PANTHER NATION · ACC · SINCE 1896
Pittsburgh Season by Season
Every Pittsburgh football season on one page back to 1896: won-lost records, conference records, bowl results and final rankings for all 128 of them.
SEASON BY SEASON
128 SEASONS · 1896–2026 · 688–517–37 ALL-TIME · 13 NAMED BOWL GAMES
| SEASON | RECORD | CONFERENCE | BOWL | FINAL RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 2025 | 8–5 | 6–2 | Go Bowling Military Bowl (L) | – |
| 2024 | 7–6 | 3–5 | GameAbove Sports Bowl (L) | – |
| 2023 | 3–9 | 2–6 | – | – |
| 2022 | 9–4 | 5–3 | Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl (W) | #22 |
| 2021 | 11–3 | 8–1 | Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (L) | #13 |
| 2020 | 6–5 | 5–5 | – | – |
| 2019 | 8–5 | 4–4 | QUICK LANE BOWL (W) | – |
| 2018 | 7–7 | 6–3 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 2017 | 5–7 | 3–5 | – | – |
| 2016 | 8–5 | 5–3 | NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL (L) | – |
| 2015 | 8–5 | 6–2 | MILITARY BOWL PRESENTED BY NORTHROP GRUMMAN (L) | – |
| 2014 | 6–7 | 4–4 | LOCKHEED MARTIN ARMED FORCES BOWL (L) | – |
| 2013 | 7–6 | 3–5 | LITTLE CAESARS BOWL (W) | – |
| 2012 | 6–7 | 3–4 | BBVA COMPASS BOWL (L) | – |
| 2011 | 6–7 | 4–3 | BBVA COMPASS BOWL (L) | – |
| 2010 | 8–5 | 5–2 | BBVA COMPASS BOWL (W) | – |
| 2009 | 10–3 | 5–2 | Postseason (not named) | #15 |
| 2008 | 9–4 | 5–2 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 2007 | 5–7 | 3–4 | – | – |
| 2006 | 6–6 | 2–5 | – | – |
| 2005 | 5–6 | 4–3 | – | – |
| 2004 | 8–4 | 4–2 | FIESTA BOWL (L) | #25 |
| 2003 | 8–5 | 5–2 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 2002 | 9–4 | 5–2 | Postseason (not named) | #24 |
| 2001 | 7–5 | 4–3 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 2000 | 7–5 | 4–3 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1999 | 5–6 | 2–5 | – | – |
| 1998 | 2–9 | 0–7 | – | – |
| 1997 | 6–6 | 4–3 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1996 | 4–7 | 3–4 | – | – |
| 1995 | 2–9 | 0–7 | – | – |
| 1994 | 3–8 | 2–5 | – | – |
| 1993 | 3–8 | 2–5 | – | – |
| 1992 | 3–9 | 1–3 | – | – |
| 1991 | 6–5 | 3–2 | – | – |
| 1990 | 3–7–1 | – | – | – |
| 1989 | 7–3–1 | – | Postseason (not named) | #17 |
| 1988 | 6–5 | – | – | – |
| 1987 | 8–4 | – | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1986 | 5–5–1 | – | – | – |
| 1985 | 5–5–1 | – | – | – |
| 1984 | 3–7–1 | – | – | – |
| 1983 | 8–3–1 | – | Postseason (not named) | #18 |
| 1982 | 9–3 | – | Postseason (not named) | #10 |
| 1981 | 11–1 | – | Postseason (not named) | #4 |
| 1980 | 11–1 | – | Postseason (not named) | #2 |
| 1979 | 11–1 | – | Postseason (not named) | #7 |
| 1978 | 8–4 | – | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1977 | 9–2–1 | – | Postseason (not named) | #8 |
| 1976 | 12–0 | – | Postseason (not named) | #1 |
| 1975 | 8–4 | – | Postseason (not named) | #15 |
| 1974 | 7–4 | – | – | – |
| 1973 | 6–5–1 | – | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1972 | 1–10 | – | – | – |
| 1971 | 3–8 | – | – | – |
| 1970 | 5–5 | – | – | – |
| 1969 | 4–6 | – | – | – |
| 1968 | 1–9 | – | – | – |
| 1967 | 1–9 | – | – | – |
| 1966 | 1–9 | – | – | – |
| 1965 | 3–7 | – | – | – |
| 1964 | 3–5–2 | – | – | – |
| 1963 | 9–1 | – | – | #4 |
| 1962 | 5–5 | – | – | – |
| 1961 | 3–7 | – | – | – |
| 1960 | 4–3–3 | – | – | – |
| 1959 | 5–4 | – | – | #20 |
| 1958 | 5–4–1 | – | – | – |
| 1957 | 4–6 | – | – | – |
| 1956 | 7–3–1 | – | Postseason (not named) | #13 |
| 1955 | 7–4 | – | Postseason (not named) | #11 |
| 1954 | 4–5 | – | – | – |
| 1953 | 3–5–1 | – | – | – |
| 1952 | 6–3 | – | – | – |
| 1951 | 3–7 | – | – | – |
| 1950 | 1–8 | – | – | – |
| 1949 | 6–3 | – | – | – |
| 1948 | 4–3 | – | – | – |
| 1947 | 1–8 | – | – | – |
| 1946 | 2–5–1 | – | – | – |
| 1945 | 3–7 | – | – | – |
| 1944 | 3–5 | – | – | – |
| 1943 | 3–4 | – | – | – |
| 1942 | 3–5 | – | – | – |
| 1941 | 3–6 | – | – | – |
| 1940 | 3–4–1 | – | – | – |
| 1939 | 5–4 | – | – | – |
| 1938 | 8–2 | – | – | #8 |
| 1937 | 9–0–1 | – | – | #1 |
| 1936 | 8–1–1 | – | Postseason (not named) | #3 |
| 1935 | 7–1–2 | – | – | – |
| 1934 | 7–1 | – | – | – |
| 1933 | 8–1 | – | – | – |
| 1932 | 8–1–2 | – | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1931 | 7–1 | – | – | – |
| 1930 | 5–2–1 | – | – | – |
| 1929 | 9–1 | – | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1928 | 5–2–1 | – | – | – |
| 1927 | 6–1–1 | – | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1926 | 4–2–2 | – | – | – |
| 1925 | 8–1 | – | – | – |
| 1924 | 3–3–1 | – | – | – |
| 1923 | 4–4 | – | – | – |
| 1922 | 7–2 | – | – | – |
| 1921 | 4–3–1 | – | – | – |
| 1920 | 5–0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1919 | 5–2–1 | – | – | – |
| 1918 | 4–0 | – | – | – |
| 1917 | 8–0 | – | – | – |
| 1916 | 7–0 | – | – | – |
| 1915 | 6–0 | – | – | – |
| 1914 | 6–1 | – | – | – |
| 1913 | 5–2–1 | – | – | – |
| 1912 | 1–5 | – | – | – |
| 1911 | 3–2–1 | – | – | – |
| 1910 | 7–0 | – | – | – |
| 1909 | 5–2–1 | – | – | – |
| 1908 | 7–2 | – | – | – |
| 1907 | 8–2 | – | – | – |
| 1906 | 4–3 | – | – | – |
| 1905 | 6–2 | – | – | – |
| 1904 | 1–0 | – | – | – |
| 1903 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1902 | 1–1 | – | – | – |
| 1901 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1900 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1896 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
Conference records aren’t recorded for earlier seasons, so those rows show overall records only.
26 further seasons include postseason games our source doesn’t name. They may be bowls, conference championship games or other postseason games, so they aren’t added to the bowl total above.
Final rankings begin with the 1936 season, when the AP poll started. Earlier seasons are blank because no poll existed, not because the team was unranked.