West Virginia at Pittsburgh

Saturday, September 24, 1938

Pittsburgh beat West Virginia 19–⁠0. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 23–⁠3–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayWest Virginia4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1938
0
HomePittsburgh8–⁠2 in 1938
19

FinalAttendance 34,500

In the newspapers

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    The Daily Alaska empire, September 26, 1938, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BAIL @a {A{SSW{5 IFS Nn The following are scores of prln- cipal football games played in varl- ous parts of the nation last Satur- day afternoon: University of Washington 0; Min nesota 15. William and Mary 0; Navy 26. Ohio 6; Illinois 0. Wichita 0; Army 32. West Virginia 0; Pittsburgh 19. Texas IS; Kansas 19. Purdue 19; Detroit 6. Texas Christian 13; Centenary C. Clemson 13; Tulane 10. Ohio S. Illinois o. Richmond 19; Maryland G. Southern California T; Alabama 19 California 12;. St. Mary’s T. Idaho 13; Oregon State O. Oregon 10; Washington State 2.

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 77% 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 74 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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