Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Saturday, November 3, 1928 Share
Pittsburgh beat Syracuse 18–0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 5–2–2 as played.
FinalHigh 60°F, low 46°F, 0.14 in. of rainAttendance 12,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Syracuse–Pittsburgh gameOfficially, Pittsburgh leads 46–32–3; as played, 46–33–3 in 82 meetings, counting the 73 since this game.
| 2026 | Pittsburgh 27, Syracuse 13 | |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh 30, Syracuse 13 | |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh 41, Syracuse 13 | |
| 2023 | Syracuse 28, Pittsburgh 13 | |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh 19, Syracuse 9 | |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh 31, Syracuse 14 |
Around this game
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. Ohio WesleyanNov. 10, 1928
- SeasonSyracuse in 1928
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
Pittsburgh
- Next gamevs. Washington & JeffersonNov. 10, 1928
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1928
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records

