This is a list of Pittsburgh Panthers football seasons. The Pittsburgh Panthers football team is the American football team of the University of Pittsburgh, which is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as members of the Big East Conference. The Panthers have been members of the Big East since 1991. Before 1991 they competed as an Independent.
The Panthers began play in 1890. In total, the University officially recognizes nine national championships based on research published by Sports Illustrated in 1970. The NCAA's record book lists Pittsburgh as being selected for a National Championship by "major selectors" in eleven different seasons. Research by College Football Data Warehouse (CFBDW) has found that Pitt was selected as a national champion in 16 different seasons by at least one selector of championships. Of these, CFBDW officially recognizes six as national championship seasons for the University of Pittsburgh.
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