Army at Pittsburgh

Saturday, November 17, 1956

No. 16 Pittsburgh beat Army 20–⁠7. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 5–⁠1.

AwayArmy5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1956
7
Home16Pittsburgh7–⁠3–⁠1 in 1956
20

FinalHigh 47°F, low 30°FAttendance 55,639

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: SoIvoterro Sporks Pitt To2O-7Win Over Army

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 18, 1956, page 77

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    SoIvoterro Sporks Pitt To2O-7Win Over Army PITTSUBURGH, Nov. IT P). -Corny Salvaterra scored one touchdown and figured in two others today as Pitts bowl minded Panthers defeated a speedy Army team, 20–⁠7. Pitt, outscored 7–⁠6 by fast moving Army in the first half, cashed in on two fumbles and a 50-yard sustained drive to collie from behind and keep their Bowl hopes alive. Salvaterra scored on 14-yard run with a minute and SO Sec onds remaining in the second quarter. He engineered a AZ yard drive, which he climaxed with a 9-yard pitchout to Dick Bowen in the third period. Pitts third touchdown. which came after a 50-yard sustained drive, was seven-yard pass from Sal vaterra to Dick Scherer. Bob Kyasky, Army’s speedy fullback. scored the Cadets only touchdown on a 14-yard run in the second period. Dave Bourland, Army quarterback, COM pleted a 15-yard pass play to End Dick Stephens on Pitts IA to put Army in scoring position Pitt scored its first two

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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pittsburgh leads 19–⁠6–⁠2 in 27 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.

Recent meetings
1983Pittsburgh 38, Army 7
1982Pittsburgh 24, Army 6
1981Pittsburgh 48, Army 0
1980Pittsburgh 45, Army 7
1979Pittsburgh 40, Army 0
1978Pittsburgh 35, Army 17

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