Pittsburgh at Duke

Saturday, November 27, 1937

No. 1 Pittsburgh beat No. 18 Duke 10–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 2–⁠0.

Away1Pittsburgh9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1937
10
Home18Duke7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1937
0

FinalHigh 65°F, low 50°F, 0.15 in. of rainAttendance 36,165

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Football Results

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 28, 1937, page 26 (results column)

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    Football Results East. Army, s; Navy, 0. Holy Cross. 20; Boston College, o. Stanford. o: Columbia, 0 (tie). Fordham, 20; New York University, Z. South. Pittsburgh. 10: Duke, 0. Auburn. IA; Florida, O. Georgia, 6; Georgia Tech, 6 (tie). Louisiana State, 20; Tulane, Z. Johns Hopkins, 10: st. Johns, o. Moorhouse, 20; Fisk University. (Negro). Midwest. Notre Dame, 10; Southern Cali fornia, 6. Nebraska, 3; Kansas State, o. Southwest, Texas Christian, 8; Southern Methodist, 0. Rice. 10: Baylor, 7. Centenary, 10; Oklahoma Aggies, 0. Far West. Michigan State, II; San Fran. cisco, o. q. c. L. A., Is; Missouri, Q.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT {3AG5 al Ia[3SWG rs Mr

    The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 29, 1937, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOT {3AG5 al Ia[3SWG rs Mr The following are final scores Of Saturday football games: Missouri O; UCLA 10. Michigan State IA; San Francisco 0. Oregon “a; San Diego Marines T.. Louisiana State 20; Tulane 7. Rice ID; Baylor z. Stanford o; Columbia 0. New York University 7; Fordham 20. Army 6; Navy 0. Holy Cross 20; Boston 0. Pittsburgh 10; Duke 0. Southern California 6; Notr e Dame 10. Auburn IA; Florida 0. Southern Methodist 0; Texas Christian 3. Nebraska 3; Kansas State 0. Georgia 6; Georgia Tech 6. SUNDAY GAMES Santa Clara 27; Gonzaga 0 Villanovia %; Loyola Of Los Angeles O.

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)

Duke 52% to win. Pittsburgh won as Elo’s underdog.

Pittsburgh leads 17–⁠10 in 27 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Duke 30, Pittsburgh 19
2022Pittsburgh 28, Duke 26
2021Pittsburgh 54, Duke 29
2019Pittsburgh 33, Duke 30
2018Pittsburgh 54, Duke 45
2017Pittsburgh 24, Duke 17

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