Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Pittsburgh/On this day/January 5

• (2013) The Pittsburgh Panthers football team play the BBVA Compass Bowl, their 29th bowl game.
• (2009) The Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team receives the program's first ever number one national ranking in both the AP and Coaches' polls.
• (1885) The Pittsburgh Medical College, forerunner to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center opens classes for the first time.