The 1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pittsburgh as an independent during the 1911 college football season. In its third season under head coach Joseph H. Thompson, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 72 to 29. Schedule Preseason At the 1910 season year end banquet, Jack Lindsay was elected captain for the 1911 season and Joseph Trees, former WUP football player and noted alumnus, donated two hundred thousand dollars for a gymnasium and athletic field. Coach Thompson immediately proposed the field be named Trees Stadium. To prepare for the 1911 season Coach Thompson started fall practice on September 14. Two of his former players received coaching jobs – Homer Roe at Pittsburgh High School and Frank Van Doren at Waynesburg College. The Pitt Weekly warned that "It has often been noticed that after a particularly successful season, such as Pitt had last year, a slump has followed either due to a loss of seasoned material or an acquired 'swell head.'" Coach Thompson was assisted by Floyd Rose and Alexander Stevenson along with occasional help from former players. Jack Adams was hired as trainer. He had a good nucleus of returning veterans for the 1911 season: captain/end Jack Lindsay, quarterback Tillie Dewar, tackles Henry Blair and James Stevenson, halfbacks George Brown and Charles Quailey, center Ralph Galvin, guards George Gehlert and Ross Feightner and end Hube Wagner. Graduate Manager Laurence Hurst arranged the "hardest schedule ever faced by a Pitt team." Pitt faced Carlisle, Cornell, Notre Dame Villanova, Washington & Jefferson and Penn State back-to-back after warming up with Westminster and Ohio Northern. Cornell was the only road game. Originally, Buchtel was supposed to play Pitt but, they opted out because Pitt was too strong a team for them to play. Mr. Hurst managed to fill the date with Ohio Northern. All home games were played on Forbes Field. Coaching staff Roster Game summaries Westminster The 1911 Pitt football season debuted on October 7 against Westminster College from New Wilmington, Pa. in front of the largest crowd to ever witness a Pitt home opener. The crowd size was aided by Graduate Manager Hurst distributing four thousand free tickets to the Pittsburgh Public School Boys' Athletic League and the receipts still covered the expenses of the game. Head Cheerleader George Kirk "had no trouble in getting