Pittsburgh at Temple

Saturday, November 4, 1939

Pittsburgh beat Temple 13–⁠7. It was their second meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayPittsburgh5–⁠4 in 1939
13
HomeTemple2–⁠7 in 1939
7

FinalHigh 49°F, low 32°FAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Football Scores November 4

    The Nome nugget, November 6, 1939, page 3 (results column)

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    Football Scores November 4 Iowa 4-Purdue o Texas Aggies 21-Arkansas 0 Duke 7-Georgia Tech 6 Nebraska 13-MisSouri 27 Northwestern 14-MinneSota 2 Kentucky 7-Alabama ‘, tie Michigan 7-Illinois 16 Tennessee 20-Louisian State c Washington 9-Montana 0 Idaho 19-Utah State ? Oregon 38-Washington State 0 Southern California 19- Ore gen State 2 Santa Clara 27-Stanford ‘ UCLA 20-California Notre Dame 14-Army 0 Rice 7-Fordham 13 Navy 6-Penn 13 Harvard 6-Princeton 9 Columbia 7-Cornell 13 Pitt 13-Temple 7 Indiana 0-Ohio Etate 27 St. Marys 6-Dayton Univer- sity 6 San Francisco University IA Loyalo Los Angeles ‘ Texas Christian 0-Baylor 27

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.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Pittsburgh 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pittsburgh leads 27–⁠8–⁠1 in 36 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.

Recent meetings
2012Pittsburgh 47, Temple 17
2004Pittsburgh 27, Temple 22
2003Pittsburgh 30, Temple 16
2002Pittsburgh 29, Temple 22
2001Pittsburgh 33, Temple 7
2000Pittsburgh 7, Temple 0

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