Pittsburgh at Iowa

Saturday, October 3, 1931

Pittsburgh beat Iowa 20–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayPittsburgh8–⁠1 in 1931
20
HomeIowa1–⁠6–⁠1 in 1931
0

FinalHigh 84°F, low 56°FAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Bismarck tribune's story: Football Scores HIGH SCHOOLS

    The Bismarck tribune, October 5, 1931, page 8 (results column)

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    Football Scores HIGH SCHOOLS HIGH SCHOOLS Grand Forks 56; Crookston o. East Grand Forks 20; Thief River Falls o. Marmarth Z; Hettinger 0. BIG TEN Notre Dame Is; Indiana O. Northwestern 10; Nebraska 7, Pittsburgh 20; Iowa 0. Minnesota 20; Oklahoma A. g. M. 0. Purdue 10; Coe 0. Wisconsin 80: Bradley 6. Ohio State 81: Cincinnati 6. Michigan q: Central State Teach erS 0. Michigan “a; Michigan State Nor NAL 0. Illinois 20: st. Louis 6. MIDDLEWEST Ohio University 40: Butler 0. Ripon 13; Beloit 6. st. Johns Z; Hamline 0. Sioux Falls college Z; Western Union 6. Creighton 3; Wyoming 0. Grinnell IL; Iowa State Teachers 0. Michigan State 47; Cornell Uowa) 0. Oklahoma 10: Rice Institute 6. Wisconsin 13; North Dakota State Z st. Mary’s (Winona) l3; Luther Z. Lacrosse Normal 6; Columbia O. Iowa State 20; Morningside 6. Manchester 10: Stout Institute s. Carleton 13; South Dakota IL. Wooster 81; Ashland 0. st. Olaf 58: Augsburg Q. EAST Pennsylvania 80: Swarthmore 7. Princeton n; Amherst 0. New Hampshire s; Boston 0. Dartmouth 81; Buffalo 0. Navy 13: william and Mary 6. Boston College 13; Dayton 0. Holy Cross 26; Providence s. Cornell 81: Niagara 6. New York q 54: West Virginia Wesleyan 0. Springfield 80: Colby 0. Yale 10; Maine 0. Army St; Knox 0. Fordham 20; West Virginia z Rutgers ~; Drexel s. Harvard 28; Bates o. Columbia S; New York Union 0. Brown 18; Rhode Island State 0. SOUTH Alabama IS: Mississippi 6. Vanderbilt 13: North Carolina U O.. Centre %; Western Kentucky Teach ers Z. Davis and Elkins 81; Dakota wes leyan 0. Maryland Z; Virginia 6.

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 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Iowa leads 4–⁠3 in seven meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
2015Iowa 27, Pittsburgh 24
2014Iowa 24, Pittsburgh 20
2011Iowa 31, Pittsburgh 27
2008Pittsburgh 21, Iowa 20
1952Pittsburgh 26, Iowa 14
1951Iowa 34, Pittsburgh 17

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