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Nebraska at Pittsburgh

Thursday, November 26, 1931

Pittsburgh beat Nebraska 40–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 3–⁠1–⁠2.

AwayNebraska8–⁠2 in 1931
0
HomePittsburgh8–⁠1 in 1931
40

FinalHigh 35°F, low 26°FAttendance 25,368

In the newspapers

  • The Carolina watchman's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    Carolina watchman, Salisbury, N.C., November 27, 1931, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS. Catawba IS; Lenoir-Rhyne 2. Carolina IS; Virginia s. University South Carolina 16; Al burn -. V. M. l. 6; V. P. I. IS. Vanderbilt s; Alabama IA. Wake Forest 7; Davidson 0. Furman 0; Clemson 0. Kentucky 6; Tennessee E.. Cornell 7; Pennsylvania 0. Maryland s.; John Hopkins IA. Colgate Is; Brown 7. Pitt 40; Nebraska 0.

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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Nebraska–Pittsburgh game

Pittsburgh leads 15–⁠6–⁠3 in 24 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.

Recent meetings
2005Nebraska 7, Pittsburgh 6
2004Nebraska 24, Pittsburgh 17
1958Nebraska 14, Pittsburgh 6
1957Pittsburgh 34, Nebraska 0
1955Pittsburgh 21, Nebraska 7
1954Pittsburgh 21, Nebraska 7

Around this game

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