Pittsburgh at Fordham

Saturday, October 28, 1939

Fordham beat No. 18 Pittsburgh 27–⁠13. It was their fifth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1–⁠3.

Away18Pittsburgh5–⁠4 in 1939
13
HomeFordham6–⁠2 in 1939
27

FinalAttendance 36,218

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, October 29, 1939, page 31 (results column)

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    yards to touchdowns, the Green Wave won, 1876. The East enjoyed another good day on the intersectional front. Not only did Cornell pull one out of a hat. but New York Uni versity stopped Georgia. 1913, in a game enlivened by some impromptu boxing matches; Villanova whipped Arkansas on Joe Belot’s 82-yard run, and crippled Columbia trounced Virginia Military, 26–⁠7, despite a 95-yard run by Bosh Pritchard. On the other side of the led ger, however. Notre Dame nipped Carnegie Tech, rs, as John Mcintyre, center, blocked what might have been the tying point after Carnegie’s touchdown. Clemson. even without the services of Banks McFadden, was too touch for Navy and won, 1877, while Tom Harmon, run ming for three touchdowns, paced Michigan to an expected 27–⁠7 rout Of Yale. Undefeated Ken lucky gave the South another triumph in whipping Xavier of Cincinnati, 21–⁠0. In the East, Fordham took advantage of one big break and scored its first victory over Pittsburgh, 27–⁠13. With the score tied at 1913 in the fourth quarter and Pitt on the Fordham 3, Dick Cassiano’s tumble was picked out of the air by Vince Dennery and the Fordham end ran SO yards to q touchdown. That broke the Panthers’ resist ance. Dartmouth, with Bill Hutch.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 30, 1939, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores or important footbal games played last afternoon: Washington State 0; Oregon State l3. Oregon 6; U.CL.A. Is. s. California 26; California 0. Purdue 6; Santa Clara 13. Montana l3; Idaho 0. Texas 26; Rice 12. Oklahoma 41; Oklahoma Aggies O. Texas A and M 20; Baylor 0. N. Carolina 30; Pennsylvania 6. University of Washington 8; Stan ford 5. Clemson 15; Navy ‘. Notre Dame T; Carnegie Tech 6. North Carolina 30; Penn G. Cornell 23; Ohio State IA. Yale T; Michigan 27. Dartmouth Is; Harvard 0. Pitt 13; Fordham 27 Wake Forest 0; Duke 6. Georgia 13; New York U 14. Arkansas 0; Villanova ‘. Virginia Military Institute ‘; Col umbia 26. Brown 12; Princeton 26 Florida T; Maryland O. Maine 0; Bates 6. Colgate ‘; Holy Cross 27. Ursinius IS; Army 46. Penn State 6; Syracuse 6, tie. Virginia 26; William and Mary 6 Arizona 6; Marquette 13. Missouri 21; Iowa State 6. Nebraska 25; Kansas State g. Auburn 6; Georgia Tech 2. Iowa 19 Wisconsin 13. Illinois 0: Northwestern 13. Alabama T; Mississippi State 0. Tulane IS; Mississippi 6.

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Football Scores October 28

    The Nome nugget, Alaska, October 30, 1939, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Scores October 28 October 28 Nebraska 25-Kansas State 9 Auburn 6-Georgia Tech T Iowa l9-Wisconsin 13 Illinois 0-Northwestern 13 Alabama 7-Mississippi State Tulane 18-Mississippa 6 Clemson 15-Navy 2 Notre Dame 7-Carnegie 6 North Carolina 30-Penn 6 Cornell 20-Ohio State 14 Yale 7-Michigan 27 Dartmouth 16-HarVard o Pitt 13-Fordham 27 Lake Forest O-Duke 6 Stanford 5-Washington 8 Washington State 0 Oregon State 13 Oregon G. UCLA 16 Southern Cal 26-California 0 Purdue 6-Santa Clara 13 Montana 13-Idaho 0

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

  • FORDHAM UPSETS PITT37,000 fans see the "Rams" beat the "Panthers," first time in four years, on brilliant runs and long passes, 27-13!Universal Newsreel, October 30, 1939. 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 52% to win. Fordham pulled the upset.

Tied 2–⁠2–⁠3 in seven meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1941Pittsburgh 13, Fordham 0
1940Fordham 24, Pittsburgh 12
1939Fordham 27, Pittsburgh 13
1938Pittsburgh 24, Fordham 13
1937Fordham 0, Pittsburgh 0
1936Fordham 0, Pittsburgh 0

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