Carnegie Mellon at Pittsburgh
Saturday, November 5, 1938 Share
No. 19 Carnegie Mellon beat No. 1 Pittsburgh 20–10. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 19–5–1.
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FinalAttendance 61,000
On the newsreel
- GRID THRILLS OF THE WEEK61,000 stunned football fans see a powerful and determined Carnegie Tech “eleven” trounce the Pitt “Panthers,” 20-10
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 87% to win. Carnegie Mellon pulled the upset.
The series
Every Carnegie Mellon–Pittsburgh gamePittsburgh leads 24–5–1 in 30 meetings, counting the five since this game.
Around this game
Carnegie Mellon
- Next gamevs. DuquesneNov. 12, 1938
- SeasonCarnegie Mellon in 1938
- ProgramCarnegie Mellon history and records
Pittsburgh
- Next gameat NebraskaNov. 12, 1938
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1938
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records