Pittsburgh at Michigan
Saturday, October 11, 1941 Share
Michigan beat Pittsburgh 40–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 36°FAttendance 33,848
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, October 13, 1941, page 5 (results column)
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FOOT BALL @ {A{5SW{5 IFS Mn The following are final scores of football games played last Satur- day afternoon: Texas Christian 20; Indiana IA. Nebraska 32; Kansas o. Fordham 27; North Carolina IA. Minnesota 34; Illinois G. Notre Dame 20; Georgia Tech 0. Clemson 26; Boston College 13. Tennessee 26; Dayton O. Vanderbilt 39; Kentucky IS. Michigan 40; Pittsburgh 0. Northwestern 4l; Wisconsin IA. Dartmout IS; Colgate 6. Columbia 21; Princeton 0. Penn 28; Yale 13. Michigan State 13; Marquette ‘. Army 27; Virginia Military 20. Texas Aggies 49; New York Unl- versity ‘. Syracuse 6; Holy Cross 0. Navy 41; Lafayette 2. West Virginia 20; West Virginia Wesleyan 0. Cornell 2; Harvard 0. Brown IA; Rhode Island State ‘. Duke 50: Maryland 0. Penn State 27; Bucknell 13. Stanford 0; Oregon State 10. University of Washington 23: Washington State 13. Santa Clara 13; California o. Oregon 20; University of South ern California 6.

Imperial Valley press, California, October 12, 1941, page 1 (results column)
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FOOTBALL RESULTS Ohio Univ 20, West Kentucky I Dartmouth l8, Colgate 6 NYU 7. Texas A & M 40 Army 81 ,VMI 20 Harvard 0, Cornell 7 Stanford freshmen 25, Southern California froSh 6 Michigan 40; Pittsburgh 0. Northwestern Al; Wisconsin H. Michigan State 13; Marquette 7, Princeton O; Columbia y. Yale l3; Penn %. Syracuse 6; Holy Cross o. Penn State 27; Bucknell l3. Williams 80; Northeastern 0. Navy Al: Lafayette 3
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)
Michigan 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Pittsburgh–Michigan gameMichigan leads 2–0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1947 | Michigan 69, Pittsburgh 0 | |
| 1941 | Michigan 40, Pittsburgh 0 |
Around this game
Pittsburgh
- Next gameat MinnesotaOct. 18, 1941
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1941
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records
Michigan
- Next gameat NorthwesternOct. 18, 1941
- SeasonMichigan in 1941
- ProgramMichigan history and records

