Fordham at Pittsburgh
Saturday, October 29, 1938 Share
No. 1 Pittsburgh beat No. 9 Fordham 24–13. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 1–0–3.
FinalAttendance 68,918
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 31, 1938, page 5
Read the text
PITTSBURGH BEATS RAMS Thrill Packed Period Sees Rally, Then Plenty of Touchdowns PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct 31. - While the city’s largest sports crowd, 75,000 fans, sat stunned at seeing their team trail to in the last quarter mighty Pittsburgh rallied ip the final nine minutes of play last Saturday afternoon to defeat the Fordham Rams 24 to 13. The thrill-packed period was al- most duplicated by the 21-point rally last year when Pitt defeated Notre Dame 21 tc ?.
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
- GRID HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEKThe Pitt “Panthers” ride roughshod over the Fordham “Rams” in a high-scoring, 24-13 grid thriller as 77,500 fans whoop it up!
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 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Fordham–Pittsburgh gameTied 2–2–3 in seven meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1941 | Pittsburgh 13, Fordham 0 | |
| 1940 | Fordham 24, Pittsburgh 12 | |
| 1939 | Fordham 27, Pittsburgh 13 | |
| 1938 | Pittsburgh 24, Fordham 13 | |
| 1937 | Fordham 0, Pittsburgh 0 | |
| 1936 | Fordham 0, Pittsburgh 0 |
Around this game
Fordham
- Next gamevs. Saint Mary’s (CA)Nov. 5, 1938
- SeasonFordham in 1938
- ProgramFordham history and records
Pittsburgh
- Next gamevs. Carnegie MellonNov. 5, 1938
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1938
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records