Pittsburgh at West Virginia

Saturday, October 1, 1932

Pittsburgh beat West Virginia 40–⁠0. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 17–⁠3–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayPittsburgh8–⁠1–⁠2 in 1932
40
HomeWest Virginia5–⁠5 in 1932
0

FinalHigh 66°F, low 43°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: MERE ROMP FOR PITT. West Virginia Beaten All Way in 400 Gridiron Clash.

    Evening star, October 2, 1932, page 63

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    MERE ROMP FOR PITT. West Virginia Beaten All Way in 400 Gridiron Clash. MORGANTOWN, w. Va. October (P).-The powerful Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh downed West Virginia University today. 40 to 0. Pitt piled up 20 points in the first period. then sent in a flock of reserves and continued to hammer away at the West Virginia line

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 3, 1932, page 5 (results column)

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    GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are scores of prin- ciral football games played last Saturday afternoon: Santa Clara O; Oregon T. Washington State 0; Southern Caiforn-a 20 [, Montana 13; Washington 26. Stamford 27; Oregon State 0. California g; Olympic Club 6. Nevada 0; St. Mary’s 36. Utah 54; Colorado College 6. Clemson 14; George Tech S2. Pittsburgh 40; West Virginia 0. Providence 6; Holy Cross 26. L,cyole of Baltimore 0; Boston Coqlese 20. Wfmont 0; Dartmouth 32. FLebannon Valley 0; Penn State 2Tg Ftirman O; Army 13. Ohio Wesleyan T; Ohio State 34 Baltimore 0; Fordham 69. .s fichsgan’ State 6; Michigan 26 Miami T; Illinois 20. Bates o; Yale 0. Ohio University s; Indiana T. Missouri 0; Northwestern 27 South Dakota State 0; Mime Sota 12. Marquette 2; Wisconsin T. Buffalo 0; Harvard 66. Niagara O; Cornell 0. Amherst 0; Princeton 22.

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 69% 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 80 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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