Pittsburgh at Indiana

Saturday, November 2, 1946

No. 20 Indiana beat Pittsburgh 20–⁠6. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Indiana led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayPittsburgh3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1946
6
Home20Indiana6–⁠3 in 1946
20

FinalHigh 71°F, low 62°F, 0.5 in. of rainAttendance 17,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 4, 1946, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES me louoWlng are football galle’ played over the weekend. Army 19; West Virginia [. Temple ‘; Syracuse 28. Georgit Tech IA; Duke U. Notre Dame 28; Navy O. Princeton IT; Penn l4 Rutgers 13; Harvard 0. Alabama 0; Georgia IA. Cornell l2; Columbia 0. North Carolina IA; Tenn 20. Fordham 0; Penn State 6S. Brown 19; Holy Cross 2l. Vermont 20; Mass, State 28. Northeastern 0; New Hamp. 26. Boston College 72; NYU 6. Oklahoma IA; Texas Christian l. Illinois ‘; Iowa O. Michigan 2l; Minnesota C. Colgate 39; LaFayette 0. Washington-Jeff 4S; Carne gie Tech 0. Virginia ‘; Richmond l9. Maryland T; Williams Mary Al Missouri 21; Nebrasga 20. Indiana 20; Pittsburgh 6. Wisconsin 24; Purdue 2C Kentucky 39; Mich. State l4. ss Cincinnati 0; Tulsa 20. Southern Methodist 3; Texa 19. -@ Arkansas T; Texas Aggies 0. m Texas Tech G. Rice Al. II Ohio State 39; Northwestern 27.

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)

Indiana 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Indiana leads 7–⁠2 in nine meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1952Pittsburgh 28, Indiana 7
1951Indiana 13, Pittsburgh 6
1949Indiana 48, Pittsburgh 14
1948Pittsburgh 21, Indiana 14
1947Indiana 41, Pittsburgh 6
1946Indiana 20, Pittsburgh 6

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