Pittsburgh at Wisconsin

Saturday, October 15, 1938

Pittsburgh beat Wisconsin 26–⁠6. It was their second meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayPittsburgh8–⁠2 in 1938
26
HomeWisconsin5–⁠3 in 1938
6

FinalHigh 60°F, low 51°F, 0.26 in. of rainAttendance 26,197

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: GOLDBERG SPARKS !. PANTHER VICTORY Wisconsin Helpless Before Drive That Sweeps Pitt to 26-6 Triumph.

    Evening star, October 16, 1938, page 29

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    GOLDBERG SPARKS !. PANTHER VICTORY Wisconsin Helpless Before Drive That Sweeps Pitt to 26–⁠6 Triumph. MADISON, Wis, Oct. l5.-Nothing Wisconsin could do was good enough today to stop the victory march OF Pittsburgh, which defeated the Badgers 26 to and extended It’s wins to four this season. Playing on dry, firm field before . crowd held only to 26,200 by threat Of rain, Pitt ran, passed and intercepted its way to touchdowns In the last three quarters, picking up seven points in the second. six in the third and Is in the fourth. Wisconsin’s six points were scored in the last 10 seconds of the game by second string reserves against Pitts third team One OF q barrage OF passes, with Halfback John Ten nant throwing to Gordon Gile, an end, put the Badgers in the scoring column. Fullback Karl Schuelke missed the kick for extra point. Goldberg Starts Drive. Marshall Goldberg, fast stepping fullback, started the Pitt drive for points midway In the second quarter after Coach John Sutherland had held his veterans on the bench. Half back Richard Cassiano spanked the march with . 22-yard run to the 1-yard stripe. from where Goldberg easily stepped over. In the second half, Cassiano, Gold berg and Harold Stebbins. right half, made big gains in the two touchdown drives. Pittsburgh’s reserves came In for their share Of glory on Halfback Emil Naric’s pass to Robert Thurbon. who

  • The The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current's story: Football Results SOUTH

    The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, North Carolina, October 17, 1938, page 4 (results column)

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    Football Results SOUTH SOUTH Tennessee l3, Alabama O.. Georgia IS, Mercer 10. Duke s, Georgia Tech 0. MARYLAND II, Western Md. s. The Citadel ., Furman 8. Virginia II, Virginia Tech q. Va. Military I. -, Richmond g.. Erskine 0. Wofford o. Cincinnati L. I. Tampa |. 6. w. & L. s, kentucky 0. Vanderbilt l3 Mississippi Z. Tulane 26, Rice II. Oglethorpe -, Rollins II. Mars Hill s. W.C.T.C. 9. Appalacvhian II, High Point :. Hamp-Sydney IA, E. & Fl. 0. EAST Albright 1t, Catawba 0. Swarthmorr IA, American l. &. Amherst IL, Rochester S. Boston L. %, tpsala 0. Bowdoin IA, Williams 0. Carnegie Tech Z, Holy Cross &. colgate Il, OOl4HlOId “. Dartmouth 81, Hrown Is. Purdue 6, Ford4am 6. Georgetown SO, Randolph-Macon 0. Army 20, Harvard IT. Maine IS. Conn. State 0. F. & NJ. 20, Mphlenberg 7. \ G. 7. n. Y. L. O. Princeton IS, Pennsylvania 0. Rutgers 6, Springfield 0. Syracuse 10, Cornell IT. Vermont 7, Union 7 (tie). Mich. State 26. w. Va. 0. Yale 8, Navy 7. Davis-Elkins 10, Mt. st. Mary O.. Penn State 50; Lehigh 6. Penn Military c. 20, Ursinus O.. Brooklyn College Is, Rensselaer, Poly 0. Villanova 80, Centre 6. MIDWEST NOtre Dame Il, Illinois 6. Minnesota 7, Michigan 6. Indiana 0, Nebraska 0 (tie.) Ohio State 0, Northwestern 0. Pittsburgh 26. Wisconsin 6. Ohio {. %, Ohio Wesleyan 0. Iowa 27, Chicago IA. Iowa State l6, Missouri ID. SOUTHWEST Arkansas ~, Texas 6. Baylor ii, Centenary 0! Texas Christian U. 81, Texas A. & NJ. 6. FAR WEST California 20, U.C.L.A. 7. Stanford 27, Oregon 16. Oregon State Is, Washington o, Southern Cal. 10, Wash. State 6 Idaho 20, Gonzaga II. A hippopotamus can carry siS bushels of vegetation in his stom ach

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BAIL Ml REISSUE IFS nr

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 17, 1938, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BAIL Ml REISSUE IFS nr The following are results Of prin- cipal football games played last Sat urday afternoon on the gridirons throughout the Nation: Washhl ton State 6; Southern California 19. Texas Christian S4; Texas A and M 6. Texas Tech. 1S- Montana 12. Gcn5aga 12; Idaho 26 U.CL.A. ‘: California 20. Brigham Young T; Utah 2, tie. Princeton 13; Penn. 0. Holy Cross 6; Carnegie Tech. T. Colgate F; Columbia 0. North Carolina ‘; N.Y.U. o. Purdue 6: Fordham 6, tie. Brown 13; dartmouth 34. Wash. Jeff. 0; Lafayette 27. Rochester 6; Amherst Al. Navy ‘; Yale 9. Army 20; Harvard IF. Connecticut 0; Maine 13. Williams 0; Bowdoln IA. Illinois 6; Notre Dame IA. Pittsburgh 26; Wisconsin 6. Indiana O: Nebraska o, tie. Cornell IT; Syracuse 19. Georgia Tech. 0; Duke 6. Mich. State 26; w. Virginia 0. Oklahoma 19; Kansas 0. Michigan G. Minnesota ‘. Iowa State 16 Missouri 13. Tennessee 13: Alabama o. Northwestern 0; Ohio State 0, tie Penn State 59; Lehigh 6. Centre 6; Villanova 35. Centenary o; Baylor IA Iowa 27; Chicago IA. Rice IT; Tulane 26. Texas 6; Arkansas 42. Remover 12; Indiana State 6. Mississippi T; Vanderbilt 13. Texas Tech 19; Montana 13. Washington 6; Oregon State l3. oregon 16; Stanford 27.

  • The The Washington times's story: Irish Carnegie Grid Tilt Tops Bill

    The Washington times, October 17, 1938, page 21 (results column)

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    Irish Carnegie Grid Tilt Tops Bill with Michigan States terrific lacing of West Virginia. PITT MOVES AHEAD Powerful Pitt moved ahead by trouncing Wisconsin. 26–⁠6; and Carnegie Tech nosed out Holy Cross, 7–⁠6, while Dartmouth whacked Brown 34–⁠13, in spec tacular games, to remain undefeated and send their opponents into the realm of the beaten. Syracuse’s 10 points in the fourth quarter to flatten Cornell, 1917, was one of the big achieve ments Of the afternoon, while George Washington’s stirring in. tersectional triumph over Colorado University, 1870, sent the spotlight to D. C. Fordham was tied by Purdue at Gall, and Bucknell’s two-touch. down loss to Temple shows how uncertain past form really is in the nations football circus. Navy lost, 8 to Z, to Yale in a heartbreaker in the final quarter.

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.

On the newsreel

  • GRIDIRON THRILLS OF THE WEEKPittsburgh “Panthers,” their running backs in championship form, ride rough-shod over the “Badgers” to the tune of 26-6Universal Newsreel, October 17, 1938. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Pittsburgh 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pittsburgh leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1967Pittsburgh 13, Wisconsin 11
1938Pittsburgh 26, Wisconsin 6
1937Pittsburgh 21, Wisconsin 0

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