Pittsburgh at Syracuse

Saturday, October 20, 1923

Syracuse beat Pittsburgh 3–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 4–⁠2–⁠1 as played.

AwayPittsburgh5–⁠4 in 1923
0
HomeSyracuse8–⁠1 in 1923
3

FinalHigh 54°F, low 42°FAttendance 22,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: FIELD GOAL BY SYRACUSE GIVES VICTORY OVER PITT

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 21, 1923, page 59

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    FIELD GOAL BY SYRACUSE GIVES VICTORY OVER PITT EW YORK October 20-Lnes prevented eeven from Syracuse Pittsburgh crossing goal lines for touchdowns the Yankee Stadium McBs placement kick in the third quarter to O. stubborn fight from start finish In the first Ave minutes bali within yard of Pitts goal but the Panhers held and Syracuse the ball In the second period Pittsburgh had splendid

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: N0TRE DAME WINSLAURELS IN FOOTBALL Saturdays Victory Over Princeton an Impressive One For Catholic University IOWA is DEF E A L + ID

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, October 22, 1923, page 6 (results column)

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    N0TRE DAME WINSLAURELS IN FOOTBALL Saturdays Victory Over Princeton an Impressive One For Catholic University IOWA is DEF E A L + ID Chicago. Oct, 22-Notre Dame UNI versity took the spotlight in college football today, as “A result OF the 20 to 2 beating handed Princeton oaturday in the second successive inter sectional game of the Indiana school. The Catholics launched a bewildering series of end-circling runs ana forward passes against Princeton, making four touchdowns. Princeton got but four fist downs. Princeton s two points came on safety. IN the first period. Yale got surprise in Bucknell, winning by 80 to IA score, while Harvard was able to beat Holy Cross by only a to 0 score. 1t was not a big day for the big Three” of the East. Penn State crushed the Navy q to 6, Harry Wilson scoring three touch downs, one of them from the kick off. The Army defeated Auburn % to 6, while Syracuse, playing in the Yankee stadium in New York, defeated the powerful, Pittsburgh eleven-, 3 to 0. The western conference games brought Iowa’s first defeat in the last % games of football, Illinois crushing the Iowans by score of to 6. Britto nmade 50yard place kick for Illinois. Michigan showed great strength in defeating Ohio State, % to 0, before $4,000 persons at Ann Arbor. Wis consin ran almost at will through Indiana, for SO to victory, while Purdue university and Wabash play ed to Z tie. Chicago beat North western, 13 to 0. The University of North Dakota battled hard against Minnesota in the annual contest of the two teams, but lost q to 0. Powerful line plunges of Minnesota backs account ed for most of the Gophers’ big gains. Carl Lidberg, Minnesota half, eheered the supporters of Spauldings team by his fine work. The North Dakota team won cheers for the gameness displayed in the face of great odds. The North Dakota Aggies showed strength Saturday in playing the Des Moines University Tigers to 0 to 0 score at Des Moines. Both teams were well matched, except that the Aggies were outweighed.

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story: College Football Saturday

    Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 22, 1923, page 1 (results column)

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    College Football Saturday Harvard 6. Holy Cross 0. Boston College 81. Canisius 0. Tufts IA. Wesleyan s. Brown. 20. Boston University 8. Notre Dame 2j. Princeton 2: Williams IA. Norwich Z. Amherst I, Mass. Aggies 3. Lafayette 81. Springfield 0. Dartmouth 81. Vermont 2. Yale 90. Bucknell IA. Maine -. Bates 7. Bowdoin 6. Colby s. Middlebury 2l, Clarkson IA. West Point IS, Alabama Tech s. Penn State II. Annapolis 3. Syracuse 3. Pittsburg 0. Pennsylvania 10. Columbia Z. Cornell “a, Colgate 7. Georgia Tech 20. Georgetown 10. Providence 81. New London Coast iuard O. Marquette 1e. Carroll 0.

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)

Syracuse 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Pittsburgh leads 46–⁠32–⁠3; as played, 46–⁠33–⁠3 in 82 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Pittsburgh 27, Syracuse 13
2025Pittsburgh 30, Syracuse 13
2024Pittsburgh 41, Syracuse 13
2023Syracuse 28, Pittsburgh 13
2022Pittsburgh 19, Syracuse 9
2021Pittsburgh 31, Syracuse 14

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