West Virginia at Pittsburgh
Saturday, October 10, 1931 Share
Pittsburgh beat West Virginia 34–0. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 16–3–1 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 41°FAttendance 18,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 11, 1931, page 57
Read the text
PITT. CRUSHES OLD FOE. Beats West Virginia, $40, While Rival Never Threatens. PITTSBURGH, Pa, October 10 F).- University of Pittsburgh’s foot ball team today crushed West Virginia, “a to o. After counting one touchdown in the second period and another In the third. Pitt overwhelmed the West Virginians in the final quarter to score three more. West Virginia had no opportunity to Rod when Marker, left halfback, made consistent gains for the Mountaineers, but to no advantage. The West Virginians, however, sue ceeded in slowing up the Panther driving force in the first quarter making q stand that stopped Pitt l foot from the goal.
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 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every West Virginia–Pittsburgh gameOfficially, Pittsburgh leads 63–42–3; as played, 61–37–3 in the 101 games on file; the official count covers all 108 meetings, counting the 81 since this game.
Around this game
West Virginia
- Next gamevs. Washington and LeeOct. 17, 1931
- SeasonWest Virginia in 1931
- ProgramWest Virginia history and records
Pittsburgh
- Next gamevs. Western ReserveOct. 17, 1931
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1931
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records

