Lafayette at Pittsburgh

Saturday, October 3, 1925

Lafayette beat Pittsburgh 20–⁠9. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Lafayette led the series 4–⁠3.

AwayLafayette1–⁠1–⁠1 in 1925
20
HomePittsburgh8–⁠1 in 1925
9

FinalHigh 69°F, low 61°F, 0.05 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story: IntersectiOnal Games Main Attractions in East Saturday

    Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 6, 1925, page 8

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    IntersectiOnal Games Main Attractions in East Saturday New York, Oct. 5-(AP)-Four in tersectional games top the gridlron schedule in the East next Saturday. Georgia Tech clashes with Penn State at the Yankee Stadium in New York. In three meetings Penn State has won twice. Technology captured last seasons game 1913. Another southern invasion brings Georgia to New Haven. Last fall Yale had a close brush with the Georgians winning by rs. William Il Mary tricks to syracuse, while Marquette forces are pitted against the Navy az Annapolis. Mar ouette bewildered the Middies in the last minutes Of play year ago TO win by 21–⁠3. Pennsylvania and Brown meet IN the new stadium at Providence. FIT beaten 20–⁠9 by Lafayette Saturday, will have another test next Saturday against West Virginia at Pittsburgh. Lafayette’s victory furnished practically the only surprise last Saturday. Nine completed forward pass es out of II attempted helped the Maroon to their second consecutive victory over the Painters. who lost last year 100. Swarthmore scored twice on Pennsylvania, Penn winning 26–⁠13. Edward Tryon, Colgate fullback rates as high scorer in the East. He has a total of A points. six touch downs and eight goals from points after touchdown. Carr OF Syracuse is second with 80 points which in clude five touchdowns. Columbia leads in points with 116 in two games without being scored on.

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 57% to win. Lafayette won as Elo’s underdog.

Lafayette leads 5–⁠3 in eight meetings, counting the one 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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