Schedule
The official Big East schedule was released on March 6, and the Panthers' schedule includes five nationally televised games. The times of the two weeknight games on the schedule, at Louisville and at Rutgers, were announced with the initial release schedule. The Panthers' home intraconference games include Cincinnati, Connecticut, South Florida, and Syracuse; the away games include West Virginia, Louisville, and Rutgers. The Panthers nonconference games had been scheduled well in advance of the 2009 season, but the conference games took longer to schedule due to the difficulty some Big East teams had when trying to schedule their own nonconference opponents. The scheduled times for Pitt's first three games of the season were announced on July 7. A month later, on August 7, it was announced that the game against NC State was scheduled for 3:30 pm and to be broadcast nationally by ESPNU.
On October 26, the Syracuse game was announced as a noon kickoff for ESPNU, and on November 2, the Notre Dame game was announced as an 8:00 p.m. prime time telecast on ABC.
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat. Sep. 5 | 1:00 p.m. | Youngstown State* | Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA | W 38–3 | 48,497 | |||
| Sat. Sep. 12 | 12:00 p.m. | at Buffalo* | University at Buffalo Stadium • Amherst, NY | ESPN+, ESPN GamePlan, ESPN360 | W 54–27 | 21,870 | ||
| Sat. Sep. 19 | 6:00 p.m. | Navy* | Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA | ESPN360 | W 27–14 | 55,064 | ||
| Sat. Sep. 26 | 3:30 p.m. | at North Carolina State* | Carter-Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC | ESPNU | L 31–38 | 57,583 | ||
| Fri. Oct. 2 | 8:00 p.m. | at Louisville | Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY | ESPN2, ESPN360 | W 35–10 | 39,948 | ||
| Sat. Oct. 10 | 3:30 p.m. | Connecticut | Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA | ABC and ESPN | W 24–21 | 44,839 | ||
| Fri. Oct. 16 | 8:00 p.m. | at Rutgers | Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ | ESPN, ESPN360 | W 24–17 | 50,296 | ||
| Sat. Oct. 24 | 12:00 p.m. | South Florida | #20 | Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA | ESPN+, ESPN Gameplan, ESPN360 | W 41–14 | 50,019 | |
| Sat. Nov. 7 | 12:00 p.m. | Syracuse | #14 | Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA | ESPNU | W 37–10 | 46,885 | |
| Sat. Nov. 14 | 8:00 p.m. | Notre Dame* | #8 | Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA | ABC/ESPN Gameplan/ESPN360 | W 27–22 | 65,374 | |
| Fri. Nov. 27 | 7:00 p.m. | at West Virginia | #8 | Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl) | ESPN2 | L 16–19 | 56,123 | |
| Sat. Dec. 5 | 12:00 p.m. | #5 Cincinnati | #14 | Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA (River City Rivalry) | ABC | L 44–45 | 63,387 | |
| Sat. Dec. 26 | 4:30 p.m. | vs. North Carolina* | #17 | Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC (Meineke Car Care Bowl) | ESPN | W 19–17 | 50,389 | |
- Television broadcast notes
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