Minnesota at Pittsburgh
Saturday, October 2, 1954 Share
Minnesota beat Pittsburgh 46–7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 8–0.
FinalHigh 82°F, low 67°F, 0.2 in. of rainAttendance 31,433
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 3, 1954, page 65
Read the text
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 2.-Geno Cappelletti. handling MinneSota’s new split-T like a magician and aided by the brother act of Dick and Bob Mcnamara, directed the Gophers to a 46–7 rout of Pittsburgh today. A shirt-sleeved crowd of 33,369 saw the Gophers storm for two touchdownS in the first period, tack on three in the third quarter and add two more in the final quarter. Cappelletti passed 24-yards to Dick Mcnamara in the first quarter and skirted right end for IA yards in the third quarter to account for two of the touch downs. Dick Mcnamara scored his second touchdown on a sweep
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 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Minnesota–Pittsburgh gameMinnesota leads 9–3 in 12 meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 1992 | Pittsburgh 41, Minnesota 33 | |
| 1991 | Pittsburgh 14, Minnesota 13 | |
| 1958 | Pittsburgh 13, Minnesota 7 | |
| 1956 | Minnesota 9, Pittsburgh 6 | |
| 1954 | Minnesota 46, Pittsburgh 7 | |
| 1953 | Minnesota 35, Pittsburgh 14 |
Around this game
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. NorthwesternOct. 9, 1954
- SeasonMinnesota in 1954
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
Pittsburgh
- Next gamevs. Notre DameOct. 9, 1954
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1954
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records