Pittsburgh at Minnesota

Saturday, September 26, 1942

Minnesota beat Pittsburgh 50–⁠7. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayPittsburgh3–⁠6 in 1942
7
HomeMinnesota5–⁠4 in 1942
50

FinalHigh 41°F, low 32°F, 0.82 in. of rainAttendance 22,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Ely miner's story: ROWE makes FIRST eleven

    The Ely miner, Minnesota, October 1, 1942, page 6

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    ROWE makes FIRST eleven Al Rowe, former Ely athlete, has made the st. Johns college football team as starting back. John Perko, stellar lineman on the University of Minnesota eleven, was given much praise by sports commentators, for his work in the Pittsburgh game. won by Minnesota, 50–⁠7.

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)

Minnesota 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Minnesota leads 9–⁠3 in 12 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1992Pittsburgh 41, Minnesota 33
1991Pittsburgh 14, Minnesota 13
1958Pittsburgh 13, Minnesota 7
1956Minnesota 9, Pittsburgh 6
1954Minnesota 46, Pittsburgh 7
1953Minnesota 35, Pittsburgh 14

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