Nebraska at Pittsburgh

Saturday, November 12, 1927

Pittsburgh beat Nebraska 21–⁠13. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayNebraska6–⁠2 in 1927
13
HomePittsburgh8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1927
21

FinalHigh 67°F, low 36°F, 0.1 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story: Pitt Panthers Trim Nebraska Huskers

    Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, November 13, 1927, page 1

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    Pitt Panthers Trim Nebraska Huskers PITTSBURGH. Pa. Nov. 12.-P- The undefested University cf Pitts hurrh PantherS turned back the Nebraska Cornhuskers ~ “a 13 IN ar imnortant International football rare here today. before $4,000 fans. The contest was featured by sersasional runs Of 81 and Fl Yards FOR tnnrhdowns hy Gibhy Welch, Pitts bnrrh nll-Amcrican candidate

  • The Seward daily gateway's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    Seward daily gateway, Alaska, November 14, 1927, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Washington, 6; California, 0. Gazaga, 0; Montana, 0. Santa Clara, 13; Stanford, 6. Army, IS; Norte Dame, 0. Yale, A; Princeton, $. Pen State, 13; New York University 8. Pittsburg, 21; Nebraska. 13. Pennsylvania, 27; Columbia, 0. Harvard, IS; Brown, 6. Dartmouth, 53; Cornell, 7. Michigan, 27; Navy, F, Iowa, Is; Wisconsin, 0. Illinois, 15; Chicago, s. Indiana, IS; Northwestern, [. Purdue, 46; Franklin, Q. Minnesota, 27; Drake, $. Southern California, 46; Colorado, (

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 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pittsburgh leads 15–⁠6–⁠3 in 24 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.

Recent meetings
2005Nebraska 7, Pittsburgh 6
2004Nebraska 24, Pittsburgh 17
1958Nebraska 14, Pittsburgh 6
1957Pittsburgh 34, Nebraska 0
1955Pittsburgh 21, Nebraska 7
1954Pittsburgh 21, Nebraska 7

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