Pittsburgh, Notre Dame Will Renew Football Series in the 1986 Season

The University of Pittsburgh will resume its football series with Notre Dame in 1986 and also will begin playing North Carolina State in a four-year series beginning this fall.

The Panthers have released their tentative football schedules for the 1985 through 1988 seasons, with seven teams--Penn State, North Carolina State, West Virginia, Rutgers, Navy, Syracuse and Temple--appearing on all four schedules.

The Panthers, who slumped to a 3-7-1 record last season after nine consecutive trips to bowl games, will play six home games in each of the four seasons.

Among the teams that Pitt has played in recent seasons that don’t appear on the upcoming schedules are Army, North Carolina, Tennessee, Louisville, Florida State, Illinois, Tulane and East Carolina.

Here are Pitt’s upcoming schedules:

1985--Sept. 7, Purdue; 14, at Ohio State; 21, Boston College, 28, at West Virginia; Oct. 5, South Carolina; 12, North Carolina State; 19, at Rutgers; 26, at Navy; Nov. 2, Syracuse; 9, at Temple; 23, Penn State.

1986--Sept. 6, Maryland; 13, at North Carolina State; 20, at Purdue; 27, West Virginia; Oct. 4, Temple; 11, at Notre Dame; 25, Navy; Nov. 1, at Syracuse; 8, Miami; 15, Rutgers; 22, at Penn State.

1987--Sept. 5, at Brigham Young; 12, North Carolina State; 19, Temple; 26, at West Virginia; Oct. 3, Boston College; 10, Notre Dame; 24, at Navy; 31, Syracuse; Nov. 7, at Rutgers; 14, Penn State; 21, at Miami.

1988--Sept. 10, at Maryland; 17, Ohio State; 24, West Virginia; Oct. 1, at Boston College; 8, Notre Dame; 15, Temple; 22, Navy; 29, at Syracuse; Nov. 5, Rutgers; 12, at Penn State; 19, at North Carolina State.

Pitt has played Penn State in its final regular season game every season since 1958, but that tradition will end in 1987, when it plays its final game at Miami.