The 2021 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers were led by seventh-year head coach Pat Narduzzi and played their home games at Heinz Field. They competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), marking Pitt's ninth season as a member of the ACC. The Panthers won the ACC Championship with a record of 11âÂÂ2 and a 45âÂÂ21 victory over Wake Forest in the 2021 ACC Championship Game, becoming the first school other than Clemson or Florida State to win the conference championship since Virginia Tech in 2010. It was Pitt's first Lambert Trophy win since 1980.
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