West Virginia at Pittsburgh

Saturday, October 10, 1931

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.

AwayWest Virginia4–⁠6 in 1931
0
HomePittsburgh8–⁠1 in 1931
34

FinalHigh 67°F, low 41°FAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: PITT. CRUSHES OLD FOE. Beats West Virginia, $40, While Rival Never Threatens.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 11, 1931, page 57

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    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.

Officially, 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.

Recent meetings
2025West Virginia 31, Pittsburgh 24
2024Pittsburgh 38, West Virginia 34
2023West Virginia 17, Pittsburgh 6
2022Pittsburgh 38, West Virginia 31
2011West Virginia 21, Pittsburgh 20
2010West Virginia 35, Pittsburgh 10

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