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March 18, 2015

Football Scheduling Note

Filed under: Football,Opponent(s) — Reed @ 11:36 am

Hot off the presses…

PITT AND TENNESSEE AGREE TO PLAY HOME-AND-HOME SERIES IN 2021 AND 2022

   PITTSBURGH—Pitt and Tennessee have agreed to a home-and-home football series for the 2021 and 2022 seasons, the schools announced today.  The initial game of the agreement will be played at Tennessee on September 11, 2021. The Panthers will host the Volunteers at Heinz Field on September 10, 2022.  Pitt and Tennessee have played just twice before. The Panthers won both meetings—30-6 in 1980 and 13-3 in 1983—with each of those games taking place at the Vols’ Neyland Stadium.

The 1980 game was memorable for being Pitt’s first encounter with its former head coach, Johnny Majors, who returned home to Tennessee after leading the Panthers to the 1976 national championship. Majors’ former top lieutenant at Pitt, Jackie Sherrill, succeeded him as the Panthers’ head coach. Sherrill’s 1980 squad, considered one of the finest in Pitt history, finished 11-1, including the victory at Tennessee.  NoteJackie Sherrill left PITT for the highest paid contract in college football at Texas A&M. Then came Foge Fazio.

The 1983 game served as the season opener for both teams. Pitt, under the direction of head coach Foge Fazio, defeated the host Volunteers, who were picked by Beano Cook in Sport magazine to win the national title that year. (In response to that prediction, Majors said that Cook, Pitt’s former sports information director, told him “he did it to get back at me for leaving Pittsburgh…Beano likes to kid around and play jokes.”)

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The Panthers’ finished the ’83 campaign with an 8-3-1 record and Fiesta Bowl berth. Tennessee did not win the national championship but did go 9-3, the Vols’ finest mark in 11 years.

Season tickets and mini-plans for the 2015 Pitt football season are now on sale. Call the Pitt Ticket Office at (800) 643-PITT (7488) or log on toPittsburghPanthers.com.

For the latest Pitt football news, follow the Panthers on Twitter and Instagram at @GoPittFootball.

Pitt’s future non-conference football opponents:

2016

Sept. 3             Villanova

Sept. 10          Penn State

Sept. 17          at Oklahoma State

Oct. 1               Marshall

2017

Sept. 2             Youngstown State (Paul Chryst:  “It’s a gimme!)

Sept. 9             at Penn State

Sept. 16          Oklahoma State

2018

Sept. 8             Penn State

Oct. 20            at Notre Dame

2019

Aug. 31           Delaware

Sept. 14          at Penn State

2020

Sept. 5             Richmond

Sept. 26          at Marshall

TBA                 Notre Dame

2021

Sept. 11          at Tennessee

2022

Sept. 10          Tennessee

 

 

 

 

 

 





@Reed

Thanks for getting us away from “hoops” depression.

H2P

Comment by pmdH2P 03.18.15 @ 11:44 am

Let’s hope this doesn’t bring back memories of what he used to do to us when he coached at Cincinnati. At least this will draw a crowd more so than say…..Youngstown St., Akron, etc.

Comment by tedsptman 03.18.15 @ 11:50 am

Good info. Wondering who is scheduling these games at the present time?

Comment by wbb 03.18.15 @ 11:52 am

Sweet! Knoxville seems like it would be a fun road trip.

Comment by JAM05Pitt 03.18.15 @ 12:02 pm

@Comment by wbb 03.18.15 @ 11:52 am

My first guess would be interim AD Randy J?

Not being a smart ass… Just sayin. I’d imagine he’s capable of fielding a call and setting up a game while still searching for an AD.

Comment by BostonsCommon 03.18.15 @ 12:05 pm

wbb – probably the Interim AD with the Ass’t AD -Director of football Ops Chris LaSala.

But that’s a good question.

Comment by Reed 03.18.15 @ 12:07 pm

@Comment by tedsptman 03.18.15 @ 11:50 am

I was thinking the same thing… Can’t keep Butch Jones or Brain Kelly off the schedule!

Comment by BostonsCommon 03.18.15 @ 12:15 pm

Over/under on how many coaching changes we endure before the game at Knoxville in 2021?

Comment by Pap76 03.18.15 @ 12:18 pm

@Comment by Pap76 03.18.15 @ 12:18 pm

Considering Pitt’s recent history, the fact that the game is still 7 full seasons out, and that only 24/127 football programs have had their current coach for at least 7 years….

You could comfortably set the line at 1.5, at least… maybe 3.5 or 4.5 if you start considering interim coaches too!

Comment by BostonsCommon 03.18.15 @ 12:27 pm

link to triblive.com

We can also add @ND in 2023 and at home in 2025

Comment by tedsptman 03.18.15 @ 12:56 pm

Randy Juhl signed the contract. a copy is available here
link to grfx.cstv.com

Comment by Jamie H 03.18.15 @ 1:41 pm

PSU in 2021 and 2022 pleassseeeee
Maybe WVU too PLEASEEEEE

Comment by Benzene 03.18.15 @ 2:49 pm

Don’t understand why Villanova is on the schedule.

Since they won’t play us in basketball. A football game against them is a lose/lose.

Comment by Emel 03.18.15 @ 2:52 pm

Seven years? That’s like, two head coaches from now. 🙂

Comment by 2$Chuck 03.18.15 @ 2:56 pm

Awesome addition to the schedule. Definitely be worth looking into as a road trip. Though they’ve struggled recently, Tennessee has tradition. Here’s a chance to sit with 100K without having to visit Pedo St.

Comment by hacky3 03.18.15 @ 3:27 pm

Bring some Panther poop for Smokey ! ha

Comment by Emel 03.18.15 @ 5:17 pm

If wvcc played Tennessee, the mascots could shoot at each other after each score!

Comment by Savannah Panther 03.18.15 @ 5:36 pm

lol Savannah. And both groups of redneck fans could brawl at mid-field for the halftime show.

Bring your Own Whiskey Bottle (for a weapon)

Comment by Emel 03.18.15 @ 7:08 pm

Emil,
To the contrary, I made both trips to Knoxville and found the Vol fans to be as nice to the visitors after Pitt beat them as they were before the game. Very nice fan base in Ten. What college fan base is supposed to be.

Comment by Spindler's Spirit 03.18.15 @ 7:32 pm

Again it was in jest. smh

Comment by Emel 03.19.15 @ 2:18 am

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