Pittsburgh at Penn State
Saturday, November 25, 1939 Share
Penn State beat Pittsburgh 10–0. It was their 39th meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 23–13–2 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 35°F, low 22°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

Imperial Valley press, November 26, 1939, page 1 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES u. c. l.. A. Is, Oregon State IL. California 80, Stanford IA. u. S. &. 20, Notre Dame IL. Southern Methodist FL, Baylor O. Minnesota IS, Wisconsin 6. Kansas 0, Missouri 20. Chicago 0, Illinois 46. Georgia 0, Auburn 7. Nebraska 13, Oklahoma !. Texas Christian 21, Rice 0. Oklahoma Aggies 20, Creighton 8 Miss. 6, Miss. State Is. Tulane 81, Sewanee 0. Northwestern I, Iowa !. Yale 20, Harvard I Boston College 38, Kansas st. I Villanova I, Manhattan 0 Colgate 0, Columbia 0 Carnegie Tech Z, Duquesne 22 Princeton 28, Navy O Mich. State IS, Temple ! Cornell 26, Penn 0 Clemson Ia, Furman 3 Michigan 21, Ohio State Ia Penn State 10. Pitt 0 Purdue I, Indiana 6 Penn State 10, Pitt 0 Purdue I, Indiana Georgia Tech Fl, Florida Duke 20, No. Carolina State 0 u. s. G. 20, Notre Dame IL
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 59% to win. Penn State won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Pittsburgh–Penn State gameOfficially, Penn State leads 53–43–4; as played, 52–43–4 in the 99 games on file; the official count covers all 100 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.
Around this game
Pittsburgh
- Next gameat Ohio StateSept. 28, 1940
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1939
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records
Penn State
- Next gamevs. BucknellOct. 5, 1940
- SeasonPenn State in 1939
- ProgramPenn State history and records

