Pittsburgh at Duke
Saturday, November 26, 1938 Share
No. 3 Duke beat No. 4 Pittsburgh 7–0. It was their third meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 2–1.
FinalHigh 36°F, low 17°F, 1.5 in. of snowAttendance 49,138
In the newspapers
Evening star, November 27, 1938, page 26
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Army Staging Dazzling Rally Repuses Hard Nayy A. Win, Lose or Draw Long Earns His Rank With Army’s Grid Greats; Experts as Well as Pitt Are Spanked by Duke Navy hinged game gridiron spectacle that barnaced football this showed this which tables Navy Powell Mdd from West Point anybods including anybody’s Navy install football 11to5 both class sticking their asking wal Navy Chevy Chase Nd This playing Army eagle,
Imperial Valley press, November 27, 1938, page 1
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Mighty Pitt Bows to Duke DURHAM, N. c., Nov. &c. CUP) -Onoeaten and unscored upon Duke kept its 1888 football record clean today when it defeated Pitts Fanthers, 7 to 0, before a record crowd of $4,000.
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 YEAR IN SMASH FINALSUnbeaten, untied and unscored on! That's the record of the Duke "Blue Devils," who finish their season by beating the Pittsburgh "Panthers," 7-0
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)
Duke 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Pittsburgh–Duke gamePittsburgh leads 17–10 in 27 meetings, counting the 24 since this game.
| 2023 | Duke 30, Pittsburgh 19 | |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh 28, Duke 26 | |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh 54, Duke 29 | |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh 33, Duke 30 | |
| 2018 | Pittsburgh 54, Duke 45 | |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh 24, Duke 17 |
Around this game
Pittsburgh
- Next gameat WashingtonSept. 30, 1939
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1938
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records
Duke
- Next gamevs. USCJan. 2, 1939, Rose Bowl
- SeasonDuke in 1938
- ProgramDuke history and records