Pittsburgh at Penn State

Saturday, November 25, 1939

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.

AwayPittsburgh5–⁠4 in 1939
0
HomePenn State5–⁠1–⁠2 in 1939
10

FinalHigh 35°F, low 22°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    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.

Officially, 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.

Recent meetings
2019Penn State 17, Pittsburgh 10
2018Penn State 51, Pittsburgh 6
2017Penn State 33, Pittsburgh 14
2016Pittsburgh 42, Penn State 39
2000Pittsburgh 12, Penn State 0
1999Penn State 20, Pittsburgh 17

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