The 2021 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...
in the
2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season
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. The Panthers were led by seventh-year head coach
Pat Narduzzi
Patrick Regan Narduzzi (born April 22, 1966) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head coach at the University of Pittsburgh. He was formerly the defensive coordinator at Michigan State. He attended Youngstown State Universit ...
and played their home games at
Heinz Field
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. They competed in the
Atlantic Coast Conference
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(ACC). This was Pitt's ninth season as a member of the ACC. The Panthers won the ACC Championship with a record of 11–2 and a 45–21 victory over
Wake Forest in the
2021 ACC Championship Game, becoming the first school other than
Clemson or
Florida State
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to win the conference championship since
Virginia Tech
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in 2010.
Schedule
Roster
Rankings
Game summaries
UMass
at Tennessee
Western Michigan
No. 21 (FCS) New Hampshire
at Georgia Tech
at Virginia Tech
Clemson
Miami (FL)
at Duke
North Carolina
Virginia
at Syracuse
vs. No. 16 Wake Forest
vs. No. 10 Michigan State
Players drafted into the NFL
References
{{Atlantic Coast Conference football champions
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
Pittsburgh Panthers football seasons
Atlantic Coast Conference football champion seasons
Pittsburgh Panthers football
The Pittsburgh Panthers football program is the College athletics, intercollegiate American football, football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traditionally the most popular sport a ...