Lafayette at Pittsburgh

Saturday, October 6, 1923

Pittsburgh beat Lafayette 7–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 3–⁠2.

AwayLafayette6–⁠1–⁠2 in 1923
0
HomePittsburgh5–⁠4 in 1923
7

FinalHigh 58°F, low 31°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: PITTSBURG BEATS LAFAYETTE Z TO 0

    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

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Pittsburgh 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Lafayette leads 5–⁠3 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1926Lafayette 17, Pittsburgh 7
1925Lafayette 20, Pittsburgh 9
1924Lafayette 10, Pittsburgh 0
1923Pittsburgh 7, Lafayette 0
1922Lafayette 7, Pittsburgh 0
1921Lafayette 6, Pittsburgh 0

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