Lafayette at Pittsburgh
Saturday, October 9, 1926 Share
Lafayette beat Pittsburgh 17–7. It was their eighth meeting; Lafayette leads the series 5–3.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 37°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 10, 1926, page 79
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PITTSBURGH BEATEN BY LAFAYETTE, 17–7 BY the Associated Press. BY the Associated Press. , PITTSBURGH. October a.--Lafaycite shattered II tie in the final quarter Of today’s game with the Uni versitE of Pittsburgh and gave the Panther its first reversal of the sea son. Il to I. The victory was the third in AS many seasons for Lafaycite and the fifth in the seven seasons the teams have been playing. Touchdowns by Welch of Pitt and Wilson of Lafayette in the second period created the deadlock In the last quarter Guest made a second touchdown for the visitors, and a goal from the field increased the Lafayette total to II points
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 62% to win. Lafayette won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Lafayette–Pittsburgh gameLafayette leads 5–3 in eight meetings.
| 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. Washington & JeffersonOct. 30, 1926
- SeasonLafayette in 1926
- ProgramLafayette history and records
Pittsburgh
- Next gamevs. ColgateOct. 16, 1926
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1926
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records

