In his first season , Wannstedt inherited a Pitt team that won a share of the Big East Championship and played in the Fiesta Bowl the previous year under Harris , and was ranked 21 in the first AP Poll of 2005 . However , defeats by Notre Dame and Ohio University ; and a last second loss ( by a score of 7 – 6 ) to Nebraska kicked off a disappointing 5 – 6 season that also saw Pitt get humiliated 45 – 13 by archrival West Virginia . This campaign was Pitt 's first losing record since 1999
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Dave Wannstedt