Pittsburgh vs. Duke
Saturday, October 20, 1956 Share
No. 16 Pittsburgh beat Duke 27–14. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Duke led the series 6–5.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 54°F, 0.03 in. of rainAttendance 26,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1956, page 65
Read the text
|Pitt Rolls Over Duke, TIA, AS Walton Stars NORFOLK, Va, Oct. 20 (P).-| Big Joe Walton. tabled for two seasons as the best end in East ern football, made two great catches of passes today and led Pittsburgh to 27–14 victory over Duke in the 10th and perhaps the most exciting of Norfolk’sI Oyster Bowl games. Although Corny Salvaterra was awarded the trophy as the games
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)
Duke 51% to win. Pittsburgh won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Pittsburgh–Duke gamePittsburgh leads 17–10 in 27 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.
| 2023 | Duke 30, Pittsburgh 19 | |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh 28, Duke 26 | |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh 54, Duke 29 | |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh 33, Duke 30 | |
| 2018 | Pittsburgh 54, Duke 45 | |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh 24, Duke 17 |
Around this game
Pittsburgh
- Next gamevs. OregonOct. 27, 1956
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1956
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records
Duke
- Next gamevs. NC StateOct. 27, 1956
- SeasonDuke in 1956
- ProgramDuke history and records