Pittsburgh at West Virginia
Saturday, September 22, 1956 Share
No. 10 Pittsburgh beat West Virginia 14–13. It was their 49th meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 35–6–1 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 76°F, low 48°F, 0.14 in. of rainAttendance 34,800
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1956, page 20
Read the text
Pitt Loses Guard With Broken Arm PITTSBURGH. Sept. “a (R. = Pitt said today that John Guzik. second-string left guard. broke his right arm in the West Virginia football game Saturday. Others injured in Pitts 14–13 victory were Dick Carr, second string right guard, and Half back Nick Passodelis, who scored the winning touchdown. Carr pulled his right knee while Pas sodelis has a bruised shoulder.
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)
West Virginia 61% to win. Pittsburgh won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Pittsburgh–West Virginia gameOfficially, Pittsburgh leads 63–42–3; as played, 61–37–3 in the 101 games on file; the official count covers all 108 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.
Around this game
Pittsburgh
- Next gamevs. SyracuseSept. 29, 1956
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1956
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records
West Virginia
- Next gamevs. RichmondSept. 29, 1956
- SeasonWest Virginia in 1956
- ProgramWest Virginia history and records