Notre Dame at Pittsburgh

Saturday, October 25, 1930

Notre Dame beat Pittsburgh 35–⁠19. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 3–⁠0–⁠1 as played.

AwayNotre Dame10–⁠0 in 1930
35
HomePittsburgh6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1930
19

FinalHigh 40°F, low 30°FAttendance 66,586

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: oNOTRE DAME ! WINS AGAIN Five Touchdowns Made ln First Half Against Pittsburgh

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 27, 1930, page 5

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    oNOTRE DAME ! WINS AGAIN Five Touchdowns Made ln First Half Against Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, --enp., Ccc. 27-A crowd of 73O0O spectators, the larg- est in Pittsburghs history, saw Notre Dame win last Saturday by a score of 35 to 19. All five touch downs were made in the first half. Rockne was forced to call on his reserves to stop Pittsburgh’s rally in the last half. Schwartz ran 60 yards and Sa~ voldi 40 yards for two of Notre Danes touchdowns.

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 54% to win. Notre Dame won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Notre Dame leads 51–⁠21–⁠1; as played, 52–⁠21–⁠1 in 74 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Notre Dame 37, Pittsburgh 15
2023Notre Dame 58, Pittsburgh 7
2020Notre Dame 45, Pittsburgh 3
2018Notre Dame 19, Pittsburgh 14
2015Notre Dame 42, Pittsburgh 30
2013Pittsburgh 28, Notre Dame 21

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