# 1982 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1982 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh as independent in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 9 | 9:00 p.m. | No. 5 North Carolina | No. 1 | Three Rivers StadiumPittsburgh, PA | CBS | W 7–6 | 54,449 |
| September 18 | 7:00 p.m. | at Florida State | No. 2 | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL | | W 37–17 | 56,236 |
| September 25 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 19 Illinois | No. 3 | Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL | | W 20–3 | 71,547 |
| October 2 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 14 West Virginia | No. 2 | Pitt StadiumPittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl) | ABC | W 16–13 | 57,250 |
| October 16 | 1:30 p.m. | Temple | No. 3 | Pitt StadiumPittsburgh, PA | | W 38–7 | 57,250 |
| October 23 | 1:30 p.m. | at Syracuse | No. 2 | Carrier DomeSyracuse, NY (rivalry) | | W 14–0 | 42,321 |
| October 30 | 1:30 p.m. | Louisville | No. 1 | Pitt StadiumPittsburgh, PA | | W 63–14 | 53,017 |
| November 6 | 1:30 p.m. | Notre Dame | No. 1 | Pitt StadiumPittsburgh, PA (rivalry) | | L 16–31 | 60,162 |
| November 13 | 1:30 p.m. | at Army | No. 8 | Michie StadiumWest Point, NY | ESPN | W 24–6 | 40,475 |
| November 20 | 1:30 p.m. | Rutgers | No. 6 | Pitt StadiumPittsburgh, PA | ESPN | W 52–6 | 46,728 |
| November 26 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 2 Penn State | No. 5 | Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA (rivalry) | ABC | L 10–19 | 85,522 |
| January 1, 1983 | 1:30 p.m. | vs. No. 4 SMU | No. 6 | Cotton BowlDallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | CBS | L 3–7 | 60,359 |
| HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | 1 (36) | 1 (33) | 2 (16) | 3 (10) | 2 (19) | 2 (15) | 3 (9) | 2 (17) | 1 (21) | 1 (48) | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| Coaches Poll | 1 (26) | — | 1 (17) | 1 (17) | 1 (19) | 2 (16) | 3 (7) | 2 (11) | 2 (12) | 1 (33) | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 |

## Game summaries
### North Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tar Heels | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| • Panthers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### West Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| West Virginia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| • Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 |

### At Penn State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #5 Pittsburgh | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| • #2 Penn State | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 19 |

### Vs. SMU (Cotton Bowl)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| • Mustangs | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

## 1983 NFL Draft

| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Jim Covert | Tackle | 1 | 6 | Chicago Bears |
| Tim Lewis | Defensive back | 1 | 11 | Green Bay Packers |
| Dan Marino | Quarterback | 1 | 27 | Miami Dolphins |
| Bryan Thomas | Running back | 5 | 132 | Green Bay Packers |
| Dave Puzzuoli | Defensive tackle | 6 | 149 | Cleveland Browns |
| Ron Sams | Guard | 6 | 160 | Green Bay Packers |
| Rich Kraynak | Linebacker | 8 | 201 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Rob Fada | Guard | 9 | 230 | Chicago Bears |
| Julius Dawkins | Wide receiver | 12 | 320 | Buffalo Bills |