American college football season
The 2015 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Panthers were led by first year head coach Pat Narduzzi and played their home games at Heinz Field . They were a member of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). This was Pitt's third season as a member of the ACC. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in ACC play to finish in second place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Military Bowl where they lost to Navy .
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 5 1:00 p.m. No. 14 (FCS ) Youngstown State * ESPN3 W 45–3749,969
September 12 6:00 p.m. at Akron * ESPN3 W 24–723,425
September 19 8:00 p.m. at Iowa * BTN L 24–2763,636
October 3 12:00 p.m. at Virginia Tech ACCRSN W 17–1349,120
October 10 12:30 p.m. Virginia Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA ACCN W 26–1945,237
October 17 12:30 p.m. at Georgia Tech ACCN W 31–2846,208
October 24 12:00 p.m. at Syracuse No. 25 ESPNU W 23–2029,832
October 29 7:00 p.m. North Carolina No. 23 Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA ESPN L 19–2643,049
November 7 12:00 p.m. No. 8 Notre Dame * Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry ) ABC L 30–4268,400
November 14 12:00 p.m. at Duke ESPNews W 31–1330,243
November 21 3:45 p.m. Louisville Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA ESPNews W 45–3442,119
November 27 12:00 p.m. Miami (FL) Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA ESPN2 L 24–2940,126
December 28 2:30 p.m. at No. 21 Navy * ESPN L 28–4436,352[ 1]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP — — — — — — — 25 23 RV — RV RV — — — Coaches — RV RV — — — — RV 24 RV RV RV RV — RV — CFP Not released — — — — — — Not released
2015 Pittsburgh Panthers football staff
Coaching staff
Support staff
Chris LaSala – Assistant Athletic Director/football operations
Bob Junko – Director of player development and High School Relations
Ben Mathers – Director of football operations
Mark Diethorn – Director of Recruiting
Ryan Turnley – Offensive graduate assistant
Mike Shanahan – Offensive graduate assistant
Scott McKillop – Defensive graduate assistant
Phil DeCapito – Defensive graduate assistant
Strength and conditioning staff
Dave Andrews – Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
Freddie Walker – Assistant strength and conditioning coach
Austin Addington-Strapp – Assistant strength and conditioning coach
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Team players drafted into the NFL [ edit ]
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