Lafayette at Pittsburgh

Saturday, October 9, 1926

Lafayette beat Pittsburgh 17–⁠7. It was their eighth meeting; Lafayette leads the series 5–⁠3.

AwayLafayette2–⁠0 in 1926
17
HomePittsburgh5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1926
7

FinalHigh 61°F, low 37°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: PITTSBURGH BEATEN BY LAFAYETTE, 17-7 BY the Associated Press.

    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.

Lafayette leads 5–⁠3 in eight meetings.

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

Around this game

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