Word: michelosen
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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Pitt Coach John Michelosen had not been loafing either. With professional gloominess he tried to convince his squad of musclemen that they were heading for trouble. His choice of quarterback, he insisted, was still wide open. Pitt was weak at the ends; the Panther squad had lost a total of twelve lettermen...
...Michelosen's efforts, it was the Mountaineers in their mustard-colored uniforms who finally knocked the Panthers loose from their false pride. All through the first half, West Virginia, led by Quarterback Tricky Mickey Trimarki, dominated the game. After a Pitt fumble they went into the lead...
...next to nothing. Tough Tackle Bob Pollock managed a jarring shot at Mountaineer Fullback Krutko, forced him to fumble and set up the first Pitt score. For the rest of the game he was far from a terror. Pitt's quarterbacks, Darrell Lewis and Corny Salvaterra, made Michelosen's pre-game moaning seem prophetic. But late in the third quarter, Pitt recovered another fumble and scored once more. Again they converted, and that kick meant the difference. The Mountaineers, who also scored again, could not make up the 1-point deficit...
Afterward, Coach Michelosen and his assistants could find some small satisfaction in their narrow escape. Now the Panthers would surely get down to work: their opening game had been less a victory than a bucket of ice water in the face...