1927–28 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team

The 1927–28 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 1927–28 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Doc Carlson, coaching in his sixth season with the Panthers. The team finished the season with a 21–0 record.^[1]

1927–28 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball
Helms Foundation National Champions Premo-Porretta National Champions
Conference	Independent
Record	21–0
Head coach	Doc Carlson (6th season)
Captain	Sykes Reed
Home arena	Pitt Pavilion
Seasons ← 1926–27 1928–29 →

The 1929 edition of The Owl yearbook notes that the team was "universally recognized as national champions, having hung up the best collegiate record in the country."^[2]

It is the only undefeated team in Pitt's history, and that season they were one of only two teams to finish with an unblemished record.^[3] Chuck Hyatt and Sykes Reed were named consensus All-Americans at the end of the season.

The team was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll (the Panthers would receive retroactive recognition as the Helms national champion for the 1929–30 season as well).^[4][5]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/15/1927*		at Michigan	W 49–39	1–0	Yost Field House  Ann Arbor, MI
12/16/1927*		at Chicago	W 36–26	2–0	Chicago, IL
12/17/1927*		at Northwestern	W 39–34	3–0	Old Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, IL
12/19/1927*		at Iowa	W 44–40 OT	4–0	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
12/23/1927*		Dartmouth	W 64–33	5–0	Pitt Pavilion  Pittsburgh, PA
12/31/1927*		Ohio State	W 50–32	6–0	Pitt Pavilion  Pittsburgh, PA
1/6/1928*		Syracuse	W 45–24	7–0	Pitt Pavilion  Pittsburgh, PA
1/13/1928*		Carnegie Tech	W 67–38	8–0	Pitt Pavilion  Pittsburgh, PA
1/18/1928*		West Virginia	W 51–26	9–0	Pitt Pavilion  Pittsburgh, PA
2/3/1928*		at Colgate	W 48–37	10–0	Hamilton, NY
2/4/1928*		at Army	W 42–36	11–0	West Point, NY
2/8/1928*		at Carnegie Tech	W 50–28	12–0	Pittsburgh, PA
2/10/1928*		Penn State	W 48–25	13–0	Pitt Pavilion  Pittsburgh, PA
2/15/1928*		Allegheny	W 56–32	14–0	Pitt Pavilion  Pittsburgh, PA
2/18/1928*		Notre Dame	W 24–22	15–0	Pitt Pavilion  Pittsburgh, PA
2/22/1928*		at Carnegie Tech	W 59–38	16–0	Pittsburgh, PA
2/25/1928*		Washington & Jefferson	W 44–33	17–0	Pitt Pavilion  Pittsburgh, PA
2/28/1928*		Grove City	W 54–27	18–0	Pitt Pavilion  Pittsburgh, PA
3/2/1928*		at West Virginia	W 45–42	19–0	Morgantown, WV
3/5/1928*		at Washington & Jefferson	W 33–32	20–0	Washington, PA
3/10/1928*		at Penn State	W 45–28	21–0	PSU Armory  University Park, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[3]

References

1. "Pittsburgh Panthers season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
2. Anderson, WM. Niles, ed. (1929). "Athletics — Varsity Basketball — National Champions". The 1929 Owl. Vol. XXIII. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Junior Class of the University of Pittsburgh. p. 126. Retrieved January 23, 2023. They were universally recognized as national champions, having hung up the best collegiate record in the country.
3. "2013–14 Pittsburgh Panthers Men's Basketball Media Guide". All-Time Scores (p. 171). University of Pittsburgh. 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
4. "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
5. ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 539. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.