Pittsburgh at Ohio State

Saturday, November 7, 1942

No. 6 Ohio State beat Pittsburgh 59–⁠19. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 4–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayPittsburgh3–⁠6 in 1942
19
Home6Ohio State9–⁠1 in 1942
59

FinalHigh 53°F, low 38°FAttendance 34,893

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Touchdown Marathon Is Staged Hiqh Powered Bucks Crush and 0utmdn Pdnthers by 5o 10 19

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 9, 1942, page 5

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    Touchdown Marathon Is Staged Hiqh Powered Bucks Crush and 0utmdn Pdnthers by 5o 10 19 COLUMBUS. Ohio, Nov. 9.-Ohio State and Pittsburgh staged touch down marathon last Saturday after noon, as the high-powered Bucks crushed and outmanned the Panth- CTS 59 to 19.

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)

Ohio State 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Ohio State leads 19–⁠5–⁠1 in 25 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.

Recent meetings
1996Ohio State 72, Pittsburgh 0
1995Ohio State 54, Pittsburgh 14
1994Ohio State 27, Pittsburgh 3
1993Ohio State 63, Pittsburgh 28
1988Pittsburgh 42, Ohio State 10
1985Ohio State 10, Pittsburgh 7

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