Lafayette at Pittsburgh
Saturday, October 6, 1923 Share
Pittsburgh beat Lafayette 7–0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 3–2.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 31°F
In the newspapers

The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 7, 1923, page 13
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PITTSBURG BEATS LAFAYETTE Z TO 0 PITTsBURq, Oct. e.-Frequent fumblinr on both sides offset by sen- sational triple and forward passing marked a hard fought football game which the University of Pittsburg won from LaFayetts college to 0. This gave Pittsburg one game over LaFayette in the five gridiron clashes staged since the institutions opened athletic relations.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Pittsburgh 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Lafayette–Pittsburgh gameLafayette leads 5–3 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1926 | Lafayette 17, Pittsburgh 7 | |
| 1925 | Lafayette 20, Pittsburgh 9 | |
| 1924 | Lafayette 10, Pittsburgh 0 | |
| 1923 | Pittsburgh 7, Lafayette 0 | |
| 1922 | Lafayette 7, Pittsburgh 0 | |
| 1921 | Lafayette 6, Pittsburgh 0 |
Around this game
Lafayette
- Next gamevs. Franklin & MarshallOct. 13, 1923
- SeasonLafayette in 1923
- ProgramLafayette history and records
Pittsburgh
- Next gamevs. West VirginiaOct. 13, 1923
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1923
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records

