Army at Pittsburgh
Saturday, November 17, 1956 Share
No. 16 Pittsburgh beat Army 20–7. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 5–1.
FinalHigh 47°F, low 30°FAttendance 55,639
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Army–Pittsburgh gamePittsburgh leads 19–6–2 in 27 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.
| 1983 | Pittsburgh 38, Army 7 | |
| 1982 | Pittsburgh 24, Army 6 | |
| 1981 | Pittsburgh 48, Army 0 | |
| 1980 | Pittsburgh 45, Army 7 | |
| 1979 | Pittsburgh 40, Army 0 | |
| 1978 | Pittsburgh 35, Army 17 |
Around this game
Army
- Next gamevs. NavyDec. 1, 1956
- SeasonArmy in 1956
- ProgramArmy history and records
Pittsburgh
- Next gamevs. Penn StateNov. 24, 1956
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1956
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records

