Syracuse at Pittsburgh

Saturday, November 3, 1928

Pittsburgh beat Syracuse 18–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 5–⁠2–⁠2 as played.

AwaySyracuse4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1928
0
HomePittsburgh6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1928
18

FinalHigh 60°F, low 46°F, 0.14 in. of rainAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Georgetown, Tigers and Michigan Turn Tables i'm Foot Ball

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 4, 1928, page 1 (results column)

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    Georgetown, Tigers and Michigan Turn Tables i’m Foot Ball GEORGETOWN, Michigan and Princeton pulled the unexpected in the big foot ball games OF yesterday. All we’re ‘underdogs,” but Georgetown beat New York Uni versity, 7 to 2: Michigan upset Illinois, 3 to 0, and Princeton tied Ohio State at all. Pregame opinion had made New York University, Illinois and Ohio State heavy favorltes. Northwestern also sprang somewhat of a surprise by down. ing Minnesota, 10 to 8. other leading games resulted as follows: Pitt, 18; Syracuse, 0. Notre Dame. 9: Penn State, 0. Yale, 18; Dartmouth, 0. Brown. 6; Holy Cross, 0. Wisconsin. Is; Alabama, 0. Virginia, 20; Washington and Lee, 13. =, Lafayette, 1S; Washington and jefferson, 13. Southern California, 10; Stan ford, 0. In games in which local teams, other than Georgetown figured, Gallaudet beat Shepherd College, 80 to 20: American University downed Bridgewater College, IL to 6: George Washington bowed to William and Mary. 0 to “a, and Maryland lost to Virginia Poly, 6 to Q.

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 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Pittsburgh leads 46–⁠32–⁠3; as played, 46–⁠33–⁠3 in 82 meetings, counting the 73 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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