Purdue at Pittsburgh
Saturday, October 26, 1946 Share
Purdue beat Pittsburgh 10–8. It was their third meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 48°FAttendance 38,000
In the newspapers
The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 27, 1946, page 1 (results column)
Read the text
Top Football Scores Penn 80; Navy 10. Georgia Tech Fl; Auburn Ohio State 80; Minnes0- ia 9. Georgia 70; Furman Z. Columbia 33; Dartmouth Is. Illinois 10; Michigan 9. Purdue 10; Pittsburgh 8. Cornell ID; Princeton Z. Davidson 40; Hampden- Sydney 0. (Other Scores on Page Nine)
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 51% to win. Purdue won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Purdue–Pittsburgh gamePurdue leads 4–3 in seven meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 1986 | Pittsburgh 41, Purdue 26 | |
| 1985 | Pittsburgh 31, Purdue 30 | |
| 1948 | Pittsburgh 20, Purdue 13 | |
| 1947 | Purdue 28, Pittsburgh 0 | |
| 1946 | Purdue 10, Pittsburgh 8 | |
| 1945 | Purdue 28, Pittsburgh 0 |
Around this game
Purdue
- Next gamevs. WisconsinNov. 2, 1946
- SeasonPurdue in 1946
- ProgramPurdue history and records
Pittsburgh
- Next gameat IndianaNov. 2, 1946
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1946
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records