Pittsburgh at Allegheny

Saturday, October 26, 1929

Pittsburgh beat Allegheny 40–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; Pittsburgh leads the series 7–⁠0.

AwayPittsburgh9–⁠1 in 1929
40
HomeAllegheny0–⁠2 in 1929
0

FinalHigh 64°F, low 43°FAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: PITT OVERWHELMS ALLEGHENY, 40 TO {

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 27, 1929, page 75

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    PITT OVERWHELMS ALLEGHENY, 40 TO { ERIE. Pa. october rs (P.-The PITT Panther played foot ball with the boyr from Allegheny College here this after noon to the tune of 40 to o. the zerc being the Allegheny total. Pitt scoret; two touchdowns in each of the frs three periods. Jimmy Rooney kicked four out Of six placements for the ex. ira points. Preferring TO save some of his first string men for the Ohio game mex Saturday, Doc Sutherland kept Capt Dimeolo, Donchess, Parkinson, Tully and Uansa of the field until the last few minutes of the game. when the Allegheny lads had the ball on the Pitt five-yard stripe. These five stalwartS helped to keep Allegheny from scoring. That was AL leghenys only threat in the game.

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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pittsburgh leads 7–⁠0 in seven meetings.

Recent meetings
1929Pittsburgh 40, Allegheny 0
1928Pittsburgh 29, Allegheny 0
1927Pittsburgh 62, Allegheny 0
1926Pittsburgh 9, Allegheny 7
1916Pittsburgh 46, Allegheny 0
1915Pittsburgh 42, Allegheny 7

Around this game

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