Pittsburgh at Notre Dame
Saturday, October 11, 1952 Share
Pittsburgh beat No. 8 Notre Dame 22–19. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 13–6–1 as played.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 29°FAttendance 45,503
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 14, 1952, page 20
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Pitt Cuptoin in Hospital Because of Head Injury PITTSBURGH, Oct. 14.-Joe Schmidt, captain of the University of Pittsburgh football team, is in a hospital for X-rays after COM planning Of headaches. Pitt Coach Lowell (Red) Dawson said Schmidt suffered a head injury Saturday in the final min utes Of a game which Pitt won from Notre Dame, 22–19. Dawson said Schmidt apparently recovcred, but complained again yes terday when he reported for practice.
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)
Notre Dame 77% to win. Pittsburgh pulled the upset.
The series
Every Pittsburgh–Notre Dame gameOfficially, Notre Dame leads 51–21–1; as played, 52–21–1 in 74 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.
Around this game
Pittsburgh
- Next gameat ArmyOct. 18, 1952
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1952
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gameat PurdueOct. 18, 1952
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1952
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records