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. Note: Jackie 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.”)
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.
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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
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.
But that’s a good question.
I was thinking the same thing… Can’t keep Butch Jones or Brain Kelly off the schedule!
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!
We can also add @ND in 2023 and at home in 2025
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Maybe WVU too PLEASEEEEE
Since they won’t play us in basketball. A football game against them is a lose/lose.
Bring your Own Whiskey Bottle (for a weapon)
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.
Thanks for getting us away from “hoops” depression.
H2P