Pittsburgh at Westminster (Pennsylvania)

Saturday, October 27, 1934

Pittsburgh beat Westminster (Pennsylvania) 30–⁠0. It was their 11th meeting; Pittsburgh leads the series 11–⁠0.

AwayPittsburgh8–⁠1 in 1934
30
HomeWestminster (Pennsylvania)0–⁠2 in 1934
0

FinalAttendance 1,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: PANTHERS SMOTHER WESTMINSTER, 800 Second, Third Stringers Of Pitt Easily Overcome Titans in "Breather" Game.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 28, 1934, page 27

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    PANTHERS SMOTHER WESTMINSTER, 800 Second, Third Stringers Of Pitt Easily Overcome Titans in “Breather” Game. oy the ASSOClateo SIeSS. NEW CASTLE, Pa, October 27.- ~ Pitts Panthers, taking time out for a “breather” after battles with Southern California and Mime sofa, smothered the Titans Of little Westminster College, 80 to 0, today IN a game played before a half frozen, rain-soaked gathering Of about 1,500 persons. Game to the core, but hopeleSS.y out Of luck before the superior weight, skill and numbers Of the Panthers, Westminster was able to do little to stop the Pitt second and third stringers, who might have run up a much bigger score under anything but the treacherous conditions dur ing todays rain and sleet. Pitt scored a touchdown in every period. but failed in five attempts to convert extra points. IzZy Weinstock, the battering fullback. counted two touchdowns for the victors, one a sizzling 60-yard dash a few minutes after the Panthers got possession Of the ball in the first period.

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.

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Our ratings (scores only)

Pittsburgh 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pittsburgh leads 11–⁠0 in 11 meetings.

Recent meetings
1934Pittsburgh 30, Westminster (Pennsylvania) 0
1926Pittsburgh 88, Westminster (Pennsylvania) 0
1917Pittsburgh 25, Westminster (Pennsylvania) 0
1916Pittsburgh 57, Westminster (Pennsylvania) 0
1915Pittsburgh 32, Westminster (Pennsylvania) 0
1914Pittsburgh 21, Westminster (Pennsylvania) 10

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