California at Pittsburgh

Saturday, September 17, 1955

Pittsburgh beat California 27–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayCalifornia2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1955
7
HomePittsburgh7–⁠4 in 1955
27

FinalHigh 92°F, low 66°FAttendance 33,999

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Pitt Trounces Golden Bears With Late Burst

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 18, 1955, page 1

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    Pitt Trounces Golden Bears With Late Burst PITTSBURGH. Sept. II R).- Fullback Bob Grier, Dick Bowen. Ia third-string haifback, and q blazing sun took the steam out |of California today and enabled Pitt to storm from behind for Ia 27–⁠7 victory over the Bears. with three touchdowns In the final period In an intersectional football battle. Bowen. q l96-pound sophomore from nearby White Oak. and

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 50% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pittsburgh leads 4–⁠2 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Pittsburgh 17, California 15
1966California 30, Pittsburgh 15
1963Pittsburgh 35, California 15
1962Pittsburgh 26, California 24
1956California 14, Pittsburgh 0
1955Pittsburgh 27, California 7

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