Pittsburgh·ACC

2018 — The 2018 Season

Pittsburgh's 2018 season (7-7) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-7
Final result Bowl season Lost the Sun Bowl
AP final #24 post-bowls
SP+ +5.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs UAlbany 33-7 L vs Penn St 6-51 W vs Geor Tec 24-19 L @ UNC 35-38 L @ UCF 14-45 W vs Syracuse 44-37 L @ ND 14-19 W vs Duke 54-45 W @ Virginia 23-13 W vs Virg Tec 52-22 W @ Wake For 34-13 L @ Miami 3-24 L vs Clemson 10-42 L vs Stanford 13-14 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Pittsburgh 52, Virginia Tech 22. A 30-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Pittsburgh 6, Penn State 51. A 45-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Pittsburgh fell to Stanford 13-14 in the postseason.

"Hail to Pitt"
— Pittsburgh fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 is a middle chapter for Pittsburgh — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.