The 2023 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers were led by ninth-year head coach Pat Narduzzi and played their home games at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Panthers football team drew an average home attendance of 48,122 in 2023.
This was Pitt's eleventh season as a member of the ACC. Just two years removed from an ACC Championship, Pitt finished With a record of 3–9, their worst record since 1998.
Transfers
Outgoing Name Pos. New school Ak’Bar Shabazz II CB West VirginiaJudson Tallandier CB AkronJaden Bradley WR CharlotteJaylon Barden WR Georgia SouthernSamuel Willams EDGE Murray StateKhalil Anderson CB East Tennessee StateIsaiah Stewart WR NoneKedon Slovis QB BYUKyi Wright TE James MadisonJohn Morgan EDGE ArkansasVincent Davis RB UNLVGavin Thomson WR UNLVMyles Alston WR Old DominionSam Vander Haar P None
Incoming Name Pos. Previous school Phil Jurkovec QB Boston CollegeDerrick Davis Jr. RB LSUDonovan McMillon S FloridaDaejon Reynolds WR FloridaJackson Brown OT CaliforniaChristian Veilleux QB Penn StateJeff Yurk P ElonMalcolm Epps TE USC
Schedule Pittsburgh and the ACC announced the 2023 football schedule on January 30, 2023. The 2023 season was the conference's first season since 2004 that its scheduling format included just one division. The new format set Pittsburgh with three set conference opponents, while playing the remaining ten teams twice in a four–year cycle. The Panthers' three set conference opponents for the next four years are Boston College, Syracuse, and Virginia Tech.
Rankings
Players drafted into the NFL
3 79 Matt Goncalves OT Indianapolis Colts 5 170 Bub Means WR New Orleans Saints 7 229 M. J. Devonshire DB Las Vegas Raiders
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