Winning Percentage 1891-1901 (11 years)
88 Pittsburgh 0.47917 33 36 3 72
No Coach 1890-1894 0.45000%
Anson F. Harrold 1893-1893 0.00000
J.P. Linn 1895-1895 0.14286
George W. Hoskins 1896-1896 0.33333
Thomas Gawthrop "Doggie" Trenchard 1897-1897 0.25000
Dr. Frederick A. Robinson 1898-1899 0.58824
Dr. M. Roy Jackson 1900-1900 0.55556

Chancellor John Brashear
I-A Winning Percentage 1901-1904 (4 years)
66 Pittsburgh 0.57317 22 16 3 41
Wilbur D. Hockensmith 1901-1901 0.75000
Frederick J. Crolius 1902-1902 0.45833
Arthur St. L. "Texas" Mosse 1903-1905 0.64063

Chancellor Samuel McCormick
I-A Winning Percentage 1904-1921 (18 years)
6 Pittsburgh 0.78221 124 32 7 163
Arthur St. L. "Texas" Mosse 1903-1905 0.64063
Edgar R. Wingard 1906-1906 0.60000
James A. Moorhead 1907-1907 0.80000
Joseph H. Thompson 1908-1912 0.67391
Joseph M. Duff, Jr. 1913-1914 0.80556
Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner 1915-1923 0.81579

Chancellor John Gabbert Bowman
I-A Winning Percentage 1921-1945 (25 years)
16 Pittsburgh 0.68670 153 66 14 233
Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner 1915-1923 0.81579
Dr. John B. "Jock" Sutherland 1924-1938 0.81818
Charles W. Bowser 1939-1942 0.41429
Clark D. Shaughnessy 1943-1945 0.37037

Chancellor Rufus Fitzgerald
I-A Winning Percentage 1945-1955 (11 years)
111 Pittsburgh 0.42718 43 58 2 103
Wesley E. "Wes" Fesler 1946-1946 0.38889
Walter S. "Mike" Milligan 1947-1949 0.48148
Leonard J. "Len" Casanova 1950-1950 0.11111
Lt. Thomas J. "Tom" Hamilton 1951-1954 0.43750
Lowell P. "Red" Dawson 1952-1954 0.45238

Chancellor Charles B. Nutting
I-A Winning Percentage 1955-1956 (2 years)
41 Pittsburgh 0.65909 14 7 1 22
John P. Michelosen 1955-1965 0.53125

Chancellor Edward H. Litchfield
I-A Winning Percentage 1956-1965 (10 years)
67t Pittsburgh 0.51980 49 45 7 101
John P. Michelosen 1955-1965 0.53125

Chancellor David Kurtzman
I-A Winning Percentage 1966-1967 (2 years)
129t Pittsburgh 0.10000 2 18 0 20
David R. Hart 1966-1968 0.10000

Chancellor Wesley Posvar
I-A Winning Percentage 1967-1991 (25 years)
35 Pittsburgh 0.57951 160 115 8 283
David R. Hart 1966-1968 0.10000
Carl A. DePasqua 1969-1972 0.30952
Johnny Majors 1973-1976 0.71277
Jackie Sherrill 1977-1981 0.84167
Serafino "Foge" Fazio 1982-1985 0.57609
Mike Gottfried 1986-1989 0.62222
Paul Hackett 1989-1992 0.39706

Chancellor J. Dennis O'Connor
I-A Winning Percentage 1991-1995 (5 years)
91t Pittsburgh 0.30357 17 39 0 56
Paul Hackett 1989-1992 0.39706
Sal Sunseri 1992-1992 0.00000
Johnny Majors 1993-1996 0.27273

Chancellor Mark Nordenberg
I-A Winning Percentage 1995-2014 (20 years)
58 Pittsburgh 0.51639 126 118 0 244
Johnny Majors 1993-1996 0.27273
Walt Harris 1997-2004 0.54167
Dave Wannstedt 2005-2010 0.57534
Phil Bennett 2010-2010 1.00000
Mike Haywood 2010-2010 0.00000
Todd Graham 2011-2011 0.50000
Keith Patterson 2011-2011 0.00000
Paul Chryst 2012-2014 0.48718
Joe Rudolph 2015-2015 0.00000

Chancellor Patrick D. Gallagher 2015-????
Pat Narduzzi 2015-???? ?.?

PITT FOOTBALL HISTORY
WIKIPEDIA LINK:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Panthers_football

Bowman was Chancellor for the greatest run of success in Pitt history, the Warner- Sutherland years. You would think he would be the last guy to de-emphasize the program, leading to the departure of Jock Sutherland.

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

Bowman was Chancellor for the greatest run of success in Pitt history, the Warner- Sutherland years. You would think he would be the last guy to de-emphasize the program, leading to the departure of Jock Sutherland.

In the 1920's there was a movement started by Ivy Schools to DE-emphasize the growing commercialization of College Football and Top Private Universities started to end Athletic Scholarships in favor of Academic ones and Bowman believed that was the proper thing to do.

Ivy League schools only award financial aid according to financial need, not athletic or academic ability. Ivy League schools have very high standards for acceptance and they do not give out financial awards after acceptance for anything other than family need. Ivy League coaches can, however, help student-athletes gain acceptance with academic qualifications that are much lower than the average applicant. It is important to note that this preferential treatment through the admissions process is not given to all athletes but only to those who a coach is seriously recruiting. Ivy League schools do have very aggressive financial aid programs so I recommend that families never turn down an opportunity to pursue an Ivy League education until they have reviewed their final financial aid package. Do not be afraid of the sticker price. If you are accepted to an Ivy League school, especially if you have a coach as an ally, they will work with your family to try to make it affordable for you to attend. There are several techniques you can use to help you leverage the negotiation process.
LINK:
http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009...y-league-schools-offer-athletic-scholarships/

In addition, Eastern Football Pitt, WVU, Penn State, and CUSE actually in late 1950s put in 25 Athletic Scholarship Limits (Later Adopted By The NCAA in 1975) when many Schools were giving out as many as 250 Rosters.

However, when Paterno took over Penn State he broke the Big Four Agreement by taking another 35 Red-shirts Freshmen when Pitt and the other Three schools limited their Red-shirts to 10 medical Red-shirts per year! Having 35 Freshemen Red-Shirts every year gave Paterno a big edge. Even today, Big Ten Schools do not having any Non-Qualifier Limits(SAT Score or QPA) just so they come and do college work and practice but don't play, but show they can handle college work, they are accepted with a scholarship. They also have bigger Rosters with more Walk-Ons and can afford to pay for all benefits needed to protect them too, kike Medical, Insurances, Meals,etc etc. When some Programs can take another 50 players for Walk-Ons they get Role Players often knowing to play by their 5th Year another big advantage sonce they can afford them!

This gave Joe a big edge back then but to be fair Joe was an excellent Coach too. Joe knew if you wanted to grow a Program you had to won 10+ games a year over a Ten Year Period and he did just that at Penn State.

Joe grew the PSU program from 46,284, 57,538, 60,203, 76,639, 83,770, 93,967, 107,282 and down to 106,000 after adding Handicapped Seats today over 100,000 and sought to protect the Program during the unfortunately Penn State Scandal Sandusky Abuse of Children.

Pitt and Bowman chose Academics and Pitt was curing Polio when Penn State just gained University Status. At one point in 1930's and the late 1950s and early 1960s Pitt was under consideration becoming an Ivy League School"

LINK:
The phrase Ivy League historically has been perceived as connected not only with academic excellence, but also with social elitism. In 1936, sportswriter John Kieran noted that student editors at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, and Penn were advocating the formation of an athletic association. In urging them to consider "Army and Navy and Georgetown and Fordham and Syracuse and Brown and Pitt" as candidates for membership, he exhorted: It would be well for the proponents of the Ivy League to make it clear (to themselves especially) that the proposed group would be inclusive but not "exclusive" as this term is used with a slight up-tilting of the tip of the nose.[103]
LINK:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League

 

[wbrpanther]

In the 1920's there was a movement started by Ivy Schools to DE-emphasize the growing commercialization of College Football and Top Private Universities started to end Athletic Scholarships in favor of Academic ones and Bowman believed that was the proper thing to do.

Ivy League schools only award financial aid according to financial need, not athletic or academic ability. Ivy League schools have very high standards for acceptance and they do not give out financial awards after acceptance for anything other than family need. Ivy League coaches can, however, help student-athletes gain acceptance with academic qualifications that are much lower than the average applicant. It is important to note that this preferential treatment through the admissions process is not given to all athletes but only to those who a coach is seriously recruiting. Ivy League schools do have very aggressive financial aid programs so I recommend that families never turn down an opportunity to pursue an Ivy League education until they have reviewed their final financial aid package. Do not be afraid of the sticker price. If you are accepted to an Ivy League school, especially if you have a coach as an ally, they will work with your family to try to make it affordable for you to attend. There are several techniques you can use to help you leverage the negotiation process.
LINK:
http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009...y-league-schools-offer-athletic-scholarships/

In addition, Eastern Football Pitt, WVU, Penn State, and CUSE actually in late 1950s put in 25 Athletic Scholarship Limits (Later Adopted By The NCAA in 1975) when many Schools were giving out as many as 250 Rosters.

However, when Paterno took over Penn State he broke the Big Four Agreement by taking another 35 Red-shirts Freshmen when Pitt and the other Three schools limited their Red-shirts to 10 medical Red-shirts per year! Having 35 Freshemen Red-Shirts every year gave Paterno a big edge. Even today, Big Ten Schools do not having any Non-Qualifier Limits(SAT Score or QPA) just so they come and do college work and practice but don't play, but show they can handle college work, they are accepted with a scholarship. They also have bigger Rosters with more Walk-Ons and can afford to pay for all benefits needed to protect them too, kike Medical, Insurances, Meals,etc etc. When some Programs can take another 50 players for Walk-Ons they get Role Players often knowing to play by their 5th Year another big advantage sonce they can afford them!

This gave Joe a big edge back then but to be fair Joe was an excellent Coach too. Joe knew if you wanted to grow a Program you had to won 10+ games a year over a Ten Year Period and he did just that at Penn State.

Joe grew the PSU program from 46,284, 57,538, 60,203, 76,639, 83,770, 93,967, 107,282 and down to 106,000 after adding Handicapped Seats today over 100,000 and sought to protect the Program during the unfortunately Penn State Scandal Sandusky Abuse of Children.

Pitt and Bowman chose Academics and Pitt was curing Polio when Penn State just gained University Status. At one point in 1930's and the late 1950s and early 1960s Pitt was under consideration becoming an Ivy League School"

LINK:
The phrase Ivy League historically has been perceived as connected not only with academic excellence, but also with social elitism. In 1936, sportswriter John Kieran noted that student editors at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, and Penn were advocating the formation of an athletic association. In urging them to consider "Army and Navy and Georgetown and Fordham and Syracuse and Brown and Pitt" as candidates for membership, he exhorted: It would be well for the proponents of the Ivy League to make it clear (to themselves especially) that the proposed group would be inclusive but not "exclusive" as this term is used with a slight up-tilting of the tip of the nose.[103]
LINK:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League

But Bowman expected Pitt to play the same national schedule. That's what Sutherland balked at.

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

But Bowman expected Pitt to play the same national schedule. That's what Sutherland balked at.

Different times and lack of vision!

 

[Panther_in_Kentucky]

I'll give you three modern day examples of the importance of football to major universities and their future growth ( including academically ):

1. Tulane. Great move by Tulane electing to opt out of the SEC because they were unwilling to do what was necessary to compete in that conference. I bet the BOT of Tulane would give their left testicle now to be in the SEC with what it has become.
2. Cincinnati. Cincinnati was a rival of U of L for decades and generally considered a better school. U of L invested heavily in athletics and leveraged it to bypass Cincinnati big time. Now U of L is an ACC member and experiencing tremendous growth both in the quality of their incoming students and athletics. Meanwhile Cincinnati will become nothing in a decade if they are not thrown a lifeline to a major conference.
3. Penn State. Here is a very average college comprised mainly of Branch Campuses. They invested heavily and consistently in football to generally be thought of as a peer to Pitt. What was the comparison in the 1950's and 1960's?

I hope Pitt's BOT's get and understand the message.

 

[chethejet]

Funniest pat of the big four agreement was that all scholarship players had to pass two years of a foreign language requirement to stay eligible. Paterno broke the agreement, which he did repeatedly and reduced it to one year as the nitwits couldn't meet the two year requirement. So much for the grand experiment.

 

[wbrpanther]

Funniest pat of the big four agreement was that all scholarship players had to pass two years of a foreign language requirement to stay eligible. Paterno broke the agreement, which he did repeatedly and reduced it to one year as the nitwits couldn't meet the two year requirement. So much for the grand experiment.

I seriously doubt that they even passed a one year requirement. Paterno's "grand experiment" was a farce from the get go.

 

[pittdan77]

I still remember my neighbor in college telling me that Pitt forced PSU to move to the B1G because they wouldn't play along with the Eastern football conference.